The Courier-Journal from Louisville, Kentucky • Page 23

SECTION 3 THE COUEIER-JOUENAL, LOTTTSVILLE. SUNDAY MOBNING, APETL 21, 1901 Central Uni versity the cost of $60,000. In 1S73 the dispute between the Northern and Southern Synods was finally settled by ihe courts, which granted the control of the college to the Northern branch of the Pres. byterlan Church. College Funds Taken.

ed to the support of the college one-third of the profits of the Branch Bank of the Commonwealth at Harrodsburg, a sum amounting to about $6,000. State aid and supervision was just what the Presbyterians did not want however, and they became still more dissatisfied with tho ov'c'liMr omtua nf tha rr.rLvh 1849 the Income of the college was increased to $4,000 a year, and the course was considerably enlarged, approaching to some extent Its present degree of perfection. In 1S53 the Danville Theological Seminary was added and placed under the management of the college, a step which advanced the prestige of the college very perceptibly, while the attendance constantly the crease, Split In the College. the office were discharged during the two following years by Prof. J.

C. Fales, of the faculty. In June. 1S9S, the present incumbent, the Rev. William C.

Roberts, was inaugurated and immediately entered upon the duties of the office. His administration has been most successful and gratifying to the friends of the institution. About have been expended during the past year for the improvement of the campus and other plans are on foot which will in all probability be all the sooner realized In view of the union of the Presbyterian colleges of Kentucky. Students and Alumni. I Centre College, I the Parent 1 Institution, May Receive I Back Its Own Again, But Lose Its I Famous Name, i Correspo nd en oe of the Coiiri cr- Journal.

DANVILLE. April 20. If the present plans fr the consolidation of Centre College, of this city, and Central University, of Richmond, are carried out, Kentucky will have one of the best-equipped Institutions of learning in the South. The plan to be presented to the Trustees and the Synods contemplates merging1 the two colleges into one. to be located at Danville and known as the Central University of Kentucky.

The citizens of Richmond and Mad'son county naturally object to the proposed consolidation and the removal of Central University; but on the other hand the people of Danville, where the new school will, be situated, are very enthusiastic over the pros, pects. President Boberts Conn dent. President Roberts, of Centre College, In speaking of the proposed university, expressed himself as being confident of the success of the enterprise. The endowment of the Central University ot Kentucky, he says, will approximate 51.000.000, taking Into account all assets of land, buildings and money, and It may be safely said that the time is not far distant when that sum will be doubled. New chairs will be instituted at once, probably with the beginning of the session next fall, and the work in several departments will be considerably enlarged, particularly in scientific departments.

Plans are on foot for the Immediate construction of new science and law buildings, and a large auditorium is also among the pressing needs of the college President Roberts has already been for some time engaged In the collection of funds for the renovation of the old College Home, and the historic building will be converted Into a museum. It Is the plan now to enlarge the preparatory building and adapt it to the purposes of. a dormitory. Female College Proposed. The Southern Presbyterian Church has fOr sme time had undr consideration the founding of a female college, and Is now stated that Danville will be selected as the place of location, and that Caldwell College, which has been under the control nf the Northern Presbyterian Church, will be turned over to the.

Southern church for that purpose. It Is understood that about $50t000 has been collected and will be expended enlarging f.he present building and erecting new ones. Site of New University. The campus of Centre College, where It Is proposed to locate the Central University of Kentucky, lies on the border of Danville, most of it being situated on a plateau embracing some of the highest ground of the city. The campus 1s for the most part level, with about enough slope to give perfect drainage.

It includes a total of a little over forty acrs, on which are located the following college buildings: The President's mansion, the old college home, built in 1 and now occupied as a dormitory; Breckinridge Hall, in which the Danville Theological Seminary is situated; the main ecl'ege building, erected in 1S73; Sayre Hall, containing the library and erected in 1S94; the Boyle-Humphrey gyninas'um, erected in 1S91, and the building ii. hich the preparatory department is conducted. Rack of th main building a few hundred yards is Hllll I II New Gymnasium Apparatus. Thr trapeze and flying rings are familiar forms of apparatus In the gym nasium, ana as eacn is vniuauie aiding the development of the muscles of the body. It has occurred to Emil R.

