The times., 1899-11-07

missionaries to Africa, Brazil China, and
Japan. Throughout the institution pic
lures OF Bishop Brooks abound but not,
Of course, in this foreign missionary col
lection.
Bishop Brooks ns Student.
The Rev, DR.. Joseph Packard, professor
emeritus. who has been connected with
the institution sixty years. has a very dis
tinct recollection of Phillips Brooks as d
sruasnt He shows, with a great deal Of
pleasure, beautiful letter, written 70
him by Dr. Brooks. acknowledging con-
gTatulatious on his election as Bishop
Or. Packard says that Brooks far eX-
celled his class mates in literary ability,
particularly in the classics. He was the
only man of his class who kept up through
out his seminary course his reading Of the
Latin and Greek authors. He also taught
in these branches in the preparatory de-
partment DT. Packard adds that he had
no expectation that Brooks would be-
come so eminent as a preacher. He was
a modest retiring young man, added
the doctor and never pushed himself
forward unduly. His preaching in a little
chapel three miles away was very accept
able but not of such a nature as 20 make
us Uredict for him the remarkable career
which he had later
Closed During Civil War.
During the Civil War this seminary was
practically closed. Its sessions were dis
continued in May, 1861. and possession Of
the property not regained till the fall Of
1868. An attempt was made to keep up
the semblance of an organization at Staun
ton, Va, but the conscTipt law compelled
nearly all the Southern pupils to go into
once under fire. He was originally Mas
sachusetts man, but had lived in the South
for many years, and when the war broke
out he was carried along by the momentum
Of his later associations. One Of his sons.
whose portrait hangs in his study. died in
the Confederate service. The seminary
catalogue shows the effect of the war very
vividly. II prints under each year the
names of those graduating, and, after
dash, list Of the non graduates who with
drew from the seminary in that year. Tn
ded 1861 are the names of twenty young
men who left the school as graduates and
thirty-fouT as non graduates. Practically
the entire school walked out. There was
no class in 1862, 1865, or 1866. In 1863 two
graduates and three non graduates are re-
corded, and in 1864 four graduates and one
non graduate, one of this four is DR.. Ran
dolph II. McKim, now rector of the Church
of the Epiphany in this city Some years
after the war Congress gave this institu
ton, through the efforts Of Representative
Lee $50 goo, in partial payment for its use
as a hospital and the damage done to the
property during that use. When the ap
preparation was under discussion in the
House one Of its opponents asked if the
clergymen at the seminary were in those
years praying for the President of the
United States, 10 which Representative
Lee good -naturedly retorted: They prayed
for all sinners"
Used as Hospital.
Seventeen hundred soldiers were quarter
ed at one time in the seminary buildings,
in the homes of the professors, and In
wooden barracks built near by. Remains
OF old earthwoTks thrown up, as part of
the defence of the Capital, may still be
distinctly seen Dr. Packard lost all his
library and most Of his other household
treasures, while his house was occupied by
Federal soldiers. He was never able to
restore his collection Of books The dwell
ings Of the professors are all built on the
same plan the chief feature of which is
projection in the shape Of a half octagon,
for use as study. and surrounded by
piazza. A long glass door opens directly
from this study to the piazza, SO that when
students and others go 10 consult the pro-
fessors they simply make their presence
known before the glass door and walk in.
That is the universal custom today. The
mild climate of Virginia makes this ar
rangement practicable.
Bishop Brooks visited the school occa-
sionally during his later life His last
visit, as now recalled. was about TWO years
before his death. He did not preach then,
but made an address 10 the students. which
is well remembered.