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ST. AUGUSTINE’S RECORD
ST. AUGUSTINE’S COLLEGE
(A Frc.slmiim Composition)
In tlio city of Ilaloigli, tlio capital city of JsToi'tli
Carolina, sufficiently remote from tlie business
section to retain its rural beauty, yet near enough
to assure its students all city conveniences, is
St. Augustine’s College. One entering its portals
is impressed by tlie picturesque beauty of the
well-kept lawns and by the artistic arrangement
of more than seventy-five varieties of trees, flowers
and shrubbery.
The college owns 110 acres of well-appointed
land, of which thirty-five acres constitute the
campus proper, which is noted throughout the
South for its excellently ])reserved natural beauty.
'I'herc are twenty-eight buildings, the majority
of which are either fireproof or semi-fireproof.
The total value is estimated at over a half mil
lion dollars, 'i'wo dormitories for women and
ou(“ for men offer ample housing accommodations
for boarding students.
In each dormitory there is an infirmary where
ill students may receive treatment and first-aid;
wliilc^ St. Agnes’ Hosjjital, on the campus, stands
ready to receive those who fall seriously ill and
are in need of jirofessional attention. Still, “an
ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure,”
and St. Augustine’s spares no efforts in kee])ing
its students healthy.
From the college farm adjoining the campus,
student.s get fresh vegetables. In the model dairy
twenty-two test(>d milk cows yield more than a
hundred quarts of milk daily, and seventy-five
hogs and i>igs are available for fre.sh meat. All
this is for student consumption.
'riu; convenience of the students luis been placed
first in almost all project.s. Tliere are regular
mail and express (k'livery to the campus, bus
service within one block of the grounds, telephone
service in every dormitory, and a modernly
equipped steam laundry on the campus where the
stu(h*nts’ laundry is done.
Tlie coll(>go student’s activities are centered
about the cha])el, tbi' administration and science
luills, the dining hall, and the beautiful now Ben
son Library. 'I’hese buildings and the dormitories
are eommodiously erected facing a large quad
rangle. Such a congenial environment is ro-
fiected u])on the general disposition of the student
body.
On(‘ might write indefinitely about the advan
tages whicli St. Augustine’s has to offer withoiit
impressing the reader, since many other colleges
offer similar advantages. But there is too a spirit
of hrotlu;rhood rarely found in other institutions.
'I'his sj)irit is passed on from class to class, and
is treasured as the most valued asset of which
St. Augustinc^’s can boast.
CAMPUS NOTES
To inform students and staff about the work
of the ^buerican Church Institute for Xegroes
and its constituent schools, an interesting assem
bly program was presented on the Thursday pre
ceding “Institute Sunday” (January 13). Grad
uates of St. Paul School and Voorhees Institute
gave lively three-minute talks. ^[iss Lettye
Wheaton, a member of St. ^Vugustino’s staff who
has served at four Institute schools, gave a vivid
picture of the work and the needs of some of the
other institutions. In his sermon on Institute
Day, the President stressed the contribution of
Christian educational institiitions. The offering
was dedicated to the work of the Institute.
Miss !Mariou Talley, distinguished young pian
ist, appeared in recital at St. Augustine’s, Janu
ary 12. Miss Talley is a graduate of the Juilliard
School of ^lusic.
The annual meeting of the State “15 in 1” clubs,
organized throughout the rural high schools of
the State to promote efficiencj' in subsistence
farming, was held at St. Augustine’s, January 1.
The college was host at a dinner, at which time
President Goold and others greeted the delegates.
Among the guests was Mr. Henry A. Hunt, prin
cipal of Fort Valley High and Industrial School,
who is at present connected with the Farm Credit
Bureau in 'Washington.
Superintendent J. W. Holmes and Prof. Arthur
P. Chippey represented St. Augustine’s at the
rwent meeting of officials of the Institute schools
held at Fort Valley School, Fort Valley, Georgia.
During the trip, which was nuide by automobile,
they saw nuiny graduates and friends of St.
Augustine’s.
President Edgar II. Goold and Dean Charles
H. Boyer attended the meeting of the Associa
tion of Colleges and Secondary Schools held at
Atlanta University rwently. At the faculty meet
ing in January Dean Boyer gave an illuminating
report of the ses(i0ns.
George II. ^litchell, Arthur P. Chippey and
Cecil I). Halliburton represented the college at the
Colored Intercollegiate Athletic Association’s an
nual meeting in Washington in December.
The Choral Club repeated its Christmas Carol
program at Christ Church, Kaleigh, on the Sun
day after Cliristnuis. Dr. Milton A. Barber, a
member of the Boanl of Trustees of St. Augus
tine’s, is re*tor of Christ Church.