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PRESENT YEAR IS BEST IN THE
HISTORY OF THE INSTITUTION
ANNUAL REPORT OF
PRESIDENT DICKEY.
Emory College Shows Flattering In¬
crease Both In Number of Stu¬
dents and General Ton*.
The South Georgia Conference of
the Methodist Episcopal Church held
its regular session at Waynesboro
last week and many important mat¬
ters came before that body. One that
will be of interest to the people of
this section was the report of Presi¬
dent James E. Dickey, of Emory Col¬
lege. We publish it below, and it
shows that both the average number
of students and the general tone of
moral conditions at the college:
“I herewith present to you my
eighth annual report. It affords me
pleasure to inform you that the ses¬
sion of 1908-9 proved to be the most
satisfactory of any year of my admin¬
istration, while the term of 1909-10
promises to be even more successful
than that of the preceding year. The
enrollment for the term ending June
9, 1909, was'271, which number indi¬
cates a small increase over that of
the term of 1907-8. At this time we
have already enrolled 296, which, you
will observe, is twenty-five more than
the total enrollment of last year. The
health of the faculty and student body
has been good. The work of the fac¬
ulty and students continues to be of a
high grade of excellence. The relig¬
ious influences which have always
been a distinguishing work of the col¬
lege life continue to abound at Em¬
ory. During the spring term a gra¬
cious revival was conducted by the
pastor, assisted by Rev. W. G. Craw¬
ley, in which the spiritual life of the
college and the village was greatly
quickened. One of the most inspiring
features of the college life during the
term just closed.was the organization
of the Greater Emory Club by the un¬
dergraduates. The Allen Memorial
Church is now in process of construc¬
tion. It is a beautiful structure of
classic design which comports well
with the other buildings on the cam¬
pus. When completed it will seat 1,
000 people. It will be heated by steam
and lighted by electricity. The
church will meet a long want at Ox¬
ford. You may remember that at a
call meeting of the trustees of Em¬
ory College in the month of July,
1908, a campaign was projected for
the purpose of raising $300,000
the endowment of the college,
amount, together with the $ 300,000
ready in hand, would provide a
million dollars for the institution. At
that July meeting the trustees pres¬
ent subscribed $66,000. To this
amount was added the pledge of $96,
000. The campaign, as you know, was
placed in the hands of a committee
under the leadership of the president
of the college. He began a canvass
of the state last October and at your
last session reported $115,000 in sub¬
scriptions. During the conference year
just closing he has devoted all of his
available time to the prosecution of
this campaign, and witli the help of
the brethren, is now able to report in
pledges $250,000. The president of
the college wishes to acknowledge
with gratitude the uniform and inval
uable help of the pastors wherever he
has gone in the interest of the col¬
lege. Without their cordial co-opera¬
tion the work that has been done
could not have been accomplished.
With their continued help the cam¬
paign will be completed on June 1,
1910.
Church Congratulated.
“The church in Georgia is to be
congratulated upon its response to
the call of the campaign, the success
of which means $500,000 for one of
the nobles foundations within the bor¬
ders of the state. To reach the half¬
million mark for Emory’s endowment
has been the dream of the friends of
the college for a generation. We have
to be faithful to our trust in this mat¬
ter for only a few short months, and
this dream will have been realized.
“The endowment comes none too
soon, as the capacity of the teaching
force is crowded to its utmost, the
lower classes having been divided and
subdivided until some of the profes¬
sors are devoting three hours to a
class, when they should he required
to devote only one. The success of
the campaign means more teachers
(and notwithstanding the fact that
within the last eight years $190,000
has been invested in permanent im¬
provements), better equipment and,
we trust, more pupils brought under
the wholesome influence which per¬
vades the college life at Oxford. Let
the friends of Christian education
thank God and take courage."
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two Steamers. Address L. H. Hilton,
[Sylvania, Ga.
THE COVINGTON NEWS
SIXTY-FIRST CONGRESS
CONVENED MONDAY.
Nearly All the Representatives Have
Already Reached Washington.
Washington, December 4.—With the
opening of the first regular session of
the sixty-first congress but two days
away, senators and representatives
from near and far are arriving in
Washington today by almost every
train.
Following a time-honored custom,
both houses will adjourn soon after
their convening at. noon on Monday.
The adjournment is out of respect to
the memory of those members who
have died during the recess of con¬
gress.
