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mained, however, to form a fitting nucleus for a
large educational institution, and the grounds, the
water supply, plumbing, drainage, etc., were all so
admirable that the committee deemed themselves
most fortunate in their purchase of this place for
the new school.
To further illustrate the close feeling between the
promoters of this institution and the Southern peo
ple for whom the work was intended attention must
be called to the fact that subscriptions were solicit
ed from every source, and that both northern and
southern men united in working for the great cause.
When, therefore, there arose the question of nam
ing the largest hall of the new university sugges
tions were made by both northern and southern
men. Some suggested that it be called ‘‘Grant
Hall”; others suggested “Lee Hall” but Gen How
ard decided to unite the names and to designate the
principal building as Grant-Lee Hall I This name
was adopted and today Grant-Lee Hall is the chief
dormitory for boys and is even now one of the most
imposing buildings on the grounds.
Avery Hall For Girls.
It must be remembered that this University is co
educational, for the girls of the mountain regions
stand quite as much in need of educational facili
ties as do the boys, and President Lincoln made no
discrimination as to sex when he spoke of his desire
to help “the young people of the southern moun
tains.” For several years, however, the accommo
dations for girls were very meagre, many of them
being compelled to board with families in the neigh
borhood. These families were scattered and the
facilities were poor indeed, but a recent donation
of $20,000 by Mr. Samuel P. Avery and his wife,
of New York city has made possible the building of
“Avery Hall,” a thoroughly modern, sanitary and
comfortable home for girls, where board can be had
for SIO.OO or $12.00 a month and where it can be
earned by the boarder in domestic service, which,
in fact is a part of the industrial training at this
institution.
Other Industrial Features.
Everyone conversant with the condition of the
mountain people of the South, knows that money is
the rarest commodity of the place and about the
rarest possession of the people. Yet money was ab
solutely necessary for the conduct of this institu
tion as, despite its generous endowments, it was im
perative that it should, in a great measure, Le self
supporting. There was only one way in which this
problem could be met, for it was scarcely possible
for these students to work their way through col
lege as so many students do in the towns and cities.
The work must be done for the institution itself.
Therefore, employment in the various departments
is found for the worthy students, and the kitchen,
the farm, the dairy, the various new buildings, the
grounds, in fact every part of the university, fur
nishes work for those who desire it.
Cost of Tuition.
The rates of tuition are at a merely nominal fig
ure and scholarships are freely offered by the many
friends of the institution. According to the grades,
the tuition varies in cost from twenty-five to sixty
five cents per week, and with the board as low as
has been stated, it is not a very difficult matter for
the student to accomplish an entire course of study
at the university.
Plan of Educational Work.
We use the term “university” for such is the ul
timate design of the founders of the Lincoln Me
morial, but the following plan as outlined by Dr.
Wm. Stooksbury the present President, describes
the method in which the work here is conducted:
“While it is true that we do not neglect the nor
mal and academic, we put considerable stress on the
industrial. Studying school work and collegiate
training, we have found that even in our best col
leges and universities only a very small per cent,
of those who matriculate finish the collegiate and
university courses. So we decide, with this fact be
fore us, that the best training for all concerned, is
to establish and maintain an Institution where the
masses can obtain an education that will fit them
for the manifold duties of life, rather than main
tain a school for the education of a few in the high-
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er branches of study. This is especially true of
the ‘mountain whites,’ because they are compelled
to work in order to secure an education, and the
kind of education we offer teaches our students not
only to know but to do something.”
Dr. Stooksbury has done a wonderful work for
the institution and although his own health very
nearly deserted him some time ago he was not per
mitted to resign his position, as he had intended,
but was given additional assistance in order to en
able him to lessen the great strain which the super
vision of the great institution entailed upon him.
Various Departments.
It is almost impossible to estimate the full extent
of the work which the Lincoln Memorial University
is doing for the mountain people of the south, and
a mere mention of the different branches covered
by the curriculum scarcely conveys any adequate
idea of the scope and influence of the institution.
Yet it is of interest to mention that there is a normal
department for the training of teachers; a commercial
department where all branches of commercial work
are thoroughly taught; a department of telegraphy
where students are trained in railroad office work,
the demand for such trained workers being recog
nized in a country which is literally a network of
railroad systems; a domestic science department is
devoted to the training of young women in the arts
of housework and cooking, it being understood and
accepted that “hot bread, ‘doughy bread’ and hard
fried bacon have caused more deaths in the South
than consumption I’ ’
There is also a department of natural and applied
sciences, a laboratory for the study of mechanical
engineering, physics, chemistry and geology, while
Botany, English, History, Latin, Greek, French and
Mathematics are all given a due share of recogni
tion and a full measure of consideration.
