. Berea Quarterly. funds for this special objectwhen health weakened and he was obliged to turn the workover to others. Contracts had been let, and a large forceof men has been busy during the fall term in its old plant heated the Bruce and Industrial dormitories,Lincoln hall, the Carnegie library and the chapel. Inaddition to these buildings the new plant will supply steamfor heating and cooking to Boone Tavern and to Ladieshall, heat for Pearsons hall, and have abundant reservecapacity for other buildings yet to be erected. PEARSONS HALL. Young men are being assigned to rooms in


. Berea Quarterly. funds for this special objectwhen health weakened and he was obliged to turn the workover to others. Contracts had been let, and a large forceof men has been busy during the fall term in its old plant heated the Bruce and Industrial dormitories,Lincoln hall, the Carnegie library and the chapel. Inaddition to these buildings the new plant will supply steamfor heating and cooking to Boone Tavern and to Ladieshall, heat for Pearsons hall, and have abundant reservecapacity for other buildings yet to be erected. PEARSONS HALL. Young men are being assigned to rooms in Pearsonshall in this order: first, college men who have right of way,then the upper classes in the academy and normal depart-ments. This building is up to date,—steam-heated, elec-tric-lighted, abundantly supplied with water, with a spac-ious reception room on the first floor, bowling alley in thebasement, and apartments for a family in the south end olthe first floor. This apartment will be occupied by Profes-. 8 THE BEREA QUARTERLY sor Marsh, dean of the vocational schools and registrar,and family, who will have general supervision over thebuilding and adjacent grounds. It is a matter of deep regret that lack of funds has pre-vented the immediate finishing of the two upper stories,which are so urgently needed. Where to quarter the hun-dreds of young men who w^ill flock here in the month ofJanuary is a problem which is troubling assigning officersnot a little. From fifteen hundred to two thousand dollarswould enable us to finish the remaining rooms and aflordaccommodations for sixty young men, and be a source ofincome to the institution. Fifty dollars will furnish aroom. YOUNG MEN IN THE SADDLE YOUNG MEN IN THE SADDLE. The Southern Commercial Congress, whose motto isFor a greater Nation through a greater South/ recentlymet in Washington. Prior to that assembly the subjoinedstatement was sent to students in southern give it space for several reasons. It is fr


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