Senator Johnson, of North Dakota,
republican, died several weeks ago
and his successor, Fountain L. Thomp¬
son, of Cando, N. I)., a democrat ap¬
pointed by North Dakota’s new demo¬
cratic governor, will take the oath of
office Tuesday.
The deceased representatives are:
David A De Armond, of the Sixth Mis¬
souri district, who met at tragic death
in a fire which destroyed his home at
Butler, Mo., only a few days ago, and
Francis R. Lassiter, of the Fourth
Virginia district.
Tuesday is likely to be devoted in
both houses to the reading of Presi¬
dent Taft’s first annual message to
the congress.
Election Contests.
A half dozen election districts in
five states figured in the contests
which will be threshed out early in
the next session of the house of rep¬
resentatives. These contests, notices
of which have been received by the
clerk of the house, will be laid before
the committees, of which there are
three, in charge of such matters, prob¬
ably Wednesday. Among those in the
South is in the First district of Lou¬
isiana, where H. C. Warmouth is con¬
testing the seat of Albert Estopinal.
Two South Carolina members are hav¬
ing their elections contested, George
S. Legare in the First district, and
Asbury F. Lever, in the Seventh. Le
gare’s contestant is A. P. Prioleau,
and Lever is being fought by R. H.
Richardson. All three of these con
tests are based largely on legal tech¬
nicalities.
Claiming that the shifting of a
county fsom the Firth district of Vir¬
ginia into another district was illegal
and deprived him of sufficient ballots
to change the result, J. M. Parsons Is
fighting for the seat of Edward W.
Saunders.
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Th* Humane French Boatman and the
Dead Englishman.
A long expected French lugger was
seen making for the roadstead, and
the Lowestoft free traders were on
the alert, anxiously seeking an oppor¬
tunity for communicating with her
crew. While they waited for a lapse
of vigilance on the part of the excise
men a boat was lowered from the lug¬
ger and rowed toward the shore. A
curious crowd of beach men and ex¬
cise men assembled to meet her. and
as sbe came in on the crest of a roller
It was observed that she contained a
coffin.
The French boatmen had a mourn¬
ful tale to tell. On board tbe lugger
had been an Englishman suffering
from an Illness which soon proved fa¬
tal. In his last moments of conscious
ness he had begged tbe captain not to
bury him at sea, but to keep his body
until a resting place could be found
for It under the green turf of a church
yard in his native land. Sympathy
with his sad fate and the knowledge
that the lugger was not far from the
English coast had Induced tbe captain
to consent, and now he had sent the
body ashore for burial. In spite of
his broken English the Frenchmen’s
spokesman told his tale well.
Both excise men and beach men—
especially the latter—loudly expressed
their admiration of the captain's con¬
duct A parson was summoned, and
in a little while a mournful procession
made Its way from the beach to the
churchyard. Even the chief officer of
tbe excise men was>present and Is said
to have shed tears.
That night the local “resurrection¬
ists’’ were busy, and at dawn the
churchyard contained a desecrated
grave. A tittle way inland, however.
In the midst of the marshes, a smug¬
glers’ store received the addition of a
coffin filled with silks and lace.—
“Highways and Byways In East Ad
glia.*' by W. A. Dutt.
Joe Millar Waa Not a Joker.
Joe Miller, who is generally believed
to have been the soul of wit. never
made a sing'e joke in bis life. He was
an actor and bo grave in manner as
to become the butt of other people’s
hilarity. When any witticism went
tbe round Miller was accused of its
authorship, and be would never deny
It He lived an exemplary life aDd
died universally respected. But no
sooner was he dead than appeared
"Joe Miller’s Jests; or. The Wits' Vade
Mecum," compiled by “Elijah Jenkins,
Esq.’’—that is to say, forged by John
Mottley. tbe Jacobite, just as years be¬
fore Hobson’s “Polly Peacbrum” and
Ben Johnson’s “Jests” had been forged.
Dragon Flies.
Dragon flies can eatcb insects when
flying at tbe rate of forty or fifty, miles
an boot. ,
ON THE FLAT SHELL
Oysters Opened That Way With a Pur¬
pose, the Waiter Said.
The waiter had taken a long time In
getting the oysters, but as be was well
known to his guests and his guests to
him that occasioned no comment
When the oysters were brought the
waiter set them down before his cus¬
tomer and asked:
"Do you like them better that way?”
The diner looked, but he didn’t no¬
tice any difference, so he asked, “What
way?"
“Why, on the flat shell,” replied the
waiter. “Don’t you see they aren’t on
the curved part of the shell, us usual?”
