The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1921-09-23
Il LEXINGTON, TENNESSEE FRIDAY,
REV. H. X. ROSE WRITES
FROM NEW HAVEN.

Dear Progress Folks:--A bundle of
papers, via the kindness of Blanche
Threadgill, came this morning but no
Lexington paper therein. My address
is New Haven Connecticut, Yale Uni
versity. Would appreciate the paper.
We had a good trip through. Stop
ped overnight at Mammoth Cave and
took the night trip through the cave.
They send two guides with each party
one in, front to lead and one in the
rear to see that none stray off or lag
too far behind. For my part they
might have left the rear guide at
home. believe would rather be lost
in Tennessee River bottom than In
that cave. 1t is a peculiar twist Of
nature that such hole should exist.
We came to Louisville from the
cave, quickly crossed into Indiana and
our road troubles were at an end. We
did not have a puncture from Louis
vile to New Haven. Ohio has better
roads than any state We struck, and
is, perhaps, the prettiest section we
passed thru. 1t is remarkable that all
the people in that state seem pros
porous, no small houses, nearly all
two-story bricks or stone, and the
barns two or threee times as large as
the houses.
From the Ohio line thru the North
west of Virginia, Maryland and into
Pennsylvania, we were continually
climbing and descending the noun
tains-roads fine made the ascent
very easy and the descent very dam
gerous. The road sides are strewn
with warnings like this: "Stop! Don't
descend unless your gear is in low.
Don't try to hold back with breaks.
Last year 16 were killed, SO wounded
and numbers slightly injured on this
road" All along this mountain road
were to be seen other signs Of re-
ligious warning, put up by the Quak-
ers, some said, and by Salvation Ar
my workers: Where will you spend
eNrnity" Prepare to meet thy God;"
"The wages Of sin is DEATH" etc. The
first two made an especially strong
impression on me because of terri
able accident just in sight of those
two boards. A car was run into
telephone post, the driver instantly
hurled into eternity, and the two oc-
cupants with him badly hurt. We ar
rived just after the collision occurr-
ed. The car, Hudson of the latest
type and highest power, smashed ter-
ribly, the ground strewn with bro.
ken pieces, and the unfortunate driver
dead, his blood in a pool, and hisA ans
Scattered tsuer ground and on n... /.
was never to be forgotten sight.
"Ah," said an observer, 'Look at that
beautiful machine, how hopelessly
wrecked it is" "Yes," said another,
"see where it began skidding, he must
have been going eighty-five miles an
hour" Then said, Gentlemen, we
all must go the way he has gone, !
wonder if we have noticed the warn
ings." There in forty feet on a tree
was, where will you spend eternity"
and just few steps further on post
Prepare to meet thy God" | under
stand that poor felloW, doctor in the
neighboring town, was unprepared.
The last lap of our journey, from
Newark through New York to New
Haven was made the last day. We
had less trouble getting through
Americas greatest city than through
many smaller ones. The road was
plain, traffic controlled and our map
clear. 1t took us less than an hour
after leaving the ferry to get out.
A word about New Haven and the
heart of New Ha ,en--Yale Universe
ty. New Haven is larger than ! ex-
pected to find. She will easily cover
Memphis and Nashville combined. 1t
is quite a manufacturing town, many
big plants are located here as, The
Winchester Arms Co., U. S. Rubber
Co., American Steel & Iron Co. etc.
Being situated on the water there is a
lively shipping business also it is a
railroad centre.
know very little about the Uni
versity as yet. One thing | do know,
it is larger than | ever dreamed of
seeing. Last year they had over
5000 students, and more will be en-
rolled this year As stated above, the
University is the heart of the city,
quite different from Princeton,
through which we passed, situated in
a pleasant village, with plenty of
meadows and trees. Yale is surround |
ed by business houses, and it seems to
have been difficult to keep business
from crowding into the walks of |
learning. At first the University was
the town, being established back in
1903, soon after the pilgrims landed;
but ere long business surrounded the
great halls and lofty trees, and so it |
is today.
Later shall try to write you again,
giving you more details and tell you
especially about the Yale Bowl which !
seats $4,000 people.
We are already homesick for Lex
ington, and will be glad when our
course is over and we can be back.
Please accept my best wishes for you
and all know and love there.
Sincerely,