Krnst. of New York city, to com- bine the two in a new form of appara- tus. similar to that shown In the cut. The inventor claims that the exerciser 1 will bring Into action practically all the muscles of the body, and some pleasure may also be derived from the machine, as It is provided with a device rotate it upon its axis while Ii1 athletes are practicing at either end. The apparatus consists of a vertical pnst, carrying a ratchet disk at the top.

with a trussed bar to support two pairs of rings In the position shown. The bar Is carried at the center by two wheels revolving on the disk at the top of the pole, and the- ROTARY EXERCISING i I Outgrowth of I the Feeling of I Reconstruc tion Days and I Has Not Had Easy Sailing. I Special Correspondence of the Courier-Journal. ECmrOXD, April 20. While the proposed consolidation of Central University and Centre College and the removal of the former school from this city Is bituriy opposed by the citizens of Richmond and Madison county.

It Is, In reality, simply the return of the child to the parent; the reunion, after many years of separation, of the educational interests of Kentucky Presbyterians. When Central University was founded more than a quarter of a century ago by the Southern Synod of the Presbyterian Church of this State a bright future seemed in store for It. The disputes between the two branches of the church, the failure of the Southrons i- secure a recognition of any property rights at Centre College, as the result of conferences between the two synods, and the decision of the courts, in giving to the Northern Presbyterians complete control of the school at created deep feeling among the Southern members. The Plan Introduced. In 1S71 resolutions were introduced by Dr.

Stuart Robinson and passed by the Southern Synod, looking to the Immediate endowment and equipment of a college upon the same plan as the one which seemed about to be lost by that body. Then, In 1S72, at a convention held In Lexington, a memorial was addressed to the Southern Synod of Kentucky urging the founding of a thoroughly equipped institution of learning of the broadest and most liberal basis. A charter was procured, and on September 22, 1S74. Central University was opened at Richmond under the direct supervision of the Rev. R.

L. Breck, the first Chancellor, who sacrificed his health and personal con-siderations to the interests of the university. a Financial Troubles. But notwithstanding the favorable auspices under which Ctntral University was opened. It soon encountued financial difficulties.

Dr. Breck resigned his Important post, and Dr. Pratt, the head of the College of Letters, also severed his connection with the uni-ve rs 1 1 while the La College i suspended for want of proper suppn. The situation was regarded as rriti'-al even by the most loyal supporters -if the university, who feared that It would not be able to survive. The New Chancellor.

About this time the attention of the Alumni Association was called tn th Rev. L. H. Blanton, a comparatively young man, who was the pastor of the Presbyterian church at Paris. Ky.

II was called to the Chancellorship of the school and In 1SS0 took charge of its affairs, while the Rev. J. V. Logan wms made President. Chancellor Blantnn at once began his task of building up the school, and succeeded in obtaining generous contributions to the endowment funds, while at the same time his methods and cheerfulness restored confidence In the Institution.

In speaking of his efforts In behalf of the school. Chancellor Wanton, in a recent address to the citizens of Richmond and Madison county, said that when he took charge of Central University there were only sixty students In the school, while there not one dollar of Invested funds. At that tirn; the cv-mpus contained only th-j main building and more professnrs wr needed. The action of Dr. William C.

Young, who was then President of Centre College, In making every possible effort to win back the former friends of his Institution, together with th-- fact that the bitterness of the dispute between the Northern and Southern Synods had. during the six years sine-; the founding of Central University, subsided, militated to a large extent against the success of the coll-ge. Notwithstanding the discouragements which were encountered. Uhancell'ir Blanton succeeded in obtaining sufficient funds to meet all until the panic of 1S93. Then a of large subscriptions which had been promised the school were compelled iQ be withdrawn, and.

during the three years that followed over which had been relied on to met-t the necessary expenses was not forthcoming. Since that time Central University has been financially embarrassed. Location Not Good. Another fact which has proved rawba ck to the sti of 1 -versity, according to Chancellor Blanton, Is Its location. Situated on the eastern edge of the BIiK-grass region, its prospective students.

from Northern, Western nnd Southwestern Kentucky must run the cauntl-t of the other Kentucky colleges, while that part of the Stateto which it has fr-e access supplies very f-w Chancellor Blanton says that Central University has also failed to w-i the patronage from Madison county which Is due It, and that all the considerations have made It necessary for somerh.ng to be done to prevent the total of the institution. Accordingly, when the Board of Trustees was approached by th? Preid- nt of Centre College with a proposition for consolidation, the acceptance of the terms offered was det-m--i th most desirable method to save the Rv; mond school from complete failure to build up the educational interests the Presbyterians Kentucky. Ing to this school the funds of the old Kentucky Academy. According to the charter of this college, no religious doctrine peculiar to any sect of Christians, was to be taught there, and on account of the dissatisfaction that these terms created In the Synod, the Institution went into operation under partial State control, with a Board of Trustees not wholly Presbyterian. This board was headed by Gov.

