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

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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.

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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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wm-si i aS g CLASS OFFUF.KS SENIOR CLASS HISTORY 4 i EVKN- is a ' .NTS make tim. l,„ ,nor;,l.l, .■ Tll. .l.-.ss nl III.U. the ■CrlitriMii-,! Class. nifmorahli- ■ iji maiiy rrs|iiits. It is with a sciisi- of |iriilc that wr niall s,..iir of the cvfiits that haxr tl-a]is|iirrd duvluif .Mir snjduril Ili-rr. In the fall „f lli.KI s„i,i,- L ' L ' (i youni; n.ni, toiiiiiij; from ■■Miir|,hy to Mantfo, arrived to be initiated into the eolleuv lif, ' nnd, r the tntelaf{e of the Sojihomores, tlie rulers of the eaniims. Onr.s was tlie class »hieh has the distinetion of iisheriiifr in the ad- ministrati(m of that behn,,l son nl Wake Forest, who is leading Alma Mater to .greater iiiHiu-nee and frlorv. Wr witnessed the end of tin- l.nisr years of usefulness of the historie old Wait Hall. For ns the loss seemed irre|,.iral.ie. Sometliinp that sieni.-d an integral part of ,nir eoneei)tion of Wak, I ' onst was missinff. Tlien eame the erownijig shock— the loss of Wingate Hall. The spacious new strnet ire ju.st completed ushers in the ' new deal for Wakc ' For. st. Slu ' is just started on her mi.ssion of usefulniss for the voutli of our l.ind. Today the class of ' :il is n..t original. Many of the original lunnlM-r hav, ' fallen l.y the w.iysid, . Soni. , iieoiniter.d misfortunes, while others f.nULd the going too Inavy .miidst discour.agenienls and admitte,! defr.it. There still remains, however, the nucleus of the Old (iuard. hut a numher of men fr.uii other schools and classes have tilled out the depleted ranks. Our class n.at.s have fill.-d ahlv. during the fmir v.ars. the )M.sitions of the campus, distinguishing themseh.s in athletics, forensi.s. ' sclmlastics. ami the various