Church at Home and Abroad, The (Jan - June 1895) . ollege. Footballwas introduced in 1882, and flourishes along sideof lacrosse and lawn-tennis. President Warfield,now at the head of Lafayette College, is awarm friend of athletic sports, believing thatthey minister not merely to the physical, butalso to the moral nature. He sees in them thebest protection we possess against the socialsins of France and the gregarious vices of Ger-many. It is his opinion that they have donemore to purify, dignify and elevate college lifethan any other influence brought to bear in thepast quarter of a century. H
Church at Home and Abroad, The (Jan - June 1895) . ollege. Footballwas introduced in 1882, and flourishes along sideof lacrosse and lawn-tennis. President Warfield,now at the head of Lafayette College, is awarm friend of athletic sports, believing thatthey minister not merely to the physical, butalso to the moral nature. He sees in them thebest protection we possess against the socialsins of France and the gregarious vices of Ger-many. It is his opinion that they have donemore to purify, dignify and elevate college lifethan any other influence brought to bear in thepast quarter of a century. He looks uponfootball, when properly played, as a school ofmorals and manners. He is not blind, however,to the serious abuses which have attracted theattention of many and called forth very vigorousprotests. He thinks that the remedy for theabuses is to be found in regulations requiringthat college games shall be played on collegegrounds; and he especially hopes that Chris-tian education may soon be cut off from any 330 LAFAYETTE COLLEGE. f April,. JENKS HALL, LAFAYETTE COLLEGE. part in the awful desecration of our greatnational feast-day. A fine field for games willsoon be ready for the use of the students, andwith the gymnasium, built in 1884, will aidin making the provision for athletic trainingabundant and satisfactory. BUILDINGS AND BENEFACTORS. The buildings of Lafayette College havebeen erected upon a hill overlooking the mostvaried and picturesque scenery. The broadstream of the Delaware is at the foot of thehill on the east, and to the south and westis the Lehigh. Hills and mountains and val-leys make up a scene delighting the College is the original building reno-vated and enlarged. West College containsoffices and a lecture-room. There is an astro-nomical observatory, and a gymnasium, besidesprofessors houses, Jenks Chemical Hall, andPardee Hall, the home of the scientific last named building was erected by theliberality of Mr. Ario Pardee of Hazl
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