The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1917-06-06
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ard Hall already in place, IS acres
OF public grounds, 200 acres OF
glade land, library of 5000 vol
umes, small printing plant and
laboratory outflt-a total material
equipment valued at $4,000. And
there was an "old' and a new"
endowment fund aggregating si07,-
600, though partly detrited by poor
investments and Offset by a debt Of
$4,000. The present worth Of the
Institution, therefore, was about
100000.
But far beyond these possessions
were the name, the history, the
ideals and the opportunities OF Be-
rea.
Yet while possessed Of this equip
ment and character Berea was at
that time without any plan or mo-
mentum. Since the decline and
death of President Fairchild there
had been no directing mind and the
working force wF discouraged.
There had been no advance, no in
crease of students or other re-
ward of effort, for some years. IL
was a good time for a new leader!
And the new leader came with
some providential preparation. He
had been the choice of the three
patriarchs, Fee, Rogers and Fair
child. He had an ancestral inter-
est here, for his grandfather had
been an anti-slavery leader and q
personal friend of Brother Fee. He
was himself a graduate Of Oberlin
and had been for fifteen years a
member of its faculty. And he had
had the impulse and call to activi-
ty that led him to raise money and
students for Oberlin and to cam
paign for prohibition and other
good causes. He had just returned
from a year of travel and study in
the old world. By far the greatest
asset which he brought to Berea
was a young wife, able to give SYM
pathy and sound advice on all his
varied tasks, and to represent him
and the Institution in the most mo-
mentous affairs.
OF the eleven Trustees who cleo
ted the new President only two sur
vive, Rev. A. A. Myers, Of Harrogate,
Tenn, and Rev. Leander J. Aldrich,
of Fredericktown, Ohio. Besides
these were the patriarchs, Fee ID.
January, 1901 and Rogers I'd. July,
1906. four citizens Of Berea:
Charles Lester I'd. 1896, Arthur
Hanson, brother of John Hanson of
the original Board ID. 1897, Josiah
Burdette I'd. 1917 and Samuel Han
son I'd. 1915, a former professor,
Walter E. C. Wright, whose SER
vices were Of greatest value until
his death at Olivet, Michigan, in
1909, and two men who had just
been elected on the Board, Rev. J.
p. Stoddard of Boston I'd. 1909 and
Rev. Addison p. Foster, d. D., Of
Boston I'd. 1902. Another Trustee,
largely influential in this election
but not present to vote, was Rev.
George R. Leavitt, DID,, Of Cleve-
land.
The faculty that greeted the new
President consisted of four profess
sors-L. v. Dodge, who sits with us
today, p. d. Dodge, now a pastor in
New York State, b. S. Hunting,
principal Of the Preparatory De-
partment, whose genial and devout
life ended in 1898, and A. E. Todd.
whose careful work for the library,
the scientific courses and the gen.
eral interests Of the school will
long survive his death which oc-
Cured in the same year, 1898. {
There were also Miss Gilbert,
whose portrait hangs here in the
Chapel. Mrs. Daisy Hubbard Carlock,
and Miss Honor Hubbard, sisters OF
the famous Ebert Hubbard and pos
sessed of all his talent without his
recklessness. There was a colored
tutor, Hathaway, whose work in
mathematics was good, LADY prin-
cipal," teacher of bookkeeping
and penmanship, two music teach
ers with little TO do, and six teach
ers in the elementary schools, OF
whom one was a niece Of the ia
nous anti-slavery statesman, JOSH
VA R. Giddings, and another new
arrival destined to important serv-
ice, Miss Alice X. Douglas.
p. ID. Dodge, Professor Of Mathe-
MATES, was also Treasurer, E. p.
Fairchild, son of the late President,
was financial secretary" which
means money-raiser, Ella ]. Swee-
zey was MatrOn OF the Boarding
Hall, while the Steward OF the
BOARDING Hall apd Assistant Traas