Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1908-05-22

county paper, so that my friends
and associates may know where l
am and what ] am doing.
On the 10th day of Feb, 1907, l
left Staunton, Va, the Queen City
of the beautiful Shenandoah Valley,
for Asbury College, Wilmore, Ky,
where | have been located to the
present.
Asbury College is situated on the
most beautiful spot in Wilmore,
the shady campus of IA acres sio-
ping toward the east, with its de-
liightful bluegrass carpet and gravel
walks. There are several large
buildings for the boys on-this cam
pus. !,
The girls dormitories are several
blocks away. They are 'chaperon-
ed to and from the College by the
lady teachers.
This is co-educational institu-
ton, and the boys and girls reclte
together, and are carefully guarded
lin their social life. Some may
think that because they are under
these restrictions that everybody
has long face, but they would
have a different opinion if they
could but see the merry crowd of
boys and girls.
The two literary societies, the
Athenian and Columbian, as their
names imply, combining the old and
new learning, are doing all in their
power to acquaint their members
with the best thoughts and express
sions of literature. 1t is real in
SEPARATION to listen to some of the
papers that are read, and hear the
interesting debates and orations in
the Columbian society.
Ever and anon we are taken to
all parts of the World and brought
back during the short time the ses-
sion lasts.
We, as students, are often enter
tanned and blessed by hearing some
very fine speakers and orators. On
the night Of the 10th of April, past,
Senator Bob Taylor, Of Tenn, gave
us a grand lecture in the College
Chapel, on Building Castles in the
Air" 1t was superior to anything
that 1 have heard along that line.
There seems to be a greater
missionary spirit in this institution
than any place l ever saw. Last
year there were 46 students prepar-
ling for the foreign field. | am not
able to give the exact number OF
missionary pupils this year Two
of the past year graduates are now
in the foreign field. One of them
is from my own State, Miss Daisy
Sutton, who is now in Nagasaki,
Japan. The other is Rev. E.
Stanley Jones, of Baltimore, Md,
who is now in Lucknaw, India. We
received a letter from him q short
time ago, saying that he had just
closed a revival in which $50 souls
were saved. / think this report
should stir our hearts to send more
spirit-filled young men and women
to the benighted land,
Wilmore lies in the centre of the
famous bluegrass region of Kentuc-
ky, on the great /. & c. Ry.; only
liz miles from Lexington, where
some of our horse raisers have pur-
chased very fine thoroughbred
horses.
For miles around the scenery is
sublime, and on every side new
beauties present themselves to the
admiring gaze.
While old Kentucky is noted for
her "fast horses" pretty wo-
men," and "Old Bourbon" l
think the women and horses are
Eall right, for we could not get along
without them. And I am glad to
say the grand old banner of Prohi-
bition is successfully sweeping over
the entire state. Kentucky is COM
posed of 119 counties, and only IA
out of this number have any sa-
looms in them at all.
Wilmore is the home of quite a
number of our prohibition leaders,
such as Col. Demaree, who ran for
governor on the prohibition ticket.
Also Rev. L. l.. Pickett, who ran
for governor last fall. He is gen
orally known as one of the greatest
evangelists and book and song
writer. Also Rev. Andrew John
son, who is said to be the best
young preacher in the U. s.
| am glad to say that |
have been making my home with
Rev. L. l.. Pickett ever since |
came to Kentucky. / am more
than glad that / ever came here to
school. Some of my friends may
think that it was unwise for me to
come so far to attend College, when
we have such good ones in Virgin
ia. The spiritual atmosphere is
quite different here to what we
generally find in most colleges. /
consider Asbury one of the best
religious institutions. that we can
find in the country. While the
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