Putnam County herald. (Cookeville, Tenn.) 1903-1922, 1914-10-01
BAXTER SEMINARY

satisfactory manner, with q
Igood enrolment and splendid
prospects for most successful
and prosperous year.
l.. This excellent school was
founded in 1910 by the joint ac.
tion of the Central Tennessee
Conference of the Methodist E.
piscopal Church and the Board
of Education of that church,
and is under the direction and
control of the Board of Educa-
tion. 1t was located at Baxter
because Of the great need of a
lgood educational institution in
that section, The Seminary is
chartered by the State of Tenn
essee. .,
Much praise and credit is due
Rev. s. E. Ryan, who for three
long and strenuous years as
President of the institution has
labored patiently in erecting
the excellent building that now
adorns the beautiful campus,
which consists of about 13 acr-
es of beautifully wooded land
just on the edge of the town.
This large building is thoro-
ughly modern in design and
construction and is 3 equipped
with all the appointments that
go to make a strictly up-to-date
school plant. 1t is Of poured
concrete, hollow construction.
laid of in v shaped joints. whi-
ch insures a building that will
be warm and dry, and practic-
ally fire proof. It is steam
heated throughout ); It has a 96
foot front and a depth of rs IT,,
and is two full stories in height
with eight foot basement. The
basement contains the dining
department; on the ground
floor are located the living
rooms for the president and his
family, the seminary Office, a
large chapel, a reception room,
a library room, and four class
rooms; the entire upper story
is given to dOrmitOry purposes
and will take care of 81 young
ladies'. !" ''''i
The primary rooms will es-
pecially be a lasting memorial
to their builder. DR.. Ryan, as
they are the best equipped and
most convenient to be found.
Special emphasis is being plac-
ed on normal training, the man
agement purposing to make the
primary department school of
methods for the practical train
ing OF teachers, there being a
great demand in this section for
equipped instructors. The Sem
mary building is burdened with
some debt at present and the
school should have the hearty
cooperation and support of
each and every one interested
in the cause Of education.
The school has adopted a
course of study that is except
ionally high for a school of it's
kind, being patterned after the
best. Taken all in all this
school is -on a par with the
very best anywhere.
The management has adopt
ed a policy that means strictly |
business in it's discipline and
thoroughness of work, so that
all can be assured that their |
children will be under careful
and efficient supervision if at
Baxter Seminary.
DR.. Ryan having resigned as
president this year, thost in au-
;hority called Rev. F. S. Ditto
% take up the work. he being |,
Kindly disposed toward the peo
,le and enjoys the work in this
section, and he has taken up
he work at great personal sac
'ifice. Bro. Ditto is thorough
Y equipped as an educator, hav
ng obtained two degrees from
)ePauw University, and holds
! teachers professional certifi-
ate from the state of Tennes-
zee; besides, he has had consid-
,rable practical experience in
chool work. He was for quite
! while president of a strong
.ollege in India, and was presi-
lent of the Methodist school at
Red Boiling Springs at the time