The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1917-06-14

Charles Lester I'd. 1896, Arthur
Hanson, brother OF John Hanson o.
the original Board I'd. 1877, JOSIAH
Burdette I'd. 1917 and Samuel Han.
son ID. 1870, former professor
Walter +. G. Wright, whose ser.
vices were Of greatest value unit
his death at Olivet, Michigan, II
1909, and two men who had JUS
been elected on the Board, Rev. J
p. Stoddard Of Boston I'd. 1909 anC
Rev. Addison p. Foster, ID. 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 u:
today, p. ID. Dodge, now pastor In
New York State, B. s. Hunting
principal Of the Preparatory De-
partment, whose genial and devou,
life ended in 1893, 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 &C.
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 oil
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, a lady prin-
cipal," a 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
ia r. Giddings, and another new
arrival destined to important serv-
ice, Miss Alice X. Douglas.
p. d. 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 and Assistant Treas
urer was the oldest worker now in
the active service Of Berea, Thomas
j. Osborne, who had been here
three years. There was thus a force
Of twenty-three persons, none OF
whom were doing full work or work
ing to advantage.
The student body" that greeted
the new President at the opening oil
the Fall Term consisted OF less than
fifty persons, the majority children
whose feet as they sat in the Chapel
seats did not touch the floor. Be-
fore the Fall Term was over some
thing more than 100 had struggled
| in and the total enrolment for the
year, including the crowded Winter
Term was 35l.
There followed three Initial Years
Five things marked the year ending
at Commencement 1893:
First, the new President made
himself acquainted with the records,
organization and conditions Of the
school.
Second, he suffered severe at
tack Of typhoid fever, in which dur
ing the first three years all the
members of his family followed
him.
Third, Providence sent as a wis.,
itor DR.. A. d. Mayo, who at that
time knew more OF the conditions
Of the South than any other man
and he made the new President
wise.
In the fourth place, the new Pres
ident, with the financial agent, Fair
child, made a trip through the east
ern states and found that Berea's
friends were dead or forgetful, sc
that we had the task Of finding 9
new set Of supporters.
Fifth, in the spring OF 1893 &C.
CURED the great financial panic
so that all business was suddenly
depressed.
BY the end Of this year, however
the new President and his wife had
a program for getting Berea once
more on the track Of service and
progress. At Commencement there
was q formal inauguration. Five
hundred invitations were printed
and Z. p. Fairchild, whose business
il was TO know our friends and hope
full donors, was appointed to mail
them. A month later, we found In
the office 400 OF those invitations,