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2 posed to the Board of Trustees “to buy a site and erect, equip and donate a suitable building to ac commodate at least 150 pupils.” The Board accepted his offer and in recognition of his generosity the name of the Seminary was changed to that of “Ag nes Scott Institute,” in memory of Colonel Scott’s mother, Mrs. Agnes Scott. The cost of the plant and equipment conveyed to the Trustees by Colonel Scott was $112,500.00, and on November 12, 1891, Agnes Scott Hall was dedicated in the presence of the Synod of Georgia then in session at Decatur. Phenomenal Growth of the School. From this time forward the growth of the insti tution has been almost miraculous and its capacity has been taxed to the utmost to accommodate the pupils desiring admission. During the year just past 301 girls were enrolled, and in the year about to begin application has been made for more than four hundred with a prospect of even this number growing when the full enrollment is had. Rebekah Scott Hall. As has already been said the problem of arrang ing for the home life of young girls during their student years has been one with which the Agnes Scott College has deeply concerned itself, and as the original dormitory had long since proved inade quate to the demands upon it, another building was an urgent necessity. As always in the history of Agnes Scott, generous friends were forthcoming to meet the needs of the institution. One of the most earnest of these friends is Mrs. Josephine Abbott, of Atlanta, and the site for a dormitory building was donated by her. This building was only com pleted during the past spring and the fund for its erection was contributed by the family of Colonel u,nd Mrs. Scott, as well as by Mrs. Frank Inman, Col. J. W. English, Jr., Capt. J. W. English, Sr., Miss Jennie Inman, Capt.-R. J. Lowry and Mr. H. M. Atkinson, all of Atlanta. It was formally dedicated and the keys given to the Trustees dur ing the past spring and in compliment to Colonel Scott the name of his beloved wife, Rebekah Scott, was given to the splendid new hall. Mrs. Rebekah Scott was herself deeply interested in the life of the institution and it seemed but fitting to honor her memory thus. If ever there was an ideal home for young wom en it is to be found in the new building at the Ag nes Scott College. Erected with every possible forethought for the comfort, health and happiness of its occupants, it is architecturally beautiful as well as substantially and practically perfect. A visitor might easily imagine himself being conducted over a mammoth summer hotel such as our country is famous for, when he is shown over the Rebekah Scott Hall. A broad, stately corridor connects the new building with the class rooms in the main body of the institution, and this corridor, guarded by massive Corinthian columns, extends around the en tire front of the building, a distance of many hun dred feet. Apart from the artistic beauty, this affords an ideal walk for students during inclement weather, and is only one of the many provisions for the health and pleasure of the occupants of the building. The inside finishings of the new hall are of dark walnut, “Mission” style, and the furniture is in keeping with the woodwork. The beautiful re ception rooms, the spacious dining hall, the luxu rious bed rooms, and baths, as well as the modern and complete culinary arrangements all testify to the taste and the careful intelligent supervision un der which the building was erected. It accommo dates about 100 students and its estimated cost is in the neighborhood of $60,000. Literary Society Rooms. One of the features of the new hall are the two magnificent apartments devoted to the use of the two secret literary societies and furnished by their members. These societies are the Mnemosynean and the Propylean and they afford ample opportunity for practice in literary expression as well as in correct parliamentary practices. Their usual pro grams consist of “essays, debates and readings, in terspersed with vocal and instrumental music.” The furnishings of these two halls are worthy of spe cial mention for the handsome carvings of the chairs on the rostrums, and the graceful fittings of the apartments in all the details are matters of pride The Golden Age for September 13, 1906. to the college as well as to the individual members of the societies. Location and Other Buildings. While much has been said as to the physical con struction of the Agnes Scott College* there is small danger of exaggeration as to the completeness of the college equipment. The site chosen for this great educational work is exceptionally beautiful, being within five miles of Atlanta, the grounds lying so high as to furnish natural drainage, and the buildings for various purposes are grouped around a campus which it is safe to say cannot be ex celled by any institution in the South. In addition to the Rebekah Scott Hall there is another dormi tory building, which -was the original house used for the Agnes Scott Seminary—this is the White House, and is also a complete and spacious struc ture. A Science Hall, Gymnasium, together with the Infirmary Building and the president’s home, complete the buildings on the campus, the whole forming almost a colony in itself. The Alumnae Infirmary. The Alumnae of Agnes Scott have forever made themselves a factor in the future of the institu tion by founding an Infirmary for use of the stu dents, and by donating and equipping a special building for this purpose. A trained nurse is in constant attendance, but it is a matter of some pride that even with nearly four hundred pupils, during the season just past there were several weeks when not a single patient entered the building pro vided for illness. In connection with the infirmary there is also an isolation ward or separate house