The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1909-09-16
BIG FALL TERM
More Students Than Ever Before
Registered-Young Folks Coming
in Early, and Getting Good Start
Old Teachers Back. Still Room

Berea Colleges biggest and best
Fall Term opened Wednesday. There
is every indication that there will be
more students in school than at any
previous Fall Term, and some predict
that the enrolment will be as high
as eight hundred. The term will be
notable, too, for the number who were
on hand for the first days, and the
decrease in the stragglers, who miss
the good which comes from an early
start.
The registration figures tell the
story:-on Wednesday noon there had
entered college this year 461 as
against about $40 at the time last
year. This proves both that the
students are coming in early, and
that more and more they are coming
TO sec the value OF nine months
steady work.
This Fall Term, as usual. marks
an advance in the advantages offer
ed by Berea College. There are inn
provements in the buildings, new
equipment and all such things. There
is a stronger faculty, with better
prospects of good teaching; there Is
the large student body, with all that
that means to the young people com
ing to school here.
A few changes In plan for the Fall
Terms work have been made neces-
sary by the large number of students.
Prof. Calfee, who had planned for
vacation this Fall, has had to give
Il up, and win devote his time 10
teaching. Carl Hunt, former stu
dent and teacher In the Night school,
and well known and liked by several
generations Of Berea College will also
work in the Normal Department.
Practically the whole force of the
college is on the grounds this fall,
zone except Pres. Frost, having
been detained by illness and any
other cause. Pres. Frost has been
forced to give up work for the time,
and will probably not be down for
A month, and DR.. Thomson has gone
to Lake Placid to see him. Miss
Douglas and Miss Boatright are both
back at their posts, and are being
welcomed with great warmth. Most
Of the lady teachers from the East
came in on Saturday. and the others
have been dropping in one at a time.
There seem to be more students
coming from a distance this year
than ever before. The largest crowd
was the one that came Tuesday morn
ing under the guidance OF Tutor ]. c.
Bowman and Miss Gertrude Coliete
from North Carolina, Virginia and
Tennessee. There were S. In this crowd
and more are to come. Other parties
have been arriving on every train
and the campus looks pretty full. Not
but what there is still room, how
ever, for any who may come. The
college always has room for a few
more, and special efforts are made to
help those who have been unavoid-
ably delayed in coming here. Berea
is for the benefit of its students, and
does all II can for all Of them that
are worthy.
/ The Jam Social" in the Chapel
Tuesday night was hilarious affair.
Everybody who had been here be-
fore was busy trying to shake hands
with everybody else who had been
here before. and also to make the
: new students feel that they were at
home and part of the big family.
I The crowd was immense, and so was
the good feeling, and the social life
OF the school year got a start that
couldn't be beat.
The first exercise Of the year was
Chapel, Wednesday morning. While
the six hundred odd people present
lid not crowd the Chapel. still the
crowd was evidently larger than
has ever before been here in the Fall
term, and the smiling faces of all
showed that there is very little home
sickness. The Chapel was as usual,
on opening days. filled with announce
ments and good advice. An unusual
feature, was the sending of a tele
gram of good wishes and regrets for
his absence TO Pres. Frost who is
detained by illness at Lake Placid,
NY.
Over one hundred guests have already