Isaac Shelby, and consisted of John Boyle. William Owsley. Thomas Montgomery, Samuel McKee, William Craig, Thomas Clelland, Rama-has McHenry, Samuel K. Nelson, Nathan H. Hall.

Joshua Fry, James Birney. Joshua Barbee, James Barbour. Daniel G. Cowan, John Bowman. Ephriam McDowell, Jeremiah Briscoe and Jeremiah Fisher.

Opposition Encountered. For some time considerable opposition' was encountered by the trustees, but in IS19 sufficient funds were secured, mainly through local contributions, to erect a building in Danville, and the following year the Rev. James McChord was elected to the presidency. He. however, never occupied the ofTice.

and died the same year. The Rev. Samuel Finley then became President pro and which office he held until July, 1S22, when he was succeeded by the Rev. Jeremiah Chamberlain, the first President of Centre College, who placed the Institution on a firm basis, increased the attendance of students, and contributed very much toward the foundation of that reputation which has placed Centre in the front rank of Southern colleges. New Charter Not Satisfactory.

In 1S21 the Legislature. In conjunction with other measures establishing a public school fund in Kentucky, appropriat- and the dial and pointer beneath. It is an easy matter to drop a letter on the scale if the sender is not quite sure as to its weight. Then the clock will always be useful, and should keep fairly accurate time, as It Is designed to be wound and regulated by the mail carrier on his rounds. The thermometer will be handy to ascertain the tempera- a smoothly- graded and well-kept ath- Old Centre.

The history of the Presbyterian Church in Kentucky Is so closely bound up with the history of its educational institutions that the two are to a great extent identical. The first settlers' of that denomination who set foot on Kentucky soil seem to have come imbued with the determination to make their faith the dominant one In the educational institutions of the State, and to their efforts to make that idea a reality is due the plan for the proposed consolidation of Centre College and Central University. As the first etep in that direction, peculiar interest gathers around Centre College. Origin of the College. In 17S5, through the instrumentality of the early Kentucky Presbyterians, Transylvania Academy was founded at Danville, where it remained until 17S7, when it was removed to Lexington, where it prospered for seventeen years.

Then dissensions arose, and the Synod took measures to establish a denominational school. A considerable endowment fund was collected, to which Gen. Washington and John Adams contributed. This resulted In the opening in 1797 of the Kentucky Academy, which lasted for one year, when, peace being restored between the Transylvania -Academy and Presbyterians, the two schools were merged into the Transylvania University. In ISIS, however, dissensions once more arose, resulting in founding by the Presbyterians, under the leadership of the Rev.

Samuel K. Nelson, of a new Institution at Danville. A charter was granted by the Legislature in 1S19, giv- 1JM JUL I JIiJ. swinging of the bar operates a ratchet wheel to rotate the bar. The persons in the swings throw their bodies in the same direction to put the machine in motion, resting first in one set of rings and then on the other.

This vf ill bring the leg and back muscles into play, ami to exercise those of the arms and upper portion nf the body the rings are grasped In the hands. For General Information. Warner L. Vestal, of San Francisco. thinks the United States mail MAIL.

BOX I'D i NEW FEATURES. boxes should be utilized for the dissemination of useful information, in addition to serving their ordinary purpose, and the picture shows one of his designs for a letter box, with additional devices for the use of the general public. One nf the chief advantages of the new arrangement is the letter scale, which is shown at tne left side, with the platform projecting through the top iBi and appointed nine, trustewjiOfefc charged with the task of outHmngpWns for the reorganization of the Ins'-itu-tion on' a basis more in accordance with church views. Matters were successfully adjusted, and a new charter was granted by the Legislature. This charter was conditioned upon the endowment of the school by the Synod with $20,000.

and it was provided that money previously received from the State wif. to be refunded. The Synod succeeded in raising $20,000 by 1830, and. the institution thus became for the first time a thorough denominational enterprise, with no State connection whatever. Dr.

Chamberlain resigned the presidency In 1S26. and Rev. David C. Proctor was acting President of the college until the election of Dr. Gideon Blackburn In 1827.

Dr. John C. Young Elected. In 1S30. Dr.

