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2 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- The Golden Age for August 9, 1666. 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. (Continued on page 3.) 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.