1 10 94 https://d1y502jg6fpugt.cloudfront.net/39391/archive/files/59aa5436e7d52010a6ba98bdc0124d2d.pdf?Expires=1782345600&Signature=lFDab-ZcdnCob0JEBdxPHuKqKW6DNamYfyF6JTVCQLWhJGtJ9FS07gT2crsnzEEhs9o47Z8%7EmzWPGEnzmBvxtZPSa3bTJZM2%7E-eLaxg4TIACLWUBozffRsyymJOAhOSBq7KA%7EQe98LMkcL379mcZi4hbo6k2fVYsTB0WagusITwog2YlyhHQZdwxEIJl7MPx0zob2KTYRTmm9WhrqyjZgdgbETDAB9u0ZjsjhGs4d02TEHy1HQw7AwykuumLRJ2MI8Wv-4eZXRi0KKPzFfqCkBb3gu5P7Ia0DWW2%7EF-IPzqWEGdzNKw1rnQ6EA5vPLcvHnSKMzz%7Ej-PzlURF50fqvQ__&Key-Pair-Id=K6UGZS9ZTDSZM f6f1d91db7f5036469f7ae81b5644e9b PDF Text Text � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Morristown Subject The topic of the resource African American universities and colleges; Local History Description An account of the resource Articles, photographs, and artifacts from Morristown, Tennessee. Collection features material on Morristown College, which opened in 1881 and closed in 1994; 1876-2007 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Black in Appalachia Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1876-2007 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Alpha Vernell Alexander; Bo Simpson; Brenda Goodson; Sandra Peters; Charles Davis Jackson; Jovita Wells Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Items can be used for private reflection and research, and not for commercial purposes. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource English Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant United States--Tennessee-Hamblen County Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. 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For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Morristown Subject The topic of the resource African American universities and colleges; Local History Description An account of the resource Articles, photographs, and artifacts from Morristown, Tennessee. Collection features material on Morristown College, which opened in 1881 and closed in 1994; 1876-2007 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Black in Appalachia Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1876-2007 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Alpha Vernell Alexander; Bo Simpson; Brenda Goodson; Sandra Peters; Charles Davis Jackson; Jovita Wells Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Items can be used for private reflection and research, and not for commercial purposes. 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Title A name given to the resource The Morristown Gazette, Wednesday, February 23, 1876 Subject The topic of the resource African American universities and colleges; Special Events Description An account of the resource An article from The Morristown Gazette, published February 23, 1876. The article discusses a concert held by students of Morristown Normal and Industrial College. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource The Morristown Gazette Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Newspapers.com Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Black in Appalachia Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1876 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Items can be used for private reflection and research, and not for commercial purposes. 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For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Morristown Subject The topic of the resource African American universities and colleges; Local History Description An account of the resource Articles, photographs, and artifacts from Morristown, Tennessee. Collection features material on Morristown College, which opened in 1881 and closed in 1994; 1876-2007 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Black in Appalachia Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1876-2007 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Alpha Vernell Alexander; Bo Simpson; Brenda Goodson; Sandra Peters; Charles Davis Jackson; Jovita Wells Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Items can be used for private reflection and research, and not for commercial purposes. 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Title A name given to the resource The Morristown Gazette, Wednesday, June 22, 1881 Subject The topic of the resource African American universities and colleges; Newspapers Description An account of the resource An article from The Morristown Gazette, published June 22, 1881. The article discusses plans and needs for the establishment of Morristown College. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource The Morristown Gazette Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Newspapers.com Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Black in Appalachia Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1881 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Items can be used for private reflection and research, and not for commercial purposes. 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For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Morristown Subject The topic of the resource African American universities and colleges; Local History Description An account of the resource Articles, photographs, and artifacts from Morristown, Tennessee. Collection features material on Morristown College, which opened in 1881 and closed in 1994; 1876-2007 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Black in Appalachia Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1876-2007 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Alpha Vernell Alexander; Bo Simpson; Brenda Goodson; Sandra Peters; Charles Davis Jackson; Jovita Wells Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Items can be used for private reflection and research, and not for commercial purposes. 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Title A name given to the resource The Morristown Gazette Wed September 21, 1881 Subject The topic of the resource African American universities and colleges; African American men Description An account of the resource An article from the The Morristown Gazette, published September 21, 1881. The article discusses Rev. J. S. Hill's role in Morristown Seminary, and boasts of the school's current and anticipated success. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource The Morristown Gazette Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Newspapers.com Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Black in Appalachia Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1881 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Items can be used for private reflection and research, and not for commercial purposes. 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For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Morristown Subject The topic of the resource African American universities and colleges; Local History Description An account of the resource Articles, photographs, and artifacts from Morristown, Tennessee. Collection features material on Morristown College, which opened in 1881 and closed in 1994; 1876-2007 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Black in Appalachia Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1876-2007 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Alpha Vernell Alexander; Bo Simpson; Brenda Goodson; Sandra Peters; Charles Davis Jackson; Jovita Wells Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Items can be used for private reflection and research, and not for commercial purposes. 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'.-.,-•.·.:--·,•·,'_:·••.~--,,-:._••'.'·, .. ~-~-,-.-_·,•i_·._·:._ .. .• .. ·,:--.,,,.·,• •• .._•,,.;;_;·,/··-,,.';"':•· .;_.:'.~'.".·" ..•~•·.:.~~.-l~:•~.::;·•:~,.-,,:·:.,:;,,'.··< :;_:,:_:.·!,''.' ., .. _/·_l_,:,,.·:.;o,,_-•,:_f/_~_·.~ '. <; __ - ~- . ;_•.~_,.•t_._:,:•·.~··:·•:, ..:,/.~.:~ �M ffi hl ,Q 1 E... § p ,-• 'I"":'\ li h! E A. C ~ .~: I was born in Ma~ison County, O~io, near_the town of Mt. ~te~ling~ My tather was·a· miller an~ the ~qm~ w~s· the banks on of beer creek~ I 1,a·s the .fourtl1 child) · sey1;;r a,l ye:rr s yc1..m1c;er than the others, two sisters arid on8 ~.1roti1e1·.· ··rr1.1ciy ·caJ)ed me. 11Lily"·,· t}:lough r:iy real name w.s. :Cl i. z,::!·:)eth, after. tw;o a,u.i;lL,, one s on each side of the faniily. ' 1Li:;_y:t · I ·v-1F:ts:1titil scbo6lnti0tes begnn 11 ,·andthen··1..1r1til to write·it·"Lillie a f.r.ir::•nd 1:lir:.u,glrt·.t.t.:cit to.o elementary and· began to call me Lilla. I tr~enbegan tci wr'ite it Lillian·E~, ·so thaf is what I am :-;til]. kr.civ.'.11 as. I t1·5.e~ :to say I was .Eli.zat,eth, bu·t forgot to ansv~·0::.· t~ t~1at, so I .rmi1ain Lillian E. 1:,oo-d t,o this· day. · · My father a·nd .r:ctrF:;r we:::'-j Chrid,i:.:i.n, kk}thodi.sts,.good .~ •·1 7:•r1 fJ'; i c•1 1"' ,.. 11 ' r. ·:>Vt=r ..:,T) U.i:. ,~ "lre 'cirl ct.i:. :'!'./~ wc-s,·,d ][y ,-. t:, '"1a1• peOp 1 8 • J. cl ;_•··u.. w ;!l.u.. ...J l ~ mother was a little Ir~- shwoman, and o:':ten spc,'..rn up ·a:1ir .tolu her mind. This, I ..do not ~now that I remember, I m~rt have 1boen tald; when:. a baby I was helU up t.o mc~et a cplore 1l tab:{. ·I .stooped and ki-ssed the other child. I wonder if God tJien de::;ign'ed !!!.§. to go to th,e colored peo.p.ie. .. · 111 ·'1\1ry Pr 4- ,, ......,,, vl.1...,; .... ' •:;,.J- --~.1. -l.·.:.., TT t.. !JJ.. • .c,•·nt 1 · A t ·t1 1·e ap;e O'i.r., i. ll. ecn; my mot·, nep tvOO.K me, t·· .·a 1•t.J..l e. .. ·.o i .,0 country church, wLJte, not Lro·.;,!]., at tx:·e sid.e.,o:f;'..the rLad, .. ].1cKendrie Chapel,'d:1:i•i]'.'.g a revivc:il· there •.. Seei.f1g' I;.wa.s J'isturbed, she ·.. took m~ to t.he· ;:il and I. became cJ. Christian_ .. · I gave. up. all inY naughty hs.b+ts· th8n and there, anq joir+ed. the Met110dist Church in Mt. 3tsr-llng. "soort 0 1'te:c, · I ·was adniittE;J.d,·.to the high school i.n London;· the county · s·oa t of:. ]¼adi.so'n ·c.ounty ,' eomnleting. the . course there in two· years, ( wh i__ I · should '.r1ot have clone.-~ · ch. tar, .. .. .... : ' -: ' . Receivlng a certificate to tt:sch. :l betan :·,to. t,::;.a,ch iri the country and smal1 tovn~ of the cou.nt;: M; f8ni't.1f, in the meantime, moved to Lo~dor1·;• where my father· apd. br·other bought a shoe-·.store, much to ·the. fami.ly detriment, losln-g' mo.st, of vvhat they had. . · ·: · .. ..· .· ... w~s ·., I busy in ti:i'e chm~ch arid ·scl:.601··v:~:tk. Perlv,.ps I should· insert her2 v:ha t I for gb t · to . tell ~o·p~.1ei , ·. th 9 t, when I went, 1 to the. altar -fur p.ray_et, I took i-1:ith m~~. :li":tJ.e. eolored my playmate; Vi.innie ;iillians. ·she q.n.d her sister,. the baby menticned before, were converted and jot.neq.."tl.1e ¢hurcU there, I suppose·. •. 1: . : : .. Eetarr~ing to m~·r account: after·· teach.ing two years, I entered Ohio l.esley&-n Unive: si ty as. a Freslwwn. I did not complet_e the year, as tr·ot}~•er ·,iilliam secured me a school &nd c~~lled me home. ~~ family ~eeded the money· I could earn, and so did I. 0 ,-. �I con~inried m) church and the young people's work·of work. teaching in t~e Sunday $chool I had many experiences in the work in 6le~entary sch6ols in Iv.Iad·ison CourJ_ty, and some It love 11 exp er :Lenee s. The fir st was · with a fellow teacher and principal, who became a lawyer. This• was rather one-sided and came to naught. One inde~d nearly , finished my Christian zeal and was reall; a love aff&ir. He was a weal thy farmer and I a poor school teacl'1er-. Afterward,,. when he was to be married to Rnoth1:!I' of his own, Jesus my Lord,· came to me in a dream. lie wa D wEia~d Lg a bl m=i robe c;,nd s ·so by od my bed. I '.mev; ~Him at once, arid st::··etchP.d forth my hand and 11 exclaimed, 0, Chr:Lst, let me tou.-::h Thee". ;ro e.ns-,·1E;redby taking my hc.tnd in tot::t Lis. 'fhis · was fa wonc;erful exo,)r ience, . and I hav~. not toJ.d it to ..::J.nyone befor0, exc:E::ft to my stster,. Florene e. This is .tru2 . So, I was to be ;rn~t for service before intended. After the de~th of my raronts ind the marriage of my brother, Will, the .tLree sj_ster s o ': us wurE left a .mortgaged house. My unfortunate love ai'fc,ir, · and tl:e :faili.'.lg health of Florence, were barr1ers to my success in London. Florence was forced by nervous prostTation to give up teaching of pia00. ~e went to Chicago so that s~e could recuperate, selling the property. There she studied millinery. I stayed one week, thinking perhaps I might tak~ up art work, having had experience in portrait crayon work. However, I was called b&ck to Ohio by Will, to look after an aged aunt, ~lizabet~ O'Day, who was a widow; she had lpst hel only child, a d&utr,hter. I v~ent and did wha.t I could for het, thinking I w_ould begin tea.ching in Iv.It. Sterling. However,iher bfoth~r-in-law moved in on me (to hold the property), and f I went back to London to visit my brother. His wife, I shouldtnot say, perhaps, was not agreeable. So, I planned to Join FJ.oreJ;tce in Toledo, Ohio, where she rw.d settled as a milliner. I went,~taking with me the household furrtiture. ~e secured rooms in Tol¢~o and started a store. It was not successful, of course. :.Then we moved to a small town, Deshler,. where I began teach_ing !o help out finance. I taught 9ne Y<far a country school, ~hen in th~ town. Not· s1cce~dint: much .in · Deshler, we removed to rauld1ng, o~ to try·aga1n. Imada some good friends· in Paulding, as well a~ De~hler, amo~g the church people, especially. I tees.me pri.r1..€ipal of a suburb school in Paulding, & position I held fer, I think, three years. ThEln disaster again overtoo~ us. Florence lost her hc&lth and money, and in the mic:dle of t:,.e sU1:1mer of 1907 I found my nane left off the list of teachers in the town paper. I went to the pastor of the church for advice, and his wife said, 11 Go South". ':!.1he p&stor,, Rev. Stockstill advised me to write Bishop ~arren. I did so, and 11Go to Dr. he answered, Judson S. Hill 0 • I wrote Dr. Eill, and he answered immediately, wcome on 11 • My sister, Alma, always a problem because, espebially, she could stick to nothing, was there with us. "Fihat should we_ do? Consulting a lawyer, we sent the millinery goods_back to the wholesale dealers. Consul ting a -2- �\. ... ,... .. ·.· .· '• 190?-1908. ·I (;lnter,e·d :cr~y.-HaLf o:f );i-q~;t'isto_wn c'oJ-lege Jn ~r.e !all_ of 1907., as Rfa;-tron: boy,s.- --~r1d--g-~}-.'.il_:.-~:·_·T:fl~e,,ff-i~~ ~-cas· ~n ·· midd,le ~ .S$pa-ra ting- tti:e .poy_s fl?-~ ··,\r:e :g_ifls. :- My. pedroor.:.. ad Jo 1ned. I was a ncvi.ce 'a:t suo.h worJ{·, and .·I '-s1~.i).PG_$8 adv.a:.--1t&"geWi;iS · .. taken of me· beca1.1se o{ ine;x:perienq_-e •.. My issi_stant was,·Miss .. Edi th Weems.,, and BXpe.r.i~_n.:;ed hand a.t sl:ch. ~he had .charge of the dining hall in the basement; ,~nd, ov.ersigrJ-t of t~1:e_ k~~c.i-1en adjoining.. I .was., :tD s~e. 0 tila.t -rocms ,and- hall_s. ive:·.e. ~(3-pt. __ Jrnder.: ·· ;rn and tq make the ..st°.ude-nts· b.et.a ~Ph.ere we:·e· ab•::ii:,t. 100 op _-ea-ch . side• The p·arlDr Wa3 l:,pppsite. my cffice.: · Kc one co:.1J.(: go· -f:r:om . ei thei' s.ide to th~ other ·wi tp.out pas.sing .. tl':1roug11 the .of.fice. · . - t::re .·.-.· :a·f : ve. On ·~e· s.eco.D.d---an.d t_hir·d .floo:cs V!.lere ·t,e~cher§ I .. sitting. rooms and bedrooms S-9J;.s::r.ating th-e two cii visic.ns. It w2s 9. capital a:rr.angement .for co-ed.uca ti,¢.r..al w-brk. I was cont er..tecl,_ but rs. ther · ~eiiildered_. ,, I. fol.ind· tc- ·mj sur_pr:.se, for one thing,. tha.t.:ther~.: 11 was a difference betw·-=en a . 11missicnary and ,;;,.''friend''· ,,So:."iH~ teachers were one thing and. some Vvera · .the 0th!.::::' •. Mis·s Eugenie Repier, tea~her of la..:1gtag£ s and t,j_ s cpry. v;as ~ · ii fr ie1)d 11 · 0f _J:;he , colored people. She took rue u~1.de-r her carcf.;, Sod bless her memory, and· I became, as she Wc:s ,. a ·,~ j_end 11 • . For tt iT tesn /ec:=l.I'? we • f'1"' lived and i.·JOr}.:ed together. We were juined by JUss, Pe-e.rl 'l'emp::I_e; colored teacher .:n the grades. ( Tt.e school. in-'ilr:de-:l the grad~ s then)·, and •good times we ha.cl,. the thr·ee pf us.-,· and U$efui · o!?-es ;, tq_o, I must say, to me. Ther.e·,wet:e -four of \lS 1:;_;llen Hiss Naomi Turner (colored) became a teB.cher and lived in Crar-., Hall; .· ,·· . .. . 't , ... . i • • ~ OJ • '· Dur:ing the fir st year thE:re· was a str -.:l~rnamong ~he·· ·boy __ s. 1 0 ThB Dean ·,yo'.O:ng.l wflii.t;e.· man) the btiy·-s' :tlio\t;;·g:11t:-,~8ai-ed .too:riruc:h- :for cd.r. · ;-~--,; ·.J.. .:,;,-s:~c,.:: .!.·U L-~....70 .,~:. l"1. n··--..,:•t· . '-'·f: _. ..,_ ·. 1 t :h6 -E:,..L ls " . .:Th e·\7:· ,....,.,-; t-,· tb·l:·-..L~ '>':·-'·c-r:a: ...,.•u· _.:. p';,..,,:..:-1-,,,·:.;,:.,:j\ ··.J,.,-;-,-_; ··lr,'-f:-··t.1'..--e" ....,, ... ..,,... u ....,. ..L .L • J.CJ...._ .lDe.a.n \.l,ia:5;c.a·ll·ed:~_: .'.T 'J.:t-keil'the-·y,b-uni -n1a:n, o.r1d- his, p_.a'f't''bt' >·· took' f·i-r st.'.. He CGi:l-1 ~me. ·a: a' >viiitn-e'-S,S·: roi~. h-im;;.' ,r . glad1Y. c:"oi1·sented' . ed s but· b:efor e · I ;-,,ti: call·ed to=··.t:est•iry ,r, ove:t hE:acf the· test ilncrr.y; of . s. the gir-1.s; and 'quickly·, change0Y--mi<mtI'-~-- st&od :up; i'cr-·:th€ : t _ a:rrci, stu-dent·s ..· .· The f;e·a.n Y.l&·S ,a-c.c;-uitteµ, :Nit:, T'e,sJg1ied his /1ositJ-6'n ..C.:This made me .rather unpopular, with st:ime- :a.nd'=·mo-r·epopula·r tbah l'h,s.d:L,_,:· ·ta 0 '-•L>(......1... 1..,_ • J . be.~.ti- ith the' :stude:nts-~ · :l\fi·s,s.fI'epler:·. -vi:~s w 'mej.e hcti~1g- 'DeJ.h · and 'L: appo,i_nted-me to ·tet, ..c.t tb:e -twel.fth.· gr~ct~:::·1~nglL,h. ,.., v1,~a!3 It· Jhei1 F be·ct.me: b_.e.tter' acq.uai·r.:t~:'.l' v,:i. ti.1 Char1:ei:;·B'o;/d ,- :tL·-$·· da'rJ.ing: of tne· school, with_ Jor~n How?,fd ~J.!_oni_ still_ consid,3r I one of, my ~.QD2, · a.rid with Jame:s'Picket,t,_..:.ri0w-iris Eeaver:,· a•s·•1:30' is Ct.arles'Bo7cl._ 9 . ; '·: • .. V ~ .. ! -·: .: . : . ·: . .:·. ·: · ..•. ·.... ; l • : :~ .. ·:. '.. f J I-··shotild say- h·,:?re:, 'th..ci.t T h'aEl sub·sti tutea.'• ih ti1e:_ E_ighth:,. ·s.eve.ral .timeis v.-hen tbe teache-r--coi.1ld.'not"·g')·•to c'l&·ss' •. , Prof. ' • . .. '-' . ov.er.1..1.ea-. .d.Lnarevv·F-:-1· on,. ,t ea,c b:..1~1g, ne-x +- .t. c me~• ·. - . -· 1r .. rd -my "' ' ' , . -and •·. u 1-t . . -:eB,C.tL.ng recom·mended me a-s c1.· ·te'J.che,r, . by· saying,· ·•tshe ~:2' -sea ch. ir, :: ' · .. = _. Grade ' ...., ~r. . quartet . ' . : : . .. ...,.~ ' . . . : Cr.:.arles, Boy_cl ·was·a si.r:..g-er,: a:nd ho.Vine ac,quaintance•· wtth··:a:·, in Cleve~a-nd-, Ohio,.- r.:hen •01'1a, comm-i ttee tn.' 'a c:hurch ·in ...;4_ �---------~-I had the pleasure ·qµartet. 1:s went soon. · P:aulding, that Cleveland, because tif that. of r8commend.ir1g him as&. rr:,31;11:;er-of Some of the fam~ly are still in .. was during this_ fj_r st yea_r that Herman Holt haJ. l~is Herman was full of mis~cief and·had had sone pranks not pleasing to Dr. Eill~ He tad a.r: appet1te; also,·as other boys. On examining the rooms, as I did ~very mo:ning, one day I . found a pie in his bed. I reported the matter to Dr. Hill (should have managed diffgrently) and he lost all patience vith Eer~an· and sent him home, ev0n ma:•:j_Lg it II expeJ. ledn accorci.i ng to the y·,3_9_1·ly cataloi. The next ye3r, Dr. Hill regr8tted, I s~p~os~, his action and received him again. MiSJ E9pler gave nim extra lassons and he v:as graduated. Herm&.n~ !:tfterward bec&.m8 c. preae;her of the Gospel. In fEtct a few :le9,rs aft<:?r he returGecl at Ccmmcncenvrnt and gave the Baccs.la 1.,ffa.te addres3. H-:i said to :1e, 11Miss \'v-ood, I r ... ever got a tit- of t:.iat pie." It experience. I· The CL1rks 7,ie:re i.ri school· thi:.t year, fo 1.1r of them: Gertrude, Lizzie, Roy and ·rtobert. Rev. J. \i. Ilsn!ling same too. He was alre1:.,,dy a pre:1c)Jer h.s.vi ng ccmpleted an Enr.;l ish cour !3e in a seminary, but he lac~ed a high school education. He and I became good ·friends. I 11E,s a:ways rathe:r pa:ctial to pr9ac.te::~s. He became tnte!'e stod ~n Ger trudo Clark and. a.sk8d ::::ceto i:1 tr odu-ce them~ I did so, and evsr afterv1_ar¢i he referred to r.1e a.s ha v lng made a match, for he ~arried her. In that way I becam8 ~~own by•sorne as 11 • a nrfatchmaker Eow'3ver, I u.id n.ot a1ways live up to that reputation, as Sadie ~artin afterward testified. Sadie is now Mrs. Pa~e of New Yor~-c, ·friend incieed. . There wer'e ot.rwrs who bf~carr:e f·irm friends. I remember, especially, Ma~ie Goins, now Mrs. Dwinn, who then lived, in this ve17 cottage, v;here· I am. v-.titir~g, with Miss Metealf and Mi~s Robertsi tTio of the tea~hers, ~lso I must menti6n Valerie Pleasants who ws.s ar. rn_nor sti..,.de::rt, Gle;;vy Vtarren, a.n outstanding student, Maey C&in, a g:::'~G.tly lcved eirl afterward became a teacher, Lafayc-tte Eamil -ton, v1hc bec&:n_e a Gospel :mini E\ter, and many ot:r:ers. It WE~S ir... t:'d.s ye·n· I w:::..sma.:::e sponsor for the ff'Friends of Af:::.~ica11 a position of hor10r. T.b.is socie+..y bas teen a vital part of the school since, and has led to the acceptance of. Beveral.nativ9 Africans w~o will be mentioned l&ter. ' matron askieg I wish to acknowledge thB friendshiD of M!s~ Lou Johnson, of the New Jersey Girlj 1 Home. She went to the trouble of Dr. Hill tp }:eep 1r.e in the school bec:ause of my pr&yers. All honcir toter me~ory. ~ exception I neglected to n;ent i.on tl1e pro gr s.m fer Th&nksg i ving v,1.hitih and still is in integr&l part of the school. I had ch&rge and :1a•:e had t:-1::,.t d;J.ty f:'ot1 that time tc, this (with the of the follovving yes.r, when ti"~e D-'2W matron tock ch&rge.) matron, was the I should say that after the flrst .ysar, ;,,hen I VJas a Dr. Hill Sa1d he th,Jught I rcu ld n,a~rn a better teach&r (-r,;hich truth) so he promoted (? )me as a t-3a,:;her. ·· I was much dis- had been of t.tis F . 1! �·{...._ ap.pointed at f:t.rst, because . of. ple,i:;t·sa:nt .contacts Chapter as matron, II. 1908-1909 •. . After my sis.fer· s, s-r:iending the I return.Eid.· .s,um.mer. va·r:>a tton:. in· Knox vili.e--wi;th 1 to. c:r~r:y Hall. a!1d :i;--o.q.11_1~;d Miss Heplep w_i,,th: -Vie had a. s·itting rcorp..~n!whichw:=.i.s '?- gi~ate·· on .the :second:floor, .for open fir~, and a bedroom on each side.· She had oversight•of · boys and I q·1er girls.. Thi_s -Yici:aS a pleasa .rrt .aI'.r-anfEo:.:ne.at< During ..s tud·y .hours ·the st,,.io.e!1t:s ha,l° access · to .us for inst:ruc.tic•.n and ad.-.·· vice,. ·The. cl'a·ss i'coms· ;·::ere·' clovm the ·n::.·11 · .in the old '11s-~a ve .·.ma.r.ket 11·~ I h&d. th.~ eighth grade' ~j_asse·s :C~:;.:c:ept m&·th_~m&t_ics). .T.he r-oom- was . .... .so __ • • • ' that• I ha.d standing •. 'roon:. only. crowded ;-•'l ', • 1· · --=~ani st~dents ~ere ihter8iti~g to ~e, such as Eugene. WaI,ker ,: Maud StonE, i 4 r thu--s_ o~\'ens, . n.s.nnie Leggett, Ho zel:e :Sr ne.st · ·:•:. (,who afterward becnme I;:rs •. Charle3 Lo:;J), ifelli~ Bruce, and Helen· · Hypsher~· · .I remember one instance distinctly: Eugene ·..alker in my cl~si w6uld answ~r questi9ns out of turn. I called him ~The\r,.; .. · ·.P.iper11.• I met my friend student, Paul West, who was in a revival meeting in the chapel of the ·old building. ~e remember each othe~ to ttis day •. He was- a soldi~~ in the first \i,iorld :'iar., stayed .some time in Ethiopia, 4frica, and· is now_-in Chicigo, · · At this converted time at my side I continued. my wort: as sponsor for "Fr ien.d s .of Africa" had the appo'in.tment of 1tPolly Cray li terar? Society 11 • My__ duties were arduous but extremely pleasant~ Miss Hepler and I wer~ = very cong-e __ n-,ial'. · I:·e mace se....-eral trips to Rev. ;.1ann-ir1g' s churches. .· She wa·s a good public spealn;r, That I was not.. 1-.;e also did visit-·· ing in the· tow11. Miss Eepler· wasan inspira.tion t·o me. •P:t•ize· for essay on Af.r.i,~an missions was won by B0~sie Myers, and fo:r. hymn by-· Helen Hypsher- •· and 'also T:;e had a nevJ deo.n I. ri •. B:ush, a 7ery · good ·c.ean ~:- The of Crary_ J;all was 11Uss A1s1:"lesPearson, an r:;nglish woman, who seemed to tl'.!.in2c us very peculiar ... Mr .• r.1idcileton was v:i th us as a: '})room maker. This .:Nas a very lu.crat~ve section, M:1 friend, Ch0.rlotte· Coope~, was a practice teacher, as wer~~others mentioned beforj.: · matron ., I 11".u.st menticn_ P.ev. r. .. .A .. \,ebb2r·, a wonder:Cli.l inspiLition -for many years to all of us. ~:e visited us: often and was always -welcome. · Miss Hoberts an.ti Miss Metcalf s-f:-i11 lived tn the cottage which I Qow occu~y, keeping iith them Manie 3oins (Llrt. ~winn). I think it v✓as clur;ing this year that the cturcn at the of the hilJ. w.3,s erected under tlls -leadership of Rev .• ·D. T, ,Xurner. The old c.::·mrqh v,as very uncomfor·table, and.,indeec, .unsafe. foot -6- ,•i �.- , <rr:) '- lt0il}ttz1if~ftf2~\;jt Ins{MOS which I mrist I'¢lat~ ,:'Sfo'Ce it sh9ws a i:t/;>;gf~E/i;··-a:frl~-rence: bet"vt.i/e:tr ''.SentJment' t,:1:er:_, ··1ro·w_'~ _and ' :.T: W-c~~s. 9haper'\on'ihi(.a:-~~utn 0 f,:. s tiuient·s :-::~ i--1).f•':13: be:r:0.r __ · :9_B.r.y-i6 ,.-: The· p:c:·.e& e. . ct.er Wo. s -:;; ! ,<· ·a<white mari. . .lhe 1;·.,hiter~;eorirereAce· ·vw.s in session he!:e. He made ·::the remarl~, 11-Negroes. w1.).1" be. in_ ':.iE3a??c',. Qf .._ccnJrse, b:J.t· tht::Y will.._ be in the l-::tteh~n. 11 : __ ;J:.;ti.i:rnea· to'm;j·'stq_d~nts...:3nu. sa.ic~; "t,e.11, ·I·. ;ani.,. ~6.ing, with you~?, ,·-·. ,: -:::,-·., ·..:_._, ·· :< ·.,• ·· · · . ('\ . . . . •· · · --.--F-rortr t.h..e' .rec·o-rd ±t-cseerr:s-·that .mJ friend_, ivliss Hepler, was absent ·parf of this year,. b,e,c~q.s_e_.o-f. _i~_l_p.?;s~, and t_hat Miss B~ss-i~ ,ijunt:J_ey. s.utsti ti;_ted ·r:o:r.-. her. · :&:,i.ss E.e:p:1.e::v;_a_s peJ:tcate and . not· able ,for _all sh-e _ v.n~8_r-t~:~-k~:: l·I,ct~~v~~ sl\e. r~cov 1=:-r-e~.ar1d re- . turned. to. u~- the f.0l.Lowi:1,g .Y-€'9.1" Tif[:rus·\iiee)Tf.S.( af te1 ·war a Mrs. Gox) ~-' was - not wi tb PlS.~ th::13 yea:·' hor _.the TpllovV'ibg -·y,3ar .- ,1.e .surely . miss-ed her. Miss _Anna T;1axt6c1 took her ple.ce_ •.. J.p. most things it was ple~sarit for ne. I was relieved of t~~-rrcigta~ for rhanksgiving this yea-r-, the new ma.tr.on, Mi:ss Fearson_; offid.ated .. . . ' ·. .: .. ' ·~ ; .. ; .·: ( . •: . . .. .. ; ;~ . '. i. Roz~lle Ernest was·~ward~d hcnors for sc~bl~rs~ip this year~ c:iapter- Ill .. 1909-1910. Durii1g -the .s_;irnrnei· ·vaoation I entered University of Tennessee, hoping to ta..'rn a thoro;..:igl: cou:t se lea.ding ,to :1 deg::::ee, but tn1' vmrk being clrnng•3d at the scLool L1cire tt.an once, I W:lS compelled to chance rny course in the U~iv~r~Jty, &~d I neveT·did . r,ece j_ve a degreE? :-in anything tl~ere. !lowever ,. I took a .cotJ.t.se in --··B,i;ble at Johnson_.Bir.:le College by 'mail ·a_r:isre_eE:ived the t:egree of - :. -Bachelor· o-f Sacred Literatur-e--\rhici1 I sttll irnlcL . Dti.i'ing the . sessions at ti1e Un:i.ver·sity I.toot ·a course ·..in,st<;;i!y-.·vy:r"iting a.nd 1 .. publis!:le.d -~- book, ''.Let 6y:.People _Go. This._--1i'lc.ls: -'i )._11.sp-ired.·by · instance ·which 'h.ar,u,er:d whi-le ··rL clas_s_ at v;ork~- .~ _y61.,mg·1giri came to me weeping, d,ress torn and sc,iled/ Jl'.le-.ran- to-lil.e_-·a;,'it}:_told, me tha-t she had -atter:1pt_ed tc put- a·:;Let-ter irl" the. mailbo1t ·dno,:: wa:s· accos_ted by boys who· sboi.:..ted- 11Uigge:rs not allcv/ed to put ':U=rtt'ers ·• · ' in mailbox''., ·This led, me ..to think 6f ·othei· cor;_dj_ tJ.e,ns r81a ting to Negro discrimin&tion, and-I endeavox:ed .. to find a- .so~_ution by yVriting this boo:r.:_. --T:ne·--·bo·okwas·a -fa-Lfy.:te' ~s _f.:1r as its' o'ti_J _ 9 ct· -was conqerned fo.r. I-meant it for ·the white- p·eop_le_:~··v1he·•did tu)t r_eceive, it •. However,'. my f;rier..:ds, the ·.co_;J.,or'8.ci: p€iople; h.s.ve always ,spoken v-:-ell of. it. I sn'i g.lad to ::.ay 0hal _;iriterr::i,c:Lal .relq.tions have·· imprcwed much sin_c·e the :_book '\,v5.s · pu:)l:'..sh~·d. I cor:.tirrued. my _ wor_k in ·the :Universityfor m&ny s1.:mmers. ThEJ scj_-1001 nas been a great benefit to rne. . an - , This year .th.E:re c&me· as Dean. lI°~ B • .1.'erry. · 'l'h:Ls was a, advantF·,ge to thP. ._.,.._,J. Cr>;1ool • F1·e b··.,.,OL~P'n· c_ ,,dfe, -~•··,a:• ,..,·r···1" .~nd +- 1-; J.-d q_.~ g'reat ,._ • .:-J --"-" q_,L_. lived in the cottage. They were gracicus perso_.us _to· kno·w and did good work. · D$.'J.D Perry· remaLned with us_. :for fLie yea::, s when God called him ·to 'Heaven... Mrs~-, Br,•::H;(st_~r· \-·1as matron of Crary Hall • -4 :,t::, - . i. 'I•,+-,. I . V. _._ I iI I i l I �graduates mention. Th~s _was the fit st;. acco_rding · tc the citalog; when were ':1.isted and -c'oritaf.ns· -ma-tty-nam-r.:ls ·•~·ot/·nurJsrou.s to'· Some have. been. alteady ..m-entto_h•::fr1 ·the.s~· f.:enbf:-' s ... · in . .. . ';' . ·: - Edvmrct-, Y. · I-Ul'l ·w1.':J.s ·~,:'till ih sfrd.8-tor in ·pr 5.nting 2r~d · G. Vv. Middl~ton ·1r:i brcoin--m~k-i:1g; Mr·s~ · Car?-li.na Ktnnedy- i_ri domestic science, and M'iss- Gertrude· C-larl: iri_·,sewing:/ D,..::.r;-ing· these year·s inuch was made indus tr ia.l 'work vd th good. re suJ. ts. '' . .. , of I . ·· 3andy Reid ot d§lightful c8mory w~s pr~$id~nt of .the of_.d.fric:,'.:J.i'Ka(inj_e v~ats_on of Y,~.C.A., .Is~ac Spring~ of:He~ry ij~rren Literary Society~ Maud Stone, a great friertd of mine, tf,?o:ly Crary Literary Society, Frank Lenncn ( afterwa.:r·a o'llr Dr. Lennon o.f Y..noxv ille) of. t.qe Athlet ic Associatidn; . · · Y.M.C.A., Willia~ ;·.,itten· of-~':riertr]s ... ..·• .·. I° ·peg-an.- to ma..kr::i t' my dutir and e'y pl8&SUre :;!_ to gc to see r_s. H1·11 0'10.e ,.,._.-,~;P.,. ,-:;-'-1 ear.d:; Sxv"' w:;i:s .::1'-"i1·a swr-,et on,•~on an.d M v~ ,...,,=-k •..,; . -~ a gooc;l f:rie.nd. Her ·a.aug:it_e·r, ALna (I,l:rs. Portrum) 1Nas a~·ways nj_ce. to me.· Clara, ·the other· c_aughter, wai':: m ~r-rieri-to Juc~.ge Tate of Knoxville soon clft:;lr s11e gra:luo.ts::i .::to1n ;n.gh School, and J: did not see her often :in t:i10se days~J.-.i - l....c,.,. 1 ;..,I ..L . ....., • ·-· ~'i ._. ,.t..,_. - -~ -.1. - 0 Chapter1910-1911 •.,·· :. ·. ·. IV~i•', . It·wis during th~ years bf-191~ and 1911,· I believe, when work. v:·a.s beihg dcne on the ne;·; 4,dmin'ist:'ation buildin.g. · The foundation -rv.as ··la:ld -eight- years before Dr·. Ei2.l coi.1J.d g8i:; suffic'ient funds· to comp:\_ete :i.t. · The a::lmi.nis·t:ration .Eu.ilding bears the na!ne, Laura Yard:Hill, ,i-n honor-·.o:f-Hrs. B::.11.