The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1913-04-17

900 which was used toward the pur-
chase of our campus. This money, in
the adjustment later, was turned over
d. Lincoln Institute.
A third helper in those earlier times
was Gen. Oliver y. Howard. Howard
was distinguished as the Christian
solder, a man who preached to his
troops. Twice In our time he visited
Berea and addressed the Union vet
Grams. lie was t. personal friend of
Lincoln who put him in charge 1T
the Bureau for freedmen and Refu-
gees. This Bureau had charge Of the
work OF caring Tor the Union people
OF the south many of whom were
driven from their homes and IN
circumstances of great distress, ~
well as for the negroes who thronged
the Union camps. When the war was
over and the reconstruction begun,
this Bureau had considerable funds
at its disposal, and Gen. Howard Sc
cured the appropriation of $4,000 for
I the erection OF the building which
bears his name. This was the chief
building OF Rogers administration.
| The bell hung in its tower. The low
er story was occupied by recitation
rooms. and. in fact, Howard Hall was
the College for number of years.
II is a precious heirloom and we hope
II may stand forever as a monument
to those historic times.
Another of the great believers in
Christian education was X. X. Graves
of Brooklyn, N. Y, a member of
Henry Ward Beecher's church. Mr.
/ Graves and his brother were north
ern men. but engaged in buying and
selling cotton and thus actively in
terested in the welfare of the south.
Mr.. Graves contributed several thou
sand dollars for the erection of our
Ladies' Hall. and assisted Berea peo-
\ pie in getting gifts from others. Two
of his daughters are still living and
send gifts to us every year
/ The next name on our roll this
morning is that of Mrs. Valeria G..
Stone Of Maiden. Mass. Mrs Stone
inherited a large fortune and spent
her time in studying the needs Ct
the world. One need only look at
her kindly face 10 know that she was
one of the true saints of God. She
left the bulk of her fortune to a
hoard OF trustees who were to dis
tribute II according to their best
Judgment for the advancement of
Christian education. These trustees
offered to give $4,000 to Berea Col
lege provided $4,000 more could be
raised so as to provide an endow-
ment fund of $4,000. The raising of
this endowment was one of the
great achievements Of Fairchild's adj
ministration. And 1t brought Berea
into the fellowship of a considerable
number of other schools which had
also received appropriations from
the Stone estate
Another Of the distinguished faces
on our program is that of William
Thaw of Pittsburg. the man who
more than any other was the maker
OF the great Pennsylvania Railroad
William Thaw and John G.. Fee be-
came warm personal friends and Mr..
T'haw gave 1000 year during his
life and left directions at his death
that this gift should be continued
five years longer The last of these
payments was made the first year [
was in Berea.
Another name ever to be remem-
bered in the history of Berea is that
Of Joseph II. Stickney. He was a
great business man in Baltimore. His
birthplace was IN New England. but
he spent his life in that southern
city where the "worser sentiments
OF the south Were in the ascendency.
II was at Baltimore that the United
states troops, going to the relief of
Washington. were mobbed in the
streets. II was at Baltimore that the
assassination of Lincoln was planned
No one knew how Mr.. Stickney was
troubled in spirit over these things.
He was always in his office at his