Cornell College - Royal Purple Yearbook (Mount Vernon, IA)

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Cornelia To name helped to may they motto is, D 1 A. Miller must be mentioned, as one who has helped the College on different occasions. all benefaeltors would require ,a volume, for many loving hearts, and liberal hands, have found' and nourish Cornell College. May the blessings of heaven rest upon them, and and future benefaejtors, see more, and more good acomplished by this institution, whose Dem ff H111za1zz'fas-for God and Humanity. 5 ' 'i Sl asfwoayai

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upper story the auditorium, where an audience of sixteen hundred can be seated. This room is well proportioned and beautiful in appearance. The size of the whole structure is 7 5x1oo feet, and it is finished in excellent style, much cut stone being used in its construction. There are three towers, the largest of which terminates in an observatory affording a magnificient view of many miles in every direction. In this tower is the valuable clock donated by john F. Cory, Esq., which strikes the hours and quarters on a peal of bells. ' Bowman Hall, for ladies, was erected in 1884-5, at acost of f40,000, Rev. G. B. Bowman, D. D,. donating one-fourth of the entire amount. No school in the country offers better accomoda- tions to young ladies. The building is heated with steam and is supplied with all modern appliances. There are elegant reception rooms, and the dining room is large and well lighted. The rooms for lady students are commodious, and tastefully furnished. The boarding department is under the ex- cellent management of the matron, Mrs. C. E. Henderson, and the superintendant, Prof. J. E. Har- lan. Mealsican be conveniently served to over one hundred and fifty students. A college may have a beautiful location, magnificent buildings, and be under excellent finan- cial management, but unless it has a faculty of character, ability and devotion, it cannot have either power or usefulness. During the-whole existence of the school, with hardly an exception, the selec- tion of teachers has been wisely made. When good teachers have been secured, it has been the policy of the college to retain them, and some have given the greater part of their lives, to work in the school. Rev. A. W. Keeler, D. D., Dean of the Theological Department of Central Tennessee Univer- sity, was the first President of Cornell College. In 1859 he resigned, and before entering upon his present work, filled many of the best appointments in the Upper Iowa Conference. Rev. Samuel M. Fellows, A. M., who, as principal of the Seminary, was much respected, was elected President, and remained in office until 1863, when death relieved him of his duties. His piety and excessive labors, in connection with an able administration of the affairs of the college, gave him a name which is remembered and honored. The third President of the college, Rev. Wm. F. King, D. D., LL. D., was placed in charge of the school immediately after the death of Pres. Fellows, and two years later, in 1865,' was formally elected to the position which he has so long and worthily filled. His force of character, fine scholarship, and gentlmanly bearing have admirably fitted him for the deli- cate and difficult duties of a college president. and he has largely contributed to the prosperity which

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REVEREND WILLIAM F. KING, NI, A,, D,D,, LLD PRESIDENT OF coRNELL COLLEGE.