- She was a gr·eat inspirat..ion to D~; Hill in al~ of tis work. Dr. Hill canrict ~e ptai$ed enough for his vi,ctorious w~rl:: "in bringing thLs S8IlDOl• to its pre..,. sent comfortable situa~ion. He with bis plea3ant· personality contacted men of thila~thrbpic inclinati0ris an1 built Uf this ~chool." A~l honor to him and:to,hi~ family by inheritance; · It· was th:_s year· that Miss Bl3eckinrid.ge csme tc, us as of ora tor:,r artd dramatics. She W&.'S pCviie:tfl,;,l per sonal.t-y. Judson s~ Hill, Sr~- was made ~uperintendent-0f Industrial work. He was a great friend of mine, and. his ·wife an-:1 .daughter were charming! It was; he who improved the ·cotta!!,e·to its srnig prcrortions. Miss Cassie Cannon, of pleasant m8mory, was instr~ctot in s~wing. Rev~ J .. J. M~nnin3 graduated from Cpllece Pteparatory, Miss Lorena . Barnett was teacher in pr_imo.ry d,3.~art,nent, Hrs. M&ry E •. Lrayman was installed as matron of Crary Fa.11, a·position she kept for several year 0 • a teacher . ,., lllCJ..U•.t The Industrial ;J1·n .;... i~g Jli:.t.::,Oll,<y' ;oundry. yi~..-- In those. b1··1'"ll vvork C ·.J~-'- v.;as cont::.:nued, . .!y- ....:c:h,i-L.;~.L' ..,11.L.lg,- day·s · the •:;~ {""\..:i~r"f .,_ ·.\-,0,.dv,Or_~ i.r.,Justrial Cl -u- ·.r·~- to an ext,2nded -r-,.' ..... nL, ••• }-.!· ;nac.1·J.rie Vior:c comprised .· s degree, h.. .op_, a more 5.n· d exten.;,. I ......... · ·, ·,. �- '• ~ .. , ,.. ,· ~ .. ·~ ;, t ~:· ~his day ~1953). The Boyd Industrial-build..: in con_stan.t u_se in. all departments. W8 still had <to go t.o.-·the· foot of the h:i.11 to meet our classes. ·.:3arr.uel Delaney -~~s giveh ~ priz~ fo~ of~t6ryi ·also ?arale~_Hill; for schola~ship Nannie Watson received the Lonor. The prizes· 911 Africa we2··e given to Paul v~est and Rev. J. V.-i.I-tannir:g, ar..d fo_r hymns to f'aral.ee Hill and Alexander .P-ierce. · _\:sive;p~~tlori·tha~1n ·... ip:g,:was ..there . Thi~ Jea~·r b~ought frc~ Kentucky-by sbhQlarship giv~n by Lo.qdon, Ohio, .Hattie Mae Jones. I also became friends with Maud Stone·, a very fine student. ·10ander Hil-1 (.la te:r· a dentist in .· Toled·o., ®hio - -arid siLce ·pa,.ssed), I 1'earned to kr::.ow for the fir st time. Ee was one -of !::1Z' Joys and a 1-ife-lo.ng frj_Gnd. Nats.lie Phillips who became th~: :JJife of c-ur teache1'·, P1.~of. Leon James, ,is listed for the first t1:ne, ir: t~1e catalog •. She- ri'as a fine. -gi-rl and a fine singer. Two Turne=s, Ciemma atd Lillian are also listed. Clem.ma has passed beyond_,- and. LillJg.:11· ·(now Ur s. 1.·.1:i teside) is with us., Mrs •. '\:.hiteside 'is n!'.Yvr·.I.~rs~ J.?c:J.st· cf- Ja&n ;'S;tation. This· vuis a very enjo?al:le year to me, r r_r:?r.:;.ember -that_ boys asked Miss Hepler and me for.tl1e privilege of carryirig·o:.ir books up the .hill to the ·nall :tr om the o:d. school .... building. · Some te~chers had.to carry their own books and'ciDmo~ained to us. about it, Miss Hepler and I were very· happy in our work; ahd con~eriial. · The fireside·evenings we~e enjoya~le.. ·· · I . \ Miss Clara Hill had become Mrs. IIugh·Tate and lived in Kno:--:ville·~ 8lar·a Hi,J..l is r:.o~ Mrs. Emery-. IVIr,.,Emery recently moved ·to Morristown. He-has been ·and is a graat asset to the town an.d community, as ·vvell ,:3.s the school. · He is especially inter·ested. · ·in · welfare of chlld.ren. Mr. and. Mr·s:. Tate .joined the Second · PrE?,sbyterian..,.Cnurch. :-1 took the· liberty of ·remonstrating with the Methodi'sts for not being·friendly with,strangers,· once duri-ng the summer vacation. ·I ·-a-roused ··some oppqsition to. my attitude. Perhaps I V'{as too prema tu.re - I v;as a stranger to them,. also. It had led to loss of membf;rs, but it was £,Q.,:t_myb 11siness. Thi•s· r·eminds me that once. I asiced a young Preby.ster_ian p!'e8.cper .if he were a Christian. Of cburse I did not knoi that he ~as a preacher. I was o.ften-, I suppose., to·o agg:i:essi ve _in tLose days. · ,· .,, .., :,·· :.·-. ., 'Gha:pter 'V .. • I '.· 1···. 1911-191:2. < · -During. thts- yea--r (191'1-191·2) :th~ .-"~,dn!ini·st-ration ·Bui-lding was beir.:g e.rect'ed, arid·a'· great·bt:i.ildi~1g.,it_ 1;v·ss and .:Ls. Dr~- Hill 1 was ~o. rroud of it that te ·se.ic;J.: ·•· 1:ats must n·ot be v,o:-n in this building • 11 It f.s stil1 cons'tde:::'ed one ·.of the rbe:::;t sc2tool build.ings in the s01-1.th~ Y.'e are prou_d of it • 1 Le'.ander !, . This year Hattie Mae Jones arid, 'Ekhsl \'ial.lrnr- gr·aduated."Hill received·-th: ___ ,pri.ze· fo_r: oratory,_··also Marie til,sorh -. ·' _9.:. �. • . : : ··., - ' : -·· r . . / .! : .• .. . . . ·~ t • • .• • •. Edgar Ham-hlen rece.i;veq ho:t;10:r . i~ $cho"l-arship •.. Pr izei f.o·:r, $S$ays ~ on .IJilfri.ca were ·awarrletj. to :~thel :·~~-alker,·_and ·.'Samuel De .,Lane_y,.-a_nd· __ . for hymns to IVIar_garet Grant ..and :N.j:aude.St_on.e.. tdga.r. b'ec.a1~ie: · · a minister of. the .Gospel·, .. _.. :. · .-.· . .. :·:,., ;,: · .. • • J 8:r ' ' '.::· :-~ : ••• is inter es ting to note 'th&. t the po1~\~1:.~ t::ibii·. Morr,istovm in 19ll: was -o.~ly, f.:j.ve :thou.sand. ~;,e hq.ve grown to three ti.mes that. ·;:.;,it-that-.tfri1e 'th,e -sa1:.66i:s had b·een voted .out~ Dr. Hill, led ·his ~-q~J.,or:ed::fr ienq_s ~c/-.t,l].ti '.p.olls to:' ne.lp olif, <~rid. this .da.y there ·ar2_ none ,o:.th.9. _-): t -k~ow,,_p.f.'..· _ · ·' · It to'. . Ther~ we~e ~348 ·:s.tudo-nt .v/1ih s: :a$, i1,1,clud in'g elemen tar.y. Industr-ial v~ork .Wa:s-·a,t. its. h_e-~.gb:t, -~specially b(ick-making WJder the leader ship o-f ;,;.i.ll.iam Gol.ema:i-. · ··Tl~e s-chool, had no.t reaclji;ld its 1 name of. 11 :_c.ci.ll.e~e/ , t1..1t the:t;'~, v:a.s ;a_ d·eJ_artme.i.-1:tcalle~.:·coltege _' .. _ Preparatory wh-Ich p1·epa~,:,·ed stu-d-entE; tp er:.ter &.c_credi.te,d- colleges. There was a d.epart.me.r1t· called nNo:'m&l 11 V\•L:i.c~'l gave inst:i..;uc'tioh 1n·· teaching··.and many qtuder:its_became tea,jhEffs ;..lpon.f.inishing that course, and good teachers they· bec_.s:me·., · · , .. ,,, 0 ... 1:r • +-~ +· · Leander.ul..1..l, v,as p.1.e::.1dan1,; 01 ~ .d:1e·_ V -~ rt ~.r,hV-~cl.•, Ma'-Aae..S-v.0!,18 Crar.y Society. L~s3,nd.er was also p:::-esident. of th~ , . --~, A,ssociaticn, Ifata.lio Fl\j_llips was. president _pf. th_!:3 ;G:f:rl:i'.;' ·· Association.· Para:l,e~ W{il.S president of Friends of '.Afr;i'ca. .'-l of Polly Athletic 11.thletic . VI- .: • ~- • j\ ,•':\ It wa:s.,_.I t.hink,. dl).ring ;tbJ/:! .year that taken, 111· •. · I -had the honor of'. Gonvey-ir{.g, him_ to him .or.i: .the- .tr:ain and charging the, cr~:vi; to take no doubt thought he :wa·s my -s-on., .as_·he· w.as. yvhi te .; . -~·. :•i :..:· '. . ".·. .: ~ Chapter ~ vi. ' . i ; : .--~ : . • , ,: .. •.: ·John Phillips. was Kncxv_ill'E!.-,, pui;;tirig care. of ·him·.. They in. cotprr. ., , _ .. _., ~::... : ...~ . ... . .... ·.•. •' ·, .. . .. ' ( 1912:-1913.· . - Dur;ing the y~ar _1912-19~3, _the-n~\v .Ad;J°nistr:a tion_. Bui:J,fing was occupied., some descri·ption _of- y~ti_ich~ ,h-ave ~iven·. .Iy..,·i.~ · a beautiful building and we are proud bf. it. ·· For a time: ·we had··· to approach it through a n&:rrow lane between the ca.:n·pus 'property and the Carriger residence .. Soon:, hpwever, Dr. Hill succeeded to purchasing the Carriger Property and the cam_rus extended. The Dean of the school soon resided in that fine residence. . .... • . - •• ·· .. 1. · At the end. ol the y._ear Fa;raJ._ee gradua.,t:f P, ·-?-lso Ellis Higg1ns, Frc?.,nk Lennon, Orley_ Her;_dric.l~s,. C1@.i~en.ee:J--Iuf.f, ..Jillar.Martin, Henrietta Martin-,: 'li.ill.iam .Tipton. and_ .Z:-:rri~st ·Refnhardt wer.e entered in the Hormal. course. J:..my. Neal· also gradu-atea:-·this. year. She is now Mrs. Henry Chestnut. MT. chestnu't W&.S one·or.'c,;i:ir .. te·achers for years and when -the grade·s were remove·d, W3.S pi~ir1c1pai · of . Judson S. Eill School un.til the. year of 19 51. I cannot mention all nam.es; I .have to limit myself to :,tho-se vvith whom, L carrie espe,9ial-l.y in contact~ · ~ · -10- �--· ---····- .~.~- .. •. --- ..- ......... • • l ~ The'-mus:tc d,epar:tm~nt_. became· m.ol:"~ p·rcriline·nt, and. was.._ a · great adv.-~rt.i,ge.rµer,.t· f-or. the .. s.qhool:, · as.,.i~ is to• tl-~j_s day~ Mtss 1t.:.lipe, M-cNe·:a1·1iact·:c0arge of· Domestic ·Sc-ier:9-.e._· Mis.s L~l.a R;. Doyde, a talerfted ··nnis1cfan ·was in tho·se days wl th us. She':hi·oi..:ght :'out . the voices ·Of··•'Leander Hi11.- ·arid Na ta-lie Phillip ( a gr•(;;at deal so that_ -they beca,m~. f,ir~e· s:iri-ge:r s indeed. · ' ,. . . was .-during. ti-~ese 'y'ear·s·, qS I remei,nber·, ·tl~::1•t· Vli'i-li~·ni :to. us .fronr.a.frica ..· · He was.brcilght he:!1.e·-by·a:Lutheran Mi s·sio.nar·y, at the age .. of four.teen, and rema.in~d: V:ii th us· for, ;t.~q years·. · Ee \Vas. and is a remarkable chc;1.r:act9r · and 'has dcine:i'._well. in· this 'c6v.ntry. · Ile w'fshjes nO-.,fJ. return to· ~iteria /to: a,s: a .. :ti~'d:i1ir:~: .. He ha-s suc;ce.Bded in se-::ur.ing :-t~·lo ·dE.•grees d_ur~ng ·!suniiner :sessi'o.~_t{_·. -in• roungsto:wn~ q~~o,·"College~ . ·.:! ;_;·;:.:·/ :<·:·.; . .. . · It . A:_ye.:r.s ·oaine ·• .. .. I :.. ... .:ft:\;7,a~ 't.l\i:S .:.· 'I .thinl':, when.Mi3S ::~ad.r3:l'e'rieJEvani'''°came 1;: . ne-ar~;thf?.:.:~lo.se:.'of ;tn~. ?ear, ·.t.o :11elfw-it~1 Comr1e_r.c~mert nrn~ic .• She .. _was . .;i.ndeed a help.. .:ine haq. .gr·adua •-cf3dso.me yGar s before ·anp. had . . s._p~µt_:'he_r,yErars,here ;;'dth the :fg_rnil~ o::' Dr. Hill:· She·'is:a·t thi$ writing.- Super)..ntendent of •Cr2r-y Ho.11.. · ... ,:: " . ·.. . . .. . /8~~, , · ·, 11 Bible (:.:.·· 11 ha'd 'b.een added to rny :teaching .du··(i~s. !· ••....,.' .. . Ch&pte1~ VII. 1913-19°14. Miss 113.ry Cain~ Miss Lorena Barnett, a.nd Mrs. Hatt.ie Walker .w,ere teachers. in the English Dep2.rtr.ient. I mention .~hem, I suppose, because . they were and ar.e great friends of mine~ ~ Mrs •. Gre.eri, also a friend of long stc1nding, was teacher o.,r se_w1ng,, Miss Weems .continued as Assj.stant matron.of Crary Ha.11.· •.:::, · . -~·.:·.. ,•,: ·.:It was a' great y.'ear in our new cla·ssrooms and;::t'.n::&'.ear· old ,Crary. Hall. This year· Leander and. Pa-ralee both ·graduafed ·as •9-fd, -Li·llian Turner, v~ ilma · Gannon and Mel v;in Swagger t;y ~ ... ·r'\;.on:... .. · ti_nued'::my WOL'k as instructor in °Bible 11 and Eighth ·G:rade,\\tc('v~hich. Y','as; ·added, General History.The ·library was not· ·well est:a;blished qut consisted of a number of valuable boo.'.rn urn:~l·assified, - ·... .. •· -. ...... · I ·~. ·,·: ·.. . {/}~ . _. ,·: -~. ...... ~:\·i .. (:, f ~ ·~ ':. .. '' • 1 ··: : ••• .; • ·• ro • . • • :-' ~ • • . :, . During the. SUllime·;· I ·continue~ my·. studie-s i!1 the' Univers.i'ty' :takin-g"Bible." under Jewish Rabb.is• •.· These· Rabbis wer·e very in.ter·es'ting beca:use of their r:ational ty arid ab1li ty. - They surely i~nev{' the. prophets. I studied tlie minor :prophetf'. I a-1s·o···entered· .classes in history ar:.d l'iter.3.tur·e •. ·· >: · Uy sisters and I 1.ive.d.· in a pleasant. iwu.se on Uen1ey , 1etri. S.treet in Knoxville. About tl1e1.t· t:l.ine:·ouX' gu:it·Lliz,al. O'Da:i passed and we inherited a sm.~lr ·-amount money, ·about ;p200. 00 a piece was 18ft and some fine old furniture, Florence was doing well with m~sic and Alma did some private teaching. It w&s while living in the Henley .. Str-eet·house that in that summer I wrote my . of ,· -11- ~ . �little book,. ''Le:t :My .People Goll, of·· whiGh I have .spok~n. Miss Hepler spent· the Chrfstmasr•holiday-s: ·~vith-:rhe~, .;;;:e ·at;t'~nd,ed· the '. Fir st Methndis~ .C'hu:r'ch. . · · · · .,:: ·· ,.. , . . In the summer .F-lorence -and· I went ;tO'iObio··. to see .. ab'out our little ·i.nhe.ritance~.' ·we: s.aw--som·e:oid fr'i.end-s, •. .An o-i'd friend of aister's, a lawyer, helped us in'our brs.k •. :..- ..., · .. :..·:· · · -· • I • • .• • . : · ··it. via~ ,:in· th1s .. ~rear· that Miller'~ Boyd entered , school~ I· r em'embet· how.: wpen h~: ·.came., int.0 ov.r · sitting · :room that · I tho ugh t he introdl)c·ect h'i!Jl·self as the Mi-ller:boy~ Re explained that he. was a brother'··of .Charles Boyd. -'He surely· then was. hea:r.tily recelved; .and he w_as a ·great access--ioh~ · ·It: proved. to be :as···he, after finishd:ng college ih _. Liiico•1.ti' Uni ve1' si ty:; be-ca.r.re: a. tecrChBr in the ..scho.ol- :and· afterward became President of the College, . . I • I • • Also John .Fhillips re-entered, three J.Ii.lle1· .boys a11d t'w_o Mitchell girls. ra1::1.am '.i'·1pton en'tered this y·ear. He wa_s indeed· an asset as he wa"s a· fine .n1usician. lie .e.nd..:.. Tatel Goff we're .afte'J::-.. · ward marriaa.. Hilliam ·Burt 'Greeby-, t1ative of L-ibe:ria, ent~red in the fall of 1913. He s'..l.reJ..y made good. I- will sp,sak of -him after,.. ward. He was and is a great fr iepd of mi.ne and of the Lord, ·being made a Missionary in his homeland,· and helpi~1g in the Gove·rnment also. He had chs.rge of the .Frien.ds of Africa for two years, was a fine· student and was so \.=ell-thought of in tI1e town that the people helped him financially. Ee 1.vas- first the Afr i.can I ·Lad known • .,,. Chapter VIII. 3..914-1915 •.. · This··_year: 1:·remember ·with,.s1;3.dness for our ·De.an Perry·. passed away in the' middle of the year, Mr. Joseph Sheeley was elected to finish the year. It was also in· this year thc..t Miss Hepler left:us'to· take up work in Fiske bniversity. How~ver, she liked us·b~tter and returned the next year to us; at her old work of languages and li tera t'..lre. Miss· ethel .Ault became ma·t1~on of Crar<r _, Hail "and :Miss Ellsworth . Apperson became matron of N~w-Jersey Hom~~: . . :' 0 ROhert Craig, Edgar Hamblen, Eugene Vial1rnr,- Janie Few, Clarence H_uff and Jethroe Spann graduated in 1915. v~e had quite a band -of ·musicians that year. ·Prof. Leon James was still with us. He ·and Nata.}ie ·-Phillips ·.were niarried and .fived ·'on the cam.pus.· Mamie Guess- and :r.ra·bel. Goff I.• esped.ally .reRsmber as stFlient's t!1is year. In these ·nemoir.s I' somet-imes get !ni'xed 0.11 dates,, r·emembering students' faces and deeds 'l?etter. J. D. ·Martin wa$ installed president of theY.M.C.A., liola I~jle ofY.. L.• C • .ii.., Janie Few oi' Friends of: A fr ica, Cleopha T1i6Dorralci of- Polly· c1~ary <:ociety. ~12- ,-., �/ ·cha pt.er ' IX. . ·.:·~ •.. ' " ' 1915-1916 •.. Thti· year saw th:e: .arr- i val.- of: tw-o more .A.fi" icans: P~ilip _Davis, nc-w a te&che:( in IJ,.b~_ria.; ·and Philip: Brow11., still in New York.. .Philio. -'.Brovm visits:·-,: the ;s:)"ho01' :often and. is $,. :help to us.· '" For s·everal years lle was: }r,es~dent.:-9,f the N-.ati._o_na1 ji1µ6rii. Association. "\'ihen Aft·ica.!1·s ha~,e _ar.r::i;;Yed.in. Nevf York.,·h:e has dire·cted· them to this. school. · ... · ;_ -, . . -· · ·the- en4 'of tri.i~ :~~e:.=,;_; ·::::erbe~t Jo}1r1s_on, G. v~r;/ 'good a:s ··wer:e pthers, tl1rce.Red.mc'nds ·(j<:t:i_:1~.s i's a promin-2nt lawyer·), Dillar· Martin (afterwar.C:_ 011·e of;"our t.sacher.s) ·, Agelastus Simpson and others graduatedi · 'At student, I Prizes were ,5 iveh t'o.Agelastus Sim.::,scn :for ·a!'atory, to George si~an for scLolar s11ip,, t6 Ut1mie Guess f'cr ~ s say on Africa, and to anna ny:psher a1.1d Dai.s~"' Kincaid for h.rmn writing. At this· time Ilao111i '.l;.urJl:er~was added to the faculty and a fine teacher she. proved to be, a ·gr-eat helpe:r:' to the school. -Shef was a _firm friend of mine and j o:\.ned. 1i/Iiss Hepler and me in our con.:. ferences and celebrations. Mrs .• La:wrence joi.ned us as .matron of the Girls' New Jersey_Home., ,: She -was ii1dee·d an· asset, a f.i_ne spe.aker and a good moth~~·:td t~e girls~~. 1 . . Herbert'··Johns~r:. was pres-:ident of ·-the Henry 1,larre~ Li ter-ary Society ~nd Lois He.dmo'r1d. the. Polly Crary Li te:.:'ary So.ciety, ... Agelast_µs 5impso"n of the Friends o_f 4fricc;,.,-· 1:,illi~.m Thornton of · the Y .M. C .1!.. (1Nillia·I!l had a magriificent •.. bass vo:!.'ce and was a gre·a t h_elp iri ,th,e' Jl.{us•icels) ~ a."n¢l R0:b2rta 'Iv'litchell_ cf the Y ·vie had a fine lo_t of· students &nd enjoyed the year ver7 much.- The music made quite a.record this. y_es.r.· Willi.s:m Tipton was still_ with us as pianist. · · of .W.c.a. I ! ··.· ... .. Chapter X .- · · 1916-1917. Dur.i.ng the -year .J_!;l6-1$i.7 .Dr Hill.- was plar,ming. a dorr.ii tory .. for the boys· so as to- leave Criry ·Hall, to the gi.r-1s· ·c\:J_o~e> 1.:1estill had Prof. James and I.H~s IIepleT \:;i.t~::. us, also Mis·s V~1,:;~ms._~. Miss Cain and Miss Turner·; nece.~_s_ar~--· tQ me., ... and Miss Hepler.· ·To us were added Miss Uhl and' Mrs. · .Hornb 9 ck (Matron of Cr.o.ry::11a11)·~ · The last named was recommended b·y me;. comi:ig from London, Ohio.:.' I regret to say that she was. not. so well. re:_ce:Lved as she had r..oped and wa_s . hot returned after the··y~ar. -She thought I sho1;.ld h&ve 'helped her more, but it see'med ·r '.coulq. .not. Perhaps l was '-partly wro-n'g~ _ · This _-year Mille!'. B·oyd gri3d.1,1,tted · and · -:-13- , enter;c. Linc·o1n �I \ University. He was a help to,._th~ sc_hool even then and made good . in oratory and Mathematics :i.n··.Liiicoln. ,Geegby, Ti.pton and Harvey Dickerson, outstanding students,· also gradna ted in 19i 7 .._ Ueegby'. .. entered Ohio t,esleyan, at my re:comtrendation &.nd made a goo\f re.cord going from there back to Afr i.ca· v;he:t;:_f} .foµnjed a school and he · ' ma:rr ~ed ·a: nat;ve I '_r?1m~111b~r ~aid that. pE;rh:::i.ps he w9u.+~- _ I have· to. stay 1n·t{ie Un1ve1~s1ty J1.:£,g year$ on_ accqunt of ra.ther: .. · poor use of ~he .T:nglish languag'?. 1Ie was of fe_1~ded and proved ·tha t I :.was wrong ,by, cfomp_let-ing- ·the course. i.r;t four years. Tipton 1;v~s ... ,:·a teacher until he pas:sed, · and a very good one~ · He VJEi.S m&rri·ed· · to Mabel Goff-and left three·cllildren. These are all making good as well as Mrs. Mabel Tipton, ~·.a1ter Owens and Ruberta Mitchell outstandint'·students:;. also :rinish~d- in 1917 •..,~ .~-~~f'~·:· • • I • ~f • \ •' Vi~ surely· haV·e n.issed 'these outsta.nJj __ students ng and . many_ others through the years._ They have beeh· tr~e to the standard of the school and . an,· im~ense .. help to its continuance.and influence~. Bhapter XI. 1917-:--.19~:8. .. . I findl. by the·•cc'J.taiog·t11at·Vdlliam 4yers first came to us as a· .member of the Seven:uir Gr_ade. I spok,s ·er nim before;· ; .. · pJ?obably .b'ecause ·r had him on my ·mind·,, pQt _rememherin'.g the eXq.ct year in w.hicb he came to us. He had b9en· adopted by a·1uther-an Miss'ionary in Liberia, :Qr. 4-ye~s. !J_ew-ere all espE:ci ..;i.J.ly interested ·in him.·.· He- was fourteen years_ old and e-?pec_ially_ brtght •. Mrs. Dicker.~on, our ·new Matron·, had so.foe trouble· .keci=fgin.g 1 with. him·;._. I rSfuember ooce he cam~ running into our s~tting room ~iit of breathHe sa-id 11 She_-was 'a°ft?fr!me''· w~'are.'still'_pro.w:I°:o( William Ayers •. See other accounts of him. · · , ·:.··,· un , . . · . This was the last year for Mamie Gues~; Ross 1;,shite$.ide, Ethel Tate, Beatrice Reinhardt, Anna Hypsher, Nola Kyie and many others, who Viere greatly missed,- as the years went on. James ~.are was president· of tl:e Henry Viarren Literary Society and _Te:teso Snell bf the Poliy Crary.~ Of the Friends of .. I Africa, we had for prE:sid~nt a native of A.fr ica, E"hilip :ua·vis (mentioned before). and as v.ice-P,resid.ent, Thomas A.dams {a. fine ·stud~nth \"~ill iam Hendricks was _pr·esident of.· the Y .M. C .A •. a:nd Vi.rginia \:vallcer of the Y •. Vi. G. l"l-.• Natalie :Pl,1:..llips, at this, .. time., ·' Mrs• ·L~. C • .•Ta.me-s, was hel,pJng: ·i~ the Mut 1.:1al l-..id Club_.. · . · . •. . . ·. · T h-e new boys' dormit,ory had· b.'c/t'·_m.at-6rial;Lze.d, ·though its picture ·appear.eel in• the ·cataloi.·!_ :The' boys hl:i(1 a -~1ut 11J11st Us 11 with William. Har\rey Brown a~ president! I see. G~o1' fe lfolp1e,:P name in this year I s cata1og as tr~asu~e.r Of "the Iienri t;ar'ren •. I think i mentione.d George ·be.fore~ .:He ha's been more help· to the school and to me perhaps than any ·one -,p.erson. he is_ he,acl of the iJational .Alumni at this tim-e a~nd has be:'en for many ·year's. 'I must mention -14- . �I;------------~~--:-even here ·that he,,;ar.o.µ,s•ed::the :A).umni :tq give me a fine Frigidaire, .-now:-:rn~th~cptt~~e~_-.:Jietis -~o\\;·a.:pusi~ess man in Hew York ... , J : . •• . . ·chapt'er· ·xII. 1918-1919~ ~rn the year 1918 Mary\Brade2 ·came to us from ~alden .University, which was di$continued that year. She was indeed a help to the school. for years. She was a proficient piano tea~her and trainer of choruses. She rurchased a cottage on the campus which she .afterwq.rd gave· .to ~he school.. It i~ still a goo_d cotta.ge, making:anome.·fo:i\ m.~mbers, oT·the faculty. Miss Doyle remained also with ri~· f6~.the . yea~~ · . . . .. . ~ I ~ • •· : /4.mong the, gr-ad.uates of this year I must mention .f'hilip• Dav-is, -N~na ··Goin-s, f~i:..lie and ffrance.s Johnson, .Mattie Payne, Pearl Whitson, .. Mollie. Chestnut, .'Frank: Tate~ and Lubertha Leeper.· Philip'.Br9wrt,.was .h'?ad of the AthJ.etic.J.l..ssoeiation, Joel.Hyatt of 1 the "Just .O:s ·club, Friends of •Afr:i:.:::a ·and Y.M.C • .f-..., &nd Philip Davis of the student Ccuncil. Daisy L.ove won a. prize for an essay on Africa and. ~eatr i.ce. Froe for hyiui1· ting. '.tir.i Bea tr ice Re1ri~l-ia!_:'d t was the best. schola'r. and. v~illJs Brown the· best' orator for boys and.: Th.eoph.ile· Gharp.ber s for gtt1s. \. :P,earl· ·\;hi tsori .was president ;Of the. Y. VJ.C .J} •· . . . Dlir.ing the years 1918.,.1919 the iJallace -Faro was secured· through ,the. ·gene]:'.osi ty of Mr.. Frank Wallace. It cor~sisted of 300 acr·e.s w.ith hou,se, barn, and otlier outbuildings. A large dairy barn was: added·( representing an o_,nt~ay of$30,000-. This was a , great help to. the Agr ~cultural· Depar_tment. There was also· added through.the ge.rierosity·of 11r~r;· Franc·~?·Kellogg a l_.a.rge.brick building known as, the J<;el-logg C:feam:ery. . . ·.·.. Prizes were,. awarded' tb Daisv Lc.ve for essay on Africa, to Beatr:ice· Froe for- Hymn :w:i;.i-ting', tb :B~atrice Reinhardt· for scholarship.,·to· \\lllis Brown fo1· oratory for boy~ and Theoph;i.le .. Chaip.ber s for. girl's. ( These vvere for 191-8). Pearl ¥,hi tson. visited. the schbol ·in 195l'ind helped Ge~~ie~rt~l~es to ~ake plans fdr the Frigidaire··given to.me in_ 1952. •She is fine. Mattie Payne has made good -in life.· ShE; lives in Columbus, Ohio. Kilburn Smith~ was an outstanding student. • I • •r • . ,"\ During the year ·1919-1920, mf _frie·~·1{Miss. Hepler developed cancer.·.She w~s 6per~ted upon in the city; ·and we had hopes of her recovery, but on r~turning home the ditease returned and she never fully recovered and passed 9-Way in the height of her usefulness •. We and the school will ne~er·forget her great love for the Negroes. English Sometime ago I had receiv~d a Qertificate to teach in High Schools. This. cer'tifi~ate we.s rer~.'ewable and has -15- �. : .. .~. ~ -·~' ... . , :.:. ' . . ,. :~' ··. •· been of great value to· me~ I h_ad been reJ:iev,e,d of the Eiehth grade. Miss Lucy Uhl· had that grade ·i11 1919-;l.920, Miss J\ii~e McLean was still with us, a life long_ friend. Miss Doyle left us this year. \;·e still had the farm and majored in Agriculture and :1ome gardening. Mrs. Lawrence was still with us, also Miss Cornelia Lauderback and Miss Naom.i Turner.-. · .·: :·.• . .. . ·- _ Criapter,XIII. This year I was relieved ot the Eighth Grade,{or High Sc-hool English, Gener.al E.ist.ory and Bible.Beatr·ice Reihhardt, Mrs. Julia Goode and Miss ib.iillie Fu-lton were a·dded to the faculty. · , · : · More atterit.ion was given:. to Agr_icul ture ancl Home GardenIndristr1il work in ·other li~es increased; we had pririting~ . upholsterin·g, ste·am fitting-, foun_dry work, machine work, hl.ac'ks~ithing,. carpentry and broom ma.n:ing.. The_ Domestic -Science department was in full run.nin.g order. · ini. -·.: Hazel Lindsey was pr€S1.dent of the Y,Vi.C.A. Joel Hyatt of the Y .M. G•A•, -.,..,.loer-t Smith of Henry V-:arren literary Society, Janie Gillenwater o.f P9lly .Crary S9ciety, Viayman Hamil ton of '•~Just Us 11 Club, and Phillip Brown of the A tlJ,letic .t:1.Ss,ociaiion. i.,mcng the · gradll.ates were Thomas Ai.dams, Elizabeth Bragg, Br~c& Bailey, Beatrice ,;;.ard, Janie Gillenwater, Bertha Harmon; Ir1dia Riggs,· · and Ada. s1n:tford. , Thomas Adams ._came -to v'isi t the school in 19 53. He has been true to us all:these ye;::i.r_s, ai1d God has }2les2..§£ ·h_im. This year Alon:z'o Cannon graduated in broom making. afterY'lard. haq a factory of. his own and made quite a success Ivalena· Ftanldin and Hobert J'ohnson ··. were students of' note. \ ' He of it. . . . .The sewing Depa,rtment ·was of importance with Miss Harriet Smith· in charge, ·as wer-e_ all industrial departments. Mrs. Elnpra Marquis, ·a long time friend, came. to us as head of the dining· r·oom (assist.ant matr·on). The, ':farm was in ··full operation. Philip Brown is still in N~w York and has suppo~ted the school since leaving. Diana Beaman was one ofmy girls, having a scholarship from London, Ohio. · · · It was this year that I was troubled by neur i ti-s in my arm. I had it for about a. year whe11it disappeared completely_ because ·of a shoc~·caused by the great ·fire~ ·Miss Smith·sympathized with me ind:helped.. · · Chapter 1920-1921 XIV ... •. The McCabes came to us in 19·20, Mr. McCab-e as Dean and Mrs, -16-- I �.~..:. . \ ·. 1,ib'c~be, te.ich~r·as a- o·~. P:syit16l9gy·~i11s-·~ ~✓al~rnr . t'aught rn the. :Nori]la_l :Dep·artl!lent·,-,·M(~·;Fr:an;kee· Pound,$ .~Blaluck) .' had thE? Ei&rt.n (tr.q.de ,.·"Mrs:.:: Pearl Dell·. ( 'J'emple) ~~as s,t;:..11. with:. us~ Mrs-.. Green---b:e:ca:,e. niy r9ommat.e.in''thrf.:'~ufte :or/1,•~oms 1'f1i~Js);epler and_ I had_ oc~·upied · .for-s9._ lo.ng. · Th.rs··ye·ar Ivolena Franklin g:caduated, Joel Hyatt, Jennie v. Spann, Ulysses Barten, Mae Frazier, Swan Spann and ·other important students. I _ca_n.rw.t.mention. all.· in ,these niemo_irs.• ::-~ Some ,will-·:be·-m:eritiotie&· ·la'ter .. · . . ·:· . . ·, . !. .. . ... ·,.·-I' .. . . yea-r ~ia~' Frazier.·· w&.~,· president of Y. V~. •A•, C 1 11Polly 1i· and Vdllie Mae Colemn of Cl'ai7 of '-'V.illing Vvorkers 11 , Swan· Spann was presi~ent of _Henry Vvarren Literary, Joel·Hyatt of Fr.ie-ri~s,.,Qf>.Africa~: :. · · · · · · . :Du~.ing ·.this . . ' ·. .. • · ! Pri.zes we.re- awarded Arthtis Owens for oratory, .Mae Fra.z.ter f.o.r scho.lar·ship and fo·r Hymn writi_ng, Arizona I,Iorrow fer es'say on A.fr.ica. · Th.e/ : Calfee sisters wer·e· j.mportan:t stadenfs. · The· names of· grad1µ.ates ar~ often held over: until tne following year in. the catalog, because_ the rea:::l.ir:gs .for th~ ca.talcg were ::-iad~ before the commencement. Tl:is accow'lt$ · for some mi stakes in these ~'lemoirs of the years of those gradu~tes and perha_ps of ·account •of other· bappenings·and rep~titions. ~ .. .. . ... . . v,· Ch . ../:lP'ter .-~v ... . ! 19·2_lf1922· •. '· 1..._.·. I may be ~onfused ~std the-year· of the happeningp of some things, ·but.I do know that in 1922 the great fire came. Crary . Hall burned to the ground.. The cause Q.f it W8.S never fully determi,ned, l;mt the fact _reniain.e<t •.. our beautiful· bu~lding was no mor·e, but th_e i:nemo.ry · of ~ t a_nd · what happeqe!i in .it· ··is .·fresh and ab ii.ling. I stood and .-watched ·some of .mY beloved furniti.:ir.e ·pas·s iP. flames.· An .an~~que.: sofa, from Aui).t 1\~ est&ti3 was burne.d, as vV:ell as vihat. · .jewelry I possessed. One, th;Lng destroyeg. ·was my· neur-1 tis which had- aff,l-icted; ne f-or · a ye~r o:r. P:t·or~-~ I ·.r,1eve;r felt .. it again. , The· shock was too much for-it.;_ I'had,·hq.d ..:tr.ouble keep.ing it under controJ.: .S.o that I cculd my_work •. · ~he summer before·. I had come over :.f.rqm ,.Knoxvill 1if'·to h_e],.p In a ·youn:g. peo.ple I s conference and _I suffered greatly while trying te·ach in that •. do to . ·. D+·• Hill- gathered ·us· in lne_chapel aft~r. -it was_ all .. and tal_ked· to us.; He said, ''Out of the ashes of Crary Hall rise a new and better Morristown.'' · over shall Chapter.XVI. This prophesy has been fulfilled;. Immediately he began a campaig!;J,. t·o raise money for the new buildings. These you can now see·upon the hill. . -17- �. In the meantime remove4) Green' and the .and teachers girls were traEsferred vlher:e ( the ·11brarY _b0olcs being . we were ·:gtven. qots in ·t)'.1.elibrary · and music 'rooms •. ·Mrs. to the ,Adm1riistra:tibn building- I were. moved there ·:to· 1001:: a.ft0r 'the girls ... The :matron and assistant left the schdol. Thi; with ?Ur teac~~ng was a task. After the year passed Mrs. ·Green left ·und +•v1as 'in charge sol~ly. · Miller · W. Boyd had returned .:,::' fro~ cbll~ge~d · . ~as teaching Mathematics. Miss Maude McMahan was secretary to the president • . ,The boys were· plaq:eq. - in the old· building at the foot of the hill until their new b1iilding -could b'9 erected, Marquis was in charge cf meals, which were served .science rooms in the administration building. It was this year that Jesse Cody came· to us as Superintendent of groundsi. In the spring (1922) the .fo1.mdi;ition w-as la.id for ~~a,llace Hall. TI1is· ~uilJing Wi~ com~leted fi~st, be6ause. of the ihci6nv~niences of the.al~ building ~or accomod&tions .for the boys. Mrs. in the domestic Chapter 1922-1923 . .· . XVII. . I cart f~nd little recor~ bf the year 19i2-1923, but-have the names ·of fiv~ student~·who graduated in t~e;spring of 1923. _They are \'.illiani Burroughs, 1;-.1onzo Cs.n~10n ( spcken of ':)e:(ore. as a broom malter) ,. Florence· Eeed, Laura .s:·1eigh, Loftus Jam$s and .. He·nrietta Spann (a. good \friel'ld ,of m;i.ne), Ellsworth Calfee, also Macee Hughe~. · i The· wor.lc progr'essed on ',;allace Rall... r· may say here that in the·ceremony of the laying of the corner stone cf the new-· Cra~y Hall I had a part. Mrs. 3ill l~id th~ first 'stone and ''the se-t:ond. I C0!,1Sider this a 'great honor and 'hasten ,recora ft. t. ta ·. . busy. looking after the girls an_d 'the· teaching. of my classes. Dr. Hill w.as vet:y nice to rp.e and friencis-helped· me. Miss Minnie Salsman (Farr) was-· with us as dorr:astic scienee · ·· . t:,ea.cher •.. She ·was from Neoga,. Ill., She and I were good friends •. S'ne v.isi ted me:Li1 Knoxville while she was :iere. . l Was· very During the fire. and discomfort. after the ye&r 1922-1923 we ·wer·e- pretty well to:rn. up, · All I can remen1ber was a great dea). of trouble· . . , Gradu'.9.ted in the spririg of 1923 were'Loftus James; .who afterwards married Ivolina Franklin, Ethel Few,. George Holmes·· (already mentioned), Sadie Martin (Mrs. Page).