. Berea Quarterly. fifteenth with thelargest attendance ever known in the autumn. The new Boone Tavern, erected by our woodwork de-partment, was opened for guests early in September andmakes a comfortable stopping place for all visitors to Berea. The new dormitory for men, gift of Dr. Pearsons, hasgiven employment to a small army of students all summerand is nearing completion. Furnishings, part of which canbe made by the students, will cost about fifty dollars a roomand are still unprovided for. The new heat and power plant, with steam conduits tothe Boone Tavern and the Ladies Hall, is now u
. Berea Quarterly. fifteenth with thelargest attendance ever known in the autumn. The new Boone Tavern, erected by our woodwork de-partment, was opened for guests early in September andmakes a comfortable stopping place for all visitors to Berea. The new dormitory for men, gift of Dr. Pearsons, hasgiven employment to a small army of students all summerand is nearing completion. Furnishings, part of which canbe made by the students, will cost about fifty dollars a roomand are still unprovided for. The new heat and power plant, with steam conduits tothe Boone Tavern and the Ladies Hall, is now under con-struction. The several industries havebeen grouped in one depart-ment called the VocationalSchools under the supervisionof Dean ^larsh, who has beenat the head of the Academy,He is succeeded in the latter po-sition by one of our own F. F. ]Matheny, who comesback to us after a successful ca-reer as school superintendent inthe ^^est. DEAN MATHENY For other news items see pages 17, 23 and THE PIONEER AMERICAN HOME. Our frontispiece shows a New iMiglaiid farm-liousc ofthe early part of tlie last century, together with the adjunctswhich represent the homestead industries of the time. In this particular homestead there were five daughtersand two sons. The eldest daughter was sent to Mary Ly-ons when she was at Ipswich, the next daughter to IMaryLyons when she was at Wheaton Seminary, the third daugli-ter graduated at Bradford Academy, then recently establish-ed, the fourth at the College for Women, now suspended,which then flourished at Charlestown, Mass. The young-est graduated at Mt. Holyoke. The two sons entered business and distinguished tliem-selves in the national service during the Civil War. Tracing the next generation, we find four graduatingfrom college at Harvard, one at Beloit, two at Lake Forest,two at Oberlin, three at Amherst, two at Yale, one at Ox-ford University, England, two at Smith College, four atMt. Holyoke, one at the Institute of
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