Blackburn was succeeded by Dr. John C. Young, who has been justly said to have contributed more-to building up the prestige of Centre than any other President. The last ten years of his presidency was a period marked by rapid growth and improvement, notwithstanding formidable difficulties In the way. The schism In the church between the old and neve schools injured Centre considerably, and the slavery question, which began to be a serious factor in church and State about this time, drew much adverse criticism on the college on account of Dr.

Young's well-known abolition sentiments. In a tilting oar Mien is pivoted on the side of the kettle and provided with an adjustable weight at the outer end and a water holder at the Inner end. By submerging the eggs in the boiling water, filling the water chamber and adjusting the weight the cooker is In position tn take care of itself, and will lift the egg-basket out of the boiling small opening at the bottom. With little attention at the first few trials the adjustments can be made very accurately. Heater For Beds and Feet.

It is not at all pleasant to be compelled to crawl into a cold bed when retiring to rest, and yet on many a winter night It Is next to impossible to warm the beds to the desired temper. MAKES THE BED COMFORTABLE. ature unless a large amount of coal Is consumed, and in houses where no furnace is provided the temperature of the bed is so low that a serious shock may be sustained by the system. To overcome the low temperature In a safe arid simple manner Edwin T. Keener, of Delaware.

has designed the bed-warmer pictured in the cut. The inventor provides an elongated, oval beating drum for attachment to the foot board of the bed, with a funnel projecting downward from the center, and an outlet at the upper side for the passage of the air and gases. In connection with this arrangement a small lamp of any ordinary pattern "is used, 1 It was ahout this time that the rob-'bery of the Falls City Tobacco Bank, of Louisville, occurred, In which the college lost about $100,000, two-thirds of Its endowment, but through the efforts of Dr. James L. McKee, Its Vice President, more than $100,000 was secured in a short time, and as all but about $20,000 of the stolen money was recovered, the catastrophe turned out to be really a blessing in disguise.

It was during this period that the Bachelor of Science degree was instituted. Dr. Beatty was compelled by failing health to tender his resignation In 18S6. and in 3SSS Dr. William C.

Young was elected to succeed him. Dr. Beatty retained a professorship in the college until his death in 1S90. New Professorships Added. In the year 1S91 three new professorships were added and a gymnasium erected from funds donated for that purpose by Judge A.

P. Humphrey and Hon. St. John Boyle, of Louisville. The library was largely increased and a new library building erected.

A chair of English was also founded. In 1S94 the Centre College law department was instituted' under the direction of Hon. J. Proctor Knott, with Robert P. Jacobs and Hon.

John W. Yerkes as assistants. On September 16, 1S96. President Young died suddenly, and the duties of number of the page may be indicated by moving the. disc to bring the observation opening and pointing into register with the number desired In either one of the columns of figures.

It will be noticed that the face of the disc is serrated to give the finger a firm hold in adjusting the pointer, and the edges of the case bind the outer edges of the disc sufficiently to prevent it from changing position in case of a fall. The holder and disc may be made of paper, metal or celluloid. Ash Receiver Attachment. It Is such a nuisance to be compelled to clean up the ashes from the floor and dust the surrounding furniture every time the stove Is cleaned out that the housewife will be sure to look with favor on -the device shown In the accompanying Illustration, which will permit the ashes to be removed from the stove and deposited in the receiver with the aid of an ordinary shovel, without scattering them on the floor. The inventor is Ernest Chapin Cole, of Chicago, 111., and he states that the device comprises a canopy of flexible ma-, terial, which conforms in shape to the top of the ash receiver, ami the connection to the stove is made In- nnans of a rim frame of tin.

which fits tightly in the stove opening and extends into the canopy in a flaring hopper, to insure the deposit of: the ashes well with DEVICE FOR USE IX EXTRACTING ASHES. ture. Information as to postage rates. water at the proper moment. This ac-money order fees and the hour of the tion is due to the discharge of the next collection of the mall will also water in the upper holder through a In 1S57, following the death of Dr.

Young, Dr. L. W. Green, the first graduate of Centre College, was called from the presidency of Transylvania to assume control of bis alma mater. In 1S62 Sayre Hall was completed and occupied as a library, being named after David Sayre, of Lexington, who contributed $5,000 toward its construction.

Considerable extension was given to science during this time, and the foundation of the present scientific course was laid. About this time the war Interfered with all active progress foi a time, and the number of students fell off to less than half the usual number, being only 103 In 1862. Rev. William L. Breckinridge, the successor of Dr.

