Wake Forest University - Howler Yearbook (Winston Salem, NC)

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EARLY DAYS OF WAKE FOREST WHKN til, ' i.istituti,, To |.,-,y this .nni t, l)rol)Iciii of the Triistiis . powerful jjolitical iuHiicii Hoard of Tru.stei-.s a loan l.r,-a,,ir a r,.ll,!iv it wa- runil. .rnvul, thr CCIKuv with ail , 111 .ill th,. l ' r,si(i.-Mts until th ol (niiiral Alfr.-il Dockrrv if -tlO.OOd was sic ' und froli Stat. ' and half of the drlit thus to Captain John Ki-rry. tin- In notf, and with grt-at (latitnci ' montv to meet these olilipation continuoiislv for twenty vears. College, the Colle-e, al ' l the lia vd with a delit of .■ ' JO.OOO. dowtnent was the eonnnon Civil War. Through the and other nienilier.s of the the Literary Fund of the tenipor.arily iiriividid for. The other half was due ilder of tlie College Huilding. For tills he took a iiid kindness waited for it.s payment. To get the the Trustees ke))t their Agent.s in the field .•ilmo.st The jieople were s.aving: It is the College, the r. These . k, iits. however, were among the ablest

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AcC L ASS€ S THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AFTER graduation, more Wake Forest College seniors enter the teaching pro- fession than go into any other occupation. This year, for instance. .35 of the 10.5 memhers of the graduating class are meeting requirements for the High .School Teacher ' s certificate, Class A. and will be available for positions. Just how these teachers are measuring up is reflected in a statement by Dr. Frank P. Baehman, ex-secretary of the General Education Board of New ork City, who said, On the basis of facts contained in a recent survey of teacher training in colleges and universities of the Southern -States, Wake Forest College, in proportion to its enrollment, is making a greater contribution to the teaching personnel of Xorth Carolina than any higher institution of learning within its borders. This year in North Carolina there were 177 OU Gold and Blach school executives. Of this number there were two representatives each on the State Board of Education and Board of Equalization. 5 members of the State Department of Public Instruction. 9 college presidents (in North Carolina). 12 city school superintendents, 2.3 eountv school superintendents, and 156 high school principals. Of course, in addition to these, there were several hundred teachers, too numerous to mention. J. L. M.

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and wisest men of the dt-ninnination. and tlioujjii at first tlu-v made slow progress, Ihey finally not only secured the funds for jiaying the dehts hut also for endowing and equipping the College. The first of these was Wait, who while President spent almost half his time among the churches. He made no great collections, barely enough to pay expenses and the accruing interest, but he did enough to save the honor of the College, and with the help of the Trustees, who wrote their private endorsements on all the notes, to keep the Institution going. Partly owing to the absence of Wait, and partly owing to the fact that for the first part of his presidency all the professors except one were from the North attendance fell off greatly, being only 11 in the fall term of 184.3-44 ' , and nearly as low the next year. The College graduated no one in 1842. 18-1-1., or 184.5, With a sad heart but with unflagging zeal for the College Wait gave up the presidency in June, 184.5. Dr. William Hooper, a true son of North Carolina and one of the ablest scholars and writers the State has yet jjrodueed, was elected President in October. 1845, but did not enter on his work until .January, 1847; he remained in this jiosition until December 15, 1848. His connection with the College brought a renewal of interest in many who liad become cold tow.-irds it; caused increased efforts to pay off the debt, and brought a much larger enrollment. Among the students who eame under his stimulating influence were Archibald McDowell. Henry Bate Folk. Washington Manly Wingate, and David Richard Wallace, men as able as any the College has turned out.