“I see It now that you tell me about
it,” said the diner, “but I don't exact¬
ly get the significance."
"Well, you see," said the waiter,
“they always keep them upstairs on
the round shell, and when any one calls
for oysters if they do come on the
round shell It isn’t a certainty that
they have been opened fresh. Some¬
times they aren’t good, just because
they have been standing. When 1 call
for them on the flat shell, as I do for
some of my customers, then they have
to open them specially for that order
Id that way you get them fresh."
"Ah. I see!" remarked tbe diner.
But when he told the professional
cynic about It the cynic said some¬
thing about betting that they kept
them standing opened in both ways.
“Besides, any one knows they look
fatter on the flat shell, which Is all
the more reason they’d be likely to
serve them to some folks that way. If
they asked for extra large oysters
they’d get them on the flat shell. The
same oysters on tbe curved shell would
go as ordinary sized oysters,” remark¬
ed the cynic gloomily.—New York Sun.
The Name “Pepy*.”
How should “Pepys” be pronounced?
Percy Lubbock, who wrote a biogra¬
phy of Samuel Pepys. declares “Peeps.”
But there are many people living and
talking who call themselves "Peppts.”
In 1679 was published a volume called
“Luclda Jntervalla,” by James Car
casse. who was a clerk in tbe office ot
Pepys. He did not like Pepys and
would have beeu glad to spell It
“Peeps.” But be didn’t. He wrote:
Gat thee behind me, then; dumb devil
begone!
The Lora hath Epbthatha said to my
tongue.
Him i must praise who opened hath my
Ups,
Sent roe from navy to the ark by Pepys.
From this tbe London Chronicle con¬
cludes that to bis contemporary Pepys
was •’Pips.”
Mr. Struckoil—That there sculptor
feller says he’s goln’ to make a bust
of me- Mrs. Struckoil—Henry, It’s
dreadful the way you talk. Say
“burst,” mot “bust”—Philadelphia Rec¬
ord.
DOUBLE SUNSET.
Curious Spectacle Seen at Timea In
One Spot In England.
A vary curious astronomical phe¬
nomenon occurs in lhe heavens at a
certaiu time of tbe year which cau be
witnessed only by standing in tbe par¬
ish churchyard of Leek, In Stafford¬
shire, Euglund.
From that position the top of a
mountain known us the Cloud breaks
the Hue of sight and fully Intercepts
your view of the setting of the sun.
This mountain Is six miles distant, as
the crow flies, from the town of l^iek
and owing to Its peculiar formation
causes the sun when it has entered
that sign of the zodiac known as Can¬
cer, which happens when we are about
halfway through the year, to prpduee
the strange effect of setting twice
daily.
The first time that It sets the town
sinks into darkness, and the Inbab
1 Hints light up their houses and shops
In the usual way. Presently dawn suf¬
fuses over the town, clear daylight
follows, and artificial lights are put out.
At the second setting of the sun
darkness sets In for good. This phe¬
nomenon continues for some days.
Tbe head and shoulders of the dis¬
tant mountain intervene Just at tbe
Juncture when the sun at the first set¬
ting drops behind the top or head of
the mountain. There be hides for some
time and emerges again from behind
Just below the head aud throws day¬
light out upon the locality once more,
when be again sinks behind the moun¬
tain’s shoulders and finally sets behind
the horizon.—Stray Stories.
Color* In Poetry.
As to color. Grant Allen maintained
in an “Essay on the Color Sense” that
only eight colors are recognized by the
popular mind—black, white, red. blue,
green, yellow, gray aud browD. Edu¬
cated people speak of scarlet, crimson,
lilac and purple oDly under exception¬
al circumstances. In a prosaic hour
Grant Alien weDt through “Poems and
Ballads” on the quest for color and
found that Swinburne used the word
red 151 times, rosy and crimson once
each and sanguiDe, ruddy and scarlet
twice each. Gold Is mentioned thir¬
teen times. Blue reaches twenty-five
And Ihe prosaic conclusion Is “to
adopt the statistical form, we might
say. If we chose to reckon the uureck
onable. that red is 500 per cent more
poetical than blue.”
Har Strong Faith.
“Oh. Tom.” exclaimed tbe fair
young maid as tbeir auto Hew along,
“there's a church just ahead there!”
“But,” replied the eloptng lover, “we
can’t be married there."
"Well, but we might stop there and
pray that we may not be overtaken.”—
Unci* Remus* Magazine.