·Arizona Officer (Mor)?oW) ai1d others. faculty. . · In 1923 Charles Bills and I niehtion these especially < -18- · ·E. ~- Heal were added to the beca;1se they b:3.c.$.m·e L!lY· firm · �..... :· .'rr'.iehp.s~--· Isaac . mar,rJed) ~ ,.: \ was with Springs us .. ·'(He and Ethel.Tat~ were.I . I :::.. i ... , Plans vvere' ·Being r;ap;ldly mad.e · fo·r ;t.ne new· ..~~~1,d'in:g·~,·: ·. pfctures of· .which ·app'_ear{?~.in. the.- ca t_a.lo'-g, differer*~·:. howev~1;', , .. fr oni final . appe9-r an:ce·, · . . . . . ·· · · . .. .. .; .. Jqhn .·· :_ .· ·vni.lia~·Aye~s-, -and ~ilia'n Blair, 'Mabel V,right, Robert bff'i'ce:r (who married .tt.w.ri,zonaMorro,;v, .before _Commeric~m,ent), Violet Anderson (afterw~r:d. ,Mrs, Dewi'tt_ Dykes), and others gradua~ ed .f.:1the year J..923-192ft •... ~ ~ct 6~· c::.--~apte:-. XVIII'. :. ., .. . 1923-1924. I ElSwor.th ·cal{ee won Scholarship i10nors· ih 1.923-1924, Obie McCol.J:l..Ui1 and t~ill:iam Ayers. won e.ss8.y prizes,Ralph Rogers won a hy,mn wr;i.ting prize •. Le.ur~1·spE.;igh v'las president of·.th.e v• ... •,-.n•,. R· h Ct, t Oh' f' th e -, T",..,' ,l ... ,, '11' .1&m .. .ci.Jers '· f"·F'v," • _Q·µer $P!nti.fl. O•. i.,;1 ...... -. o ... 1 J.1·end s Y .~, 1 t,l. of Afr;i,ca .and ~of-·II-enry. t'iarre.n Li terar-y SociBty, and. Harr i~tte· . Spa.mm ·9J:·the. PolJ;Y Crary Society. · · . . · fla.llace Ifoj,.l .. \;1as oompietec!. quickly and· the bOys · moved . into ·_it:. ;:The· brick wa$ nJade and bµrned on· the campus for all :the _buildings. The indust:ria.l work was even helped by the fire. Mr. Coleman was.builder~ · · ·~. . I .. During this year it. is interi;rnting to 11.0°¼e th&'t tnany .shqrt essays ·were; written by_ stud.en ts .. arid. ·print~d · in ' 1Co~.lege News 0 • One of th~se was especially interesting "to_ me·. It W&S wri•tt~n by Artis G:r:c,lves (.n.ow Dr. Graves)·., ano-t11-er was .wr i.tten by Ga:rlijD'd Kyle (no~v Dr •. ,Kyle),'ano·th~r by Marcus Houston; ·a nat;lv·e·of Africa.; and ther:,e were others-'equa+lY interest:tirg •. · .. · ·. · I ~e~lected to say, before, that upon the compietion of!. the new Crary Hall, the girls wer-e all, re.moyed ·ft•oin New _Jer.sey ·.·· · Home and pl_aced• .. the Hall.:' iI?Now we' were all together, · This was better in many v~ay.s•. V»e had access to .all the girls· (board.ing), · ··and ·were more· united .. -- Befor.e thi-s, there-- :had been: some rivalry: among the g1rls and' some jealousy. ·ThE?re were re·ally. th:re·e di vis- · · ions. The Ne:iivJersey girls ·.s,eemed to 9laim and, have the •·position of "Aristo'Cri:(ts 11 , .. or. th 9 J2et,1~r, .class.· At l~_a.st, ou,r girls in the Hall thought so, .e~peciallY were they jealous a.bout --the ,a ttenti,on .of the boys. The. town girls were· sensitive abo-.ut:b0th and thought they were neglec·ted. · ..such ·1s youth.·.·. · · ·· · ,\ . . . . . . A ,lady .by the name of Mrs. Murphy r-ecomme'nde·d the change. She had beeri i.q charge· of the Home as· Matron and thought °1.twas a needle~s expense to keep the Home goi.t;J.g·a,s there-·: wa.'s __ plenty of room in the Ball- fot the gir.ls. : N~w 'Jer·sey iI9m_e .i~•· still an asset to the school. ...rt Vvas COlTITerted into a depnrtment_' for. Home E'conomics for which . it ..i.s -still ·used. · It was after.wards -· .. u-sed,.as 'a Canteen .. -19- �·-. -- , f :to ·go wher~ .:fopd-, .is· •qtJllr·~$old. ch.aapLJ" ·s:tttde'ht:s:· Who. hun·grx,~ ..This saves ·th~m from going to town so often where they might·· te· .tempted to spend too ~u~h money. The Home also provides ~ccomodati-0n~ r·or v{s'i tor$ d.l;l;ri-n,g· speciai .oceasion·$,. -i~hen lhe. Halls ·.woµ.lcl..,})e .. overorowct~d •. •·:Of:· l~te. ye·a.~s. vve have. a' clasi3' in ..·cosmetology -thei'e. This is great attraction for the school .. ·•·._·:r · • · a ., ,.. Thu$ the . S.Ghoo-1.-.has:~ .. been progreg sing ·ye·ar year: -~_ud by. ·:is _.attrac,ti,ng: .att.en.tion .o:o.th;·..in · the. United Sta:t~s· and ap_:road.'.., _!;:gain, ·.·.r-;:,.aY-. tha.t all, hon.or sh¢.-o.ld- be· ;gj,ven to ·the name of Jud_sbn S • .H)-11 .. . for What ·he did _for the country and fol" the· Viorld, . .Chapter· r XIX. 1924-1925. year· the ne•n Crary Hall. was be'rng bui-lt. ·. 4,s laid t!,.EY :'ir·st C;crr1,3r ·stone and J hac/. th$ honor of lay ir..g · the second OI'.!.f;,. JihS :ccom w,:1.s04 the · sec end ·r~?9r, _just agove the parlor, ,.-t f:.r.s~ I std~;ed. with my friend Mr.s. · Marquis_ -.in· he~. sut t?.e .in th,3 basement of' the new Ker.i:woo"d R~,fec·tory, (which had been coriple ted) the s8~.o.td in the 'tr id of' building·s. It is between Wallace and Crary Halls, ot easy access fion each. How~v~r, my health see~ed to be failing in the bas~ment and.I r~nio\red my room in Crary Ea.11., much to my fe·g.ret on ac·co.unt .of ·mf:fr':i;.¥n<l,' Mrs. Marquis. .... . · ·. . . t!:iis • ..During 1 h~v.e. said,. Mr$ •. Eill t.o 4 .,. ~ • • • Coeyman, the ri~w librari~n, became a close friend of liberty: I .rie-lp:e.d her in- the librar·.v. · The ,bo.q.k;s .. ·' ·.('few,;,in. ·nU:.11-ber) werl'.3· not. classified. $he began he:roicai;ty .te do ·"the' job which she did not. have., time to fini,sh •.. 11:'h;e· books ,werl? nqt in the Ii br&ry proper until la t~:r-, those r ocms ·.-11:ad ...bei;:in use,d as .. bedroo.ms as I ~tate.d before,_. after the burning ·cif ol.d. Cra:qr_ Hall. . Miss .. mi.ne,. and yv_hep.at ~ . - .' . - During this year, Dean Zedler came to u~. ,.H~. and his fa-m.ily ,li:ved in the old CaYi·ig.er. p·ropertj· 1;thich Dr. Hill had . pu:rc_tased ·several years befor.e·. ·. He- attempted t·o ,grad·e the s'chpol .i,n:t;_o· Juhtor. High. dchool ·and JUhior Col·lege; a I· ren{e1_nber ~·:' .The gr·a~ing:-,:~as· po~. a· .sue?ess, hut the ---~tt~mpt led: _la;t.~r.:·_to ~he ... est,a'blis.t ment.,..9f .a• reg_ular __ J.un1or ·college; .with College· Fr~shma.µ .and_ College Sophcn:qore .:rank.;: Tl1i.s :Ls still _thEf--standard· of the school.,. · :-.· ···>. :was ~he .. ·_.T}~ y-e;r:~y.l,itt~e,::q_~olc: ~L;t·uy Peopl~··:Gofl' 1 ca~e ·: f:p5m the puhli'sher.s. It w&~ not well -·re·<:!E;•ived· some vv:11 membe_r s by te o_f_·the faculty, even, anti, VJas r-efu.sed by s:ome ·took se.liers~ . They· tho1ight j_t too radical and pushed' t!1e Negic · forviard, to'o im;..ch. This .. would not be said in these days. Times have .. c~anged since .. then. . 0 : . ,.. .. ., The records are a· little confused beca.1.:.i.2~·of the. cpange in gradiIAg; An attem_pt was made ·to ..class:Lfy for Junior· College~ Su_c;::cess. cc1me later. Graduates of this-year vvere Violet And!;:!i'sori, . GtLpe;rt' Johnson, Albert Smi.th and· Obie ·McColluin. ·;: . i __ ·• ;, .. . -20- ,. , ..·~·.;~:::·~ �.. ,: ··19·25-1929. ' \ . ·\ . . :· . . . t~is'y~·~r;: 1 There was· 1ittle change in faculty· ~ome of course. I remember· that JLr-tis Graves (no\11 fh.-:t,)),·jfas president· of· .th~ y .. C. A., al so of !'If .._: •. Cl ubn- :that 1viar,cus; M. B ~:Ho,-Jstori.(Afr i'can)' . of :Friends. of Africa; .-.Viola ·~·Jocjd ·, _Pol:3_y. ,of 11 Cr>:_a,,):yu ,,·_·_als,o ·.of the . · Y. rt. ·C. A., Joseph Travis_ of ~rEe~ry y~art·en 11·:·a·1:a· Obie _McCb11um of the 11Dramat1c Clt:,b 11 • The last.named bec~m~.q,,4_~;t~ a f.1ne newspaper man, which I thirtk he is to t;J.is 4·$y_. Mr}:,.::J)W'inn .(Man;ie Goins) · was· a student unclass if"ied ~ ·.. s·even stu.d·en~~--~r:~: _r·ecorded as 11Freshmen 1_ • 1 Among tpen:·.·were _G-iltert; John.son. :fst;i.11 a ~eacher in the Judson s. -Hill School), ;:obie. McCollturi. ahd,.A,,l'l:>"ert·Sm:i;th. Graduates are mentioned a.s Clga M". R_ic.ilards, · valedictorian an'd Bernard Viitten as Salutatorian •. Ga.rland Ysle.(not, ·P11 D~·), Mildred Turner, .. Ralph Martin an_d others :received. honers~ · · I seem. to be s~mewhat cpnfv,sed about· ·rei8iti"s for .this year also. Mrs\Greenwocid and her siEt~r· 6ame t.o· ·us~. Mr_;;.' Greenwood made a fine member of the: faculty. B"oth. she -and.· sister were well received/· But_ her. sister was n·ot :V'Jell arid indeed _passed away while here. Mrs. Greenwood. remained for a wl11le ~ ·· $4e Wi3.S a very positive personality and an :excellent_ te.acher ~ _Ivirs. Greenwood had influence over the students·, especially over Iviarcus. Houston (african). This I regretted for her vievrn on r~ligi.c;>n were' pecuiiar, at lea·st d;i.fferent from mine-.:. We were not .v~ry. cor'J.geri.ia:l, ,La~ .sorry to say. ·· · · · · ·' ·, · · · ·- ' · her: I ' I have neglected to mention.my friend,ship with Mrs. Rill. This continued during her life here. I visited _her least once ·:at a week arid_ derived :comfort froin her presence--;· :,Th~ fa.mily have. alway"s been nice to me to. t_his day,· Judson and,.Hov,ara. .have been: espe_cially ~r.i'e-ridl.y:~. 'IL~rr.en and I" are als·o ·friendsfrom the tinie he ran to mee·t me when a· child and threw his··arms·:abdut.me. Mrs .. Portrum was ·a fr{erid and Ciara, (Tate), n·ow Mrs._ ~mery-, still is· a steadfast fr·iend.· Dr .. Hill never cornplimented: me', but· he kept me here, which is a better·probt of regard., · · _Chapter JOG. 1926-1927. · I_n the .year 1926-1927 the .neV~ Crary Hall caught :fire from some unlrnovm cause, perhaps. in. the .elevator; sy'stem for removing rubbish·. There was. great exc:itement of cotlrse; My clothing was removed by the help of" my fr·tend, Mr. B.illi~ _. I ·<Lost some things. in my excitement. My room was not E.tff_e·cted Jifter. · all, except by the water used to exting11:ish the blaze~ ·. ·The ,.g-:i..rls were ·ta.k:en_ to .·the. , New Jersey Home. I do not remem1?.er·w.µerEi the teac~ers went, all of them. ·Two of.them.went wit.h·the girls to New Jersey Home. Mrs. · Anderson, our new f;a tron., took nie wfth · heir• New J,.er~ey ·Hom·e whe;re .t,o_ we ~ tayed the remainder ·of the, year. The damage Wc$S.not great to the .-21···---...:_ �• .... . ::·,'-/iffi;,':i{f'. '. ·Ha-ll' ·and':·;1?lf(Was-. aulclrly. 4• ... • rep_aj.re4,.~ .. i::~,:_·:·i{{ij{~e~s·an'vJai· ..f-in$.looking J.aqy arid_ ··very ;opular. , _ ·]J~ :·_ 1 ~: The :te'ab:J:ier?i?-had ·a -receptioh, ;:ro~r h~r ·, to. wJ:-iic-h I ·amso:rr:Y t~ .· · · r .. ecor.d.~·j<wa§/not .'invited;_':._ifowever, .L~rs.- ,;\nc}.ers·or:. c!-iose -.me·as·. her SJ)_ec}a-1':,fr.:;teiicf·offce; ·.-Thing$. ar-e very' st;rang,e at .tifil-eS.-, at i~" IJ..;,.··~_.;i' <~~-.. ~~\:\.:}~~-L.......... _,· :.::·.~' :·.. ··._. ·- . . 1: .. . . • . . ., . ·. ..•_· '·· i • . . . The(buildi-n'g-s .'wet~ riow complete, _du_e to the untirJng . . ·r · The faculty was _fine but ·too· · the next year.. During _this. J·ear· a:· .· Dodg~-:')Vas_·,pot~ght- UiFlS co·cymq.n and the. secre_t~3:y •. -This eventual:V by '.b:ec~mine{;s'b I_.-re~0rc'. ._it :r-~ere. The Dcdge wou_.Lct not obeJ·me. Mor.e a pout -;•tJl.a 'la tei ·; pe1~h&f- s. t ~•:••~t. •• ,-•• s ·. Hill. .' of:.olfr·. Dr. Judson -l~~-g$~--.:soine :·wer'e·· dropped' ·eff..orts C , •• :: • • • _,,. • I . ·.. -The: Ninth to Twelftr ... g_rs.des v-iE:re called A.cadeiny, the Juniqr· _College. · .I '-i:JG.S not popular with Deem 2,edler, but I did not- find the.t out ·u.:1til qi'~f._r _.he r.3.d p&ssed. One cannot be popular ·:w.i ·e.verybocy. · Lea.11 »J:;,"U.8r tr ought. to tl--ie sc.i:lool tb Mabel Rfil'lwater, .a ·,r.ine girl ;-~_'.1c1, fiDe student. a She· stayed until graduation and ni.ade a i~i.::ie ::.·6co.rd ~ .• others • • •• " Dean I .. l·r:emernber· Zedler • • Mr~-. Gr~enwood and her· sister stayed· -with for" a time.· ; · A central h~ating plant had been instal:ed-. Two buildings .were. used· _fo.r indu.s trial work·. Wallace F'.c::.rm W$S in full operation. Bo~,tense Brown was· presid-e:.it of'. the Y. ':J.C •..n.~, with Mabel as. ,Vice-_Pre$idept,Jos:eph '.I'r'r:3.vis-of .the Y .M.c .A·., Ar~is · Grave~ 9f _the· 4.thlet_i•c Association, Marcus Houston of' the;)rriend.s· qf ~fr~c~, Rev.a_ Silence. of. t4e P_o;llY .Crary wi tl1 P.ose Frazier as_ · v:i,·ce7'president ·~ Rose was· al so president of the. Drama·tic_ Glub. I can· .;fin,d: no_· r'ecotc1 of ..Pr.ize's but _I :mow the FriendEi· of Africa ·...-1ere at wor:k as usual. Vie· had with us Marcus Hr;::uston and· \Sllia.tL Ayers (Afric~ns).. · · Bell ·chapter XXII. 1927-192'8. ~pg _. pur the year 1927-1928 we lost our Dean; John· Zedler. loss. to the school was occasioned by his death. . Y,e had _with_-us_ Miss· Joa.Mitchell,. a .friend_ of the ,Zedle~ 1 s .... Mi_ss-Emma • Brown, -a fine teacher, was in .austin High, o·f Knoxville,There . wa~ also Mlss 'Virginia ~il~on and others who ~ere of importande. )'Jlabel _Raip.water-,"_p'rotege of the £:edler· 1 s_, :was president· of the Y •. W,G.A •.,_ Jo'seph Travis of the .Y.M,C.A~, Artis Graves of the A_tp.le_t:i<;. Assi::icia tion and ·nenry War·ren,' Mabel Be.11 of Friends .of .···. !_frica, Evelyn Anderso.r:i- of Folly Crary and Frances Johnsc,n of the Dramatic• Club.. A D.iploma: was g"iven to· Rose i?razier a.r_;_d certifieates. to Artis Grayes, Garland Y,.yle, .Richar_d Mar.tin and Dewitt Dykes. Scholarship medal was given to Garland Kyle and to .Mabel Hain-water, _ A great. also .. -22-- �...··_'.:':MY..w6_rk \i.~asconfined _· ··-in···the library. to·· the Bible · for . ~ .. ~: : ~ this .:·· year. I helped some . The· rtgr icul tu:ral and Industrial Departments were in full.swing. ou:v facul_ty was large. There were three table's of us in the diriti1g :hail. .A1'terwards the faculty number was red1iced and the Qourse modif·ied·and· nan:ied differentlyJ .. An attempt was made to make . . . .school . . .a fµ.11: .co_llege; 'the . .~. a-s -I under stand it. . '· .. . . . . ' . wa·s 'i~ _. th,~- Y·E;~r 1,928 ·v~hen Mill.er B~yd was married '\ii t-ten _o:r·Bi,.is'tol.. -This .was indeed a great event, thoggh w~:did tiot •know 1t at,~h,a~·time: M1ller Boyd in ~fter yec!rf beo3:_me)'resident -of _tli'e. c,JlJege,-.and after his passing Mrs. Boyq,.w~s;·~pd' is, at this y~r'i.ting, Acting President. I record : tpis. ~~f_e :becau.se -of .. its· la t~_r~mportance. .. . '. .. It t6. Ma:ry: 'Georgia . '.'. , ': .i' have s't.i;ll' :inaction ...; . : ~.·· 110 · recor·q. .l'.l.f pr i·zes·, but the as -it has ·been to thi's d&y. Chapter F'r iends of Africa· was XX·IIL 1927-:-1928. '·.: Deah J~ Allen Hunter came to us with his.family. He·was r-~ai~give~·~ible· arid Missions.for that year; Miis Gaf~ ie Tayl£?r had English, Miss_ Emma Brown:-, La_ti_i1.and History. Vie had, a n'ew gymnas i.um. named ·after the .. Kellogg I s; 'The school was .. ~ow· ca'lled _'1un,i:or ··co-llege •. '.·1.;e·had a pr.e-leg&l:. c.our se, · a:epre .. dental · co.ur_se ;· a com·mercia.l ·q_ou.rse ( s_till)', 'and all ~he ind1:1str ies. The far,m .·wa_s·:important and all the ·-r es 1t menti.oned before. · :·;e had a d.epartinen:t- 'called i1 Gr,ad·uate .. Student st! ,·.one .called ••~cademy 11· and .... 11 • ' ·.one ' called ·"~Elemen tary.. · : .• • • · . . • . . a: g66d,De~n.· . oi . : _· Mar;iei ·Bell .was pre s.ident :th~ Y.-Vv. •:A. , Charlie C i'. ill ie 1 Barr hf· of. Polly- ..Crary, -Wade _Mo~".r-f of· .H~p.ry _.War.ten, · Lucius s . Donald-son of the· Dramatic Club. -Joseph •'l'liav'is was· ·<:llief editor of _o.u:r .ne·v.ipape:r: 11The f{adio 11 ; ·y,~ had an Hbno-r Lisl of nine· names, . ~.entioried _before. : College diplomas.'·we_re given VJm .c-.yers, Robert • Neal;;. 1\-iad:i:'son Lennon,•, Ivli.ld_~ ed_ r:urner ·• ·. . . . ' . I······_ ·, .• and_ ·. This :wa·; a great. ye~r ,f'~_r· oth~r re.as;ons. T·wo ·students (an~ the. only ones so far) we-re··:giv'en·degrees, T.hey .were Gilbert J~h.t]-s ,'· and· :):i'red. Smith. _I do qqt know what the deg:r'ees were ca.lled, butrwe thGtlght we wer~ _now·:fQll~fled~edi _. Junior College diplomas were given to Mamie· nwinn (Goin), Marcus Hou~ton, Y.a.lter Johnson, •-Irfez Patton and Joseph Travis. Honor in Scholar~hip was won by rtdelene Foster, The officers·of th~_~ocie~ies were Mabel Bell, Yt~.C.A., Harry Lytle, Y.M.c~A., Ma·bel ..Wright:; Friends. of_ ,;dr;ica and Polly Crary, Henry Warr·en (now .- _for A_c-ademy Stuq.e,nts only). · n.lnieda·. Ford,, -Cecil Wilkey was head of .th_e Radio staf,f. Eljjah Moore-and C.lyde.C:l.ark were ,, oh the staff. . ·--23~ �Chapter X.XIV: •. ....."' 1928- 193CL . -. . .. .• :.This year 1929 'brought a ·c~.ange for me., The B~ar.d of- _ .1 Education: decided t'h.:.tt the -':faculty wa,s t:00- large and th.-at · those-·' ', who· frad no·' college, 'd_egrees thculd be:,9-rop·ped. No:w ·those· were.: .. .·, Miss.es Coeyman, \,;ood, .Brechenrid.ge an4 Mr.s •.:·Gre.enwo_o.d-. Dr~ .,Hil,l . came'to tell me about it in the sum.mer.· .. H.e =ta1d···_mepf the.big· fact.first .,i'nci-th.en inf or.med me casual~y ·tha_t he. co1:,1lq. -rec_l-'a-im dnE;: of the f.our and he .bad chosen to retai_n -me, and tha·t · J- was td take. charge of the 11brary, V.:her..-school openeq. _the other three,. not _ being notified·: I sucpose, reappeLrod. They were tndignant' and op,e_of them demanded of~ me why? · I replied that l had ·a ·certif ic-a t-e. . ;: to teach I(igh Jchool :zngl ish, etc. Miss Coeyman, not· un·d'.er_ sta.nC?,.tng\ decided to· stay wl thout salary, as she had a small p-ension. $he. ·... ·. took charg~ as usual of the libra~y. ·I appeared as,h~r assistant· (as_ usual), After a- while the trv:Gh cJ.r:1v,;~1-~d 1.::.ponher a·nd she a.$ked me if I had the appoj_ntnent~ .- T1pon foy c::r: ..svv0r she pr·epar·ed to _ leave.. N9t only the· 1 ibrary., bnt th,e car referr$d to before,_ fell to mi, ' · . : -·I was .relieved --of the Bible work for the present but :con.;. t.inued-my- ·w.ork in: Eng_1ish. I found some of the boOks' u-nclassfied and· the books were far too few. They ~ere still in a.small toom to which--tbeyb,ad been moved at the burning of Crary" Hall. "/Th~ girls_ who .had- .been helping Miss Coeyman_ refused to help me.·_ I. suppose they_ thought th-ey l:mew more about library wo;rk th.an I dld. This ·was·tru_e_. _.Still,· _perhaps,. I knev;_ mo,re about what was -in the _ books •.. I was in a dilemma· sure· ·enough. I st;lll had, cla-sses in ... English·~nd. t~6~e bo~ks.~n my hands.· I must record ~ere,the.gi~~t fr iendshi_p of Carme.:Ua Ton,ei, c:>ne 9f our fine ·students, a Morr istom ·gir-1. . She .£sill.§.and·· offere.d to help me ( on no sal?ry). I shall · nev?r forgeLher .• _ -y~e w~r;i.t to v-;-ork and got things under control. Then in· the .summer vacation.· J studied Library .S-cience in the· · University_of Tennessee,gtving several. summers to the study. I have_been librarian e.ver s-ince until•nearly all of the books had been:clas?ified ?end ca.taloged by me. The cards should be typed. That, I was not able to 1do. The latest librarian has typed some of them whj_ch·are·in separate boxes. More about this ·1ater. '. . Garland - . .. Gtaduated · from Junlor College Kyle, George. Lennox, Mildred Chapter included Grace Co_lemo;:tn:;. Simpson ·and Cecil 1.',alker .-' x::t....V. 1929-,19. 30 ~ , ' . '. · Tbis · year Samuel Grindstaff came to us as -bo-okkeepe·r.' He was ·a good :friend of mine and an excellent buokkepper. Vve -still had the grades with us~ These, we were s6on to lose by the e~ection of a building b-y the city for them. This is known as the Judson 5. Hill School. The ground was donated bf the Board ¢f -24- �.., ....--... i~:~~~:~'.. :: !!itl}"f ::~~~~:~i: ~~~~:~m!~~ !!~ i;t~ ~:~:~~ ~~:t~:e~~~~~ h m~ t gh i as· well say here that Dean Hunter helped me move the bo~ks to the .. l1b:i;-ary rooms. Vie _used at first· just the niain .reading room ani. , one room at the right (facJng the desk)._ Afterward I· secured t"he room beyond- for books on· religion and missions and-still later the two rooms t6 the left of tho-desk for fictipn-and history._ The c-hildren 1 s· library is also in the ,first room to· the left. Th.ere are now 15,000 books in the library, nearly~ · · · As. graduates we had Jack Stokes·, Bernice Turner and. others, ten in all--. ·.tt. s president of the Y ,\[~. C .A~ wehad Dorothy Eutrectge,. of the·Y.M.C..l. Benson Tipton, of' fr;l.ends of Afr·ica., Fraz-ier Horton.Dorothy Rutledge .also re·cei ved medal for. first .hono;r. .. .., Benson Tipton also won prize for essay _on africa; Second·prj~e. ·went to Carmella Toney ( rlientioned h;:1:fore as i11y helper in the 11 braI)9 prize for hymn went; .td W:i:lliam Davis Chapter XXVI. 1930-1931. This y(:iar .was the· only time we· had· a vi,ce.-p·r·esident, Ray stomlin. · This did not work and was soon discontinue¢! •. However for one yeaT that was the plan~-· Herman Koepler was d-ean and registrar~ Miller boYd was pritrcipal·-or the High.Schciol •. I was librarian; teacper o-f English. and' Bible, and regi?trar fo-i;- one term only •. r think I was not wanted for the remainder of· the year,, (I insisted tt1at .g:rades· be in, by teachers,· too soon for them). , Anyhow I had, too much to do •. 'M,iss Mlldred Ellis, a fin~ person,· was in charge of m·usic; Sainue1 Grindstaff was ·secretary ·.and trj;!asurer, -Andrew Fulton ·bad s;tudy ·hall only .. Mrs·. Boyd was teacher in the·.elementary dep;;frtmen-:t, also was Mrs, Lulu.Neal • . Mrs. Marquis was iii charge ·•of· the b6y's d·ormitory. The grades were. transferred to thane~ bu~lding th~·:next year. _Adelena Foster ~as presi~ent of.the Y.W.C~A~, Oarl James Dockery of Friends of Africa_, Gr'iffen Green of the .Y .M. C .A,. Clyde, Clark, Cecil Mattison and Mary \}atkins made EL s·. Ccuncil; Smith. Fleming (part ·of the y-ear)>was pre.-sidetJ.t· of Delta Ka:ppa ·zeta Club, Lucus Donaldson followed him •. E.velyn -,·u'ilkey received honors for Schola:rship, Gladys Jobe for depotr-tment_, ·. Frances Cl.ark is. mentioned as proficient in -!ndusttial Dep:artrn;eht for fo9ds a.pd clothing. Prizes are not re corded for this yei:ir, but tne · 11Friends ·of Africa'! was stillat work.. ., ·. · ,:\ , ·· ' .· .: . Chapter .·~ ' XXVII., 1931-1932. Graduate.s are listed Burnett Cox (who afterward ,' mar-ried -25 ... ,(. .• �(. A.delene Foster), Adele~'e.__.Foster, Una Gorman, WaJdrene Vvo9dford,. Floretta Smith and Qthers. _Hubert C~ar~ grad~~ted,from Higt Sebo~ He went from h.e.:re to·cla:rk University.\ He is_,now an: emina-nt physician ip KnoxviiJe~- ··:peytori Manning.is ltste~ in ElevE:nt}1· Grade. He is now a-.prominent mints~cr of the Gospel.-__ .· : . '.. , . The higt1.E/,st. scho"'.l,arsb.ip \Vas )~oh .by A.dele.iie Foster, Minnie Simpson wo·n first '_pr:i·ze. .. ei:(say ·-t)!l A:t;'r,ica.'.and Frencha Kyl·e for · f·or hymn-writlng-.: ·Mal:i·el-.:·BelJ.·-wo a···pi•i.ze.··of $.25.00 for:•_essay on.. 1i . pr ohi bi tioh a·nd:.·dmith'·· Fl~inming $15 .··oo for· sanie. Cl1nton Cr-ooks · · (afterward.Mabel ·Bell's· ·husband))° $l0.00, · also V~il:/.iam Davis iplO~OO .. This is the only:time~.such awards .w~~e given, . . . . . . . . . . . . ., . _ This wcJ.s the fif.tteth ·r,,nniv0rsary for Dt. Hill's service to· the school. Preparations had been ·made by him anct by. the facuJty to celebrate the erent. The chape1 had been ri'ewly .decorated and plans wer~ underway. ~Q ·went on with the delebration .in sorrow, ·hut· we di_d it. I had so1ne part in the program, what it., was I,do not clea0ly,~emember~ all w0nt. forward with our duties ...- _perhaps with heavy hearts. Ttl? .. S_d.i001 was in pro,gress as I- have already reported,. Vie did withc,ut a president.· Mrs. Hill. kept thi president's house until ~he too passed away ~t the age of 92. ws I It was while w~ were enrolling students that the sad newi came that our Dr, Hill had passed. ¼e stopped our wort in sorrow and astonish.qient~ He·had been in a sanat·oriuni for tr~atmerit, but we did not know. that h,is .coridi tion was dangerous. There was a great fun_eral in. the chapel, . and· ih~!l we i·esurnfld. work. . " .. Dr. Raiph Minard ·had· peen--appotnted by Dr.. Hill as dean. He came to us. tl1eh ·for -the -first tiine, bri.nging_his w.if~, who was a teacher of _art am;!. very c.ompe'tent / Dr. Minard was our leader. The ·faculty remainea .the sam~. ·., Dr .. Boyd was still .he:te ·as was also 'Miss ,Brown.,. ~Mrs·•. Marq·uis and others· of. impor.tan·ce, I was given· Bible.w6rk again Trom which ·I had.been :relieve~ the year before. Dr.-Kloefer_wa.s still with us, :i;_:neg;l.ecte.d to say before Artis · Graves.,was_ also a teacher this yeaj of physical science; also, C. G•.·.: Guthrie.as tea~her of·Ger~an and Science. ··. ·chapter XXVIII ~ 1932-lQ.3.'3~ In ·19j~ Dr. Chassel member of the Board of dch9olB of the Methodist ~hurch came to '.take charge. Our salaries were,cut in \ half,_; for- we· were out of mqney ·and in debt •. My· salary was never·. raised .._ Hov~eyer,-:;: receive·d and am still receiving· a r~tiring . allowance.from the Board~ I had purchased a·house in Knoxville unfo~tunately. There ~as a flaw ip the titla, too, so that times were:'hard for me. Dr, Chassel was-very kind' and WEn t with me 1:ve did to Knoxville to see a lawyer. not accomplish anything mu,ch during that visit, but afterward secured tho boundary 1 ine on one ·-26- I �iii\\... , :.,,. . ·•.··. / .. . 'gr ti\}1if A jl{tig\:, the~. 91:1n~·silrv.~fe,~ ~ ·:; _On __ :,tfei· .. s.~~e r ha~. tp o~_her )@.~~r,1100:Q~};,:tq, S~CU!e .. _t_h_e. prop_~;r-ty._ ·._Thf:1 lawy_er vv_a~ bne ~h~ ·Jt;,,_',du~i..ntjth?.Purchase s.~.. he"Jd~d n_Qt C:~1arg_..:·"l'.l_E:r_anythit1g :for t~$f"y:ices:,. see~p.g ;th_ti1t was P<;1r_tly t~ bl~me for !he ~r_ouble. -h~ '"'·, Jtt•. 'Minard-.:,w 9 s st11.1 p~a.n Mr_s. Minard was .employed in fine arts. .. · :,,?r_Eie ·fa-cuity- remained for the most part ~nd. woT:K~d ·]:larder th~n ever 'i \for 9:ess money. · I had -st ill English ano B1·ble as well as library Work.· ,Amonf the gradua. te s were Jaclr Jtoke s (married afterward Benson Tipton ( excellent pianist), Gladys Jobe and >: Turner-.-... ,Specia-1 college students, in number eleven, : were ·el.:f·'amon-gw.q_oin wµs Jesse Garrison (nati·veAfrican'): · There wer.e others, married women o~ ·tt1e to~m. ·. Aniong H~.gh Sch.~_ol ·g'rad~1ates . were Frances Cla;rk .(a f 1ne $tudent, 11:owreg ;i_s trar · in Knoxville College), Na.tha.niel ~a skill, Hep.ry Cardwell, Da'isy Johnson, • . Peyton Manning fond·cecile Mattison •. Dorothy Rutle~ge was given honors for the highe~t grades in tho college,·01lie Nichols in the High School. The fr:ize for essay on 1-..fr-ica went to Benson Tipton, fo_r -p.ymnal to ·r;illj_am va.-;is.·. Preside.ht of Y~M.c.~. was · .Benson Tipton, . of Y.• ri. c .,.,L i)or othy ihtJ. edce, of F. Of k. · . , . · .. :·. ·Among graduates were 1·1altcr Goads_on,: Lela' M. Mattison, Mary V~atlvins, ·Mr.:;.~ Edith Wit.ten (.Steward), Mar·.eno V.~ood·, taur~ Sheigh and Mingar~t-Turner. High Schobl. graduates were Grace Colemanj Omega Goins, Viola Hannoh·, Bessie Jobe, John \'J. ·.Manning, Geor_g_.e Pierce; Eugene Smith and others., \',e· .hp.d spe·c±al students of ; twelve, among whom:were 1~r-s. Lessie Br~~rs. Lula Neal,; Mrs. Mae Swaggerty (Frazie!'); and till.. 1. . ; , -s.s. Brown), Chapter XXIX. i ) Dr. Pausti.an came to us as our President in-the fall of Dean, C. G. Guthrie wa.s t~acher of German and Science, .:..rtis Graves ·of Physi,.cal E~licat.ion,·,. Leornra _Hessell .(1;-owMrs~ K~oefer), Mrs. _IvI~nard and o;thers w~re· still _wii;;h us~ I still had Bible teaching ·and library wo·rk: The· teachers ·•. · had a,9ked Jor. a president. fact,- we. wanted Niiller. Boyd and . som~ of us watted U:pon· hirri about the matter. H.e looked doubtful an_d di,d not consent to .apply:• ... · ,The s-Ghoql · co·ntinued with low 1 ': salaries. ·· .... · · · 1933~ __D,r. Min!:l,rd was .still i ' In ... Dr. Pa_ustia,r ,tried and succe.eded later in doing away ·with most of the indust:r'Jal wo1;k. He strongly believe::l in:· making the cplle_ge a school for. intellqctual development only. He recommended D~.!Ythings and disc·ardi_ng of the oJ:d. We ·had tiore ·1ang1.i~ges. .Miss Braden was retired then and lived-in hor cottage. ·· .. f .Arthus ,Nic:holi..s: had, .l;liglles·t honors. for s'~h:oiar.s_hip for hymn, Paulin~ Shields (~rsi· Oard0ell); f6r b~st on :Africa, Mary IIoard. i·ie.,bad a small number., enrolled, only 1933, for-best essay 126. -27- �--·it was in ..19.3y··t.h&'f?mr :si'~'l¢r: A,1,.b,e.'.:'_'_pa·ssed. su.mihon..:. I was tb; g'o,-to. KfroiytJ.·:u~\··D;r. I✓Ii'm rd# ci.S si sted m'Ei ..ifr·'depa:rting.•': We .{ool_Cher·_'ttfMr; f't'et\~ng.· Be;re f9:r the last . !... .:.· = ed·: ea.ti/:: 'ih the·. morning l · tim~{ lit9r'$-9-ce ~!1d. J; s~yv__ oµr: qb~sins~-~'Nei;t_~ .. and_Mars.halls. · Ell zab~th _\food·: (h~_e¢.E?)th~n, -teqch,ihg·" ~n.: ··· Gf~l)..dville· Coll8ge was -.at:"· :flll'leral ~- ·· This' w~s thif /the· :la$~ timif .. .. savi '.Eliza b{3t_}1.. L vvas l gone"a·r;eek~· ·'··1 cl.6riot···ltndtJr1r· the •1ibrary was opened. Carmella Toney had been ·v\ith my sisters for several weeks. She was a friend ·to them apd to .me stil+. ..•· ... . . ' · · , ·.'· = _;_. • t ' ,, ' , ":1 ·• . . :t : ,.: :.:•;.J : , ., -. ,.. 1 · •..,! •• • .~:.: . • . ·1931.;.'l935'. ·· to. I '. Ifr-~:. Paustein. was s.t ill -:presidBnt:~•· . l,; E •. cousins cam.e us _fo_I'. ,·philo soph:( c,nd ·re·lig_:i.,on ,. Mi'~ a.114• Mr_-s.Lyons cam~ for niu~1l; MI'.s·~:.-·'Loma_ JU~har_,ison for F::-ench, e.tc; . Thus we had an increase o.f · facultyrri~inber.s~ · Ther2 11•.ierecnl7 ·135·er:r:olled. ScholarshiP .. me·:dal was ·giveri-.to Mary· Hoard, prize for es.say_ o;,1 .africa to Dor·ence ·-:-: Dobbins·,'· ·se·cond ize for essay to, l'T-=?l ~,?_dg_ers. . · ;pr' '· -: : .. · '. The· 'kt.p.dvates 'fo:r' 1934_ a_!1d for 19.:35 are not listed in the catalc/g··. :I· cannot remember the yea.r or the date of soine of the students~: .. t··only reme1:1ber t1_1at I tne·;{ them. Some prominen:t (to \ meF ·s't\id·ent's .we;re Mo'J.).ie C;h~stnut, ·.O.m,~gc'_'J._: Goins, _Frazier. Horton, :', · .Axi e A. ) J·ohii.son (pianist),· J.~ w· Manr:i-in·g.,. •. ,Jr., Ii.irs. Lula Neal, .... : Neal,R-odgers, ~Euge!le·.P~.ck, .Earl _Pepn··(aftGiri~ard noted clergyman); Frankie pounds,. and others.. ' ·· · · ' I was relieved of ali chsse~ 'tt?teach 1-~·e had eight special students.