The age-herald., 1897-11-07

them for independent manhood and we- manhood.
 We are here to contribute our part in the great cause of education. This is our life work, and we respectfully solicit
 R. M. CRAWFORD. June II, 1897. sl
 Board of Trustees. 1e Col W. A Handley, President. H D. Manley, Secretary. A. M. Awbrey. zf c. W. Hill.
 II. M. Mickle.
 T. F. Pate.
 R. l.. Schuessler.
 Faculty i897-8.
 R. NJ. Crawford president.
 Ancient Languages and Mathematics, English, Natural Science and History, Miss Eha R. Watt.
 Fifth and sixth grades, George L. Fausett.
 Second grade. Miss Dora S. Cline. First grade, Miss Eva Pfttman.
 Miss Louise Brown, Instructress of instrumental music.
 Instructress of vocal music and elocu- tion, Miss Eloise Montgomery. Abstracts From the School Catalogue for l897-98
 Location.
 The city of Roanoke was founded more than sixty years. ago, the county and town deriving it's name from the scele- brated John Randolph, of Roanoke, Va. It is located in south Randolph county, Alabama, two and one-half miles north of the Chambers county line, on the di- viding ridge between the Chattahoochee and Tallapoosa rivers. It is one thqus- and feet above the sea level, has fine natural drainage, is high and dry and extremely healthy, It lies forty miles a.4fI Ofn |, @f A nlston. For more than fifty years it remained a small village with a meager population and limited commercial ad vantagss until more recent times, when 1t became the ternanus of the railroad and telegraph lines, thereby offering ex traordinary inducements as business point, causing a large influx of popula- tion, the general character of which is progressive, public spirited, high-toned and moral. Our popula ton is estimated at two thousand, our city being a great commercial center, securing a fire trade from seven countiss in Alabama and Georgia, having first-class railroad, banking, express ard telegra ph facilities and shipping from fifteen to twenty thousand bales of cotton annually. Our merchants and business men gem erally are wide-awake, public spirited and progressive. We already have a large cotton seed oil mill. This mill has attached a glnnery having a capacity of seventy bales of cotton per day, and also a guano factory. With the build ing of the Atlanta and Alabama rail- way and the Macon and Birmingham railway. we anticipate "a rapid develop ment of our business and manufactur- ing interests generally.
 Building. A good school building constitutes TO small factor in educational work; not simply as a contributor to physical conn fort and convenience should it be rs- garded important 1t is much more; it educates the child directly by the eleva- ton of the moral side of his nature. That we are largely the product of our environments Is not to be doubted, to what extent we cannot tell. As grand mountain scenery inspires ideas of grandeur and sublimity which take pos session of the soul, so good school building, massive and well appointed contributes largely to the child's educa- ton. Unconsciously the child drinks in ideas of beauty, of neatness and of. order which his surroundings inspire, and his character is daily growing by the absorption of indirect as well as direct instruction. A good school build ing. commands respect and inculcates self-respect in the child. It educates the community at large by emphasizing the importance of childhood and youth. Regarded in this light alone, Roanoke Normal college is pre-eminently deserv- ing of being called a public educator, and amply justifies the cost of it's con- struction. Roanoke is justly proud of its college building, and her citizens are deserving of the highest praise for the enthusiasm and intelligent lberality displayed in this direction.
 History.
 The establishment of the college was