Bethany College - Bethanian Yearbook (Bethany, WV)

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MRS. BESSIE TRIBLE R. H. WYNNE. A. C. MCKEEVER. B. T. BLANPIED. THE FACULTY.

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irregularities in the conduct of some of the students, and cases of discipline occurred at the outset. The chapel exercises and the regular morning lecture on the Bible by the President, at which all the students were required to be present, took place at half past six o ' clock in the morning. Each student stood his term examination before the entire faculty. The first class graduated in 1844, and since that time Bethany has not failed to furnish its annual qnota of graduates. The high character of these graduates was soon discovered, and the College had been established on a secure basis by the liberality of its founder and friends, when on December 10th, 1S57, the faculty, students and villagers had to view with vain regret the destruction of the entire College building with its precious contents by the flames. President Campbell and Professor Pendleton immediately began to solicit funds with which to rebuild, and their labors were approaching a happy consummation when they were suddenly interrupted by the rude shock of the Civil War. In 1 866, the College lost its great founder and President, Alexander Campbell, and Professor W. K. Pendleton, an accomplished scholar and polished gentlemen of the old school, who had been a Professor in the College from its foundation, was chosen President. In 1871, the present spacious and imposing College building was completed, but in 1879 a portion of it, the Chapel and Society Halls, was burned to the ground. In 1887, after nearly a half century of faithful and efficient service, Dr. Pendleton retired from the active duties of the Presidency, and W. H. Woolery, a man of marked ability, was elected to succeed him. During President Woolery ' s term, by the generosity of Hon. Thomas W. Phillips, Phillips ' Hall, an admirable structure for its purpose, was erected to accommodate the young lady students. About the same time the stately structure known as the Heights was acquired. On July 30, 1889, President Woolery met an untimely death from typhoid fever. A. McLean, who was the next President, resigned in 1S92, and was succeeded by President McDiarmid. 24

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A ,K y Among the distinguished Professors of Bethany we may mention the honored names of Richardson, Loos, Milligan, Kemper, Harding (now at Lehigh), Dolbear (the inventor of the Bell Telephone), Zollars, Hagerman, James,, Lane,, Allen and Trible. At least ten of its graduates are at this time presidents of influential colleges and universities. Its ministerial students, by their eloquence and piety have carried its fame to all parts of the civilized world. Others of its Alumni have sat in the halls of congress and represented their country in European capitals. Like the Roman matron, Bethany, when asked for her jewels, proudly points to her sons. With such a record, she challenges the support of every true Christian and the sympathy of every srood citizen. 26