· This only.. ous. and had library work year was more prosper':; .;·· \,· . .:-. ,·; p.resid~nt';- 1_-Mr. and Urs. Lyons . also :we:re·with·us.· -J,frs. Dovie '-Reev-es:cani?· ~s matron of the girls. Mr •. -and Mrs. -t;;·o·od.lan.d_ f'or' Soc'iology ·and: I-!ohie.. Economics. :,.. · Dr.· P-ati:st.i;an Vias st'ill • : '.. • ! • • •• : • . • ' • • . • •• ' • ~ ·. • • • : •. • The school was get~ing more and more in debt~ Dr." Minar~ left us ··for a _time •. l,!rs,.1ula J{e.a.J.. W?$'_ma_tron o.f the ca.pipus, Mrs. Ma-t·qu~s·-·is·.· lis te~ as, S'uper:tn'.t·e-.riden'.t _o"f d.ining ha_ll again. Her . ' nanie- -was omit·ted· the y~·ar before.~· .. _-.- ·.· .. - . .. : : ·:. . .. . . . . . . "~ : . - ... ·, •'· . .' i· .l . -.Sb.me··students·'I' wilJ>~Ef.t'i~iph;: -E¢ltth-.,Ely, James Harper, Ollie Nicholls (Mackey)~ Bruce· Mackey; Charles Rhoden and Charlsie Lawrence. te had si:x·. speci~l .stud,e.µts -·among · whom were .touise·. Tate, Oni$ga,:· GoinEi, · aijd --Mrs'•. Neal.•. _· : . . .. .. : · · •• from • J. • • : ·I :stil'l had no classes to tea·ch: nr·,_- Paustian brought the buildings . vacated by v,alden University, which had been . ••' . -28- �. ..t.; ? .. ' ,i. I was busy .. ·.., ,r" .. ,•:, enough without ., ... ·I \. ::: . 1·936.-1937.' i I qan find ntf. record of this ye.ar. l remember that Dr. Paustian ·left us for other work~ He gaye the facultt. a farewell dinife·r. 11iss. i,:·orlrnr, his ·s0c:retar_y, ..o..l.so left._us •. Miss 1:Jorker became l.Trs. Paustian later. \":e··11ad··our usual aQ~Jvities. Th.e · Fri.ends of Africa still wor:dng, tfrn libra:cy in fuli ·blast-. .. • I • • • ) . · Eail Penn graduated this year. Earl went· to Clar~ and Gammon and then to India as Chaplf-.d.n in the Y.;;orld War II. He is now a pastor ih Indiana; ha'fi..ri.g. recently 18ft · Kansas ·City for th~t ·post, when he was building a _churcL.: He is &. Doqtor of Theology. Others were James Harper, Kathe,:.J.n1.: Matti.so:n·~ · Charlotte Peters, Mary Wolfe, Mrs. Ada CJ.£..rk (1':tng13.ts) and Mattie Brabson. Katherine· Cubber son, Jesse To be, 1:enry Br eed.J ov0; Ollie N.ichols and others were FresI?-men. Vie also _had ::iix spscia1: students, f~rthur Nichols (now prindipal in the-Elementary fchool) was graduated from.High School, also. Thelma Howell and Naomi ~Jhitson. · · Mr. Lyons:·v;ast,stri:cken and· passed was a great ca'lam-.i-ty.: ···-His· wife res:j.gned.. teachers and their loss wa~_--. d-e-eply• felt. Georgia Thompson won· the medal for- scholar ship in- High Frances Rutledge in College, also.the p~ize for essay· on ~fpica,-Menona Burleigh·also won ·ror essay, George Glark, Naomi r1hitson, l:.illiam Rhodan, M$ry._ com1elly ..'a1:1d Eugen_e _l?at_terson are mentioned as best stude/nts. .-r~e.had 134 :enro~l~d',_ incr·ease. Schooli .. '··1,.:· ··,· ... · I t .~. away si_iddenly. This These were surely fine . an . Chapter: '<. : -. XXXIr'r':_··. .. -•.,·. --~. ,.:. I 1937-1938. · T his year: Dr·. Haywood: c·ame to ·0.s as President. · He brought his wife ancl: settled .in :-the oid. Carriger· ·hol.).se, nov;; the- Dean is house_;-_· !11r II ill· an:d her family s. vter.e s.till in· the ·pr'?sident I s ·House~ They' were -ah_d er'e f'ir?l friends·· of mJn$. · Dr~ Haywood ·was the fir~t coloreq pre~1dent and the .-school took a turn for the better. Money was -s.carce :and Dr. Haywood found it n.ec.es.sary to sell the farm. I took the liberty to remohstrat~·-· ~ith him~ but of ~o avail:. It ~ to, go to get us ·out of· deQt.,. and .a-t a..· sacrifice. · ·, · · · ,. •-.• :..·.. · ' f • . ~ 'Adeiene Frances r; : -- ;Ho ver, the work went on •. Mr. Boyd was still we Foster, Miss Reeves, lvlartha Richardson (a firm Clark (English) and Jessie Hall for music. -29- with us, fTierid), .i I I �. \ . \ . For sop~omores we had Golden·Browp, Thelma Howell, Ger~rude Manning, Eazel MattisoQ,'.William Rhoden, Naomi ~1itson, Vloto~ia ·navis and others. · · It rms at this time .lhat sister Flor:·ence came over to live wi't:h,.me, on acc;o.unt:of'-.failing -t1~alth~'-. I·le·ft. ·the ·Hall ar1d we · lived·ro~ ~- time ~n Hill street. ~fter moving to a hcuse on·E~ Third Street I was ind ebt very mucii and worried. The board of\ Education -came iny rescue •_and gave ·_ine:a bonus, b-ecause of low salaries, so that sav~d the ·house.· I soon afterward so~d it to my.agent, at a lciss. · It was a mistake to invest in a house in Knoxville •. However·, -I waD· free of it ·and ·out of debt. to. r · After a··yeai or. -so,:the Edwarcl Ir'Ll.l -family move-d out of this cottage and Dr. '1-I-~YViQOd let U.s have .it .. Th-is was fin,e as rent is ·free... It hws· .s'i:;~ r;ooms and bath, before· known as the ~oolstone ~r6p~r~j.. · · 1 · ·Medals _f.or ~pr ing ·of .1-'9 36; f,cho1ur ship, ff. 'S. Georgia- · Thomp~Bon, fof college, Frances Rutledge, for bes~. studeht character~ ·Clifford Jo~nson, for be;;;~ essay -on l1frica, ·Frances Rutledge and Menona .E,urletgh. · Best. students we-re Naomi \'villiams, V.v.illiam Rhoden, Mary Conne.lly, a.nd Eug~ne Patterson. Chapter I · ·I Y.XXIV .. 1938~1939.:. . ' This year ( 19 38-19 39) ·Dr. Haywo·oct was still. president. ~v~e had an .enroilment of 147. Prizes for· ess8ys on Africa were won · by Elca,fe11·a: Johnson .. and ~nria Owens. · The valedictor_ian was Ola Ma'e J?a;r.ker, best rep;re;,enta:t_tve of co.llege, b.nderson Davi·s. The valedictorian for Hig~ School was Edith Thompson 7 for ~alutatorian (H.S.) was _E.dith S~arp. .. • .. . · . · _ T}rn record _i.$ ir1complete. and my, memory is poor. Th~s year, Florenc.e· art¢! I moved to -the_,cotta,ge, Here the Priends ·of·Africa met. and students came.· ··some students .I especially remember were. 'William 'l!;hiteside (now careta.ke.r of tbe grounds), Willie V,_ Jrvin, Ma~ie Bowers, A~derson D~v~s, Eltzabeth Carr, Ter~ssa .c~esthu~, · Elizabeth Guthrie and Elizabeth Johnson (who helped main the library).. · · ... )VIrs. Hill .and. f&l'I).Jly we:re still in the .president's home. Howard. and War-r·en were· vdth her:. :r'ney were very' riice to me, e-sp.ecia~ly j_n ·tbe use of their car .• . ,I . . -. ChEJ.p.ter-XXXV, · ' .. 1939-1940- .; ·~ Dr. Haywocid continu~d was hiere, .Miss Reeves, Also . ' ~ wit~·us in ~939-1940~ Mrs. Martha Richardson., Frances always Clark a good I �J·::,,, fr~end of· mine. ... , " .. .... . .::__~ .... .t ·_ ; ' •- < I • # · Andersop_ pavis was~ sophomore, also Mamie Bow~rs~ Herbert Ganey; 1l~illie." Irv:irts·; •:an4;-Wil11.a.m, V~~i . .._,,.. te~ide. . . . . . . . ... - :-- . :· v..· I may ·have the ·r~t!-or_d.-.iniie.d_·:·~s·:-·_.to ye'ar.s., •liU:t ·th~s~ the· names came to me as those - of ·good students, and as I wr·ite of· them, the~f f~ces com~ betore my memory; ·· ·During two of· th~se ye.-~rs ·,1nder I;r_~: Haywood, I was g~ven College Lnglish work, which I en,i oyed· exceedingly. I tnust tlay · that after teachirtf- in_.ctollege-, the Board _refused to ren_ew my_ cert.ifica te to tea eh in:-,:H·ig)';t ~ch9 □-l. That wa.s surprising-. However, I did not need it',:. as:,about my- last public teaching in English was in_ Colleg·e, · .. , · · . · . .._. · · I ,r.ememb.er esJt:,cially Herman Hyatt who wrote in my class a drama, ? fine tlyi-r1g, · ga,ve ._.it. in ~Lape],. under his direction, actors anci all.·· I as~~eq.· that ·he might receive the dramatic prize, bu.t was -refused •. · The· prizn was to go to a High School student.· However 1 he suiely deserved_the ptize. · · ·.· .· .. : ,·, Other students were interesting in .these .claSSE:i°S, . 1--r-~rnember Susie Brown, neic~ of Dr. Boyd, who did so well in· public· . speaking., One year- there were ·a number from ·Jefferson City High School) these were except.ional students all of them. · Chapter XXXVI.. 19.40~1941 ·•. ,. i/ ~ Shi.s year Buford Jones won prize for essay on Africa.The salutator.ian· was J:osephin_e. Christmas, the valedictorian: was Phylli~{])ykes·,:• a· s•cience-:-p_rize w'½:s g'iven Magnolia .Johnspn·, a music pr izEr t.o· Glenna :Owe.n:s-,.an· bngli•sh prize to ·;R.ich'ard ·Boyd. The valedictor:i:an i-ri the· High. Schoo.l w?-s Sarah P.ear s,o.n:,the salutator..·.. ian G_us:ta Verble. E. H •. _Lennon,. Jr. received the· d)::amatic prize~ . l • \ • • •· ·• ' : ~ Dr. Haywood was still with us. · Seth: Grens;haw, _·Lee Fr•azier Gal~ie ·E.• IIendrJ-cks~ · Ther-~ w0re. ma:py. others. B. T. White, A. Cr.o1t,h~rs, c .. HDl:combe and. other.s were facul.ty members .. Miss ··Reeves and· Mr. Boyd wer'e · ·s t.11:1 with U:s.· · • , ·.: · , · · . · · -:'. . .. I was still at work in the library. ·and.· had other work of teaching:~ :I think this wei.s one year I had .Freshmah English. MY . .rnemiory is short here and records ·are scarce. · .. " - 'Elwood Harris gra~uated this year. He was a firm friend ; a minister, now in t;lie"Ai-my. · te,Wi s Williams and Glad us ~ra_duated in the spring of 1941. -31- �.. Chapter·XX:XVII 1941 ..1942 •, J The Pr'ize essay Ol'.l Afr.i~a·' wa·s given to .Thelma Moor·e •. The valedictorian wa-s Mary Penson, the sa.lutat·orian .. of, High SchQol Eugene. !~~lker, Jr.,. ~he or~ tor ical prize was given to William :'. Polk, .. ·. . · The faculty was ·made of the M•. Thompson and ot~ers. v •. Carter~ same, includi-ng o •. D. Fr.oe,~ · 'Valuable stud·ents·· ·were. Henrietta· Chestnut,; J·e;r-ry Flack ·. Brice Ham:i.l_to·n, Margar·et M~Gravey, Joe ·E. Scruggs,- .. PhYllis '. 1fodker; He1en Page _and ·others. , J-udson \Lhiteside was in:,High School, He, left for the ,trmy soon .9.nd did not finish rrl. s work ·here,, s. Mr. Boyd· and wii'e were on leave for tvvo .ye.~r They were doing social' service tvork for the.' T. v.,A. They_did efficient and piofit~ble work according to reports. I am always. glad to·rebbrd something about Dr. and Mrs·. Boyd; They have .been a g.Yi!!g asset to the scliool. Chapter XY-XVIII. This year (1942-1943) saw George Easterly (now one of our teacheis) as a sophomore· in the college. Al so ~,ilfred Hyatt, Helen Page, Edith 3harper, Lewis .Smith, Gustee Verble and other fine students .• George Tate (now a n·oted minister)· Ed1 th .§harper won prize in· Home Making. . . Mattison was:· valedictorian, and Beverly· · :. .Th? p~iz.e _for_ essay on Afri?a wa~ give1; · Pr +ze· to ··George'· '.I.'a te, Valed1ctor1an,pr1 · .. 8aluta tor ian- prize to Edi th· Sharper. won prize for dramatics In 'H1gh School, Diana Bowe-rs,. Saluta tor ian .... ·to· T}? .. el.ma Henley, Bible z_e went to Lyda Yett., . - · · · '· ·· ' '.J:"o ·:the,·,fa;culty wa·s add.ed O, · D. Froe,. A •.· Thomp.son, Miss Reeves was still with us~ Mr ... Boyd was on leave,· Dr. Haywood was · still with'us .• ' ·Mr·s.·. ffayvvo0d· ga,ve·a $5.00 prize· for .. oratory .. Prof. Garland Kyle gave a prize. ' I still.had small~ t,he Fr;i.ehds_ of Africa, Chapt~r ·~ut attendance was XX.XIX. ,194 3-1944. This was the last year Dr. Haywood and Mrij. Hay0ood were Mr~ and Mrs ... Boyd were- back from having finished their -32- �. \ . -. \hiiss'ion ... t'.]A~:·.·::~~-··Ji·:;.~e~e:';· u's·~with· T. tob,··~:~s-'· :l111: ..·w·i~~: ·.·Ruth:.-/ .. .Harg:r·ove,. a fine ·girl, was. secretary. Mr~ Branson was still ·115 as Bo·okkeep~r., ...}I.(3-w_~,nt to_· G~mmon with Dr. :f.{~ywood at the · · ·,··of the-_y-ear_. He .µa·d ..b'ee:ri.wi.:t.!1.up·,f!)r·-sev_e:r:1l_years~--·.H'e_:was bookkeeper. an?!!,: S9T~ ·. ·. · ·· i .... ' B.u;r ,. . · . •.· ··\.·:. · • ; • ~ • • • t • • f • • • • ,• • • • • • ' witlr· .. e.nd a good.· .. · · ~ \ • • • .Among spp~omore·s· we.had· .r"t~elma Hen_J,:ey, !Jlary.·Rens-ohi C.laxa .. . Riddle, Elizabeth niffle; Eugen:e:W<:il~ce;r, ·J-r_. {part· o'f year;.-, . . Virginfa Whitten. The. prize :for· E-ssay·· on Africa went ·to J~.rmes.· . · McCallum, the Eng:lish pp;i.ze :.:~o Helen H:i):ni~ton, the sci_ence prize· to Eugene Walker, Jr_.•,. tfie -~de·a1s ·of ·tJrn· school was honG>r·ed. · · . ·.. .. .; . . =•'.; :.· c:h~phJr.· .x.rJ • . : .. ..· . ... . •• 1944-1945. l ' :' • This wai:th~ first· year· (1945•-1946) Dr·. Boyd was President-,.· Lincoln Uni ver si ty had given hiin ·~he. title .of Doc-tor of P~degogy ... ·.,... We entered upo~.:a nE?we1·a, ·having one _of .oar graduates at _the head of the school. !L '(5. 'JI::-·oewas Dean, .J,1lius C. Johnsvn (part of .· th~ year), Religious Education. I sti:i.l, had the ·library and so.me Bible work for the year. Mary Penson was financial secretary and Mrs~ Hawkins .superi,nteriden t of Wall.ace !{all, and Frencha Kyle (Widby) matron of.Drary fiall. • · · Theodore. _anp. Vivian~ Sw~pn, Sarah Bolden·, Mary Hendrick.s, James Mccallum was a valU9:b1e member of Friends nf Africa~ He also won the prize fo~ essay on Africa. · ' • •· • • l ,J . Dr, Boyd is to be prafsed·for this: he won friends ip. the town as we had never had them, Jt was this that sa~ed the ·school, together with the ·F0unde·r I s IJay Proo'ani •. :.· It was the· latter that gave the &,lumni the zeal it has· shown ever sinc.e. The ·school was and is now on a sound financial basis as far as the running expense-s of the school. are concerned_. ·, I should al$o add that our East Tennessee Gonfererice and the Hols:ton Conference· also came to the r:~scue under Dr. Boyd. , . · ... ~ ·' · · · · · ... We n~ed a: libi'ary come~ . .buil~irtg ' ., and '.other-·:~quiprilEi'f?-t · .:rha·t-wtll.', •. ' .. ,. . ~ . .' , .. : : ' :. . . ', ·. . . It was ·i~:_Mar·C;h, ~9.46.whe·n _Florenc::e: pa~·sed,-". She ·had falLe·n·. twice and broken her hip. l'he ftr,~t time she -rec.ov·ered and·· c·on- · · tinued her mu$iC ·1e·ssoris. ,Th.e second time wa·s :too.·much. · · 1 ·w,::i:s. · gJ:.Q~• Dr• Minard went with. me to. Mt. S-terl ing.,. Ohio_.. · ·The ·Church helped me, a~s:o. ~r~" E'r~e.ry (Clara .H.ilJ.). This was. the wors~ sorrow o.f my life~ _:I 1:i:v.~c1:' alone unt'il.'the· Fall fo1lowing 'Whein t'he · 1 Franklin g:j.r.l.~, :Leo and Lady "Bea;, ··came to r\i~. · ... .. ·.Cl1ap 'JCLr' ter • . :· . ::- : . ·.. ::~. 1945-1946. This year saw great progress. -33 .. Dr. Boyd was ,doing fine work. �.. , .... • ! , ~ ·,. I I • ,:. ', • _. ! : • ,• ·•-"· • ~: -:::·~•. ··., •• • ·_; 1 •• ·~. :.••·•t-·•··· .... :, •,•I . •. ·• _ :W-:e ha'.fl p.:.o~ :F'rp~,Jo'r .. P,e.an·,T_-.:;Jf.,, ___ ·ct~iw.P.s: .soc.t,q:;i.·Scien·ce,:.: for ···and, other< good £<:i'a·che-rs1: wa,9_ still'· •... iri: the ;Libra:ry,:_.11~vinK ~ible work. . · . · , . : ..i ;- • · · . : -:: '. · : ·• .: some . . Relit;i;us·· b_dµ!~~:·tib:n· r/rize:·wai won by ;H:~·zcl Ba~khead, '"ior gr eate:st- ':in-ter e-s t. ih :.-iror.,r.1 s.towri: ·Col], eg'"e, W::L:/..l, ··r,hpmp_s-on. iam 1 Fr i'encLs ··ot .Afr10:·e· tie" vji:i:s -'wo.nby· Louis.e nil.le r·. The. ~v{3.ledtc:t.+-p°t' .. or ian' wa·s :ua·r.guerJ-te rI(va.nce1, . the· sa'.l.uta tor i~n, ~<:?thlf;_en·.Wl-ls.ori~~ stwatent mb's_t )1elpfu;t.Jn:·rrnisic,. Marie- Cherry, _Dramatic pr;i.ze,: :Eugene __ ic(;:l, . Ifome ~~pnomi:~_~_-, 13:r Iv!argaret Bowman. 1,(~e had a long list of -~ophomores; some of vvhomwer,e~. ·. Benson (Who was entitled to rank of salutatorian;· but gave .way,_for-_a girl_classmatE~), -Douglas Jrown (a frien_d _and·h$lper,·. • nephe·w _of Dr·. Boyd); ·na:rry Coleman (minister), Lady Bea ~ra.q.,klin. -:: . (secotid!• prize for . Qratory) and.Bilber Hendricks~ · · · .. . Frank ,r •, . ·:. · · ' There· w~~-e J66 enrolled, · in· 'history of ~h~--college. ... . . . \ ; · t.n~l?trgest numbe~·, • t6 -d~te',·: · · ' :...,, . - .1 .. . Henr1· Denni$ was our dTd not _st~:r:,.vyith us long. student from Liberia, Af!'ica-~,: He· Lady .Bea Fr-an~din was with me in uie cottage. Tl~e F,riends of Afric/3,. w~-re _doing good wor~. I was librarian a,nd·:doing .Bible wci:rli. Lea -Franklin- was with ·me, too, for one yec:,.r. -·-The·S8 ;g'ir1s· are v_ery dear·to me. L_q.dy Bea ~s teaching-in_h,er hom.e t:own, ,t;.hite .Pine,. and doing church work besides helping her mother on the ·rar.in. Lea f1.ni_shed 'in Na shvi;Lle wLtL a degr·ee iri Home Ecorfp~ic .. . She is. teaching s~ -in Mississippi., Now in Newpor.t,. Odess~· Ts Secre.tary o_f Dr·_f Branch in Newport. ·.•, . ·~ . ... . ~~ .. . - Chapt.er XLTI~ 1946~1947. . . . . . '( The· records. seem" in"i:x:'edahd. s·o. is my ·merilory. I know that. in. this. year. ( or another.) that Harry Coleman .was my.: greatest • ... hel~~r .afid that ~is wife·was my he1per-in regard to my health. I r~memb~r them· w~th gr 9 titude •.. ·Harry aJ.s6 was ·voted as havlng the"·'·gretrte st Chr i stiari ;i,nfllienc~. ·· . Th.e -valedictorian was Louis •Mil;rer, -the· saluta.to~ia~,. )Jrary _R·uth Job_e,/ science prize was: v{o-n-by niy friend, Fran~c -~~ns.04,, t}:le mus_ic· prize by BE;mlah : G):>'in·~r, t.,he '!1_9_me Ec~n_omic.-s:J,5rize by V:ile.t·.L. Frankl-in, R~·ligious Edu;cati_oh pi--•ize · by Jiaze:l .Bq'nkhead, .A,·prize for e_s·say on .Afric9 wa·~ won _by Lo.uise Mill~ t·.. \Te had '366 on· 'the rolt. - Tne I have given .a ri"st ··o·f th°E/ teacher's. Dr. Minard. w~-s still. us. Blake Moore was pe8:n,. _Brq~e Mackey was Coach, A_l ber;t...a · · .' Snowdon won- one of the mathematics· prj_zes. Ruth Hargrove l1e1.ped in: the library, James:MGC,ullum _is mentioned as·:_,havin.'g .Chri'stian with 'inlluence.· · ;,• I �I ... :•: • • •: .; •• :I·: . . • ,- .. : /;.·: .. ·: •. = .. .• ....... ' ;_·.. :·The·.·vale4i.ctor ian was. Virginia Belt?her; ..·the salutatorian, Hele:n , .. _: ~,·Johns op';· :the_ Ci tizens~ip .. ·prize was :V~~rt?~YMary Heq,dr icks, the 1 .. ·· ·.-~ma:them a:tics_ prize by John Patton; the Bible prize by Allen Mer·r.,ick, ·.:.. >>·trfe:.Engl-i$h ,_: p:riz_e by· G·ertiude. Sheppard:. . .. . , ' :.-··,.· I· cop:tinued.my w_ork with FrH~nds of Africa, Harry Col~m~n leading. The club met in the cottate. It seemed· to be more s-.ucc·essful in the cotta,ge when I could get the girls here. Many·, social events were ·sometimes· in the way of religious work; However, we usually bad a day i.n Chapel for Friends o~ Africa. The chapel programs were·benefical always - usually unaer the leaders.hip_ pf the students. This ;i.s a fine. ?JOrk; giving students· . . .· practis-e in py._bli'c and ·church work.· · . ~ .:·: . ChapterXLII-I; ... : . . ·.:_•.1-947-194$~. _. .. ·.:. : .s.ome _6_:f.mybest friends graduated this year (1947-1948), -, •among_.~whpm· ..wef~. Jouglas Brown, Frank .Bonson; Harry Coleman, James. . ,,:Da.vJ..s, ,Lad:i Bea F'rank1in· Thelma Moore~ Glad;rs Ver·ble and · :·: ·;" . '·Margaret • r!,Iiebb.. : · -••;·, · • \ :' ,: . . ~ .. . ... ' 1, ... :: . f. 'C: .. ~ ·._,,. ; f..i .-. Beulah Tu<jker·was with me :Ln the·cottage, and Barbara, also spent her nights here.. The girls were very nice to me and :.I t-r_;i.e<;l_ help Beulah. in' her lessons. to · There was soJJle- tro·uble .a:l;)ou:t b,-er -music and. other ·subjects.: Pr'of. ,Cain. helped her out : ·:: ·and. l was -ap.po'inte~ to· examine -her:· i:n music.. !hai was a surprise, but having heard pi~-no: less·ons all my1.. liJ'e, · I undertook the task -and passed her. She received her certificate:. She built her ·.. .: p-are.pJ; s a house wi_t.b.,:th~ money she ~ar ned, and ih..!ill passed away • .,: .l. r·emember _Beulah vii th pleasure_, apd -.s-orrow for h·er going. I was and am sorry that I displea s·ed some' of the faculty, but it seems I had to try to save my girl. . : ·_,·. .. ". .. . . . ' . . . 1 · ' - ·· : . : !,e had -an ~nr oilmen t qf !_.J46. ··. -I must ... s.ay J1ere that at times- .the .c~ta.logs ·wer·e. out too: -e_ar:Iy.,·,·.:before Com_mencement when honors were not· in. · ·so that the· y·ea:r!s. may be mixed regarding tb.es-e. -honors ar~d graduatiQns; · :·T.hu:s s.eem to have the graduates· -T f.o·r . .'1947 iri my re-cord .. ·.: . ·: ... ' .·. .. · :· ·· hete, . . .. ~. . : '; ,. ' :.r·· ,. '. ; .. . .-: The.·sc.nool' wis 9._o'n.tinu:tn_g. ;1frosper under Dr. Boyd, to who,. fprtunately · had.,_spect.c3,l·i z"1?d·in- P.ublic .Speaking and in Mathematics;, We had help_ in· the_ Ensemble, -also in Athletics • .Social life V}!aS v,ery agreeable. ·prizes by a-dm.iring friends were being increased. · The town and. Co.tife-r.ence weretrue. · I should note he~~ that the N~W Jer~ey ·Conte~ence.was and.is startding by the school in honor of Dr. Hill, who came here from New Jersey. The Commercial Department was increasing in importance also. ' Beulah Graduates Tucker. are listed " in 1949-1950, · -35- among them.are �i At the, beginni.ng of the second· semEfster· I gaveli;-,1.~_t/i sudden illness and left the library work for a month· or ·:six? •. Miss Laura Jones had been appointed ·before, a11d fortunat'el:f;JSiifli'et:\'· to the rescue at. that time. After: ·,.a·:short: ··:r111ies's I i'eturned r:. ; .. '·' t·o h~lp,-Mis:5 Jones.··_-I·catalcigeci the bo.olrn· arid nssisted some at.: the desk. Miss· Jones was ernest and progressive, but could n6t: make things go· as she wished because o"f _lack of help and equip-.:.· ment. She stayed with us the remainder of tha year and the next . year when she left us for more lucrative work. Chapter 1948-l,949- •. :. •• . ' ., ' .. .. ... . . XLIV. : •t •. ,• ' ,··-: .. ... ·..I>ufin.g: ·. )?_as .tr~i:s yea;._ we·· h;·i R_ev ·J·i· :H•·.'Lov·e·i1 a:s· tor· _of •. Church and School and director• ·of Religi:>us· Education.· Ulysses McPherson wa$ head of At}1.letic s &nq. Soc.i·1l .f>c ience, Miss Berthena Steven:~ .h.e.lped· with ..·rimsfc, ·c1auclia· M.--_.r:a:~ton-"in. the Commei,·cia,1_ · department-; and Pearl· M•. .Jtronr• vvas· Cos:n,3tologist. The last t;w9 named ar,-e ..sp e:!:fici8ht they· i:ire · still wit-I... us •.... O.harles Roddy · was made Director of· \',,alli::-tce Ha-11. He_ was· indeed, a· great help to the· School~ He afterws.rd married'Beatr·;i.ce.Q.odf~. Mis·s·.Ka.tieDowns. was ,,Cook, r;owi":Dining_- Hall Supe-r-in tendent, Blalte Moore was Dean of Men, Willie M~ Crawford (Coleman) a1.3Dean of ltlbmen. Vie had a School Nurse, Viletta t;.ilki.ns~· The· School was progressing. Miss Jones was still with ~s as Librarianw I was able still to help and do the cataloging. ' ·· ··· Graduat~s for 1948 were Louise Coryton, valedictorian, Douglas Brown, Beulah Goins, Leon Hull, _'l'helma ·Moore, and fifty · others. ;gra_duated.: About the s-ame· number lis•ted as Sophomore_s for 1948 ahd_ 1949·. · · · The Founder I s Day program had been inaugurated ·py Naomi · Turner and was. in full swing. It had saved. the Scho.ol in a great way • . ' if w.as in the .Spri.ng that-Yaw Ma.rm and ICwassi .Sireboe· came to us from- Gold Coast, A.frica. They had a har~ -~ime getting here. They -~ari.10 through ;LipE3i'.ia to the U.S. The_y had lo.it thei'r money and cloth~s on the way. ·nr. Boyd heard of them and notified Philip Brown. to meet 'them. This, Philip did and :directed them to Morr is~ovm. , They :evidently had oeen told· about Mqrr istovm ·by ·· missi(?nari_es in Golct Coast. They- arrived. .tit once the pe'o_ple of Mqrristown-, led., .. believe, I by· Mrs. En:ery and Jvirs. 1tug.ene . WalkE?r, gathered clothes for them, some of· which were in the cottage for a time, so that they had .rnor:e wardrobes. than 1?-llY · other boys •. Dr. Boyd saw to -the-ir fhiance thr·ough the chur,ches; They ;wer•e. established in' the High· "Schdol shor·tly. · " .·. ··;• _· · · . . .. .! • . ' -36- ~ ....: . ' I �Chapter.XLV. 1949... 1950. This year· Mrs·. Boyd was Registrar, Mrs .• Rippetoe came to; us as Dietician-, nr. Branch was School Physician, Miss Clement was Librarian, Miss Dorothy Allen had Enflish. Many others .' were still in.their po~itions. I was able to help in the library and did the cataloging. George Johnson was a Sophomor~ also, Llberta toods and son, Leon Woods. It was this year that Jamuel Robert~ came to stay with me. He was s0nt by Rev. Larl Penn, then in .i{ans'as City, to me for advice. I asked him to stay in the cottage, having no one with me at the time. His sjs:;er, Sadie carae the second semester and also sta.yed·with me. Sa.die graduated in the Spring from the High &chool. San,uel was back one remester in English which he made up in Freshman year, so he could also be counted a graduate in 1~)50. He was never classifi!;ld in Twelfth Grade. Samuel has always been a coLlfort to me. Sadie did not return for college work. James Hopkins was valedictorian in 1949. George Byrd finished and went from here to Nashville for ministerial training. The Anderson Davis Citizenship prize went to Clarice MitchelJ.. The Eddie Tate prize was won by James Spann. The valedictorian for High School wa~--~ntbo.n:i-:.EG.k.el. The Dennis Branch prize for ory·-was~-won Dahlia Br. oadway. Morr is Perry, a friend, by ua;t;ed from ?olle~e. .\ f l . J I ' l .! 'i I I I ! 'i Li\£,had {) ~OJYdS01\. t'tD ~- U\ ~ . enrol~wnt 435. The School v--, I 1 was growing and progressing w1der Dr. Boyd. The Friends of Africa prize was won by Samuel Roberts (essay on Missions) and the prize for Hymns: was won by George Johnson. George was assistant registrar for. a while. He had been in the .Army and returned a.fter this year.· .He is now in Gerr.iany. i~ ~ Chapter XLVI. 1950-1951. This year Mrs. Cole came as Librarian. I still classified but Mrs. Cole wished (and rightly) .to have the cards all typed, so I J.eft that part of the work. books, Samuel Roberts was with me for hJs Fr·eshman worki Rev. Penn and I tho•.1ght it best for him to get as many credits .as possible from this school. He was go·od company and helped j_n the missionary work in the town. I neglected to say before that I now called my Club Student Volunteer. I had belonged to the student Volunteer when in Ohio 1~esleyan - but .that was not the only reason. I thought the students ottght to have more training in Home Missions and so made two departments of the Club. The members visited the \; �.... \ I ~ • .; .. ' r; ,~\ .. ' . .: / i .-sick and· shut-ins ·,:o:f :the. town -~nd·.''o:c~e,'sio~;:i~.Y: f·o od to th em,: ' \· , . ,·. ____ . ., ... 'iJ~~e_ ''bcisket~ o·f .. , _ . , . :. . _. : Some· time·· c;lur'ing the year I too):{ an; .ov~rd:os'e: ·or medicine given me by Dr. Branch ~fid became very sick, fainting away twice, but I recovered a3:gain~ · Dr, B.ranch _thought-:T.might haver~ cancer, but it prov·ed to be. a false hint. Howey1..7r I took·:-t;ceatmen~s in a·local hospital atjd ~oon· te~oved from th~t~ · I was·:sorry to be so···out of nnrness; · bµ.t wa~r .able .:tc r0tu:i:n- to:_ the library after· a whil~~ Mrs. Boyd arid .Mrs •.. Edwar,ds were very· firte to: visit . 9-Ild he.l:p me, as -they ·still arf3.. · .- : ~:•'.: . : , ' : I ! ~. • l : ': ·: ·; ·. The Scno·p1 Wu.S ·s_t{).1 f.burish:L'Pg. Dean Edwards made and st-ill ma\:e a f·ine Dea11. Prof Cain i_s br ingj_n:g: .the· 'High School to .hear p'er,fe.ct-ion.· I~ is now in control and -pa.;yin$nt··or the c_ity. . Dr'. Minard Miat I should me. • • f • ' •~; '-•\ • . ~-.:. . . .:. .~ .~. is still with us, was am.'i is a good friend do. w'-thout hini I do not-.-know. , ··.: • • • . I • • • • •. '." :: • • • . • • to I The -Friends of Afr lci;J._,· i.:mder stu~ent ~Vol'un-teef, · were helped bi Yaw Mat~ c,nd Kwussi $ir-i'Qoe. · .-.. ·. :... · ~ -· . · , ..·.. Yaw won tl_le essaY: p:r.:1ze._.: _ferry ·Fr'eemari" w-on· the hy111n·.writi-ng prlze~· · ..... .,,_.,_ · .. · · g_rea tly . •:·: ,. • Chap-ter .• • I • 10:.VII. . . :( 1951-195-2. . ; . : ··:, :. It ~as· during. this year _that Kxvassi..Siriboe.·~v~n.:the prize for, essay on·· Af~ ica a,nd Seniat.ha :_.Gr~_gory v11011 for essay :_'on·_Horµe' M-i s.sions ~- J ciel Avant ·won the pr'ize for hymn...;·wr i'ti-ng ~'. V.-e:had · rather a .sli~ attendance after the first meetini when the room was crowded. Alma Butdine w_a-select~q. unanimously as President. Samuel Roberts was vice-pr•e·s'iden·t. ·.1umawas un&ble to' perform duties because of her demand as a singer, but Samuel hel~ed ~s through. v;e did more in the Home Mi:rn ions lin(~, as Sam_~~l, sometimes with the help of other .m~m.bers, .visited, trie sick and· · . shut-insand'. cnrried bas1rnts ;of .food· to,<.tLem .... ·. ' • .. • ,· '. I • • ✓ • • ,w ,·. I could hot help m~th in the ·1i~rary, but cla~siffed some books. It was th-is Spring.that Mrs. Jlol(} ·handed -in -her· ~·E.f~ignat.''.iqn_ (_afterwar·ds· _new ac_cepted) .so I vvent· a-he.ad. :v;·tth the· ,-eata1o·g_s · . having the help ·or·t:1fr ida Garciwe-11 ~- a ,f i:.r:e. typi s-t :.a,.t1d·:··Koqsl. h_elp o.:t.l;le:rwi'se. : There were about,· 1500 books which. ·came ·to us .from· Dr. Hi.11' s library~· These we ··cataloged· and pu_t, on the she:lv~·s .. ·, There w.ere .some: otihet•-s we did not g~t to." Elfrid 9 .sho.ul-ct>he 1:/.ltbniriah. .. Mrs. C0le.did return and I think she was relieved that ~d·mucih' had been. done.---~ : . . · . . ·.. · ·. · . · > -' . . Roberts graduated ·1ri. the Spring w:Lth honors and went to Knoxville College for his Jun:L_qr .Year. M&rgaret Bowman also grad:uated with honors and went to Na8hville. Harold E.. Franklin was J'Valedictorian. · .. .::_·. ,.... Samu~i· ] �A.t Commencement;, the Alumnae, by Mrs. Sadie Martin Thompson, presented -me with my frigidaire. This surely was and stj_ll.is an honor, as well as a great convenietice for me, saving food and strength. I shall never fcirget George Holmes and the members of the Alumnae who worked so earnest;i.y to give me this •. · ChaP,_ter XLVIII. 1952·:·~ ·1953 .. · . The year··, ·1952) began with a t~rrible blow due to the sudden: death ,of :our beloved P.resi::lont, Ur. Miller Boyd. .He had· had im.Nov:ember of 1952 a strange and suclden attack of heart trouble (thought.at the time to be serious stomach trouble), while at a meeting in Chattanooga .. However, after coming home he seemed to , recover, so much so th2.t .he he-.d cbc.:Ige ns t:sual of Thanksgiving exercises,. making a fj_nG ao.::';.r,gss~- On the following days he did his usual work, giving an .sdd:;:·0s::,. on Sunday at the Church at which time he presented th8 Church t::·ea<:u.r0.r with $100 ..00 which he had collected; then on MonG2y he ma'lo his usual address in Chapel, . a tter-ded a pol-it ic 0 1 meeting in tha city and f'el t much better, we · thought. .At 1 o' cloc]r Tueiday morning he began again to· suffer and was tak~n to a ho;;;pital where ·he. passed from us about 4 o'clock Decemb_er 2n~. Rev. Cannon ca.nm and told me of it· ear~y in the morning. This Was a shock to me I shall never forget. · .. There was a largely attended funsral in the Chapel\ which. was banked with flowers. Many notable people gave sorrowful addresses and ~e all· wept.