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FIFTY-SEVENTH YEAR.
ORGAN OF THE NORTH CAROLINA CONFERENCE.
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RALEIGH, N. C, THUPotf;, AUGUST 10, 1911.
NUMBER 26
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VIEW SHOWING THE NEW BUILDINGS OF TRINITY COLLEGE.
Library.
North Dormitory.
Craven Memorial Hall.
Wtst Dormitory.
Academic
Angier Duke Gymnasium.
Crowell Science Hall.
East Dormitory.
Clock Tower.
Washington Duke Buildings. -
-Admini&ttation.
PHYSICAL EQUIPMENT AND EDUCATIONAL
EFFICIENCY.
By President William P. Pew.
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HE SAYING attributed to President Garfield
that Mark Hopkins on one end of a log and
a boy on the other make a university is of
ten quoted to emphasize the personal ele
ment in higher education. And with this
doctrine I am in full accord; for the greatness of
a college is measured by the quality of the men
who teach and the quality Of the men who learn.
Yet the physical equipment of a college is import
ant, in the first place for the reason that Mark
Hopkins is not apt to be found on a log but rather
at a well equipped college where he has the chance
to make the best investment of his life. And in
the second place while the man is of first import
ance yet even a competent man can do better work
if he has good tools with which to work. Then,
too, physical surroundings affect life everywhere;
and a student will develop more rapidly and more
symmetrically if his living conditions are whole
some and uplifting.
So while Trinity College, by all the commitments
of its origin, its constitution, and its ideals, is set
to the essential task of character-building, still it
would press into this fundamental work every ac
cessory of fitting outward circumstance and for the
soul of the college it would build a beautiful home.
The college is now spending a large amount of
money in order to make this place, not only in its
ideals and its teachings, but in its every surround
ing, fit to breed great men. The handsome struc
tures now going up, with the library, the North
dormitory and the Craven Memorial Hall forming
an important part of the scheme, will, when com
pleted, make a harmonious set of college buildings
that, for simple beauty of design and architectural
effectiveness, have rarely been equalled in this
country. These buildings are not more notable
for their noble beauty than for their utility.
It will, I think, hardly be deemed inappropriate
if speaking intimately as I do now through the Ad
vocate to friends and patrons of the college, I tell
something of these buildings and their uses. The
west wing of the Washington Duke Building has
been occupied since last January. It contains com
fortable and superbly furnished class-rooms. It
was built exclusively for this purpose; but the
administrative offices have been this year, and will
remain, here until the completion (perhaps by
February 1) of the east wing of the building. This
latter will contain all the administrative and busi
ness offices, the literary society halls, a large hall
with adjoining smaller rooms for the religious and
social uses of the students, and a number of class
rooms and offices for teachers. Such elegant hous
ing will no doubt put new vigor into the literary
societies which for so long have been important
adjuncts of the College. And the new home for
student religious activities will bring improved op
portunities for Christian life and work.
The East Dormitory, now nearing completion, is
made of light brick, covered with green tile, and
otherwise built in close architectural conformity to
the front buildings. The West Dormitory which
it is hoped to have completed by February 1
will in appearance be a precise counterpart and
throughout very similar to the twin building.
These dormitories will be given appropriate names
by the executive committee before the opening of
college, as will also the old "new" or North Domi
tory. The new dormitories are handsome, but at
the same time they are planned with a view to the
utmost economy of space so that room rent may
be kept as low as is consistent with beautiful and
healthful surroundings.
Alongside of the movement to promote, by
means of proper housing, the physicial, intellec
tual and moral well-being of the community, goes
the undertaking begun some time ago to improve
the boarding facilities, and in many other ways
to keep student life wholesome and uplifting and
at the same time free from luxury and extrava
gance. Extensive improvements are being made on the
walks, the drives, and the grounds, although the
long and excessive drouth makes impossible this
summer much that would otherwise be done.
When all these additions and improvements in
buildings and grounds are completed, this will be
a most beautiful spot. Thus the College would
build a fitting background for the sweet, rich, and
full life which it seeks to provide. And the great
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