Religious Training.
The Lincoln Memorial University is designed on
broadly Christian principles but no denomination is
given preference. There are regular services in the
Chapel, as w 7 ell as excellent branches of the Y. M.
C. A. and the Y. W. C. A. and it has been noted that
the students lead moral lives, filled with earnest
work and ambition. Tobacco and intoxicating
drinks are absolutely prohibited and financial aid
is immediately withdrawn from any student found
guilty of indulgence in either the vice of whiskey
or tobacco.
“The Mountain Herald.’’
Each month a most interesting paper is publish
ed at the Lincoln Memorial University, and it is
a publication so ably edited and so full of matters
of vital importance to students that it far excels
the average publication issued even by the advanced
colleges of the country.
Full reports of the commencement exercises were
given in the current issues, while articles of spe
cial interest were published in the “Herald.” So
frequently are donations of money, supplies, books,
etc., made to the university that one department
of the “Herald” is devoted to chronicling these
as well as to show what disposition is to be made
of the funds obtained.
Appreciation of Students.
Many are the evidences which come to the Pres
ident of the appreciation of students for the ad
vantages offered them. Parents, too, make all pos
sible sacrifices in order to give to their children
even a single session at the Lincoln Memorial. One
father, with five little girls, wrote the President
asking if there was any way in which he could
“give the girls a chance to learn; we have no
money, but we are well and can work.” To this
request answer was made telling the man to come
and see what could he done. On his arrival a col
tage on the grounds was given to him, employment
was found for himself and gradually for each one
of the girls. This was the beginning of the sys
tem of family cottages which has since grown to be
a feature of the place. Many of these cottages are
built of logs in true southern mountain style, and
recently a perfect specimen of the old log lions' 1 ,
daubed with mortar to keep out the wind and rain,
has been purchased and placed on the grounds to
show how the early settlers of the district lived.
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News of General Interest.
Twenty-five years ago Berlin had 193 telephones.
Today it has 35,000.
The commercial report for the year just ending
shows a trade balance of $517,000,000 exports over
imports.
Flowers can be varied in color in a marked de
gree and with striking effect by the use of chemi
cals in the soil. Slight admixtures often produce
remarkable changes.
Congress recently passed a law against the sell
ing of “imitation” gold or brass, which bears a
gold mark, but this law does not go into effect
for a year and this gives ample time for innumer
able frauds.
Some of the restaurants for workmen in Paris
are conducted strictly on hygienic principles. Ev
en the napkins are not put into rings and allowed
to touch, but are put into marked pigeon holes,
and each laborer gets his own on entering.
Baroness Cedarstrom, as plain Mme. Patti, has
made as much as $300,000 in a single year, though
at present, it is said, she does not trouble to make
more than $50,000. Melba earns $150,000 when
in full work, and Sarah Bernhardt makes an aver
age of $70,000.
The Fourth of July will now ba celebrated in
Germany because of the birth on that day of a
grandchild of the Emperor, the eldest son of the
Kaiser, the latter being a grandfather at the early
age of forty-seven, the father of the young heir
being himself but twenty-four.
A striking example of American patriotism is
found in a recent episode at the stricken city of
San Francisco. During the month just past there
came the anniversary of the raising of the Ameri
can flag in that city just sixty years ago, and cit
izens of all classes stopped the woik of reconstruc
tion to celebrate the event by appropriate ceremon
ies and addresses.
A Miss Paterson of London has been making
some pure food investigations which will cause
England to be careful in any wholesale condemna
tion of American goods. Miss Paterson has con
fined her investigations to the jams and preserves
which form so large a part of the English diet ami
her revelations are scarcely less repugnant than*
those of Mr. Sinclair in the Jungle.
One of the recent popular importations from
America into Japan is baseball which the boys of
the Japanese schools are playing with much en
thusiasm. 1
What with the projected changes in the costumes
of the Japanese women and the adoption of Ameri
can sports we may expect to see that picturesque
country assuming a very different aspect during the
next few years.
A new method of bringing the drowned to life
has been discovered by a Dr. Eisenmenger of Hun
gary, his theory being that abdominal rather than
chest expansion is the correct one to restore sus
pended animation. A set of cuirasses or instru
ments for this purpose are used to completely
envelope the abdomen. The, alternate depression
and raising of these instruments are said to bring
the desired results.
Although so much has been written and said
about the injury to the children of the United
States by the careless use of fire arms and gun
powder on the Nation’s Birthday, still this year it
is estimated that twenty-eight persons were killed
and two thousand wounded as the result of the
same practices which have prevailed for many
years past. Most of these persons were children,
and comment on the carelessness of the adult guar
dians seems almost unnecessary.