· A~ that time Mrs. Boyd was appointed Acting President, and at once took charge of the off.ice. This was not only the best thing for the School b.ut for 1-:er - for with her ~ands full of work she.had little time for thinking and despairihg·.: She had done a fine wor_k·as fou will see by the tribute' which follows •.. : · ·· J This year our Africans went to other schobls - Manu to Berea, Ky. College. He wanted• journalism, and we- had no press. Sil'.'iboe---went to Milwal,lkee; .,Vvis. for engineering, ,whi0h we c'ould · not-give·-hirn. I had 6ne·le.tter.from him from there, but not since· he left ther~. He coul(l: _.riot·meet expenses so I heard.. He had to leave and _went to Wilber'f.orce,,· Ohio to an A. M.- E. College-· there ... We hope and pray f6r.these tw6. · They have three more ye~rs in these United States. I , • ·• • Th~ Fr:iends of A,frica, under student-. Volun_teer- Club, progressed finely. We had a· new.president durjng the latter part o~ 11get th~-·year, Miss Grace Dayis. :we had an enjoyable together"· at a banquet held ip. the cottage, The Club invited Samuel Roberts from F.rwxville College ·t.o deliver an addre~:;s. Arnelle Callands won-:the· pr :Lze for essay on Home Missions and Coletta Palmer and Charles -Fulton ·won:prizes for _hymn' writing. •· · ·39 / I �···".•• ·. : • .: • • • .•• J. ' . ·.. - :-; ··: t f:,:.·:.' ·:l- ..... .. ~:.--~: .. :~:·. .. - .: I was ·no·t g1bfe ..to g~t t:~ ·.the ·L1hr'ary :.m;uch'and there was .Sb lf-ttle-·:for·,·me.to do tl");at.1 decli_nid .!JlY:·_s.ala::r•y, too, I wished .. and to help Mrs. Boyd :i!.l: her : str-uggl'e _tg ,meet expe:ns:e.s .: The ,Boa.rd of Education raised my retir :j_ng· allowam~e: ·to -~50·~-00 :-per month. This was enough under present conditions, bu~ I can not help students quite as much as I have been·doing. (This income has now been increased by Soci~l Securitj 7 .) ''.. · The School is d_oing. fine under· the suJ?etvis1on o_f Mrs. Boyd. She is,- as one of her brothets~1n~law said to her, level-headed. The money exceeded those qf oth~r years eYen. Mrs. ~illiam Manning came ahead in Founder·' s ·.Dc1.y80:i.lch~ti.on wtth ove.r ··.$300.00 and was: given a ·scholarship. . Ot}w:t:'· students ca1ne surpr j_s ingly near. The Ccinfeiences,.Holston and.·Ea~t ~snnesnee and New:JerBey were very liberal-in don~tio4s, If we could ~et s6me•big_money fo~ buildings and equipment vJe Wt?Uld sur·ely m_ake l t. . .· ' . '•: · .. A good many of wy old fr ieiJ.ds ·came, to Commencement: George VJilli::im Ayt;?r s 2,';10n.g °t];_sm, I was g].E.d, too,. ·to :see some of ·Holmes, mf_6ld girls, among. thd~ wer8.Metel ◊off Tipton and Arizqpa M6r~ow. George Mc.C1·avey wa.s val-t~rlictor.:L;.u1 and went to Knoxvil-;l.e Gollege on ·schplarship. '.Jiilbu:i;- Sha\-v, Clyde· Bishop, ~-.illiam Lee and other good friends gradua:ted. . . _· . . , · . ·- We had 310 enrolled4 The Industrial work progressed; especially carpentry, under 9aunders Thompson.- The,-. 11 Radio 11 published comments· of teachers .on progr:ess o;f the -Schonl under· 1\1.'.rs-. Boy.d_, and .. these. we-re. all complimentary.. I _enclose· a poem: ,I vtro.;te. about~ .:that _entitled "No Vo id".. · ' · · -· ,. • • • _; • f ,·..,, ,.~ • : • ..., Chapel ·programs .were _largety in hand of ·student--s.: :This.: is · a good practice, givin.g. a development in 01·ga.nizing .and ap.pea.r.ahce in public. The Commercial Department is very efficient unde.r,.Nfiss Patton.· S0me students won recognitiqn.a'proad for efficiency:···· Kµgene Goodson .deserves special. mention'• in this line. : He is also a ;_fihe singer. . . · ~ :·.1.· is. . • ,· ; •• '!, • : •• Hiss I.!adeline; Evans a. fine· Matroh·-~f ..girl;-,;_,; --a;d 'fur:i_s~ · Kines-• ·o,1other Kines., the .boys: Gall her}· is inffeed, g0od for.: the ,·boys. Mrs. Do·wns i.s a good supervJsor of }Cenwood-R-efectory, ..R9v •. .Q.an.oon, Pastor of School and Church is a fine· p:ceacher ·and ins.trµct0r .• The interesting Chap,el programs are lar 6 ely due to him•. _Mr-s. Pearl --stroni still has ·cosmetology and is successful. Dean Edwards and J-~(incipal Cain are standing by Mrs. Boyd valicint-ly, while John T. ··· VHll'iams, as Business Directo~_, is irnl~_spensi·o1e. . of 11L·eague of / ·: ~,:·: _. . In my r_epor t about .fur:ids ·r negle·cted to tell --a:,:Thou-{3-arid .Friends", the_Alumr1a.e, ofcourse, being a ·par:t, but others participating. The.members contr~bute ;;pl0.00·each year. 0fc.ourse this helps a great deal.iri meetin~ the.expenses of the year. 40 ' l �. Chap t~r . XL:j:X.:. . .. . .. ~ ~ •. 1953 - 1954 .. I about our failed me many otlier • ·• .• ~ .. . ... ~ i., ," .. -. : ' • have given in the· pre-ced,ipg ;cha..'riters mu.di I rem~rnbered fine students, but I knC?w.th~.t 111Y, .. mern,ory has .spmc,times so I am writing thi.s ·extr,a qf1.apt.f!\}6. give credit to s. Anderson Davis, no\~ ~ev. A •. pavis., .. has, been a help. to the School and to the world. si'nce he g:rad.1:1,aterl. John Philips, now a leading dentist in Washington, D4 c., was once taken for my son, as indeed he is in a spir ttual sent.rn. He has made. good,. in his profession and ha~ brought honor t6 all of us; .E- H. and Henry Forrest have supported the SchGol an~ hav~ both gohe to thei~ rew~rd. Andrew Fulton, who.se gr·andchildren are student.s .here, gav.e his life in serviGe. He. was sold as a slave 7 was re.scu.e.d, ·was educ 1ated here and was a teacher here for mnny yea.rs ..· It was he ·who reco.mi;nended me as a teacher. Sall.le Gill, a11 e~1:rl:j g1'adu:a t.e,. was a missionary in the Wes-t Indies for yea.rs. John Holt, a prosperous .physi9ia.rf, ·: was an early graduate. L8o.nder lliJ.J., wbo· rec.ently passed, ..was· pronounced the best dentist .known by many. He vJas:·also an honBst.! : ·. Christian. •His.sister, ParaJ.ee, was mY fi•feJ1d. She_made, me a·lov.ely scarf with her ovvn hands. I remember. her vd th love .. · . .. :· . · • J • • I ~ • • :. Mae Frai~er~(once··swaggeriy:~ now~te~per) ~~i sp~nt h~r · . life in Christian se:r:-vice. .1e.0n · Jci:mes·, an early .gr_a;du.a.te, ta:ught 1 here, He ·1s doing effecttve .service for humanity. Lubertha Leeper (Johnson) is doing good as a minister's wife~. Arthus Nicholls, of goo.ct s taqding here, is ma.king . ·good· too.·, :·as. Pr.inc ipal ~f. the Judson. s. Hill Sch,001; Swann Spann has done. well. ip ·tJaat he. has sent to· us many· studen.ts. Mrs •. Hattie Walker, 'an e?,~lY.. grad.ua.te., lives in··.· Morr is town, ahd has been a help• to t}:le" Scho·o1, as teacp.er and friend, as well· as Mother to .the. Church at the foot·· of the hill. Edi th · Weems ( Cox) was t~acher. and Matr on years, ·and afterwards served Christ as a preacher's wife. ··. ·. · ·. ·.. ·. .'.. . : .. ' for· . I rem.ember certain student-s with ~g~ea!t :pleasure whom.·I h~d · in the .grades. Some of these are:' Nena Goir;i.s and Willie .Johnsqn, firm friends; Carl James Dockery and Alma Dw~rin, afterwards husband and wife; P.eytc.ih Manning and Francis ·Clark; cousins. The friend-. · ship of these good students has ·been continued pleasure to me. Eddie Tate and Mary Ruth Jobe were in my tenth grade -English Class and were_a. comfo~t, especially beca~~~ bf fing~.schol~~ship. Honor~ble, mention should.-be iliad~ 6f cia~~s Howell inow··avetinary surgeon;· who, h~lped me·.so rnucfr·,to cle9-n up :the. cottage •.. He was and is a fine young ·:man•. Joe •Harlc1nd, High Sc.hool ·graduate in 1949; novy in the Flyi~g :.Force .of··the. U/ 6 •. A.•, was one of :mY-; · .' best friends. He even did work for •me .i,h .the. c·o:ttage and would take no pay, ever. Walter T.ard,' .student ·miri'ister, was interested in "Let My Peopre Go" and sold a number o.f the books,. a:11 I had left, for me. He pass.ed away before• gradua.tion, ,to .our sorr~ow. •t • • 41 •,..: l ~ • . . ,.:•. • ·' :· ... :. 1 �I .~ac1e·.Tate,\ orie of our students left}.anuary, -~953. He is now in Alaska in the Army. John Carmen and ·Dewey Ca-;i High SGhool .. n,. gr~driates~ are in· the Air Force. Clifford Jo~nson, one of our best ·graduates, has helped greatly; ..in ;the. industrial work, as sttident ·arid.teacher, Mcralyn Riddle helped in the librarr by , typirig. She left before graduation to tu~\e a posit ion. VJilbur Shqw, · son of Bishop Shaw,. graduated_ in the Spring of 1953. He Was a good and faithful student.: . · TheBis~ family of .Morristown h·ashelped ·the School and Church greatly. Clyde Bishop was a fine student. The Goodson fa~ilY has also helped. iugene won prizes. He is a fine. singer. .... Do!'othy.Blevins, relative of my friend Blevins, of.Knox:v.ill·e, has .·. bean of ·value to the faculty as typist. Rebecca Courtney left . us pefore graduation. My r~1other 1 s name was Rebecca, and my· ·father's name was Courtney, so I was especially int~rested in th1 5 ·pr~tty;girl, and Lated to ha·ie her leave us. Edward T~~ley helped ·me,in one o[ my Than~.{.3f:~Virig_,rrograrris. o_f ~ate yea~-~ t~e attendance was small becA.use of st .1c.1.cnts scatte:red. for.· Thanksg1virg holidays ~nd becausi::) of footbo.J ..l games. I should ..spealC.of ,_·B.obby F,~lton who graduated in the Spr:Lng nf 1.952. She is a f.ine· J>ianist ·a'na,·rielped the school gre(Jtly. She is. novj in Knoxville~ c·o"llege. Edward Cockran, a young minister, W/J.S with us until graduation • -, -He was and .is ·a special frj_end of mine. I should also mention the continued friehd~hip of Hazel Banch~ad of Teresa Blair, of . · Do:r-thy Johnson. of Mrs. Irvin (,Cannon~, of Pr. and Mrs, Lerin_on, 0 of Beatrice Rejnhardt and of hitiifred Moore. · .• ··· · ,, 1 • • r . ) • ...- · I ·remember_ with pl.easure a student names Donall ,Robinson · of Mo.bile,• Alabama.· I thin':t · I !:.ave not mentioned him befo're. · I ha'le nq_t.· said enough about ·Martha Richardson, now tn Pittsburg, Pa., who h'a~ been .. a true friend for year.s. She was a teacher: here for seleral years.: She invited me to visit her. Dr. ·ahd Mrs. Lennon, of Knoxville, have been true friends to the school especially in remembrance of their son who was one of our fine students. The GGr~an girls, Irene and Una V. Qorman, of Newpqrt, are life-long frtends. I nust mention Clifford Johnson, one of our best stllclents, who served his country in the Army and his School when · he :r-eturned. James Davis, one of bur good students, was a great help to me in 11Friends of ..:'-..frica" Club and helped the School in oth~r ways. · The Reverend Howard has lDeen @ne of the .2.t.ais of the School for years. I remember, too, that I went to _teach in. one of his Conferences for young people in Bluefield, Va., during 0 r:ie summer. This was a pleasure to me. Delj_lah Harrison, a fine g1r1, was a helper to me in the Club. Viola Wood Collins l re.rnE:i!llberwith pleas_ure. The Hendricks family, all of v1hom I taugbti were good friends of mine. I think I mentioned Joseph Tra\1iS, founder of "The Radio", our fine school paper. Toby and Henry Pearson are making good. Toby, who is m<:3-r:r-1ed to.JBarbara allen, is now in the Army. The Mother of these fine t>0 Ys was a good friend of mine, and their .Aunt Roberta, also, -42- I I · · ·- �I. ;·; who is an excellent stnger. ·-. i do- o·f __ n .kno~t thcit':I have mentioned a-_sbldie~ _b?Y, '.I'9mrriy_ I-Jowl~~'- -~h_o ·has. ·sef v_eq. __ _h:i._s. country ':"ndis .,now cont1nu1ng h1s education. Sqldiers who return to private life· afe.:· to. be cornmended for do1.tig what Tommyh;:i.s done. . . My good friend, Mabel ,,right Bryant, a ·former student, sent her son to us recently. It is grati:f.yj_ng ·when former studerts · send the1r · ·ch-ild:ren to us. It speaks Wf;ll. for the School. Mabel and:.Virginia-Bianchi, were students here recdntly. Mabel wetit to anotbet scho-ol for one year, but .rett~rne~ here to finish our courre. This, too, is gratifyingo It makes us feel that bur standing is not poor. ,., ~ --1 I- J:l,,.S to gratltude, I rc:i-nembcr Dorothy Johnson, who gave me a pre.sen.t for a little help with lwr lessons. This is a good example for all p.eoplo tn every wa.Pt of life, · The Ford. sisters, of Knoxville, I do not forget ever. Mrs. Clark, a good teacher, and her son _Clyde were good stu<ien ts of our·s· .... · li'rencha Kyle, .· sister of Dr • .i:{:flej was a fi:.·m I':riend of mine. Saunders ThomJ:rson and Mrs. Thompson (Louise Tate) are ·soreo of the best friends df . the School. Mr~ Thompson is one cf onl' teache:cs and ·Mrs. Thompson :.: often substitutes. · Elizabeth Saunders and Eddie Tate give prizes for good work in their lin~s every Cocmencement. Lloyd Hawkins was ·President of the °Friendsof A:frica 11 and I knovv that now he has tne·missionary spirit. Leon -James -was on.e of my fellow_ t~achers after: graduation., ·Loftus James wes our pianist while here. His daughter was with me i.n the. cottage for a time. His wife, Iva Lena Franklin, was one of my gir._1s long ago. I must mentfon again that Dr. and Mrs. Kloefer, now of_Knoxville College, have been a great help in the matter of living, Naomi Lhitson helped so m~ch. Alonzo Hodge, a young preacher, has been and is a faithful friend. Theresa Blair came to me for help one summer and was more he1p to me than I was tojher. David G~qsby, of som~ years ago, I remember with joy. Clarissa Mitchel]. was a help in the Club. · Bruce Mackey'" and wife ·(Ollie N1chol~) were~ comfort tom~ always. tarren Hill, 6 years of age, used to run to meet me ·when I returned from week-ends. Clara Hill had just graduc1ted from High School. I remember Clarence Huff, a fine young man, and Viilliam Hight, a young minister, and many others who have been a success and,,an honor to the School. After Samuel Roberts left me, I was alone. I needed some one very badly and God helped me as usual by sending to me Robert (Bobby.) Hayden during the summer of 1952. He was a great comfort to me, and continued to live in the cottage until the Spring of 1953, when he went to the dormitory after a brief illness. Thomas Burten came to my rescue in the Spring of 1953, and now in 1953-1954 is with me. He is a good son, 'and we lj_ve together in harmony. The Friends of Africa, -43- now known as the Volunteer Club �:·\ 4 •·· _: •·: • ':. 4 • ~ ·:·•.·. . •. •! ;:. -~.. ··.•, :, ,t.' • _:· • ~" •.. • . • J •• ~ ..• •• ·, : •• ( i:; -: . • ' ~ -~:~d~-/ I 1is pro-speI' in~ the_ i.~a~~-i s:~~p. ,~;f ·:.Grace .. ;av i~.. Special commit tees·. for -.:Home . .-aµd .For~_-i,gn,>Miss ion); are workj_ng earnestly and attendance is very good. This w6rk leads me to think I am not utte·-r1y tJ.S·(:!'less. · ·y1e now•:h~ye ..two ·:voung .rp.inisters, Lovell V.i.ilson and Ho·ivard···Hitison\ ·:who ar.e i3., gr~a t.)_1elp t9 the club. Ophelia Hudsor{·a:-n'd•:: ..r.Jandy,·.wysong. ar!3 dp:!.ng_.ef.fe..Q:tive. work as heads o.f .. ; commit t:~e~f. ::·.. -.~-:.. · -1 j . '' . . . : . ' . ' . . .... ;; i. ~: ·.. : ·.' : '~ • r_ :-- · -· _;r·,shcu\d .nientinn; here ,:t"bat wo hive· some fine additions to the faculty; for instance, t6e ~~i~rend C~qnon, an excellent ppeacher, Mrs-. J a ems, a most efficient English' teacher, and Miss Hi_gnt, · daug·hter, of Joel High_t, m_e-nt.:i.oncd before, a very good li'br-ari·an· •. · ·.rt is .gnatifying wh·en _f_ormer students sent to us their ·ch-tldren t.o>vfor~c: in'.-th.0 ~:cho_ol-,· '.1.'his·_glves us· prestig.G, :::_.-,.I am ·afr~id i hav~ n.of rJ.v~n·enoi1gh recognitlon to the J'o.be··g--ir1s ·who we-r·c such good r'riends of niine, There was Gladys, who mar•r'fed·Gri.ffen·Green and ·v,hof3e son is now vv'ith_ us, Jesse Mae Job·e:,. who·helped me muc.h i.n the :.library, ·tt;.ry Ruth, my fine student who became a good tE:iac}rnr. · I. wish aI:~o to speak again of the . .. F]:'.ankli~ sisters. Odessa, a stuJent oJ'mine, is now, secretary to Dr •.· ·Br··ahch Newpor:t, . ·l,ea, now. a , teacher in Newport, who stayed witll,·me one·.y:ear, Lady Bea.who was v~ith me two years, since then a 'teacher. h1 Vi.hite Pine. · ·, in· :. •tr• · : . .v. : i· I copy I promised to give a c;,f1'No Void'' to these memoirs, ~1,1t I am unable ·to find a copy and .. ther.efore am not able to keep · my promise. .:1111 Void 11 -was ,.in ,commemora.ti.on .of the splendid No ¥,iork of Mrs. , Boyd; assisted by t;he··. f ac1_11 ·t,he stuqent· ty,. and. the conference-~·, aft,::r the passir,1.g·of·Dr. )3oy.a; '. ': In .. conc:k~sion, r.-'.inu;:;t say .·.ths.t' I owe milch to my friends, both:te§lchers·.and students,,:·y.iho h?y_e-b.een an inspiration to-me, some· of·whom r: may not have_tiap. .. spac~--()r merilo~y mention • to . .... ·.; . . . ., .. . A new er~ may ·be .da wi1Ii1gi·, Morr is town ~p-_on· .College with t~e.).dyent of· the. new-, Presiden.t,: I:L .L._ P~:ck'ersori. •. Thos.e gone before· ha,ve. done a :sup~r-ior. job,<,·: §uc:<;!-:~ss-o· the n:ew regime,.. t .. ',,:·· .· i:•.... . ... :, .i " r .. .. . !\ '- '.·:•• -44- ,... .... I � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Morristown Subject The topic of the resource African American universities and colleges; Local History Description An account of the resource Articles, photographs, and artifacts from Morristown, Tennessee. 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Title A name given to the resource Morristown Normal and Industrial College Commencement Booklet Subject The topic of the resource African American universities and colleges; Commencement Description An account of the resource A program for the 42nd annual commencement at Morristown Normal and Industrial College. The ceremony took place from May 20th-23rd, 1923. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Morristown Normal and Industrial College Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Black in Appalachia Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1923 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Items can be used for private reflection and research, and not for commercial purposes. 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Press of M t owan & Cooke, ac Chattanooqa, Tenn. ��DEC CP.TED I TO 1 THE GLORYOF HIM 1·HC'SE I AM A:.JD 1mcM I SERVE. MRS.A. H. STEARNS ��Almira H. Grinnell, ll, 1023. followed. Her own words in and sorrow, She was nineteen, was born at Plainfield, At four years of age she was··leff·motherless. vissisitude i:sickness the author, tears married and pain, Vermont, April A- life conversation of' .one day, picture mercies and love lnterridn~lec?. to Lewis Ii. Stearns, of unusual t1assachusetts at 1 :tt. : the age of which proved a uni6n of unusual happiness. At the beginning dom, offered of the war, her husband, consecrated his services, and under the auspices he was sent to Port Royal, South Carolina, ments for the relief ti tudes. She freely of the her husband, ahcl her first the care of her·ycunger alter son, and in :ieVJYork, provide arran~e- who were gatherino, of her country born--nobly God an0 Free- of a society commissioned to negro refugees laid upon the to there her choicest in mul~ treasures-- assuming the double resronsibility little who afterward daughter, of came south Later she planned to Join her husband at Port P.oya1 , but the same steamer upon which she would have sailed brought the sad tidings of her wid·· with her. owhood. Ere the news reached her, 1ence of that 9rave in the sands of Port Roya1. Few days were left In battle and he had been restinr, for languishing been brought with a weeping, for soon cam8 news of her son, wounded in a hospital shipload of many days in l'the si- 11 just off Long Island whither other mothers• wounded boys. he had (!ither her sorrowful feet hastened to minister with mother love, not only to her own boy, but to those who shared his lot. Alone in the night watches, In that tent by the sobbing sea, with the wail of the wild wind, she kept vigil with 1 busy hand, and heart sustained by the assurance, ·The beloved of the Lord 11 sha 11 d1_r.1e in safety by him. 11 When the days of warfare were over and long, fore her, where better could she husband laid down his life. the following This little How shall serve Hence her lonely years stretched than amonp the response to be- people for whom her the call mentioned in cha::iter. book will speak for her far better we e 1 en with the tenderest and than any words of ours. most loving touches portray her �life among us, with sweetest, peated holiest softly, whom years memories. 11 Faith, Her room has of closest 8eholdinn touchinri all a time, and in little h~s dealt clothinp W6ary. out bread Her words have ever Only the with is, the l:fJov1thanks Anointed the kno1t1ledge of Him in every fulness re- of the to joy, 11 place where we make our the place requests where she to the needy and sympathy to the been as choice angels .who have kept the 1 i fe \AJhose paean to triumph to the hungry, face we have oft prayer, companies, with or.ly hues of heaven. prevailing known unto God, to ask and receive 11 have brouqht her soul-moulded thingsJ"'ith been the place. of have come, one at association si Iver to 1istenin9 record be unto that Ona, and who may Sod diffuses reveal ears. the oower of the who alv,mys 1eads us forth by us the fraqrance place." THE TEJ\CHERS of �C1-iP.PTl:: 1 r._ C/'..LL /1 ,'.m;1 the Lord haC: said_ .. ,:ret thee out of thy country? and from thy kindred, and from thy father 1 s house, into a land that I wi 11 .show theE~.,- !twas near midnight when the trnin o·n its \vay to the city, waiting South land. at the d0not in Elizabeth, l.,:/;1, when on board, on mission work amon~ the rx,ople there ~,iill despise niqht, 1 mightily soul, us ill, and we cannot see the way, and and ·God cares, away on the from thd silence arise 1 of that take up qrave in grief? All others wil 1 be of ~inor and by because of the baotism that i,1ork for th~" lrn-vly, for us, child, th," He has orc'ered a and a is done,-~There and we will oreatest joy in has brought the_ proud spirit Holy Christ. are to pracc the ~iadem of to compare with this importance, meek yet voice the sands of Port Royal, the work I would have And then, what can come to care whether we my child, Atlantic, said: and the way is as who will to be soupht and found: gems from the mountains , in [Jover,b,::r, Freedmen, And the child us and treat Lut the answer came, ' ni0ht were in of twelve summers, stcoped calling a God fG1r-1, a child place for your dear father 1 a starless resting souls just York lev, on that or not? 'Courage, friends, from l'L J., intent dark as this perish A few into the derot lauy with her only daughter, 2 ,:11arnma, the rolled to the lowly ;\nd the train 11 the by sped on throuph the darkness. The morning revealed and means, was kind, then began a out. few nassed her conversation One, evidently magazine to with various recalled drass0d by the other throuqh 1 'our car 1 ! her ma~azlne and paid no heed. c1nc the at sea, sp•-,aking the words~~·a still \<laves, ::Fear not, Forty-eight other teach th3 spoke no The ostracism mothc::r and plctE;ly as thouc::h alone adrift the until 1 ;ni(l00rs the 11 • and story was She c~ased more, and even when ad- had be0un. child were left The facts to themselves \!ere: they alone? small voice.--yet for I am 1tJith thee,--be a lady of culture for insoection, interrorations Herc \IJas a ~vomanon her 1,1aySouth to her attentions, lently passengers. as com- Ah, a voice is si- mi9htier not dism2yed, went then the for I am thy ~od. hours were consumed on the way, seven hundred miles, sea 1 ; delays �2 with the rouqhest was spent is left of roads, in passing 11 to be seen of dead. the which floated more? stars Compassionate other. Alas, and the car a sincursed Brown, was what and joy c2me from the light t~~achers." vided; Yes, they we find what a home and rest what trials by safe 1y inside 11 safoty. there the those This .is home. tenacity the rock-bound, every opportunity, C! he.art. Onc<3 2 r8moving site said, carried vvhere they under "no sir, stood still by school petition any •'This is years the Brown frrnily 2nd te0chers with .::,s they and boy died, through to opposite to respect □ nd a found a one of th(: the help me, but th~ intent of of with one of the oppostron0est at at integrity Democr3ts, I went from one to anothE!r to r,et his none could his opinion his town with ~osition it his kindness c:1cqu2inted with to fi 11 the \II/as presented every soon learned became the wnr He seemec! to feel to assnil was circulated when my to the ~rave we were 2S Mr. 6rovm is an Ultrn-r2dica1, circumstances. people office th~ close remain. of rishteousness, ultrnism \Jhen it outside, be mnde th::1t in twenty-,,~ight to the pole the Lord had oro= soon as of him from the post party. bo0rd what happened at but the best his The moved. preacher and bear with fl inching, 1 1 ·~ e what re 1ief WC said: the needle c'lS ones? not e2sv to tell the of opposition diso,uises like record is from Long lslnnd homo in 11orristown, duty, it refw,c 1-vhut a wa 11s, with each the 1Hand0rers good Mrs. Brown: on no when the quE:stion which no cyclone They came south which he never 11 the street, true storm without foundy nnd ,fo matter Let the has been no vnri2tion; have faced teachers:. war kill lone seckinq insults ample brick 11 of the over learn where should olace? to tell reign. the weary! for \:Jay• what 11 boardinq seemed that where brothers the and answer boa rdecl the that multiplied, the nations of Peace sought 2 grnves world Tennessee, It moans tryinq and 1i1,1ould shelter w2s c1sked, r:/\11 Poor empty hands was lost. Unearthly the Prince 1 0ne day a lone qrave-yard ache. When shall at Morristown, 'where shall that were graves stripes. l!h<Jt roof 1':r. Joseph cause and on. pity land. rei~ned. Sy and by we oassed a hillside when shall Vhich way turn? postmaster, desolation the i1ot a man, wom2n or chi Id, not an ami- for on Heaven, alas, On leavlnr; go? rent away on a the all How the s i £!ht made out hearts Poor hearts '.lot far where for hours. wild winds were passin0 story. had devastated ev8rythinr,. mal of any kind of Virginia! war 1 /irqinia throu0h was st2mped on Confederate for last I asked he body Mr. l:::rovm �1 ., 1 and he said, sir, brins yes, I will brinn none of your and l respect him, riy team from the petitions thou9h we tion Stutes • politicel flag for eyes. pattern. fl □ s in mud for fro~ his shoutin~ brain, The other but for soul then Aunt 8e;ttie life of self~sacrifici::; years years their for beyond as and ten. that by the family a a handsome shouting aloud of himself it could sister of not Crowell one which had af- and others. well be her and hic::hly a sweeter, and one sweet of bl0ssed of the \Illas not the men It Mrs. Crown, who others, one of an- too t~eer in the were f:=:ir more conservative, There the on the street to bury is. for of the burial 11 was it wc1s an, offense lives truth as she had liverl De2r Jl,unt c5ettie in posi- had left cup he hod drained, of~ the: qood of quietly the 1tJhere it him thinqs of their helped him to tell Crowell, arc At his m,my when all qiven later :1 can tell good work~. man one day v.1hen there wAr, the sight down and the you deoths Among other the breeze ha~ the contents members of If to its soirited they and prom~ted respected the bsautiful 1 11 to the pond came out, resurrection, who did the fected So. soon after took Joe l:irown1 s fla9 !ii niqht: old soon proved. Poor things, cmod, honest politically. be stirred do~m and It was three an to had flunq w.:is taken dinner. southern oth~r which he speaking, building to manner as he 20ree Brown is a 1 1'.o helr.11 for opposition and outspoken United 0et t:r. me. not do trouble;: go to him ond you will It was natural to 1 plow and corie at once. lived 2 purer whole d,,y rassed more th0n three to score memory! CHAPTER 11 EJ\f{LY DAYS. 11 0Lit of the sh;:idow of n i 0ht The world moves into li0ht, It is day bre2k eve rywhc re.'' The Colored be the hailed fore first with under people to cry, 11 more 0lad the direction were individually 8ehold the acclaim. of ifrs. te,xher They had H2nford, on a watch comuth, 11 2nd had a taste of Ithaca, tower, each surely 2nxious never to was one of books the year be- \J.Y.? whose cour-~n,e was �that of a soldier, and when passing of th~ school building the not unusual (which was seen and extinguished and 1t1henthreatened with indiqnities for protection mob violence. from to keep the peace at once." prospect armed soldiers called the of teacher each, the should be citizens patrolina the and protected. Brownlow askinr,i "l•li 11 send mi 1 itia The best men of the sufficient place were stirred streets a9ain, passed resolutions an~ so that matter at the they promptly to the effect Two men were fined twenty··five promptly paid it, work went on ouietly repl led, of the firlnp by a white neighbor) she wrote to Governor He meeting of the citizens a Initiatory ended that dollars and the school aqain to its close. The people were now more eaqer than ever for books and poured into town ready for the be0innln0, As the new teacher neared the school house she was with the sound of song, which made the greeted the doors and and clear, windows and along the street, place while a rin0, and ran out of woman's voice, strong sang the solo: "Goocl news, good news, that the Pi 1-i~grim brou9ht, That the Fath0r and the Lover are a-cornin 1 • That the lovin 1 Father is a-cornin 1 in the rnornln' To take-a them chi len all home. 1·1 Then the whole company swellecl the chorus: Shout chi 1en, we a 11 sha 11 be free, Shout chilen, we all shall be free, Shout chilen, we all shall be froe, \/hen tht3 Lord will ,ipear/' 11 The school house was a ·smal 1 'church built friends of Oranqe, d. ,J., persons. economy built close to the street Presbyterian and would, by crowdinq~ hold one hundred and fifty The school was made up of about house was for ·by, soine kind and on a in a two-thirds steep hill, level with it, and the of that while the number. The one side was other was set up on stilts so that a horse or cow could 1valk beneath with ease. ,l\bout t~Jo b 1ocks beyond it for college. They must pass the as it was directly quite annoying that sorts of hideous getting \vas a schoo 1 where young men were preoa red on their they should press contortions Young ;'l,merica11 11 school three or four times a day, way to town, and it was amusin~, and sometimes of under the house and beatinp doings as colored their faces to the countenance and on the floor could well devise. windows with all with howl in9s ,:ind cries; with sticks, and such other The home friends sent down �r; thirty yards of calico for curtains but alas, one cold night president of the white they were stolen, school) ing home with his students reduced the disorderly which shut Rev, /fr, principle, christlan of Bible type, with influence and purpose, h0 made his for the school, words are stored mark in every pupils sixty-three, He took to years old. too, of the sayinq, 1 11 lf shed over great to be which she still does, In every way he could fouqht a winning His in the a th~ life tima same age as people do. They you would Jud9e them back to thirty, it were a washing and she held 1 = and when school the Son make you her education, though that of but read, to more than once in in; five,. Indian and an He went and was lost which few colorod my Bible, in school, six feet as strai0ht started book-work as if There were te,3rs sacrifice At fifty '1 must learn up her l1ible and read, and of character lea med racidly likeness and gray locks, glasses Fannie took hold eye, letters, Fannie Jimison do not age li!w whi'te people, fast, eagle One does not sec his wearing A scholar, was with his own school, no south and earn money. About the same time Trotter, had education in the school wus Thomas Trotter, ::ark, 1"1i th fiel~s, by birth, 1ine of 1i fe, he in the m.:,moryof those who heard. and we 11 proportioned, cotton a gentleman The restored. notice. spoke words of comfort and cheer, to-day soon had an of for to them until prominent and a pnrt of the fi9ht Amons the first over in church and stat-:::, and with ourity he stood by the teacher, fight for a while, the case by walk- and peace was acain r:r. Hilson must not be passed by without a broad-souled undertook watchinr to ord~r, eyes not even a sample remained, Hilson, and otherwise faction out the ye free, are but it ended there. it closed she held free indeed,!! She had made now she mL1st help make: the home living, was twenty years Cl ➔APTER ago, ! I I. Ui'JCLEDICK He giveth 11 Uncle Dick was a character f!race to the lowly." of which product he He walked Into Sunday School one morning with an air hod an of ample surnly, humility becoming �one who serves the Christ of lfozareth, yet there was somethinri about him which reminded one of the famous iJicodemus who 11obeyed, though born to commc1nd.!1 He curried firm, yet rather chair with him the wdght feeble, he listened and it intently. Soon he h0 bent big tears himself which drank them up until splash, readily, Gospel news that splash, but mortal. IJas beholder still more fell. and 11 you say \lell, is can't 11 s 11 ? 