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

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iirjiniiiiiiiumumiiiiiiLiiii: A Storu of Wake Forest Colleqe rory o the fir and of itude ?(l thei John M. f ' lensha A clean-shave the fiv ■ith , kindiv smile but abins that the f.-rr built for his slaves, but never used. Nevertheless the lads liked other arrangements made for them, tboiieh at first they had their r,. had to sit on slab benches in an old oarriase house durine the iw i liad never seen so much beef to eat. and one day a big chap proint .l [i, .1 il . to eat up all this beef. But they failed. They had several instructors. Their President was Rev. Samuel Wait. College. One of thi in a trembline hand hftirine welcomed th ' F tlm y.lrirr had recei I ■ ;ilso liked thi III a tent, and Tliese fellows tly York a few years before and it was largely bet Carolina had been led to unite on this the was already forty -five y At first Wake Forest was a on t, ie farm. They liked this in 1838 and Wake Forest bee; When Saturday afternoon c bringing along whatever musical inst President sweet music was made undi July orations by students, (but no gii to the scholarshii) of his fine young 1 The religion of th- was a revival whirli swept o ' of his old. but he knew the hearts of boy; lal labor institute; the boys and it i college, every- student dressed up sion und labors tha thi ' BaplistB ot North nterpris e and educ ational institu lion. He • work thr, al labor w against their will thii :h a larger faculty. best and went out had, and with the encouragement and old oaks. Literary Societies, a military company. Fourth of iris, not even at church, for girls had on occasion proved disastrous fellows) were on the program of our first President. forgotten. Nay. it was the main thing. The very first year there :embled students like a mighty rushing wind, and in which forty half the number enrolled, were powerful of their teachers formed the Wake Forest Baptis the students preachers like Re ' of thei for their to yellow nd Yates, the missionary. Such were the days of Wait, which continued until 1844. ne the Old Dormitory had been built in 1838, furnishing housing for all the students, reci- and chapel. t ten years under the presidency first of T r. William Hooper and then of Rev. J. B. White ruggling und r the burden of debt incu ired in building; but it was producing men Wi chard. Jack Mills, and Sii . of this period was Washington Manlv Wing iencv of the College. He and when the Civil War c; He had a fine body of t ' ere expected to have ca.li ?. who in 18.54 or the College, r nade Wake Fore? and those tailor-made surtouts. I 1. .. out — Hufham. L. R. Mills, Ro ;l ' ; I .1: i, , After the War the college open.-.l ..k ' ii. ili paratory department, with only $11.7UU j,ah there was amid great difficulties constant gro in Feliruarv, 1879, Wake Forest was belov. opened Wake Foreh;t helped the boys who w. Such men as the Royalls. father and snn Wingate left the college, a recognized Jl , Following him came Pritchard. who d.mi tion; Dr. W. B. Royall. as chairman of ili- 1 In November, 1884. Dr. Charles E. Ta 1 possibly, but a good college was his slogan, present invested fund of ■ in 1861. he had ng men to deal li mdkerchiefs of prodigious size :m 111 ill li. When they gathered illess shirts, those high idy Wn the age of twenty-five came I away with the preparatory one of the best small colleges f rich planters. Students in d of the finest linen, costing I Saturdays for their social those fine neck-cloths, holars ever turned olla id Bu ughs. ind agaii vith ' l ' ;i culun nd he education in reach of dapper chaps from tli scholars. The number the state to make Noi service. Dr. Taylor lai an epoch-making labor, Sufficient it is to sa; it has succeeded. I of students during hi; M , itHl the affairs of the I lusted with the preside Wake Forest College owe added sludii- Tiic Bosl the faculty. Dr. iree years of administra- lege. Not a large college the greater part of its of study, he raised the Kin fund put a college 1 1 ide and quick-stepping ■ I ' d into gentlemen and .■e gone twenty School of La« of G. W. PASCHAL 92.