for the care of possible contagious diseases—an extra nurse is employed for such cases, and even a sepa rate kitchen is attached to this department, thus insuring absolute isolation for the infectious patient, and consequent safety for other students. Standard of Scholarship. Although we have given attention first to the physical equipment of the Agnes Scott College, yet after all, this is but the outer husk of the institu tion, as its real worth is found in its standard of scholarship and rare moral and spiritual training offered to its students. Although begun as a seminary the promoters fixed before them the ultimate standard of a College, but so high were their own ideals that it is only within the very recent past they have succeeded in so ar ranging their curriculum as to feel on a perfect par ity with the other colleges of the country. The de gree of B. A. when conferred at Agnes Scott enti tles the holder to fullest collegiate recognition by the advanced universities of the country. It so happens, however, that Agnes Scott College is not at this time within the Southern Association of Colleges, but the reason for this is such a one as time and further facilities must surely remove. Preparatory Training. The faculty of this institution found it exceed ingly difficult for many of its students to enter the college course because of insufficient academic train ing. It was decided, therefore, to have, in connec tion with the college, a sort of preparatory school to which admission can be had at fourteen years. This school, however, cannot yet be separated as completely from the college as the rules of the Southern Association of Colleges demand, hence in this requirement alone Agnes Scott is deficient, but it is hoped that within the near future the academ ic and collegiate courses may be completely separat ed and the members of each will then be given sep arate training and separate accommodations. This preparatory department, however, will be carefully retained as it has been found of inestimable advan tage here as it has been at many other large col leges and universities. Carnegie’s Gift. Standing as it does so prominently among the Southern Educational institutions it is but natural that Agnes Scott should have attracted the atten tion of Mr. Carnegie and this college is to be the recipient of one of the Carnegie Library buildings just as soon as the requisite amount—s2s,ooo —can be furnished by the institution to meet the Carnegie requirement. At present, however, a spacious hall (Concluded on page 3.) Items of General Interest. The boa constrictor has 320 pairs of ribs. Report says that Saint-Saens will visit America this coming winter. A falcon has flown from Tenerife to Andalusia, 750 miles, in sixteen hours. The Russian pianist, Gabrilovitsch, will make a tour of the United States and Canada next win ter. It is said that a loaf of bread 4,000 years old has been found among the ruins of the royal palace at Dei-ei-Bahri, Egypt. The bread is supposed to have been baked about 2,500 B. C. With characteristic progressiveness two young Japanese men are studying the business of horse breeding as it is done on a Kentuckv stock farm. It is intended to start breeding establishments in the principal Japanese cities with a view to enter ing Japanese horses in the great races of the world. It was recently discovered that the United States soldiers employed at the various army posts through out the country were in no way physically fitted for active service. Consequently long marches and en forced hardships of camp life were had with a view to hardening the soldier for the possible exigencies of real warfare. The New York Central Railroad is about to dis place the old steam power in use on its suburban roads and to use electricity instead. In order to successfully accomplish this a school for the train ing of electric enginemen has been opened at High Bridge and the old time engineer must begin all over again to learn his trade. President Roosevelt has added one more unique incident to his already remarkable career. He has been appointed, by courtesy, a G. A. R. “Veteran.” This honor was conferred on him by the G. A. R. Post at Mt. Vernon, Vermont, and was the result of President Roosevelt’s expressed regret that ha himself had not been a veteran of the Grand Army of the Republic! The longest bridge in the world is planned to span the St. Lawrence River six miles above Quebec. It is to be 1,800 feet long, stretching almost from bank to bank of the river. The central suspended girder is to be 675 feet long and 130 feet deep at the cen ter. There will be tracks for railroad traffic and roads for street ears as well as for wagon traffic. Tom Johnson, the mayor of Cleveland, who has made a persistent fight for three cent street car fares in the city of his municipality, has at last succeeded in forcing street car companies to grant seven rides for a quarter—this would seem as though the three cent fare were bound to come even tually. A curious combination of commercial interests is had when telephones and toothpicks are coupled together, but it is a fact that the President of the Atlantic Telephone Company says he would pay one million dollars a year for an exclusive New York Telephone Franchise and that he would give even more for a monopoly to manufacture toothpicks for that same city. Mrs. Humphry Ward, the famous English nov elist, is about to visit America for the first time. She had many offers made her to lecture before American audiences, but has not, as yet, decided to accept any one of them. As Mrs. Ward has been somewhat prejudiced against Americans it is hoped she may have ample and favorable opportunity to readjust her views. Certainly she has had loyal friends and admirers in the large number of Amer icans who read her books with interest to them and profit to her.