Lafayette College : Some pages of its past, pictures of its present, and forecasts of its future . t sectarian in any narrow or exclusive sense,and in other respects is as free as is consistent with thatjudicious vigilance which should prevail in a Christian 46 institution. The students regularly attend morning prayers,go to church on Sunday, hold voluntary devotional meet-ings twice a week, and organize freely for Sunday-schooland mission work in the vicinity. Lafayette has a creditable representation in the fields ofliterature and science, and a goodly list of her alumni havebecome eminent i


Lafayette College : Some pages of its past, pictures of its present, and forecasts of its future . t sectarian in any narrow or exclusive sense,and in other respects is as free as is consistent with thatjudicious vigilance which should prevail in a Christian 46 institution. The students regularly attend morning prayers,go to church on Sunday, hold voluntary devotional meet-ings twice a week, and organize freely for Sunday-schooland mission work in the vicinity. Lafayette has a creditable representation in the fields ofliterature and science, and a goodly list of her alumni havebecome eminent in professional life. Of her 700 lawyers, 98are or have been judges, members of Congress, and of theLegislature; of professors and teachers there are more than300; editors, 80; physicians, 366; in the technical profes-sions, over 800. Of her 550 ministers, 40 have gone to theforeign field. With a Faculty strong and progressive, a young and popu-lar President, every face is bright with hope, and every pulsebeats strong with the new life so full of promise for the greater Lafayette of the PROF. ALVIN DAVISON, PH. D


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