11 which were his case: Down, down they fell, drops that ever foll from the mortc:il? He ~,,as He wished greatly to learn to with the memories of more than five letter Yes llissus. he and massive build and a physique as remarkable. when told that a then suited Uncle Dick an, ordinary read, but his mind and head were filled score years, on a upon the porous wood of the floor, more than one hundred years old, of strong which impressed the himself Jenning well down, and then how the the place was drenched with the lar9est eyes of an ordinary Seatin~ by and by it was both shoulders upon his knees, be~an to fall, His step was slow and began to shrug one shoulder, up when some sound reached him of finally age. hAd a meanin~ in it. changed the motion to the other, lifted of 0reat 1 : W.JS11 s 11 he "Hell, call s21id, 11 true it is, it by name, it's 11 n~me Missus, good name, I done said It don't say Uncle Dick it. to m0. I I cl r,':!ther read the Sible than all them 1i tt le spikes and crooks. II soul·, could It was of no use. It vJas too late, but his spirit~touched plainly read his title clear 11t0 Mansions in the sky. II 115 • II 11y~5 One day when int~rro0ated, brought out so I took a scroechin's, morning. the following he gave a i_ncident: 11 (', chance and run off to short I was so tired get away from but you see I did not get far enough. Ny two young masters went, so that was bud for me. it and tied me there they came back with a hard, it was. history They took another himself which of being drivin's, Th(::;ytook me to a tree, 2 slave, whiooin's and cotched me i~ the boy with me when I threw my nrms around then they went off to breakfast. jug o' whiskey, of Arter some papers to read, and 2 while plenty of whips, tlissus, plenty. They tied me with my arms out, so, and my face in the di rt. I cou l dn I t I ook up to Goe. Then, t1i ss us, they \"1hr,!)ed me eenei most to death. When one got tired the other took it up; then they took a drink E1ndread pc:ipers, then whipped me morn 2nd morn 11 till my flesh lay a,, round the field like shucks. Th2t took all the forenoon. They W8nt home to dinner for a A\vful while to poor r.dck, but come back �7 and talked, and talked sample to others. come and died, I had a back beforer up and hear something like some more and Missus. live until ground; you shall forever to,my feet, and like a deer, I earthly voice, 'You and 'till the slaves any be free, more; I jumped ground 'till for de 1 ickin', and like a slave doan' have to die l's all joy. Jes' look at my people with de books and Sunday School. The tears are so big, Uncle Dick." bigger dan de sorrer why. 11 11 ones, Uncle Dick were for dat. Dick live slaves, it was all I got 'cause of the'. Heaven till 11 How Missus, shall too happy, not feel then I so happy ever since, ready. Dick Bewl½ old Master is under I was not suffering sorry die, but be as old as you want to be, and De gashes got well and I there, shan't flew and never touched the wasn't w0ke heaven? all you shall God. now, I sorter not like an voice, 1 me. is this Dick Bewly, and see it, Fore de Lawd, talk out listen and left thought, it whisper and say: with your into the cabin. again. but Missus, wings movin 1 , and be free, and water on my Then they untied these boys are dead and buried, and your eyes shall then live again, there was a like the holy music, and you'll that what I had done must be a but they woke me up with the salt went off in a die spell listened and said I gave up then and shut my eyes and thought my time had thought back--where and talked, 'cause de 0, cried yes, Missus, 11 glad is bigger you never married? alone and true. die alone. Doan' want no sorrer, slavery kin folks 11 1 can tel 1 you, who is a relative 11 said a young man. him. Hell, the You know that Mr. Murph Bewly, been taking care of him old man begged with such pathos Mr. Bewly to take him out to the farm so he could do something, that He was just 11 the last year of as happy as he wished to be his life he planted half an acre of tobacco, the trees were dropping beautiful one day for Uncle Dick to his Lord. near. He had fallen A fitting all transit and accomplished and tended neatly by himself, colors wait in until asleep WHbre, 11 of the family who owned him, has and is mighty good to angels to be none abollt me no how,'' with an emphasis. is he? sides dat 1 s too bad In a few weeks Uncle Dick was missing from his accustomed place. him. for they are a heap dan de "No Missus, 11 and cried for he took much, and an acre of corn be- but when the autumn came and for a cov~ring, the trumpet shall they made a grave wake him to meet the night before in his cabin with none but for such a life. He was one hundred and ten �0 t_) years old. CHAPTER IV. LIGHT AND SHADO\JS. 11 ln the day time also He led them with a cloud and all the nigpt with a light of fire. 11 ... :. The school went on early and late, and from two to three at night hardly often with 9 interest crowded a day that was not broken by some special girl ,rushed into the school room saying: white woman up here who cannot write, of an order. hurriedly it. seven and eight 11 The .teacher before, unsuspecting, a form, using one Handing it is a form. day was :over, in the quiet she 11 full the girl said, 11 was One day a black teacher, of there present is a care wrote mentioned or something like 1 never wrote an She took it There she sent me to you for the form and name that to the girl but this and full. incident. "Teacher, hours per day and fled. order After of rier room the teacher in my life the work of the thought of the incident, when it flashed through her mind that some plot might have been laid for her, and the thought was ominous. She sprang to her feet, asked for one of the name given, sought the lady and she seemed to need, and went back a tidings: teacher told her story, That forging 'nigger' an order on least foundation, daughter wiser woman. A young tried to get such be as sure, but O, the when maligners a religious table, and recited meeting, to stopped at things followed the family the the Mrs. lleal, There was a 1ittle to a town twenty miles below Morristown, attend the rr:ep·r,oof man spread the money from a dry goods house in • town.'' to make it out of, to received told that the where teacher they had stories truth had not the same house, ate most dreadful by and her gone to at the same of which the victims had no knowledge whatever. They were not turned out of doors, how. ever, but had a chance to speak for themselves. What a fearful contrast ls here. Coming from the warm heart ostracised, insulted, It was not at all of a warm church at home, to be despised, hated. strange that the southern people should feel just as �() ., they did 9 nor should the people of the North forget that if they had been born south and had had the same education, they would have felt just as these people did, would have done the very same things under the same circumstances; Yet there were tears and tears, bitter, lonely, silent, uncom- plaining tears, drenching the path to the church of the Negro school, many and many a day. 0 Heaven, thy 'Christ was abundant In mercy, and it is true that He healeth the broken hearts and bindeth up their wounds. The hardest part was to have the child ill-treated, called hard names, sneered and spit at. Once at least was she made a target for pieces of bread and cheese, ~11 thi~ while quietly passing along the street without noticing nny one. And in all these first years she was never known to complain9 scarce ever speak of indighities 9 or e~hibit the least impatience, either in school or out of it. She had atcepted the situation of a young missionary of the cross, and had her papers duly signed and sealed by the Board, then in Hew York and had expected nothing better. Then there was that grc:Ve low in the ground at Port Royal, speaking from its silBnt depths 9 with resistless power, which ·both mother and daughter heard: "tfot worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us/i and the years rolled on bearfog backward the history to be recorded in the archives of eternity. Yet there was rn'u'chto cheer, tnuch to encoura9e. The rapid progress of the pupils? their every kindness and effort to please 9 their application to books and the real results of study were all a source'of gladness. And indeed, the pleasure ov6rba1inced the pain. There were feafures of the work whi~h made one feel like claiming discipleship with the Lord of Galilee, and like Uncle Dick's, the glad tears were bigger than the sorrow ones. One day a 9ent'Jeman rode. up to the door, jumped from his horse and en11 tered the house saying: 1 have come to see what you are doing and how you 11 do it. He brought a kind face and all were glad to see him. \•/hat shall we do, was asked. 11Just ao on as usual, 11 he said, which was done, while he l~oked around, spoke low to the older pupils, and fin<Jl ly cal led for the : grammar class. The book was handed to him and he examined the class as .' long as he pleased, , rectly to Professor then with true politeness went on his way. Going diWilson's school he told of his introduction to the Neg- ro schoo 1, spoke v-,e of the work and ended by saying: 11 11 I don I t be 1i eve �there is another nation qrammar class with such credit. in the county that will was or whence he came; but what encoura9ement 1>Jith it, and what a heart-felt never die.'i O, how true. t\s the years passed, and stimulated tioned little in this blessinq so fully each other stand such an exami- He did not ciive his name, and no me knew who he 11 that follows simple incident him today. brought "Kind words can _crowded with work, eager pupils to study and qood works. thronaed Only a few can be men- narrative. Mattie Carmicael was the •first. convert to Christianity. A larCJe, strong, muscular frame, a face wearinc 1ioht in it always, but beyond that a smile worthy the Christian that she was. lfothi ng could move her from what she considered her profession demanded; s.trict in a 11 her,conduct, .·in small as well as larger to praise. She was the soloist kindness last i tse 1f. sickness prayers things, The writer be just said quietly: the .!ell, unless mentioned her voice of song wished in a previous take care of me. 11 chapter. when kindness But 0, the sadness of the record. white soul went upward. the angels know her up there. her happiness pupil of year of the second teacher. little boy was buried the young teacher Miss Hattie/ Does her is still unffll~d dark face hinder her on· earth pro9ress or 1 the school, went He was a 900d student home earlier, the and died happy. A while breath lasted, sayin~: 11 Miss Hattie, Miss Hattie, then sinf-Jing~ little the body, borne up by .the ~ngels he summoned in his son9. From the to keep one grade, but the same year who sang Sunday School sono.s and called Among the patrons ,~ewbern. Seven- shadowed it, "Marchin'on, marchin' on, glad as birds on the wing, Come the bright ranks of anqels from near and from far/' until the and then again, Misi Hattie, Miss Hattie, Miss Hattie,'' soul left she now? Levi Edwards, another first ~er place my and her rare smiles, teen yea rs ae;o they heaped her grave where the broad oak trees and her Kind, yes come to Your strength, help for me. 11 Hith one of I will. 111 ever, said to her once: . "Mat, I want you to will quiet of the of the schoo I ·at that very first, family ti me \"1BreMack Fu 1ton and Drew t1,,1enty'-six years ago, Fulton has not failed in school. and he and his wife in the night [fow his baby boy is in' the fourth school. During the time mentioned, �they have laid away two daughters to await the resurrection, Newbern and his wife are in the nirht to mention scores (all school. What a pleasure through the eleven years of church, whose names and possible to te 11 even of the wonderful faces flood the courts school on Main Street and attended One day he said: led night I burn and day. and then studied b/ell, sir, more. I yelled here? and night 1 11 1 0, 1 I sle,;::p. 1 : I sleep and screamed more yet. I said, in the cellar He was not a The next day he left Circumstances most every day 1 tfll the of this is joy,in long as I tt.le: foll<s came 'What's the can read!- I can read!' window. 11 1:Je you hurt 711 was re 11 any way, or it is near the ground where so there was no prnise in his noise. kind were not uncommon, nor were rare; Sometimes hooting the memory that so they did not, sai !ants v.,ere, nor ever wi 11, unless and not one bitter to and shouting do not to this as out anathe lift their day know who the as- the day of the Lord reveals thought was stirred, and often sweet in the sound of other words: the al- the teachers never did the assailed be none to drag through the years to the grave. what companionship! all~ Then they said: occasioAs of saying very unkind things reasons as town and no one knew where he went. eyes from the ground, had their Second have stud~ studied 1 can read! 1 Christian, they passed along the street. mas; but there First, I can read. the nights, Then they . got mad. and:.: th re.w me out asked. the picked up a paper and could read it. yelled 'Gentlemen, worked at the hotel then went to sleep a few minutes at a time, and hollered running to see me, matter Last little not one time did they rapidly 'Teacher, my lamp all could see with these two eyes, this learned every lesson South Carolina, H. learned and Third Readers. in advancement made, of the number who from school. it would be of memory) but it is im- went out as teachers, of one class who individually in the First and Second Reade rs as they went alona; need to go back, but always forward. There was one man who came when He comes; it. so there They could Only sad were the thoughts "Lo, I am with you alway." 0~ �12 Cl-l:\PTEr \!. TE::W:.SSEE. "But the land whither ye qo to possess it, is a land of hills and va11~ys, and drinketh water of the rain of heaven; a land which the Lord thy God careth for; the eyes of the Lord thy God are always upon it, from the beginnlns of the year even unto the _end of the year. 1 ' Let not the reader been only hinted always a at. stepping sit in judqment on Tennessee chnracter There is, stone to rnthe r you v-1ou know it.; 1d it, and this wholesale makes you hospitality, religious on all love,. charitable, politics, 1ines, you, he does not ca re who kno1tJs Kind, magnanimous in proud of What would the They can her mountains, Bayard Taylor, who traveled the Hudson excels as authority all without slain, but and Tennessee which is well. their never the world over, other with offenders, rivers.': in such matters. mountains? conquered. said: 11 For variety Str2nge declaration Surely he had never seen our Yest Point, or Hudson is and h'est Point by the scenes of the adorned by palaces and mansions, and every art of man; but the Tennessee of beauty, then to worship and the singing her Autumn moods one sits skies of brighter, is noture 1 and on surroundings. azure, the Palisades? Revolution. by the True, the place of heroes, s own, adorned by the God in one's of a new song. soul; sets In some of her b3nk and weeps, overwhelmed by her gloriLet her sunshine the blue more pure, than in the peerless a few miles immortalized the sleeping which 2ppa2ls again and asaln to the best him to praising, ous self places within even Sleepy Hollow, were not the latter pen of lrvinp, of scenery, own Tennessee beauty make one for9et and die frea from one accepted of Morristown, grandeur You could They There are in Indeed, as make a slave of such with its 1,110nderfulflow to the gulf. that In all he is but for the qlory of these mountains Swiss be be Qenerous, ~iven to dealing as well bind the sunbeams to stop half way to earth a birthright. does not like you, he lovers of the church, a Tennesseean could not be wh~t and streams. If a Tennesseean if he does like has very much to admire, which is sure of your friends. orthodox her morals and in its best, which Tennessee. the and her or the wide famed land son0, but constellations of the Italy boast her heavens cannot be more cle □ rly defined �13 The time has come to say years of history. Eleven years took prominent part. record, goodbye to the little packed full, ~here are they all church with its eleven in which thousands today? of beings Where? The Eternal keeps for the years have fled to God. CHAPTER VI. A 1 !Verily I sc1y unto you, they have: their In the year lf'E:O, the had ;~rnrn11.. reward.': Holston Conference of been a mixed Conference, the met at Greeneville, separate the Colon:;d from the \ 1hite for the Colored, preachers, M. E. Church, which Tennessee, and and decided to form ;:mother Conference and. as there were not enough numbErically five White men volunteered to make the quota. 0. !?raves, who 1r,,1asappointed Presiding the East 7ennessea Conference. at heart, he saw the need of a higher ed around him for a suitable 'Reagnn High School,': and soon closed a bargain Elder of the Morristown District of the than an ordinary location. by the latteG One of these was the Rev. Having the interest for sale, of Findinq he .Jt once entered I' of Colored people school, and so look- the property, knovm as the upon neqotiations for it the pnyment of five hundred dollars, 1 of which amount Bi shop \ 1a r ren pa i d one ha l f . . The Colored people were wide awalce at this to do. Uncle collecting Henry funds, there were others ·!c1lker, a progressive 1 and helped to raise who contributed time, doing what they found mon, went from house .to house a part of the money needed. of their small means. Perhaps They did what they could. There was in suitable for the education the purchase about two schoo 1 needs of it as Church of /'.orristown mc1nysouls \rvere won to Christ became a hospitDl Before the States and ground it hcd been used by the Rev boys and young men for some yea rs. by the Hhite [aptist said that 1 acres of Union, o fir for a pli:1ce;; worship of within h'i 1son for o It was bu i 1t and used its walls. soml;;times a slave mark8t as seceded frorr. the and a buildino 1 an(~ it is Durinq the war occasion required. meetings \".!ere held in difforent �sections of the gathering in this state of this to discuss the question kind held in the state building. prior of to Secession. The the Rebellion Hon. A. G. lfi".1tkins advocc1.ted the rights last took :Jlnce of th,J st,':'te to secede from the Federnl Union and the Hon, h'm. McF2rL1nd spoke 2gc1inst it. Singular to state, successful Church, minister Altogether, tell Mr. \.'2tkins c1fterward in the it is decidedly would r~2d strang~r hole through the stron9 Holston Conference of the the building the story became a south wall has left historic, than a a l!nion man and a Methodist Episcopal and if Its walls could Dickens' romance. A bull0t memento of the days of terror that sets one to dreaming of ~11 it might mean. As soon as the sage to the school place was re~dy for occupancy, in session .Jt the down to the Re.::i9anbuilding?" possession of the place, Next was required Rev. Judson S. Hill, f\ from Elizabethton writer a suitable ninety pupils. The first the date, first school, peculiar was to that while under conviction, would rise with a them continue to this in the Holston Conference, year, movinc, his family l, tir. the hundred and busy. from the very beqinning disploy of mankind, revival of c:'hitefield clear c.by, nnd evidence Divine grace. There of the but of His word been clemonstrated in our midst: The was one in the South The subjects after new birth. some have fallGn 2sleep. has bean under His immediate care, since and many conversions. in the long ago. 1 in lfl(,G, \,f<'=is :.lot one year, beyond our knowledge, but the angels keep the record. Truly it has been said: ,:Th(" foundutions wern laid growth Hi 11 and one were enrolled and lay seemingly senseless, strong had begun. hea~ of the work. time only, which reminded of effects of the great they found there a decided powerful i:l place at the first Sod in the elev;:ition has passed without under the preaching fell and of this of year there feature The The two were exceedingly object 1ill you come of the new series once engaged in the. work, only teachers, recoqnition that man to never flagge~, who 0t 11 saying: The respon58 was qiven by immediotely tf.lking to Viorristown. were.the church, and the inauguration / Mr. Graves, whose interest '\/ little Mr. Graves sent a mes- awhile Some of Others havC; gone in God,"'. Dnd the .Jnd over and ow;r hus the truth 11 Ye are of more value th:rn �15 many sparrovJs. A ~vork so owned oncJ bkssed 11 by the great Jehow)h needs no mind, that this work must be other argument to convince any sober thinking done; that refrain the Christian from our door. fight taking strong Did Christ against church would be fearfully God? or standing Graves, for the Freedmen. He wns him to minister hour; he became the heart continually: for history the first, at 11 send me. 11 Goard of Trustees concerning the steady advancement farther was always present appearance in i1ay, erings any more. its which 11 Come, thou sing: from was and graduation not e~sily He, like his lord, expresseJ, ifor shall He lingered to Elder Graves and at his last of My Futher, from this inherit not ~etain heaven. quite thee, he worship ~t His feet. the sh~m~ in many a saw Jesus part outer world, the kingdom. the veil and heard Him say: 11 1 ,Jell mF'y the poet is privi leqed beyond on the verre of heaven." faithful sol~ier; look on the face of His smile, despising palm branch earned with us until lloly of Holies blessed glow of vision in we in any of the gath- endured the cross, tlis image and the victor's the commonwalks of life, eternal us I L'.·S5, spoke of his own odvanced age and the poss i bi 1·· he the higher work of the first he found in the of the classes, The chamber 1rk,er8 the good mc1nmeets his fate will In his of the work, rejoicing 11 \Je demands of the always ready at a call Oft0n inspection the in the work made, and looking forward with prophetic closing battle. hides the He served best good. with an int~rest bearing hard fought into the Him", and humcnity to of the sch6ol, w0 should see his face no morn. constantly let on. Each year at the ity that interest these, 11 passing after arid, rising against them thou. which is rapidly or lowly ones at champion of the poor and weak, with a response school room with an eye of intellisent the better am holier Iii God's thoughts her alters, Here c1mI, delibarations for these took the deepest thinking 11 of the action to overlook Then do those who fight off s,1y: up the from called president d8terminate Jie for them? angel of Justice write archives of eternity. Elder and culpable go to thy rest and to the thy loved Lord and catch the and when we come~ we will Join thy enr~ptured �16 CHAPTER 11. V I ,·.JCOEi,'.TS. I ,:And He led them on safely The first work for the Presbyterian Soon nfter, Church, the two Pittsburg, Pa., the first first New School, with by so many schools, the teacher bore the scars Warner, a brave, good The year the small rooms. It heaps. never in a short session be9inning anl'. the ole and the name of the leadership of the of stars; schools Freedman s Aid Society introduction of while the writer a of Ynrdly all supported of the Methodist teacher, who came in kept the Gy 11sun-up 11 1 by cause 1 ' it Epis- Society . Sep- host in one of grades and conditions, to late. honor to work by Father Graves, 1 hurry to leave, , he f . rs t o f J anuary, I the Dormitory, contract his fervent building and kept they began to file mNnmy wants me to learn '' ur. Hill went east of to cost three erection. trust in rod drew him on. to raise money to build ~/hen he first made the had not ready thousand dollars, cents of the amount, but the great Vhile he he need was promptin0 him, and was seeking for means the was going up, and he was able to meet every payment as The house should WGS I "' ., . '(1t,,;,,, which wc:is in process for a building twenty-five way was from eurly a Dut 11 7 due. victories, made up of several W8S they up to them. the President, one busy every moment, in and were inducements for remaining, Freedman's Aid and Southern Education .2 marked the to assist remover,' to remove to Knoxville. man, who has passed beyond the passed into the hands of the tember, in Morristown to anC: now, at the copal Church, later, New York City. the head he.Id sway for a while under the his memory. Aft~r him, there county funds, in by and decided to make them par- of some decided Great Gener2l who led straight Then the Friends 11 and supported headquarters ccnsol idc1ted nnd \"1ere camping 9round held strong tent not. good work wns wrought out for the poor until crippled requesting they feared Freedmen here was introduced churches where found themselves ochial, the so that it built. have been na111cd the 11 Faith Home/' it became for in no other And now, a~c:dn, when the work h2s enlarged itself until �17 it cries to heaven for wider borders, a proverb: faith "To le::arn to live by faith, While Dr. Hill was following small-pox is our resource. come to this work away, the two teachers March, 1,,s1hrm returned he was marked by the alone to his eplJemic, in held the duties here. Morristown. school until to many, 11 the The Spring d which proved fatal any one knew the noture of the disease, 1/e have l::'f'.3 Before it had spread through town, carry- ing de.Jth and desolation in its dreadful train. Vounq sent to our school by the Sanitary 802 rd with ore.lers child. Then confusion reignec!. Some ran one t"1ayand 11 11 \<Jent screaming home to Mammy. "She don 1 t 1 1OV'/ us tc be done that a-way;' and in the panic some escaped. ~eople were victims of the scourge the town quarantined, reigned supreme, was too plain a very plain for comfort. colored and Morristown The schoc 1 · was Po provisions will In and sorrow beinn brourht some net soon forget to be seen no Some some another. for weeks desolaticn cliet became necessary. <'Me.Yi V,Jcci nate every to was touched by it. A famine seemed imminent. Some of the best were laid shall several not one of the pup i 1s I closeid at once, by the farmers, Though Coctor r.:elson was more until families in it the baptism. the last trump sound to wake them. During the school year cf 1853-4, Dr. Hi 11 with his family were in the Boarding Hall, The of and teaching and one teacher One day, could see well what persuading could classes in a ridiculous insteac.l of turning tenings hall. for recess, one of the t8achers the door ~nd went in. outside in various and taking notice He was spoken to to entered way, he s,3yin9: followed, he started tree where h13 the school no some the school house, room, rnak= amount of coaxing or 11 1 pl2yin~ crazy by came from D. C. 11 but kept up his pranks. ~1ent down to the 8oardin0 into the kitchen, side, street the micldle alone for He wns doubtless Unbeknown to her, door on the boys' stayed there ways, and induce him to leave. \!hen the school went out During recess, The other attention. of 1rt5 until sat down under the locust v-Jas going on. very troublesome writer came up the The first ing himself the and the two strangers a white and a bluck man. teaching