. Berea Quarterly. eTreasurer, Mr. Thos. J. Osborne. A. E. Thomson,Berea College, Berea, Ky. Sec. pro tem. November 3, 1909. of the Board of Trustees. President Erost sails for England with his wife andtwo children on the Adriatic, November tenth, expectingto find a quiet home in the south of England or France. The friends of Berea, while sharing the general dis-appointment at this suspension of the Presidents activities,may have several distinct satisfactions in these arrange-ments. Eirst, it is a matter of thankfulness that the conditionhas been discovered in time and that the physicians can
. Berea Quarterly. eTreasurer, Mr. Thos. J. Osborne. A. E. Thomson,Berea College, Berea, Ky. Sec. pro tem. November 3, 1909. of the Board of Trustees. President Erost sails for England with his wife andtwo children on the Adriatic, November tenth, expectingto find a quiet home in the south of England or France. The friends of Berea, while sharing the general dis-appointment at this suspension of the Presidents activities,may have several distinct satisfactions in these arrange-ments. Eirst, it is a matter of thankfulness that the conditionhas been discovered in time and that the physicians canpromise entire restoration. Again, it is a satisfaction to know that the work of theInstitution has reached a point in organization and mo-mentum which secures steady progress, even in Dr. Erostsabsence. All friends and well-wishers of the Institution willwish to stand by the workers in Berea and the Trustees,who are for the time bearing the chief responsibilities forBereas important work. 28 THE BEREA QUARTERLY tl. PRESIDENT FROSTS LETTER. Dear Friends of Mine and of Berea: To many this Quarterly will bring the first informa-tion of my years absence from the work of Berea. I feellike writing a farewell word to each one of those who havebeen sharers in this enterprise. To begin with the personal part, it is a serious thingto face the fact that every human life must have its end,and that a premature and unexpected end is alwaysamong the possibilities. It had seemed to me that byabout the time when I should be seventy the special andpeculiar work of Berea could be brought to a point whereit would be secure for all the future. Just now I amleaving plans which are well begun, and most of themjustified by large immediate success, but which need to befollowed up with most careful attention. Let me speak ofa few of these matters in outline. It is Bereas mission to furnish guidance to the peopleof the Southern mountains in all the departments of life,and we have now in operation an eff
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