The Republican journal., 1907-02-28
Letter from WoIfvilIe, N. 5.


Belfast and vicinity, and such news is
always of interest. No secular paper
that comes under my eye has its local,
town, State, national and general news
so we'll systematized.
On my way hither l spent nearly a
week visiting friends in the vicinity of
ST. John, N. B. The shipping in the
harbor was so different from what it
was in. my boyhood days, that it at
tracted my attention. In former years
there were scores of sailing vessels.
mostly ships. and large for those times,
Now only half dozen or SO were at
the wharves; and the big steel tramp
steamers are doing the work. BY their
side, the sailing vessels look like dolls
houses. Times change.
Since 1928, Wolfville has been the
educational center for the Baptists of
the maritime provinces. The three in
situations - H ort n Academy, the
Ladies' Seminary (Which has staff of
twenty-five teachers) and Acadia Col
lege. were never so fourishing as today.
The liberal gifts of Rockefeller, one
of $4,000, and another of 100000,
which were conditional upon the rails
ing of 100000 additional by the
friends of the college, have been
great help. And prior to Jan. l, 1908.
Carnegie will give $4,000. " thin
few weeks. one of the graduates who
lives in New York, has offered to give
s25, 900. on condition that the alumni
will give like sum. This, 30 doubt,
will be forthcoming. Some scores CT
the alumni have important positions
in the United States. A large NUMBER
are teachers. Some are on the faculty
of Harvard. Yale and several other in
situations, as for example,. Il. Schul-
man, President of Cornell University
After graduating at Acadia, he was
professor there two years, and succeed
ed Andrew D. White--the distinguish
ed president of Cornell for many years.
Other graduates are in the professions
of law, medicine and theology. Several
are pastors of prominent churches IN
New York city and elsewhere; as, for
example, Rev. Charles a. Eaton, OF
Euclid Avenue Baptist church, Cleve-
land. Ohio, of which church, j. ID.
Rockefeller is a member, and has been
Superintendent of the Sunday school
twenty-five years, and was recently
chosen for the twenty-sixth year. MI.
Eaton has been invited to preach the
baccalaureate sermon here at College
commencement next June, and he has
accepted.
Among the prominent alumni at
home, are three judges Of the Supreme
Court one of whom is Sir Robert l..
Weatherbe of Halifax, the Chief JUS
tice of this Province. So the small
colleges have their sphere. A few
years ago, President Hyde of Bowdoin
said that when he was in Washington,
he found that the speaker of the House,
the president of the Senate, the chair
man of Ways and Means, and the Chief
Justice of the United States were all
Bowdoin graduates. Reed, Frye, Ding
lev. and Fuller, held these high offices
at the same time. Thus he argued that
the small college has mission.
At the end of the collegiate year.
last June. Rev. DR.. Trotter resigned
the presidency of the college in order
to accept the pastorate OF a large Bap-
fist church in Toledo, Ohio. Efforts
have been made to obtain successor,
but suitable man has not yet been Sc
cured. and probably will not be until
the end of the present term in June.
After Dr.. TrotteT's resignation, the
governors of the college appointed j.
F. TUFTS, y. NJ, d. c. L., who is pro-
fessor Of history and international law,
to lie acting president" until the of
fee is filed
Wolfville is a growing town. Fami-
lies Of large means often move INTO the
place. Some are retired professional
OF business men, and Others come for
the purpose of educating their children.
During the past few weeks three fami-
lies have come. One, u Mr.. kneeland,
from New York, superintendent of the
White Rock Pulp Mill Co., an Amefi-
can syndicate that has bought a large
timber area, and built their pulp mills
some eight miles from Wolfville. His
household goods come through by train,
arriving early in February. A few
days later, Feb. 18th, a freight car
brought the household goods of fami-
ly from Philadelphia. The mother
come with her children, and will re-
main while they are passing through
the schools. 1t will take seven or eight
years at least, before they all complete
their college course. The father
whose parents live at Annapolis, not
many miles from Wolfviile-is captain
Of the steamer admiral Sampson"
and commodore, as that ship is the
leading one of the feet of steamers be-
longing to the Omitted Fruit Com
paily" a line of fruit steamers plying