as each had need of special Boarding Hall was not open~d in the fall October, weeks. presiding rapidly Hnll, unlocked after her, but where she was, he went directly to the and was found examininc the lock and f2s- of tho window near the door which 0pened into the sharply and ordered out with a threat of sending �() 1l) for the police. He forgot to be crazy a~d left and the white man held secret That night 1i ght, th0 teachers council 1 prayed for protection, After stairs. In the further confirmed neighbor's in would-be burglars at burned the flying. night. belief and After of a this Two nights there was a sound of some Both heard it distinctly and spoke one word to the other. experiences and found each Divine care than ever before; pistol a up~ other but a shot by a brave woman sent the the teachers later, while the family were absent. had a friend large house, not Two weeks afterward house found a man wearing some of his stolen sentenced put out the and sweet sleep came to the listeners morning they exchanged house was entered building door. though neither time the sound ceased, a to God for safety, bout midnight, one working at the lock of the outside silently He not far away, but they were watched. committed themselves and went to bed us usua 1. the house and grounds. stay in the far away, was the owner of the He was arrested 2nd It was the white man who sat under the lo- to the penitentiary. clothing. cust tree. 1890, there were more students In still it. they came. A house was hired and furnished, Then a room was rented stored that there. They all at u of the neighbor's 1, and ei9ht as they came in for supper, school house, which is farthest hal 1, Miss Blancher, school house in to on fire. the boys for buckets and the 11 matron, She quietly and Al 1 this the girls was done with almost mi 1 itary were told to stay just on and said, and part precision. where they were inside 1 whispered, rose from the table, bade them bring water, a light soon came into the dining der which was under the house, while she and the other scene. Si:lW from the Hall, But another quietly boys occupied It was in the spring of 1891 "Someone is smoking," and passed on. went and (Owen Hypsher) and three were boerded in the Hall. these boys from Hypshers the side The Hall was full, than ever. !The sent p2rt of for the long lad- boys repaired to the At the same time, the building, which they did. By this perhaps, time the fire (it was kindled was well under way, with a breadth near the ground) and the flames were roaring high as the eaves of the house; but with prompt action The boys worked as ordinary work. of ten feet calmly 2s though they were cutting There was not one cry of fire, as it was soon subdued. wood? or doing any and a very few words spoken. �One of the nearly over teachers was in her room, and when a girl 1 She looked at the girl run over there? sought her, saying: in a questioning Aren't you sc;:ired?il just two weeks from that too warm for us, supper bell lently !!0, was was the 11 night nnother in the man stooping around to the east they could attempt early is not was made to make it evening just after the last As some town boys were si- with something not see what \-/on't you 11 answer, "there side of the school building, down and very busy 11 1 has not been covered with p1c1yers~ had rung, now it was near midnight. passing dark The first The school house is on flre. 11 way, but did not move. as much as a nai 1 in the whole place that In knew nothino, of it unti 1 it was they found a on the ground. he was doing. In an instant It was so he rose up and the next there was a flash and a report. He had fired at the boys and singed one's face with powder, so close was he, and m2de a bullet hole through the coat of another and then fled up the hill; while the boys, scared enough, ran the other On going to the place direction with a light, kerosene and a bottle dripping from the building. building to the Dormitory a newspaper with their report. was found satur,ated.:"with near by which had held it. A large quantity It had been dashed all over as high as the top of the window blinds, the was also end of the but the m11tch had not been applied. A meeting was called The boys were grounds until because, Miss that Dr. asking was bands of four each; one four and the other four from that hot coffee to patrol·the time until daylight; It was too evident sat up and kept a fire, for it to be dis- was cold, untl 1 the and waking the next to ~o out, away in the interest as matron. for protection, heard nothing as the city council knew what influence enemiGs were, but and and still Miss she sought Mayor Dickso~ limits. He said: "I have Just no on with your guards as you have meets, was brought we had strange school, resort, we were \lllithin city before of the fires. until of the As a last and you need have no more troub'le l:Je never ways and means for protection. all were as warm as could well be. presided been doing about nn 'enemy hath done this}' Blanchet Hill Blancher confer 11 band came in; preparing seeing matter into midnight, we said puted. first arranged to thoughts then we will about it. 11 take charge of the It was done as he said, to bear upon the case about it, 1 or who our We want right here to �20 make a record. of th8 acts of Mayor Dickson. and true justice, and He seemed to wish for fairness his gentleman.ly conduct toward us is, and v,dll be, remembered with gratitude. This narrative were seems simple enough in the telling, participants proceeding, can guess at the mental and nervous straiA and it is doubtful earthquake-like but only those who shocks. whether all have entirely Yet we were never left of the whole recovered alone, from the particularly after the second attempt to burn us. There was a precious calm and solnce. The message came to us in an almost marvelous way. It c2me when the mcrn i ng star was shining over us and at the birth of a new dciy and the loveliest singing of birds came like the prelude of the 11new heaven anc' the new earth;' toward 1r1hichwe diligently that is formec against against journey, thee shall Jnd prosper, thee in judsment thou shalt servants of the Lorcl, and their the voice was this: "Mo weapon and every tongue that condemn. This Is the righteousness shall heritage is of me, saith rise of the the Lord. 1 ' CHAPTERVI I I • THE v!OflKERS. \Ahen thou passest through the waters I wi 11 be with thee. thou walkest through the fire thou shalt not be burned. 11 11 ~,tn Rev. Judson S. Hill, called to the ministry Holston Conference was at Chattanooga, D. 0., a native of the i'·L [, in Tennessee of Trenton, N. J., was early Church, and wus soon after by Glshop Simrson. them Clevel2.nd, and afterward sent t0 the His first appcintment Elizabethton~ v1here he was found of the Lore) and Elder Grnves for this work at Morristl"''-'Jn, The and first ested here, the school building. and following the purchase that, Momewas in JGi}l, Soon, by his efforts, the Dormitory was built, clttempted fer which he the ladies was for cf the 1lew Jersey about two acres cf ground fifteen having twenty-two collected the first the and upwurd. people flocked rninistrntion, to the the property rocms. money 211(! Then inter- Conference. Or. Hi 11 stood the storm of poverty and prejudice went forward acres were Ddded, The curriculum undaunted. The work was placed on a higher ~rade, cramped room and crot,vded school. and Under his ad- of the Beard has grown, from five hundred dollars �21 to twenty-five least thousonc.l dollc1rs, ten thousand dollars Dr. Hill organized its pastor out of the five ence the first /'dso His true Secretary, Reserve from the Centr2l little kept the f2ith his r,lacG. throu9h it all. Al 1 honor to girls, us with that an impression that the sug9estion sionary work. Hill, of sick and dying. an<l others trusted in deq ree of straight up by the hc1s been threatener!, and has is away she is counsellor Hill In w0rk 1 Dr. Hill was anxious for Mrs. F. S. Hoyt, of to f1owin9. the following dress cuttin0, afflicted, She had Cincinnati, to the school, a to mc1king Through her influenc"-' and at year the Vcman1 s Home Missi('nary fitting and sewing and tc de mis- for four years, reading visitinR the Blble from house to and prayinq with the her sewing room in the Dormitory where the school were taught. One mother, who had a larr,e family, s;Jic.l: sewing school she does the mending for us all, then the Confer- and believed, She came and talked She labored earnestly sick and the re- of ilnshville. in standing when his life ~articular set the tears sent a teacher 2nd ;virs. Judson S. Hi 11. idea in view. Society house the T,mnessee University When Dr. of this c,f Dr. since in 1g9L} he rece i veJ the In JAG7invited and nnd was to the Gent:::rnl Conference more than he, she prayed, From the beginning Home for and Secretary Delegat,e In times of trial, though she suffereJ 1 them~ he alone it to help 1,vife has grown taller side of her husband. visit joined 1D;2 ,, and Ce1ega t8 in I R'.'t. Doctor cf Divinity into the town 2t M. E. Church in Morristcwn whit8 white men who first was organized. brings He has stayed by the C0lared Conference, for three years. and the school per yeari He has been Statistical moins. and can. Mary went to the and can do 1t so much better 11 Lat0r, Mrs. f.,nna Kent ancl the with Mrs. Clinton nobly undertook D. Fisk, the FreeJman 1 s building on the western As a result ven thousnnd, President !.Jc.lies cf the Aid of Dr. Hill, of their unwe~rying consecrated dollars Conference, Societ½ through wh0se in- gave the ground for the erection slope of one of these picturnsque five hundreu set Society fJew Jersey of the Woman's Home Missionary the work at the solicitation fluence 1ight~·house Since 11 to erect and a hills. zeal the Home, costing furnish, of is literally sea on a hi 11, for a lamp is 1ightecl there which can never be �22 extinguished. We must digress Fisk. of We can precious here to speak of that man of G0d1 General never forget memory. to Harriman, ery utterance and dark, said tc us of that took a carrlJge and drove to our place, room. Ev- and when he took the hand of one in far~ which remains today, his own. lingering God bless ycu/' 11 with benediction was translated. mac!e it and bearing Higher and holier now, Jr::es he the work for the lowly here? As the school grew nnd expanded, ening its borJers, the residence tled more teachers 11 In the fall "Lengthening rented which they fitted in it for the year's work. one night, discovered a small cottage All went well until the rcof of the cnttage pine but in fifteen structure the follcv1in0 Febru.:iry, frcm tcwn ut a 1ate hour to be on fire. minutes a part of the roof had and went like a pile of kindling. saved were so injur,2J by mud and fal 1ing sparks appea ranee. Hany things they were gifts of were 1os t which dear pieces of bric-a-br~c, vited the teachers friends. there, soon broke down with overwork, keeping their sleepin0 following 11.ny. The Mitchell pel all of Once he said: resisted prayers, Influence. which he Iii shall fallen things gold glasses Ernsberger, they gladly set up a dining Home until It was a which were the Holy Spirit. pulpit a sorry the and various accepted; hall but as sho in the Dormitory, the close of school with teachers that in the :le; had f0r months it brave to re0ave him a hand- was very prc,ud r:lnc! took encouragement bs In the ef- of the Heme, in- but he seemed to think After the fire in. th2,t they presented to above was not a christian. of special religious some Bible, rcoms nt the referred been the subject they save the to cou Id not be rep 1c~cud, because Miss which privilege He hurried to The A gold watch, were among them. near up as best they could and set- awake the inmates and then worked with judgment and will fects; and stren0t!r were added to the band. of 1093, six of the teachers of Dr. Hill, its stnkes when a young man nnmed 111 tche 11, who w1s passing still on his way and sat a few moments in the reception he 8. hero of prohibition M0rristown with his wife, with an earnestn,;;SS all Soon .:ifter this forget through of his Is treasured, an impression fruit. Passing they stopped here, though it was after well, the one visit Clinton frc,m it. yeL" But h0 He was net ready for consecration. Abcut lHble �this time that do myself went home to found the 1 was not '8ury L'e are and father classes Sible King 1 s meet the tian vvorl( is afforded. the this blessed There cession ~repare iir.ome up 11 Cotta0e to boy. heaven-called was fi tteci untold in many ~nd Sabbath School day service. Seekers for many lines of c:1ris- for the Lord's prayers this rosr:el, now more sacred each-week, and Of)portunity daily the lc1st recuest: is a blesslnr the MY hapoy nood man, whose 1s teache~ home for all work. is not of the to to heed his anc to the summons: to their and for thousand to preach was there there to prepare Lord had touched heart ers gather Arnone; these, ten p;sl: "Hi 11 Crest in to be '.")rayed for there of not what work and workers, teachers callee.: For that Daughters are best 1 too \AJeak to walk and and rreparin0 thounht 11 say, down unti 1 he soucht fairest of the teachers to add hers of the school he would but soon he obeyed for m&.1 ' \•lith book, the nift 0lad The 'He is the be on earth, by a friend ways. 1 he wrote: told He was often well, left h~ 1.1Jrote of beinr:i well my r,recious ret he sti 11 went where to this would He finally mother His them than up then this he vJent down rariidly, he now.1 1 \,/est Tennessee, Lord, 11 and seek •the Lord, P,,fterward hi:;her. failed justice 11 souli but health he would if cannot his last time or s~ace fifteen to write years. the In lookinq one 1t1ho had knmvn them well of the history backward could but over different the exclaim: work- line and sue= "Hh;:it remarkable women! llhat probable wonderful that no school with cated in books, their people~ thtdr race; God, even Horeb. on this· consumed, the deep to the the we. are dark who have have heard wilderness of Sinai, with with the of the i,,1ork in Morrist"own! its and rone out as liohts to 1 teachers of come to the bush of amid the thorns mountains \le have, listened walked on 1t1ho have been edu~ Ve have in the is res·recter voicG: of God from the and the awed. It has beei carried size thousands Saviour fire of Kadesh, thunderinr to follow the amazed, seen the Yet we name our walls ~ermitted found astonish:ad, of C:alike defiles continent this number who have become successful, \-!e \le .hav8 done for P.-s we cont~mr late so Ii tt ls money. and r:od has thin0,s rou~h. mount of that is not of =Hdian in silence narrow, and and fear and-lon~ly !":an of sorrov1s. Salvatfon the three and our qates to the Praise, for~~ Mount of Tran~fiquration have been and look �upon the olory ere ness of our Christ long to be revealed of the still doubt \k in us. small if a that happier water a gleam of that Yea 9 have proved the which is sometimes promised hourly near- voice. has not been one sorrow streams and catch band of or trial the garden mortals can be found too many. of the Lord anywhere. There They the and are 9 have been to us like to us ·the assurances of discipleshirj, CHAPTER IX. AiJDRHJFULTmL 11 Surely I knov! that Andrew Fulton father's was not his name was of age his mother brought to the rlace, entered reached and later enlisted Baptist line as~ mother throu0h true, much cared tried, for \/hen her "l's rather in a few days. years old south, neck, loud ·cries, said? 11 John, that and "his in this aaainst a cer- The slEwes were in the old Bethel· Gar 9 died snring be- 1 ,/hen the Union ar- in 18(2, his the years sermon She leaned was first the servant father ran of an officer in a hospital. belonged ur to slaves must~be Buckner, to buy, the boy was by her to the race, three and very who buckner she said: sh0 took her bed and died was gettin0 and naturcilly about v1ere cominq, so1a; .and when young Fulton to be bouqht fle11 to her youn9 master, wi 11 you let Federals Poor soul, was a certain seemed that first the service. very much looked see a Yankee." Then the there his woman, but decidedly heard who came to Morristown When it with than were sieves among them. and finally God.'~ fomi ly who owned her. old mistress die He soldter, and trusty; by the Church. bein0 fear in H/359 c1nd when four Cumberland safely. His mother was no ordinary t's, His parents her arms durine; 9 them that in her arms to hear Fulton's the name. with and many were b2.rtb~ed Tennessee away and be well He was born him him in .al lowed to worshir:i here my first true then· the white column holding longing shall Reuben Riggs. same school-room? tain it up a a2n0 for bid on these by Buckner and throwing have Andrew?'' was six 9 the mentioned. his mother, her arms around He answered: his ''fjo, �25 Rena, not between 11 it if costs John and Vou shall \/hen his Buckner, not have that and sixty-six/ arm, who immediately and sixty--six no rascal While here!': the family been bought came by a back kindly the stood into the looking care same white man, who of by Fulton's Deal to him. he took the same tyDe, war, for then that mother the family he entered from another, eyc::s open jumped had leaned ~1hen he and fourth from an enemy, of the but obliged months f erent girl readers year the study leaning in he he seemed the them 1 Don t cry, in the r•osiholders At the close of of the about two months, At the age of thirknowing one letter he went k~epirig his flyifig, that l!e liter2lly rate, her husband, By this.time who soon after the boy must hel~- his worked, 2f)" name. At an early same old column where his was mother. was much longer went on by lamp 1 i ght. against having ca I 1ed John had been not and so on at with Joy, 11 have been sleeping, nnd then which for ouletly: sister. church, should to Morristown than the aqe he \l,tas mother had him in her arms, l;/hen the new school worthy his of speech, while with his use a figure returned The part converted came back with But to books. half the boy stayed little over part, and hundred auarters, them. and thus where on the r>lcJy, qentlemen, were' 'many slav~ Lord reward a Fulton, to Virginia, there down in the ki 1led by a bu! let school the elev"" and she knew she could and how grnnd 2nd· 11 had owned them, to them very school the second mother he hod, him.H for eleven Fair The young master 11 s0yin9: as quickly for yet which from an infont, cryi 11 sobbing, fierce the auctioneer to safe family said mother; married he rre\\l homesick teen, his noor Ve can but Fulton's He took mother Vhat a big heart tion touching shouted: there, line I e Sam w i 11 be ell ong vc ry soon, taken John said boy was ~vhisked off still of dollars ;v;r, John McBride bidder becarie at the bidder? million the same time The first but a fist Hundred" ''Gone to dol lurs," ity bid eleven at said: you 11 said Th,m the biddinq John shook his boy if 1 11 I am worth. until oppon1;;nt quickly en hundred all me all from was or:iened, Knoxville. to work for his he He entered family, was a married the man, having ranks and so ~.ias actually all the same, not more than chosen a but was eighteen unt_i 1 he 0rnduated, For Severn! yeurs he taught in di f. i• • p 10ces,w1t~ h s_uccess, ano, . I" 0 ,- became n te~c h er,,1n ,·1orr1s t own . I 1n ,;,c, 1,orin school. mal Acad1;;my, Jl.ggressive, earnestly seeking more of (:od, he is bound to �2( still go up with the Lord's help, May he turn many to righteousness and shine as the stars. CHAPTEr,X. A GROUP STUDEWTS. OF "And they shall be mine, saith day when I make up my jewels. 11 the Lord of Hosts, There have been many who have lived and recording angel will present in that emon~ us, The such names to the Judge in the great all died worthily ddy, ;~or have we been exempt 2s a schoo 1 from those who have taken and ker,t the downward way, and are lost and the .fact effort that there to sight. are such is one of the stronr,iest in the minority, reasons why every should be made to save them. Among the staunch veterans sher, of our work we would mention Rev. Owen Hyr- 1r~o. Their mother had died who came here to educ2te his two boys in some months before, well as his own. and now he must, as far as possible, able work among the for his second wife, Soon after, side factor down as our close nei0hbor. churches went on steadily until share of good judoment. and a hard leaning This, and buyinp His accept- were we 11 unit2nd sat side by were in advance of the parents, boys, though the latter home with their as 1DP2, when he married Carrie and could heln them at version, settled Goode, whose name and char2cter he and his wife entered school as pupils, with the two was a full her rlace fill He became a member of the Holston Conference, a home near these grounds, ed. Dut the number is far studies. Hyrsher's balance with his integrity, on his religious convictions, wheel thorough conmade him a prime in the midst of school and church. Once, a prayer meeting for eight in the morning in the Chapel to rray for her recovery. The room wns f i 11ed and the fol lowing night there was i'J change for the better. The morninfJ oceting went on nnd thG 11better 11 \vent on unti 1 the patient was during a severe, able to go out, protracted illness and joined soon of the writer, the he called song of the grand old �27 prophet: "They shall mount up on wings as eagles, 11 run and not weary, They shall Valk and not foint. 11 It was surprising ing of them. not the But 11 how Hypsher took hold of the books in an understand- there was a call Gospel/' so he left in his soul, a "woe is me If I ;:,reach the books cmd with The Book in his hand 1,,ent out to seek for lost souls. Five years ago filled with credit. he was made Presiding Elder, a rosition which he has Though the people nre very poor under the pressure of hard times? he manages some way to get along with a l~rge family and consequent ex['lenses. ber, 1895, he twenty-six From the twenty-third had dollars, traveled two year the at so, Nashville, greater and Clifton, afterwards but good with heaven, His two boys the younger, was brilliant, studied with his brother in the south developed pulmonary trouble; He left a came a clear and said to Mrs. Hypsher: mother to me, now I am going to (he was away at the time) received age of sixteen;.then traveled he of Decem- and for car fare, and died suddenly at the age of nineteen. dence of his acceptance father of that here at the part of two years, home feeble been a by all. He graduated to the twelfth hundred and seventy miles, paying six dollars grew up to manhood respected remarkably of October, evi- You have 11 my own dear mother, and tell I die a Christian. 11 S0 gently shuts the eye of dcJy; So dies a wave along the shore." 11 The father of Mrs. Hy~sher, accompanies hi~ sits bright-faced Mr. ~oode, little an old qentleman ~ast grandchildren tixty, school each day, and to with them to learn to read and write. There has ueen a long line of preachers, associated Guthrie, of others. with this Gillespie, work. Branner, Yes, and 11 Remember if I fall It is impossible Burwell, Breedlove, who said in the street, stretching to through the years, name the half of them. Thomoson, Bruce, Marley, and scores in his last as I may, I fall testimony in: Chap~l: in the arms of Jesus.' 1 It was in his own home in Alabama, that he put on the new qarment of heaven. Not very long ago years old, had there was a little girl ~ho, although not been near enough to school to eight oet its advantages or nine until �0 2u her parents moved within a few yards of Morristown Academy. They were poor, and though it was If.linter, and half an inch of snow on the qround, yet h0r feet were bare. One day she said to that school-house can't her father: they get edications, get me shoes I shall Azzie, 11 said can't waito her jes father, You'll see,' "Listen and to that of glad face, her little nice and warm here, a wi 11. The those. said: too. chart all \Ahat is a little her first at that book=-a first 11 book, 11 "But I school She had such a I am here, she soon once more. school has 11 1eav1ng and its conquered Papoy, the 11 books to get it 0h, read on the chart, out of. Azzie, it takes a book next. 11 closed The next fall advanced her father was making the acquaintance the spring and 1Jo, it won't papry, back a conqueror with a book, slate until "Veil, and she went about it with lessons, reader." th.at 11,,ill do, 11 said her father. The father snow! How for my edication/' what gets edlcations knovJS the chart. came Azzie to 11 furnished ifow I. must have a if you 11 school-house. the way in the snow. Then she went home and attacked children at said the child. 1 bare feet which clearly and get you shoes as soon as l'can. ';1 1 11 True to her word, the next Monday here the rrint me, parpy; over there want edications; go barnfeet 1 to of his and shoes. child. So Azalee came She made good use cf these the school for the summer ~acation. found the child in thouqh she was not her place well--"hac in another coughed all class, in an summer/ 1 the mother said. One day started there with her class ~vhere thr~ girls but n1 must, 11 home by strong heavy fall to climb the were taught failed. hill snow for leading She was that She fell arms and of sewing. she said so decidedly way her strength cold was a frui l Azalee. must 90 wc1s ringing 11 of her illness gently requestcJ not to go, said no more. and could not rise. Home, She was On the carried put in bed, from which she was borne to her last It was hard in the mother's she talked yet Azalee to the Industrial her teacher bed in the cemetery far up on the hill. finishing Tennessee, in her for her to give u:,1school, enrs for many days. quaint "Heaven organ 11 would make her music. Consumrtion was not long in way of the other anc llf Toward the last home, where the �29 She had a favorite Frank, brother to v,Jhom she talked she would say, "go to church every Sun()ay. 11 And don't you sit Do you hear? Poor Frank 11 Parpy 11 went suddenly on last fall. ty which was very winning. of strong cheap sentences; she never much to seventeen sight seldom 900d sense has those v-1hofine their is fost \k us from your songs; last cannot pass this Knoxville, no slan9 One thing and there no ordinary 1 was noticeable, True, they were rrimary, but as Her grade was ten in everyhas not occurred tears often in ancl heart-aches, This last, would be motherless, becoming the city its violets, wey without silent shade. lift up your speaking stayed one year and memory of all who were present no dcubt, did calmly sayin0 11 1 God of the dec:id, where Cirds of the early purple heads, for of Henry Hudson, who came to found the Saviour within many have found him before. that memorable night for pr:ayer before any., cal,l for seekers the walls Vivie in the is the nicture young man, who rose with an a.ir of unfaltering went forward digni- low bed, where the evening shad0ws linrier. of the snme old Chapel where so stalwart quiet May my poor husband come to HIm. 11 many of the best are being borne to prepare the slone consum:=ition, she looked out children She came into addressed, she said; can bring to rass. when her eiqht The western wooded hill time, Azalee. spoke unless been marked by its work for the pc,or woman. Dyinq of spring room see her comJng u~.thG advanced student. Her life-path wi 11 take care of them. but in the school She hac a pleasin~ in all lesson of any kind. such as an intemperate.husband upon the future to as well as books, a thinC1 that years. and books which burned into her soul. around her. She her as Greek to an deoortment ur of Mrs. Read, a remarkable she had copied from the best. misse~ a ri~ht many months after, Christian is the story room, and it was a touching was an evidence walk of school a9e when she first with her flock of graded sizes thing, original to learn ,from was the mother of six children not are missed, All yet different, woman, with a desire I mean it! and ']et rec'ldy to die and meet me the railroad than the bri9ht, As interesting, li[~ow I mean it! was killed none more cherished school Do you hear? back and laugh with the bad boys, but you into the amen corner and say your r,rayers, up there. most earnestly. of determlnaticn, the and had been made, ut the �30 singing of the first hymn, 1 '\,./e ar~ culling In the spring, which to return upon him. in in the fall, Clinton for, said he, dying condition. to marked sacrifices and throughout for an by a cheerful, took care of him for five and then they made his who made became a spirit, \"lere: He reached Morristown school, to his race. hopeful school h0use ·wtth commenda61e proqress, educat1on, thus a benefactor of the 11 care of heaven, Christians its seel he begged to be put sight The young men of his class words to two of the teachers togo, die in My Lord met me there, Thomas Cox was one of the bright earn money with and consumption set 11 days, when he passed into the holier grave. teacher coal mines to but he took cold, nnd sent to Morristown, grounds, D went to the When he found there was no hooe of recovery, on the train and he for Volunteers." 