The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1895-07-27
I SCHOOLS AND PUBLIC ENTERPRISES.


CENTRAL COLLEGE.
Central College for young women is the
property of the three conferences oil the
Methodist Episcopal Church, South, In
Missouri. Fol beauty OF situation, excel
lence Of faculty, and high course of study
1t 10 justly famed.
Marvin institute, the masonic school, and
the historic ground where now our Gen.
trail rears her lofty walls. We have now
to deal with Central Of our day., whom
fortune smiles upon, and to whose inter
eft many men and women lend tneir
hearts and influence.
President Archibald A. Jones, who has
been for six years at the head OF Central
College, IL pre-eminent among worthy
men. He Is q man of excellent mental
ability, and firm %resolute, christian char.
acter. During his presidency the school
has made marked Improvement. Besides
the addition OF twenty-five dormitories,
ten music room q new art room and a
gymnasium, IL has been necessary to rent
another house for the accommodation OF
the college household. For this purpose
President Jones has obtained the beauti-
full cottage home OF Mr.. Charles Royle inn
msdiately adjoining the campus.
The aim OF President Jones and his as
sistauts in the faculty Is to do the best
work possible with the present equip
meuts. While making no loud sounding
give the pupils of Central College the best
advantages that can possibly be obtained
outside the great eastern schools. BY
constant drilling and faithful instruction
they seek to produce habits Of thorough.
ness, and to lay well the foundation OF
solid scholarship.
They are constantly charging the re-
uuirements for degrees, and are also do
fng all that Is possible to encourage the
pupils to seek still greater accomplish
msnts n post.graduate work. ..o..,.
college where our young women may OBJ
thin an education equal to that given in
our best colleges for young men, and I'M
der environments in harmony with south
ern ideas of womanhood; where the dig
nifty and strength OF fully developed fac
uIties and the charm Of the highest liter
AIRY culture may be acquired by our daugh-
tsrs without loss Of woman's browning
glory, her g%entleness and grace"
The friends of the school regard with
great pride its influence in elevating the
standards OF college education throughout
the state.
The college faculty is composed Of ex.
perienced and well trained teachers IN all
the departments.
Prof. A. o, Bauer, the director OF music
10 graduate of the Royal Conservatory OF
Music, at Leipsig, Germany. He has been
In America Ave years, three OF which have
been spent here in Lexington. In q pri-
vats letter TO President Jones, Edward
Baxter Perry says OF him, "no city In the
cspt Chicago, can claim q player OF his
technique and repertoire and strictly pro-
fessional attachments.
Prof. Bauer was invited to play before
the National Musical Association held at
~. Louis this year, but on account OF his
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accept the invitation. Three years e he
attended aud played before the same asso-
citation then held at Syracuse, N. Y. Mr..
Bauer IL ably assisted by q full corps of
competent instructors.
Miss Mary Bing, who has charge Of the
vocal department. IL q graduate OF the New
England Conservatory OF Music. She
WAS . special pupil of Big. Rotoli, who has
mid Of her. slShe knows how to take a
tone correctly, and the soul Of b artist
finds full expression in b rich volume
II her voice. Miss Bing has q voice equal
~ suttsd to sacred and secular music. 1t
10 full, deep, clear and sweet. At present
Miss Biug 10 filing an engagement In n
Of the largest churches in Kansas City.
We're space allowed me 1 might laud
every member Of the faculty, for all are
worthy Of mention.
Central ana ali her teachers are dear to
the heart Of every student who has lived
IN the college home. We are already
proud Of her Buildings and grounds, but
We hops to zee the day when many and
more handsome edihces shall crown the
lofty hill where first the old Masonic
school stood; and by Fastening the build
log OF the Lexington bridge, we dare hope
to hasten the building Of the long hoped
for end much dreamed Of chapel and mu-
BESSIE COBB.
BAPTIST FEMALE COLLEGE.
This Institution enjoys the distinction
Of being one Of the Oldest and most widely
known colleges in the state, and n
most deeply reversd by Its daughters scat
tered throughout the land. II is h out
growth Of whs. was c a. iirss known as
In East Lexington, upon the present site
Of the Baptist Mission Chapel. A quarter
Of . century n 1t was permanently loca-
ted 1t the corner OF South and Thirteerth
streets. Various additions have been
Il ni is g co sns ptsfis1 ho Du,' for 4 h nSs. hold
Of nearly one hundred. It Is furnished
with all modern improvements q full sup
ply Of chemical and philosophical appa-
ratus, and an excellent library.
Bsptist Female College has always been
presidsd over by men ambitions that IL
advance 10 female education. As a result
hundreds Of cultured women have rome
from it, halls, not to figure largely upon
the rostrum, In the pulpit, nor In the role
Of the "new woman" but adorned with
erace, piety and Judgment to make the
Ideal homes blessed reality to many.
Among the many scholarly, courteous
gentlemen who have occupied the presi-
dency, not one has ever been more popu-
lar In this city nor throughout the state,
nor acknowledged to be an educator of
higher merit than the present president,
nnu w william xDhn Waa hnrn In
Johnson county Missouri, August ~,
1e62. At the age Of twenty, he entered
william Jewell College, where he gradua-
ted after six years study. Subsequent to
his coming to Lexington seven years ago,
he was engaged In successful pastoral and
educational work In southwest Missouri.
bince his connection with b. F. Q. the
people of Lexington have learned to know
him as . minister OF the deepest piety, q
teacher Of unseldsh devotion to the cause
OF education. We are pleased to
L%s3inrsun .0 and e. will nse coeseo 40 ut%A en, sT
upon the sixth year of his presidency Sep
tsmber II, 1895.
A glimpse ct the present every day life
Of B. r. @. may be of interest. When a
girl enters, she is impressed with the
Idea that the school Is to be q home, in
the truest sense OF the word, for Prof.
Wilson's theory 10 that the most perfect
~womanhood 10 to be attained only In the
atmosphere Of . refined home, and such
he and his estimable wife endeavor to
render the college.
The catalogue shows q business course;
four literary courses, leading respectively
70 the degrees of B. L., B. 8 A. b. n A.
M; musical courses for violin, piano and
voice; also thorough courses in art,
physical culture and elocution. The
various departments are presided over by
specialists, whose effort is to maintain the
highest standard of excellence. Recently
an unusual enthusiasm has been aroused
In latin, mathematics, physical culture
and slocution.
The William Jewell Literary Society
meets every Saturday afternoon. and is
presided over by the students, with occa-
sional assistance from the faculty. This
parliamentary rules, and gives practice in
composition, ~elocution and music. The
monotony Of regular school work Is re-
lieved by occasional open sessions of this
society, given In the college chapel, to in
vited guests. The Senior, Junior and
Sophomore classes also give socials at
stated times during the year. These are
designed to arouse a spirit Of emulation
between b classes, and many are the
wttty-sometimes cutting personalities in
which the girls indulge, much to their
own amusement.
For Q number OF years the young ladies
Of the boarding department rave man.
tanned . missionary society. Through its
influence various young women have,
from time to time, been inspired to devote
their lives to the elevation Of women in
heather lands.
Mention must also be made of the Y. w.
O. A. which meets every sabbath just be-
fore attending evening services, and does