Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1893-08-23
WASHINGTON COLLEGE.

LaSU May closed another successful I'll
session in the history of Washington
College. Good order and satisfactory
work prevailed throughout. The attend
ance was large and continued till the
close. The coming session, which be-
gins September A, promises to be more
successful than ever. Most of the old
students will return and goodly number
of new ones have already made arrange
ements to enter.
Since last session the courses of study
have been revised and the standard
has been raised, thus making our Cur
riculum second to none in East Ten
nessee. The English course leading to
the b. S. degree, is adapted of the needs
of students who have not time or the
desire to take the classical courses. 1t
has German or French and studies in
Early and Middle English in the place
OF the classics and higher mathematics.
Many young ladies also prefer this
kind of a course. The.Classical course
leads to the degree of B. A. and the
Latin scientific to that of B. l.. They
are n year longer then the other
course.
The members of the Faculty, nine
in number, are well known with the
exception of Rev. George +. Ayers,
who is to lake the chair of mathe-
MATES, and Miss Louise Wardla "
.directress of the department OF
music. Mr.. A yers is a graduate of the
Westminster College, Missouri. After
his theological course at the Cormick
Seminary where he was awarded the
fellowship prize for biblical scholar
ship, he studied a year abroad. He
is highly commended by the Presi-
dent OF Daniel Baker College Texas,
where he taught before coming to
Tennessee. He will, also, teach Ger
mar and a few classes in Greek. Miss
Wardlaw holds a certificate from Bell
wood College for young ladies in Ken
lucky, and also from the Cincinnati
Conservatory of Music where she
taught two years. She has since been
s%uccussful in her work and comes well
recommended by the institutions in
which she has labored. We make a
specially of this department and it is
deservedly popular. We feel confident
that our friends can make no mistake
in continuing their patronage in our
school of music which compares favor
ably with any in the State
Our buildings are commodious and
have recently been repaired andmuch
improved. Two years ago the rooms
and halls of the young ladies building
were neatly papered, Since last COM
mencement the chapel, halls and reci-
tation rooms of the college building
have been wainscoted and papered
and the wood finishings inside and out,
painted. A brick kiln has been star
ted for the new church and the plans
and specifications are in hand for a
new industrial Domitory to cost be-
tween 8 1000 and 81, 900.
The college is thoroughly equipped
for work and we have put down moth
ing in the Curriculum which we are
not prepared to teach.
Many young people think it suffi-
cient to take a course in a high school
or some of the 80 called colleges of the
country. But this is a poor substitute
for the training and discipline to be
had in a good college. This is a day
when the world demands above all
things, g~enuineness. Slipshod or easy
and quick methods of education
thwart the possibilities of many young
men and women of native ability and
promise. Washington is one of the
Oldest chartered colleges in the United
States and the literary department is
supreme. Some would create the i'm
preston that it is little more than an
industrial school. But this department
is only subsidiary to the work of the
college. 1t is SO understood by the
founders and all who are acquainted
with its workings. 1t has only re-
Gently been established, that young
men without means might, by manual
labor, obtain a literary education at
this old institution. AS such 1t is a
noble enterprise and will provide a
way for many a poor boy to get an
education. It's first year has been one
of marked success and there are now
o applicants for admission to this
department than can be Accommodated.
See our advertisement in another
column. For further information ad-
dress JAS. T. CooTEp, WASHINGTON
COLLEGE TENNESSEE.
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