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AUSTIN COLLEGE.
Austin C liege opened the seccnd term
Wednesday, the 6th, with an Increased
-enrollment and excellent prcspects for a
most successful year. At the close o'
the week, the tot^.l enrollment has reached
196 for the entire session, and several
other students are expected. Th's
numDer is just 40 in advance ot tne total
enrollment of last year. Last year, the
enrollment showed a gain of the same
number over the year previous and was
the largest attendance in the history of
the instituticn. Every indication is that
Ihe instituion is on the up grade and
spec fic efforts will be made this year
to increase the endowment and add to
the equipment as rap'dly as possible.
During the holidays a number of improvements
were made in the Chemical
Laboratory. A large hoed of the latest
and most convenient type was installed
and more convenient water service ro
oacn aesi arranged. ?*ror. Chas. C.
Scott, head of the Chemistry Department,
spent the past year abroad, studying
under Curtius, the noted German
cnemist, d scoverer of Hydrczcic Acid
and head of the Chem'stry Department
of the Un'vers'ty of Heidelberg. Prof.
Scott purchased extensively while in
Europe and has fitted his laboratory up
thoroughly and 's making h's department
one of the strongest in the institution.
Cons derab'e interest is being felt in
the various literary society events which
ara to take place during the coming
spring. The first of these is the intersociety
debate wn'ch takes place February
19. The question is "Resolved that
the United States Government should establish
a graduated Income tax cn all
ncomes of $1,000 or over. The Philenxioian
representatives, Messrs. W. A.
Riall and F. M. Richardson, both of SherTV)
n n will f Q Iro tKo ll? T
A. Wight, of Sweetwater, and R. L.
Owen, of Graham, of the Athenaeum
soe'ety represent the negative. The
following representatives have been
choBen by the societies for the preliminary
to the tSate Oratorical Contest
-wh'ch takes place March 1: Athenaem,
R. E. Henderson, I^ngvlew; J. G.
M. Ramsey, San Antonio; Philennoian,
J. E. Rob'nsrn, Pittsburg; W. R. Hail,
Oranbury.
The society representatives for the
college orator'cal contest, the San Jacinto,
are, Athenaeum, J. K. Alexander,
Sherman; W. E. Eong, Ladonia; J. W.
riickman, Wananucka. Okla : Phiion.
nolan, J. E. H xscn, Dallas; Jno. McWil1'airs,
McKinney; J. H. Sullivan, Houston.
ALABAMA COLLEGE FOR YOUNG
MEN.
Dr. William E. Mcllwaln, who has
been president of the Alabama Presbyterian
College for Young Men in Anniston
s'nce its establishment, has tendered
his resignation. For about six years. Dr.
Mcllwain has been in the service of the
-college, and under his directorship it has
developed into one of the leading educational
institutions of the state. He
r y
E PRESBYTERIAN OF THE SOU:
was elected president at a meeting of
the Board of Trustees held at Bessemer
on January 15, 1903, at wh'ch time Ann'ston
was decide I upon as the college
location. Und:r h's leadership about
$100,001 was raised, and in October,
1905, the doors of the institution were
cpened in a $40,000 building. The family
then cons'sted of four men. It has
since been enlarged, and the enrollment
has steadily grown. In the event his
res'gnation is accepted. Dr. and Mrs.
Mcllwain w'll make their home in Charlotte.
N. C., from which place Dr. Mcll
wain will devcte his energies toward
raising an endowment fund of $100,000
for the Columb'a Theological Seminary
WESTMINSTER SCHOOL,
In enlarging the work of Westminster
School for Girls, Richmond, Va? Mrs.
Campbell, the pr'ncipal, has been fortunate
n securing for the higher Latin
and Mathematic Classes, Miss Charlotte
Kellogg Wheeler, who is an A. B. graduate
of Vassar college. Westminster
has a most interesting graduating class
for 1909, who are to be congratulated
on this additional advantage in their
work. The second half session begins
February 1, 1909.
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wKiitngn I ?.-r V I nvj I IN I M I IN IMt
CHAPEL PULPIT.
The follcw'ng well-known ministers
*111 fill the fharel pulpit at the Unlvers'ty
cf Vlrg nla from January 17 to
March 28:
Jaruary 17?R v. W. A. Barr, D. D., of
Lynchburg. Va.
J nuary 24?Rt. Rev. Thomas F. Gallor.
D. D., bishcp of Tennessee, Sewanee.
January 31?Dr. Fisher, Washington.
February 17?To be supplied.
February 14?Rev. Henry E. Fosdick,
D. D., M on tela! r, N. J.
1CU1 uai y ?. i ne?. w. w. Moore, D.
D., Richmond, Va.
February 28?Rev. J. R. McBryde, D.
D, Fredericksburg. Va.
M~rch 7?Rev. Furman H. Martin. D.
D? Ch?rlottesvilie, Va.
March 14?Rt. R-^v. Bever'y D. Tucker,
Lynchburg. Va.
March 21?Rev. Charles Wocd, Washington,
D. C.
Vlornli OO n nt r, T - ? ? '
......vU ?ncy. w. n. i.amuein, IJ. D.,
Nashville, Tenn.
DAVIDSON COLLEGE.
The colllege, the town and the community
generally is fortunate in having
the privilege of hearing, on January 15,
in Shearer Biblical Hall, Dr. Edgar j.
Banks in one of his oriental lectures illustrated
with stereoptican views. Dr.
Banks has spent a number of years in
archaeological research work and was
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uucuiur general oi tne expedition sent
out by the University of Chicago to conduct
Babylonian excavations. For a
number of years he has lived in Constantinople
and other cities of the Turkish
empire. He will lecture on Arabia and
the Bedouin. The social event of the
week was the marriage of Miss Marie
Sloan to Mr. G. H. Currle, of Clarkton.
The January number of the Davidson
Magazine presents the same attractive
appearance as before and a table of contentg
equally Invitlqg as any seen in
the issues of the current year
TH. January 27, 1909.
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