11 of the His sickness and a trust 1 may get well, and I will watch for the teachers was characterize~ unshaken. His last am ready but if not, at the bec1utiful gate. 11 It is new more than s i >< yea rs s i nee Samue1 Gordon came, a st ran re r, to the school room. His coming was so tion and announcement room near the utensils with the books. as a him: something to but that have redeemed 1 In thr~ spring, revealed furnishings were 20th), which tc this needed, live; the gift it mnde his 11 a cot and a after consistent he had frnm the first exhibition Jollars of his need. and and truth only variation in ciet Of he time his the go to work. 11 best Close bought what few twenty-five cents time (March His food had been corn-bread o, we said "stay." few months in the sumopplication tC' study and the school for 8ut the clcse and knew at the time for the space of three months. course, taught of December u~ to this of Rev. Owen Hy;::Jsher, who little back In the fa] 1. earnest cabin and said to ~aid his rent and he had but three As soon as he wns fitted, few cocking of faithfulness 1 must leave here and how thut man wanted an education! mer, coming hired a cabin of one cook, and then went to work in for a quiet, amount had supplied one hog's-jowl, that that of Interroga- He was a ha;-">;:iy boy and from that 11 he said, questioning en himself letter year the Lord met him in the thee. course has been remerkable type of Christianity. left furnished He had He seemed to have the elements birthright, 11 the usual had not preceded him. school building, and a little quiet; a �31 teaching immediately not seem well, taught but went right It study; was his senior which he did, Year after work, taking buildings sary year, ye~r wrntec ever on without :;Gordon will come to be cal led the backbone of the place, Ue had hoped and expected that summer, supplying took him to a 11 physical and Christ hore died.for 9 to rally tional exercises Called Up Yonder, and was and all and 1 when ccnC1ratulated So severe pain or death can come. 11 v,1culcl .•i need. over he w0uld be better 0 unable to \,Jhen school oriened in go to Africa to tell but as the winter as the singin0 the Septem= which h(~ did, hop- his people there came fJn he school had beautiful that grew worse home above. in this golden pinions His last words were: had been his suffering Truly, assembled for devo- song, "When the Roll is came and on their to see him calm in death and to know that victory. he hac is no chance for him to qet well. the angels 11 to the beautiful any minute.8 the his home and cared for him through the last seemed better, the Doctor said there 5pirit until for him, but he found himself One morning in December, just his 1:/as it neces- them. For n time he until 1 Was GcrJon would stay all ber he wished to come back to his olcJ home in the Hall, ing against keep need of sugnestion. as study was school was engaged and waiting teach? so Dr. Hill the Dormitory had depended upon him in everything 1 am only too glad to be useful 11 he must the c1lert tr; go for him.' for some one tc take care of the premises,' \,le in pain, to lean upon in all grounds in order, 1 then honorably. in the night, by himself.' often term, nf 18S4, tired came back in the fall he has been a staff and throuph the however, and, thou0h graduating in repair vacation His uncomplaining, care of broken windows and locks, physician say, on, again through the summer, and out. a were too much for him, and two years n0n he did □ ft~r that 1 am ready it was almost a relief he was where no sorrow, case, bore away 11 sickness? "Death is swallowed uG in Gordon has begun to Jive! The brilliant Clifton Cox of sacred memorys rest in peace, ye redeemed the first resurrection? ones, and faithful Gordon, Henry side by side on the The trump of western Hudson, and Thomas hill. Sleep there God will waken you in time and on such the second death hath no ~ower. for �32 CHAPTERXI. SUMMARY. "Vhc:itsoever things rocc.l re;,c:rt. 11 are lovely, For the eleven years of cord of the yearly written history hundred revival students five or six, lives in been were believers, our old Charel. :,·:ost of these, trust Among the students ther usefulness and peo~le sit render, in ju~gment for a better for the 1ngatherinc; These tory, teachers, Christ. short light. simple unvarnished but an outline. The books are gent request of c,th(;:rs tne out in detail, would different this fi 11 many large ore- may nl 1 ur'r:-ear to 11 Let net the ~~it, kind has not yet risen. the harvest of rhetoric, cculd have prcmr_:itedthis denomfoa- net yet open. eternity unwritten tnught three an~ gone out better Hait is shouted hc,me. nrr happy vein of ora- glimpse of the history an fnr fur- who cor,y their and simple ,mnals of the roor! all, About ton W3Y, already of walls H<Jit till have and teachin~J the Bible~ v.lith of the work for the poor race It is, after history, themselves who have preachers The sun of christian hun(1 red anc! twenty-five Hc-w insignificant upon us, of and 0one h0me. schof'!s 1.r-Jith orayer of the she2ves. observntion with the exceptinn they clre nll christians rnges bear no strung ·pearls but a of close this thousand five beqan their eleven robes, nbout one hundred to 11 and two to walk in the rl~ht put on th~ir QUDils, and also, world, report many of them tions who have onened the books wlthin·these the outside but in the who are in school today fittin9 twn hunJrod ?areJ •to lead others is no re- l1e'havc fr..Jlowed w) their as are twenty-nine report, we there who went out; teachers years, and continue Alm2, Mater in openinQ their other bo0ks. Ve the \Je nlso report have kept the faith, thcusand of am 0f church, who have gone out as teachers, true to their percent or things in the little of the past seventeen all conversions. school whatsoever of·twenty-nine called history, much. neqroes. years It is an~ only the ur- The st0ry, volumes cf interesting if writmatter, as �33 each day tossed bears some recrrd amid the surginq burning, and pointing from 0ur s □ ze their of marked event. Our old ship has been tempest waves, but has, nevertheless, steaJily into the to the Haven. darkness to be beacon 1ight upon the shore kept LoveJ forms have sliDDed away here no mnre; but they have kindled immcrtal tc beckon us en. hand to find cmJty air. He listen the strife of tongues, sterner things grasr. But the sound 0f sweetest heart strin~s floatlns and with wrenchinp over all this husheu voice end hear than death have seized from the shore cf better seek to :Jut en new clec'ln robes of p2tience fruiti0n for a reach for He a vanishod 1 he □ dlight her promise, and love, up0n the melcdy comes and cur 012d souls and wait f,,r the full of immortality. 0, if these r-··2,c;es 1cl but touch some heart cou or mcve some feet this way to come over 2nd helo us, If some winning tone could reach some ear to hear tho need of this While the trumpet people, all this sounds lon0 and waxes louder, to hear what the Lord should speak Fifty apclicants one of for admission tours stone struck hi0h still one hundred laid and but the the work he began to raise much of the fearful this in would press forward work. out negatives to as many There was no more room. In the money for tho new building, The first material depression with paralysis, stcry was un hanc1 to finances and the fine stone was all finishcJ c~mplete the over the foundation and country fifteen feet stood waitins. More th~n sixty moons have waxed and waned since building on the hill ishing. The walls old city cf Zion, ond like find him,'i that was laid, them, he would bring unto the Lcrd and give of the store closed ,io, that tc hclr th~ finnf the I knew when;; I misht the help so much nceceJ at this Psalmist of the place outside become ours. he heard me. 11 The wol ls have 1 place. 'in my distress now been reared. but ogain the sound cf the hammer has ceased, anc there intrustecl the Jews' wailino we cried, of the The roof crowns the structure, for purs,;s are the foundation and no man had come or sent became to us like Then Jic; the sxnerience cried rooms. would not be in vain. Israel write to the Boardin~ Hall. east, which is to ccntain structure, ccncernin □ times in one year did Dr. Hill his corner shnuld not, is none 2s yet to say, ''Here c:imI. tel me by the Giver of all fJood qifts, that wi 11 this �house wh1ch is build,~d In the 11 tlons Figurative Behold, with sapphires, of carbuncles, 1 peace I will Gnd all '/.1.11 thy children in Thy name may fulfill lang~ace L:iy thy and 6f stones 1 : Isaiah: with fair colcrs, 2nd lay wi 11 m2ke thy \•d ndows cf ac:;otes, thy borders shall Thy promise. of pleasant be tauqht of thy children. THE nrn. of the thy founclc!- ,md thy gates stones. Lord, and 0re2t shall be the �I( ; \, \ i l i, I l< I I :( �\ ( � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource English Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant United States--Tennessee-Hamblen County Subject The topic of the resource African American universities and colleges; African American women autobiography education Morristown Morristown College https://d1y502jg6fpugt.cloudfront.net/39391/archive/files/abffc67cf2a77895fd776acc91950987.PDF?Expires=1782345600&Signature=K%7EgppVPGA4EwvY5fm5aHX54cWrKX1HCChyMiX6RLv-SPWutRG8iDzKAhzWJiHHV6lwappINYSk%7ECMw-m5tkK7Ee2TyIAXFgrSslBBxgt%7Ed-uOZ0SwOVZ1K8tqlHIPVaZ7U938MHxKdIOL9Su7t8ZNpf9iTTJRpfprP05K8SPpPkRb6VcZLwu9JkJfBVAmD8Wgwn3GA8IgpbMwfhmW2DxUU8mO71VLG3sSN6jd-af8YUKcAb5SeJgkmHtW6wq28U0aSzRk%7E15xQyL-z0TcrfPlMKVOPZWFkZSkcaTeZSv7BvqBJKYmv9RvFVYEcc-t4ZhBJa7UbFAT69kF2zgNrefqg__&Key-Pair-Id=K6UGZS9ZTDSZM 9a9403a18f709442fb70102b29073f96 PDF Text Text i C r a r y l - i , -1r i . r t p t b y F i r c , l 9 ? r ' . - - W a l l , r c r irl ; tr I S v I ' tI b y F i [ c , 11 " 0 n T u e s ri lr v r , ' . r - r ' i r , a b o l t ! of : r , C l o c k o n l i r r c t , ? ) r , t ' , C r a r - \ 'l 1 a l 1 , t h e f r a r r:to t t l e l r o f , . . r h i c h ^ r e v c r r , s o r ) r o u d , J n i l v . r l r i c l rr c p r c : , e r r t c d t l r t r d r e a n ] s a r r c l; i s p i r a - n e v Jb u i l d i n q t h e b e l o v e t c ij ) r ' e s i d e : n t ,D r . H i l l , tions of ruins. ]983 Fortunately thc qirls s r ' r . r s \ ' / i t p tl l y f i r . : . l r r d n o w s I a n d s . ] s v r t : r ei r r t h e c l a s s r o ( ) r n o f n)ass the Adnrinistration a l t l r o u q h c o n s i d e r a b l c l o s s o f p e r s r l n a l b e l o n q i n csl ! ^ i ' l s B u i l d i n g a n d n ( ) o n c w a s h i rr t ; suffered by both teachers and studerrts. The f ire was discovercd in the third t b u i l d i n c l i r n n r e d i a t e l yt r n < l r : r h e r o o f . entire it f loor tvhcrc it r1 ickly spread over the u i T h c v r i r r r w a s b l , o ' v i n qa t a h i q h r a L c , ; t t r t l t , ltor^rcvcr he cx.cl looked as thouqh Kenyr11otnd Wallacc Hal ls lvould also bc darna<;cil cellent o rjepartrl)()nt f f ire . rendering incalcuable aicJ a \^ s Ncrvlrr-lr[ ,,1c-.r]lccJ tlrj speedily canreto our assistancc T h c y v r i t h t h e M o r r i s t o v r n f i r c d c p a r t r n L : nct o n f i n e d t i t c f i r . rtndr,'control. r to the one bui lding ancl final ly qot the r.rginq fIanres t h e l o s s h a s n o t y e t b e e n c l e t e r | r i n c ,c l b u t i t is not definitely The oriqin of the f ire building. lt is n()wthouqht th.rt it defectivewirirr,l." k n o r , v n .A s t h e r e w a s n o t a n y f i r e in the l m i g h t i r a v t ' i r c c n c a u s e ' cb y l o o s e c o n r l e c I i o n s o r l983 about ll b y D r . J u d s o nS . H i l l l-he bricks is cstinraledas greater th.ln the insurlnc' I c n S a t u r d a y , F e b r u a r y5 , buildinq built Tlre extent ()f in o ' c l r > c k i r r t h e n r o r n i n q ,w a l l a c e H a l l ' 1 9 2 3v i a s e n q u l f e d i n f l a r n e s ' c o n s t r u c t e r J b y s t u d e n t s o n t h e c a m p u ss o m e f i f t y to r n a i ns t a n d i n g a s a n r o n u m e n t t h r s k i l l tht' and expertise of its seven years ago re- builders but as in 1925' sufFered by all t h e r e w a s c o n s i d e r a b l e d a m a q ea n d . r q r e a t l o s s o f p e r : o n . l l b e l o n q i n q s residents. l'he f ire a t W a l l a c e w a s d i s c o v e r e d i n t h e b o s e m e n t . r n c la s i n over the entir.e buildinq i r , m e d i a t e l yu n d e r t h e r o o f . 1926' quickly sprearl �-2- t b e t v i e . r nh c f i r e a t C r a r y l - l a i l i n T h e s i r n il a r i t i e s H a l l i n l 9 B 3( r r e s o s t r i k i n q , lhat one vronder:if what are lhe inrplications i-or tlre fr-rture,if it u r " D r . l l i l l ' " v a s i n N e l ^ Y o r ' k , f r a v i r t < j1 s t ! , r a si l l r v h e nt h e n e r v s r e a c h e d h i n r. hisiory is rt:pealing ; tse I l'. ,rnci is. arrived ile arose 1 9 2 6 a n d L h e f i r e . ' r Ll v a l l a c e I l t t : t - t :L l r e S a l u r d a y b e f r . r r e a n t i f . r o n rh i s l - r c c , r r r d c a t r t eh o n l e i n r n r c d i a t e l y , i ' r e a c h i n g M o r r i s t o w n W e d n e s d a eyv e n i n q , a n d a I o n c e v / e n t i n L r t a c l i o n , r-uins, anrl loo! ing aItcr c ' x r t n i r r i n gh e t a t i r c c c > m f r > r, t> f l h e t r ' . r c h t : r ' . t t c ls t u ( j c r t t s , s e e i n q t h a t a l l 2 !./cre taken care of.rl i w D r . W a c l e a s o n a s p e a k i n g e n q a q e n r e n t n D e l a l v a r eh a v i n q j u s t . r r r i v e d fateful Saturday i:nd had been ill when the news rcached hinr. there Lhat H e r n a d ea r r a n g e m e n t s t o c o n r eh o m e i n r r n e d i . r t e l y ,r e a c h i n q M o r r i s t o w n l . r t e S u n d a y c v e n i n q , h i n d e r e d f r o n t r e t u r n i n g b y i n c l i r n a t e w e a L h e ra n d l i r r r i t e d r c t u r n I l i q h t s . staf f and outlined day he met with n E a r ' y M o n c l a y r o r n i n qh e r n e t w i t h l n t h e p l . r n o f a c t i o n f o r p r o c e e ci J q o n a n o r n ) a l c o u r s e . Later that the faculLy .rndstudents. T h e m e n o f l { a l l a c e H a l l w e r e n r o v c dt o t h e 2 n d a n d l r d dents and two counsclors nrovedto a local n e a r t h e c a m p u sn e a r t h e b u i l d i n g motel until f loors and lhirteen stu- J l h e N e ' r ^ re r s e y H o n t ew h i c h s t a n d s t h a t w a s d e s t r o y e d v r a s r e a d i e d f r , r r o c c u p a r r c yb y t h e displacedstudents. The residence counselor rvill, as in 1926, be lnstalled i n L h e f l e w J e r s e y H o m et o look after t h e s t u d e n t s , a n d t h e y r v iI I b e a b l e I o r e m a i n i n s c h o o ] f o r the term. D r . W a d ee x p e c t s t o of school this the remainder of rebui ld and have the men's dorntilory ready for opening fall. 'l t T h e s i n r i a r i t i e s c o n t i n u e f o r a s i n 1 9 2 6 , t h e w a y i n r ^ r h i c hh e c i t i z e n s o f t h e I t o r ^ r nr a v eo f f e r e d t h e i r h o r n e s o h e l p c a r e f o r s t u d e n t s h a s b e e n m o s t g r a t i f y i r r g . t W h e nC r a r y H a l l b u r n e d , s e v e r a l v o l u n t a r y d o n a t i o n s w e r e s e n t t o p u r c h a s es h o e s a n d c l o t h i n g f o r t h e s t u d e n t s r v h oh a d l o s t t h e s e t h i n g s i n t h e f i r e . \a/ i o n s h a v e p o \ i i ' r e dn t o l h e C o l l e q e f r o m a l l i recent fire. N u r n e r o ud o n a t s s e g m e n t so f t h e c o m m u n i t ya f t e r o u r m o s t �D r . ! / a c j ei s p l a r r n i n q a n d d i r e c r i n q r e b u il d i n g a s L h c 'r ' l o r k i n p r e p ; r r a l i o n L o u n t i I u r o r k m e na r e a n d i t r ' r i l l not be loncl nor'r soon as the insuranceis adjusted it t b u s y a n t o n gh e r u i n s , j u s t a s , was In 1 ^ ^ / lJlo. i l R e b u li d i r r q a t M o t ' r s t o w n " i t g 2 6- l 9 8 i s r 0 n e b e c o r r r c 1 > a r t i c rl'a r l y pronc to reflcction grow either such as these, l.rlr out of trageclY l n an ilrticle cl and irrtro'"pr:ction urinq Iines greatness or di:'tlr'rY' rvritten alntostone year aIter the fire, in 1926'the author noted' ' T h e n r o t d i s c o u I t r q n q f i r e w hi c h o r r e y e a r a g o i s would t h e n e w C r a r y H a lI a t M o r r i s t o w n destroyed s p ir i t t h a n P r e s i d e n t a l r a v ed i s h e a r t e n e d l e s s h e r o i c of t H i l l , w h o a s s u m e dh e r e s p o n s i b i l i t y J r . r d s oS ' n suchhelp as he and r e b u i l , l i n qt i t f ' t h e i n s u r a n c e f ricrrds.''3 crlulcqet irom J MorrisIownCollegeenrbarkcduporraSsO0,000fundroisingcampaignonNov lege has ent n a n yo f t h e p r o bl e r n s t h e C o l The f i re of February 5' l9B3 conrpouncls 1982. d e e p e nt h e T h e f l a n r e st h ' - t t s o ' l r e d t h a l d a y in Lrying to reach this goal' countered that the administraCollege' but the conxnittment struggle to stay alive at Morristown c o l l e q ea l i v e i s s t i l l h a v e m a d et o k e e p i n gH o r r i s t o w n tion, faculty andstudents st rong. ' W e h a v e n o t b e c o m ed i s h e a r t e n e d Asin|9?6'theentireHorristownColleqefami]yhasacceptedthechallen lt wasdonein 1926' lt will into victory' y a n e m e r g e n ca n d t u r n i n g d e f e a t meeting w a l l a c e H a lI H a l I r o s e a n e w c r a r y H a ll ' 1983. 0ut of the ashesof crary be done in l y b y K eI l o g g G y n r n a s i u n r ' R a n d K e n w o o d e fe c t o r y f o l I o w e d s h o r t Outofthe,rshesofWallacel.lallwillriseaStron(]erinstitution'Helpu - - - M 0 R R l S T Oc '0/ L L E G n e e d sy o u r E \ N the intangible rebuild rrotonly the tangible but '-) hclp now nrore than ever. V///U/, // ,/ /, -z //Vt 'z �FOOTNOTIS l. ' l ' ' " r r i s t o w nC o l l e q e N s : w sV o l ' X l | ' , C r a r y H a lI S w c p lb y F i r e , l l o r T is t o w n , T e n n e s s e c , 1 9 2 6 , P . I 2' Lqj-d, P' 2 3. M o r r i s t o w nc o l l e g e N e w s ,v o l ' v l l l ' c , R e b u li d i n q a L M o r r i s l o v t n o l l e q e , , l l o r r i s t o w n , T e t t t t c s s e e1 9 2 6 , P ' I � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Morristown Subject The topic of the resource African American universities and colleges; Local History Description An account of the resource Articles, photographs, and artifacts from Morristown, Tennessee. Collection features material on Morristown College, which opened in 1881 and closed in 1994; 1876-2007 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Black in Appalachia Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1876-2007 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Alpha Vernell Alexander; Bo Simpson; Brenda Goodson; Sandra Peters; Charles Davis Jackson; Jovita Wells Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Items can be used for private reflection and research, and not for commercial purposes. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource English Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant United States--Tennessee-Hamblen County Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Paper Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Crary and Wallace Hall Fires Subject The topic of the resource African American universities and colleges; School buildings Description An account of the resource A 1983 account of the fires that swept Crary Hall in 1926, and Wallace Hall in 1983. The subsequent events and reconstruction are also discussed. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource JoVita Wells Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived JoVita Wells Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Black in Appalachia Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1983 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Items can be used for private reflection and research, and not for commercial purposes. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource English Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant United States--Tennessee-Hamblen County Morristown Morristown College https://d1y502jg6fpugt.cloudfront.net/39391/archive/files/477d9dc3a7898f9bcfb334ac2bb6ac42.PDF?Expires=1782345600&Signature=awCzmOOKr2o-nup-c9O8Gz5MUSIgcOQB3LphQl7M84LroId-SHOSklNZp5lod2IP4v6kBPZ%7E1gtyBbbk4spHLEBWkP6fbz1IELBCjvi7e48h%7ELTrfiR7tR-vDKwgVcQXbVGFVRtoeZa75OtohZgyVViblQcqBMyde9rzz%7EC1xLGA4ByMzyDNoxp76cBLPRqAAybHEHxcF67rkv0PoGLJvamG0OnR2%7Ey7M560-ogDcUfTzBSDwh6u-Onc7ZP1lwHnBuBH8h3ilRkJzFCBz0dgPxgL829xliueT%7EjtBGrZ7wVtFfSUKa%7EJU7RIqj0j1JtvZBMVGtF0b1Z4fscvB2SqrA__&Key-Pair-Id=K6UGZS9ZTDSZM 139b52dbd24c229b377ec6af880289b8 PDF Text Text 't',{) t il ) '\ t l i l il lt.iI i ( I iliilr , AND ( II ,.\ f i l l ll i l ' l i l\ ;r i [ { )\$)tri'{il.utr i S'il [,, A ill'.{ D )l ,-\ ,il']{; lli i ,[:,1, i,\' I Ii :li ili,, t i( ) li,,1, iljt] DH.MIIJ.ERW. 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',l, , , �COLLEGE A RUNNING CHUIICH.RELAI'ED TIIESE LTKE IN DAYS Thc followingis a stelcrrenfu,hich Dr. Boyd wrotea lew hours belore Ais dcalft in an appcallor supportin tfris gear's fts6s Relalion effut' of worricsof the president the of the collegewlll find a way to Several Years ago. when we thc collegeare not at help them out of their prcdicacatnPus' church-rclated wcre observingon our il a strongsiatesupported ments.though they are not qulte of tle ZOtftAnniv"ersary Founders an end, colleqedecidesihat it also has certainwhere the help is to corne sPeakers Dry, on. of the imrninent a to nccd-of teaclerof the particular from. Added to thesewoesof the was ''The -i,n Presented on a symPosium fact that a Funct- d e q r e e n d t h a t i t i s w i l l i n g a n d colleoeoresident,ls the ihc eubiect. rn.it abii to up the teacher's salary rodai's dollar ls worth about hall Co-l' -in-Tlmcs iJ"-ot-tt. Church'Related its former value, and competltion hundreddollars. ' several Likc Thcse"'He bvl n iio.t ''ti''. t t h eo l d d a y s , h c s m a l lC h r i s - for talented students never was of Iirst function Chris' sulJi was able (o get bY keener. tian ti"n'coll.gesin timeslike these wrth collcge of ln spite of the exigenctes a poor buildingsand mcager ,a"rnt [o me, is to give collegc cols O e e r r i n r n c n tf.t c n t h c s t t r d c n (a n d ncw diy facingthe Christian u p r e s i d c n t s l c e r s , " .T h i s g c n t l c and and lcgcs,many of our churches teanrcd'trp rrretnbers facr,,ity 'an rnan w1t thc Presidentol a small are addition to onc of thc their membership giving Pcnburlt C l r l s t i " n c o l l e g c ,b u t h a d a l r c a d v urrouslyto thc support oI their hurldinqs or ntade sub.stitutc o f f c r c d h i s r e s i g n a t i o nb c c a u s ch c TodaY, surveY cqnn- church collegcs,and wondcring cquipm"cnt, i.fiitrot l,c co.Jd not trndcrgotirc s o r r r i t t e e sf t h c a g c n c i c p r c s c r i b e : why there ihould bc so much a r r d l t o l l e t o l i v e h i s a l l o t t c d 'l'hc sirai,r, tyt)c of lighting; (hc floor fusi about thc criscsour church t i r nc " arc faclng. and collegcs tllc nurnbcro[ lrook.s, sr)ilcc; i Whetlrcr lrrs stntcrncn(s true tlre lf thc Christtan collegeis to oI tile anroun( eqtri;rrrrcnl colp o r fa l s c , I s 1 1 , c o P l e r c a l i z c w h a t i r l c g c r r r t r sl t a v c . ( i t i s ( o b c c o n ' survivc, church people wilt necd o a a t r c n , c , t d c n t rts s k p r c s i d c r r t s f aware of the Incrcaslng to bccome w s i d c r c d o r t h yo ( e x i s t i n g . churclr collcacs havc in kccPino colicges cxacting demands placed upon As our tax supPortcd d r c r r r q o i r r o tidr t i r n c s l i k c t h c s e ' 'g i rnorcclallorately, rhcir sihools In this ncw daY, If to d a Y s , a P r e s i d c l t continuc brrild tn ihc they do beconc highcr and rhcir collegcs not survlve. thc standnrds o l a s r n a l !c h u r c h c o l l c g c r a n t h c a n d will hnvc only themselves to f lriqlreror the church'relatcd i n s t i t u i . i o np r c t t y n t t r c l ra s h c d e - privatc btnmc. for the- churclr collcger schools. Tcaclrcrs q'ere hired. for ' iircd Thcrc was R timc in the com' nrtrst look to ctrurch people lor to whatcvcr tlrc collcgc u'as ablc w l r c n t h c c h u r c h ' r c l a t e dthcir supDort,and lf the church pay. nnd if sonrc dcsirc.l to work mtrnitv cotlcqc attrncted u'orknten ond pcoplc intl thcm, thcre ls little ioi bonrd and roonl, so nrtrclr the h c l r r i i s w h o w c r e w i l l i n gl o w o r k hone for thcm to survlve a3 . b c t t c r o f f r c ' a s( h c c o l l c g c .l f t h e r c rates oI PaY bc' chlrch collcqcs. Caa wc afford rvho rvcrc known to lor' rcasonable wcrc sonlc go causcthcy knew that thoseabout to let our chiurchcotleges gut havc lots of knorvlcdqc, and I to wcrc supposcd bc cf buslnessIn an age and daY q o o d s l l i rr t . b u t n < ; d e g r c c , - t l r c thc collcAes entcr' suchas ours?Most of-our church. in eng;rge<! a missionarY iresidcnt of thc collcgc was -lree presldents arc i r c c - nrisc. This is no longer truc. related college i o h i . e t h c m . I n s P i t eo f s u c h lf q'orkcrscvcrywhere belono willins to rlsk the ulcers, theY d o r n , n r o s t o [ t h c i c s c l r o o l st t r r n c d sincc of knowbur churehpcoplelrc dolng unions and nre con.sciotls t<.1 out Inanyfine lcadcrs. sc , n r c v a i t i n q ' * ' a g e a l e se n I o r c a b l erxhat thcv can, Today,' college Prcsidents arc "Thui the clrurch-relatcd Race Relations Day ls one o[ br, In**. no tongct ablc to iaY whom theY presicient cnn no lorrger the ways by whtch Methodists w i l l h i r c r v i t h o u t [ i r s t k n o w i n g collcge i a e x p c c t s y m p a t h c t il cf t f r o m t h e cnn Drovc thelr inicrest ln thelr tha( snch [cachcrs havc two or a t i n - i a n i t o r . h e b u i l d i n g s n d g r o r r n d s :.chools, t h r e c C e q r e e sI r o n t n P n r o v c d s u p e r v i s otrh e p l i r m b c rt,h e e l e c , s t i t t r t i o n s lT h e y r n u s t a l . s ob e c e r trician,or whoeverhe rnaY em' ID A M ISTAKEN EA tain that rlre salarics thcY of fcr be ca.scs t h c r c c l u i r c - ploy. lie might in sotne s u c h t c a c h c r . sm e c t he lheir.serviccs . le Many of our friendsare o[ the n e n t s l a i d d o r v n b v t h c a c c r e d i t - t u r r a bt o s e c u r e othcr iob.sarc bioger and opinion that all Negro colteges r c gi o n i n carrsc inq aecttcv for that " r h i o h c r a t eo f p a Y . .irare in thc (Inited Neqro Col* f r i c h t l t " c o t l c a e i s l o c a t e d o f f e ra T h c s t u d e n t w h o c o n l et c t h e legc Fund. No lunior colleges s nol S o r n c t i r n c s ,t h c t e a c h c r r n a v In this f und, and only b c w o r t h t h e r r a y w h i c h h i s o r c h u r c h - r c l a t e dc o l l c g e , c o t n e s slrare h l , i t h t h e u n d e r s t a n d i ntq i r t t h c thirty-two o[ our seniorcolleges. h e r d c q r c e q u a l i I i e st h e r n f c r , o r Fund -t c r t h c y n r n y r r o t b c t h c - P r o P c r p e r - c h u r c h c o l l e gh ciis a r t t j : i sli'o te a r Y ' h t v The IInlted Ncsro College is doing a u'ondcrfulwork for the c hr r r h . c e r ) t c r r i)s c o f r s o n s I o r t h e t : a r t i c t r l a rp o s i t i o n s ' (,ollegcs serves. specisl but it conyet, thc pre-t:tlr:t! is virtuallv rlc rrot cxpcct the collegclo ret sooner or later, will < r r r i l ct h e r r rt O l l ; l y p t ' o t t t P t l v l t e sideration, f o r c e c { t c t ' n r 1 ; l o yt l r e n r t r e c a u s e , colleges t h e a c c r c d i t i r r g a g c n c y s a Y s h i . 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FOOD ltAl.l.Y Orrr humblort commurrity h. jpr by g i v i r t g l o o d , l r i r i n g A r r r r r r r r lI ' o o d R o l l y , ii,li BUDGI.T liAl.ANCll'lC-.studontr holp tho coltogo lo bclcnco brrri<1, I,y rcruodolirrg old dolopidorod brrl'ding t into n,odcrrr utr.to.d<rtlTrvdor Building. l r l u d r ' r r t r , t c l F t, o b o o u t i l y c u r r r p u r b y r h r r rb r , �Can We Count On Yout HelP? . r t o t r a r n C h r i s t i a nl e a d e ' ' s h i p t h a t w i l l 1 1 oI t ' i r t h t o r n i n i s t e ra s ' t e a c h e r s ,t n l n l s t e r sd o c t o r s . l a r v ' .r y e r s , r l u r s c . s , n r is k i l l e dw o t ' l < t l t ' s ' L ,l I lolth to torv<'--A groduolioll ltto(offarorI rt . iltltlrvtll,lt'''t'itt1r'"rttr::tr'llr'i r l t t tt ' o l r t ' t t t t t t t r l t 's l , r r t r l t t l t lr i r l r r ' i i ;ttI t t t t r i . r t; tl r , r i r l t ' t t t ' , ' t l ttl l r t ' ' r l t p l i t ,1 1 1 1 1 , [ { l r , i ) ll i l (r l ' l ' "i ( l r tr s l r t t t t l t r ' ' . o l r r t i r t tr t i l l r r " r ' l t t ' r l r l r ' t l l s l)r. \{illiqrnr locturoa lo rludonlr onrollcd in roliglour rducalion. - - - , to kceP Morristou'n Collcge a true labot'lllorv of gootl-rt'ill, l s c n d i n g \ , ( t t r l ) !p c o p l e o f b t ' o i r t li t t t u der.stanclrnqlt() thc remo(csttlnd s l n o s t l r t t t l t h l ct ' o t t t t t l t l n i t i et' ( ) : ' ( ' f v e irnclrtot qrorv f.rnltlrcal'tcil. h < l r r r r r r i rrl r i i o l r b u i l d i r t g ' � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Morristown Subject The topic of the resource African American universities and colleges; Local History Description An account of the resource Articles, photographs, and artifacts from Morristown, Tennessee. Collection features material on Morristown College, which opened in 1881 and closed in 1994; 1876-2007 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Black in Appalachia Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1876-2007 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Alpha Vernell Alexander; Bo Simpson; Brenda Goodson; Sandra Peters; Charles Davis Jackson; Jovita Wells Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Items can be used for private reflection and research, and not for commercial purposes. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource English Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant United States--Tennessee-Hamblen County Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Paper Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Your Church and Morristown Normal and Industrial College Subject The topic of the resource African American universities and colleges; Churches Description An account of the resource A statement written by Dr. Miller W. Boyd that appeals for assistance from the church community, citing financial support for educational programs Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Dr. Miller W. Boyd Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived JoVita Wells Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Black in Appalachia Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Items can be used for private reflection and research, and not for commercial purposes. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource English Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant United States--Tennessee-Hamblen County education methodist Morristown Morristown College