Green, took charge In 1S63, and continued In office until 1SGS. The period of reconstruction involved the college In serious difficulties, and It was during this troublous time that the Southern Synod withdrew Its support and founded Central University at Richmond. Dr. Ormond Beaity succeeded Dr. Breckinridge upon the resignation of the latter in 1S68, and was elected to tba presidency In 1S70.

His administration was one of the most successful In the history of the college In point of advancement along every line. During the year 1S72, the new college building, the, erection of which had been delayed on account of the war, was completed at a the hood which surrounds the chimney belnsr fitted with a sustaining snrinir to keep the lamp in a fixed position beneath the funnel. A wlck-adjusting rod is also provided, which may be turned without rising, the position of the eyelet at the end of the rod indicating how far it should be turned to put out or raise the flame. The heater is claimed to be entirely safe, and. while heating the bed to the desired temperature, has the advantage of not raising the temperature of the room to an unhealthy degree for sleeping.

Page -Indicating Bookmark. The ordinary book mark answers the purposes as long as the reader Is care ful not to lose It while carrying the book or until some one else wants to read the book and carelessly lets the mark fall out, in either of which cases a search must be made to find the place again. If the book mark designed by Monroe G. Carleton, of Grasslake, as shown in the illustration, were used, it might fall out any number of times without losing the page number. In use this book mark may be placed anywhere between the two covers, and when the reader stops the TH PA CM BOOK READERS.

HO II 6 1x 8 '( Jo Tff 99 i I 2 Co too 0 i ta 'OS 21 Ob Jf 29 toy i 30 toe HI i J' "Oi "A There are about 300 students enrolled in all departments at the present time. Two degrees are given in the academic departments Bachelor of Arts- and Bachelor of Science. Once or twice during the past twenty years Centre has had more of its alumni in Congress than any other Institution the United States except Yale College. The total number of alumni at the present time is upward of 1,500. Most of these have been drawn from the South and West, for that section has always been considered the special field of the college.

Centre has graduated two Vice Presidents of the United States, four United States Senators, twenty-six Representatives to Congress, seven Governors of States and one Justice of the United States Supreme Court, besides many who were honored in like manner during the civil war by the Confederate States. Besides these there are among them twenty-four college Presidents and forty-four college professors, thirty-eight Circuit Judges, Stare and rational, and five moderators of the Presbyterian General Assembly. in the vessel. Before the cover is put in place the handle of the shovel is inserted in the opening at the center of the canopy, and the latter is loose enough to allow the handle full play in shoveling up the ashes. After the work is finished the receiver can be carried nut with the cover still in place: hence there is no opportunity to spill any of the ashss while removing them from the house.

Puts Cars Back On the Track. Aggravating delays and the blocking of many street cars are liable to occur from the accidental shifting of the wheels from the track upon coming in contact with a small obstruction or from other causes. When no means of replacing the car Is at hand it Is necessary to await the arrival of a repair wagon, and by this time the passengers have nearly all decided to walk. Perhaps Ezra Showalter, of Massillon. was caught In such a predicament when he thought of the car replacer here shown, which has just been patented by him.

The main feature of the replacing device lies in the series of grooves running across the face of the Iron block. The purpose of these grooves is to receive the flange of the car wheel at any distance from the rail and transfer It to Its natural position as soon as the car Is started. The block fits tightly over the rail and needs no clamps to hold it In place. As soon as the car has been replaced the block is lifted with the aid of the switch-Iron and the car Is ready to' proceed. The device Is also Intended for use In replacing railway cars.

DEVICE FOR REPLACING STREET AM) RAILWAY CAHS. i be found on the face of the box. the hour being automatically changed at each collection. Then the mail collector Is expected to change the weather cards from time to time to accord with th1 information received at the main office, and provision is also made for posting bulletins of important events happening throughout the world. Automatic Egg-Lifter.

If one prefers their eggs boiled soft it is not pleasant to find them hard on opening the shell, and yet It Is a diffi cult matter for the housewife to cook them to just the proper point every morning in addition to attending to her other duties, even if she undertakes to time the boiling by a clock. With a little experimenting with the -egg boiler recently patented by Russell A. Richardson, of St. Louis, it would be possible to have the eggs boiled to the proper turn on every occasion, no matter what the housekeeper was busy with. The apparatus Is provided with EGG BOILER WHICH TENDS ITSELF..