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Volume 6 Relation of U.B/EUB Virginia Conferences to Shenandoah University Dec. 26, 2013
improvement of the buildings, especial attention being given to the Ladies’ Building. This expenditure
was believed to be a necessity by those who had the matter in hand.80
It would not be vain boasting if I should say that your School was never so prosperous as at
present. We are seeing the fulfillment of predictions made a year ago after a careful study of the
sentiment of a large territory. The crucial test has been made; a tide of popularity was setting in; the
flow is now on, and the end is not yet. It is gratifying to be able to tell you that all our rooms for
students were filled early last fall, and that many of our students have been compelled to seek
accommodations in town. At present [1900-01], our attendance is 115, of which 75 or more are
boarding students. Our Spring Term opens on the 26th inst. [March 1901], at which time we have little
doubt that our attendance will reach 150. The “expansion policy” of the Institute management has
created the necessity of a new building to be ready for occupancy by the opening of our next scholastic
year. Thanks, to the brethren, this has been promised. And it is to be hoped that the next annual report
to this body may contain some information as to how it was done. Respectfully submitted, E. U.
Hoenshel, Principal. The subject of Education was talked upon by Prof. E. U. Hoenshel, L. W. Lutz, Dr.
T. C. Carter, J. W. Howe, Prof. James H. Ruebush, A. P. Funkhouser, and Bishop E. B. Kephart; and the
reports were adopted.
Other Business (pp. 20, 26-27). The secretary was instructed to cast the ballot for the reelection
of J. C. S. Myers, G. B. Fadeley, and A. P. Funkhouser as Trustees of Shenandoah Institute. We are
heartily glad for the presence of Profs. E. U. Hoenshel and J. H. Ruebush of Shenandoah Institute.
Visiting Committee to Shenandoah Institute, C. P. Dyche and W. H. Sampsell.
Visiting Committee to Shenandoah Institute. No report.
1901 U.B. Yearbook Statement
(p. 65; Ladies Dormitory pictured at the
right). Shenandoah Institute, located in
the beautiful valley of the Shenandoah,
at Dayton, Rockingham County, Va.,
opened its 24th session last September.
By its high standard of moral and
intellectual attainments, the Institute has
gained a position in the front rank of
schools of its grade. Its students are
admitted to the best colleges and
universities upon certificate, without
examination. During the years of its
existence, it has had a steady and
substantial growth, until, at the present time, the accommodations are scarcely half sufficient. The new
music and science hall, which will be ready for use by spring, is a large brick structure, commodiously
planned, and will contain a large assembly hall. The institute is wide awake to the demands made upon
her, and she is widening in every direction. Her aim is to give such liberal culture as will qualify young
men and young women to be practical and self-reliant, as well as learned. Special courses are offered in
science, mathematics, literature, history, languages, music, art, elocution, and business. Our musical
advantages are unexcelled in the South. The winter term will open on January 2, and the spring term
80 The cost and amount of new debt sustained by these improvements is not reported. —The Editor.
Reports 1901 154
improvement of the buildings, especial attention being given to the Ladies’ Building. This expenditure
was believed to be a necessity by those who had the matter in hand.80
It would not be vain boasting if I should say that your School was never so prosperous as at
present. We are seeing the fulfillment of predictions made a year ago after a careful study of the
sentiment of a large territory. The crucial test has been made; a tide of popularity was setting in; the
flow is now on, and the end is not yet. It is gratifying to be able to tell you that all our rooms for
students were filled early last fall, and that many of our students have been compelled to seek
accommodations in town. At present [1900-01], our attendance is 115, of which 75 or more are
boarding students. Our Spring Term opens on the 26th inst. [March 1901], at which time we have little
doubt that our attendance will reach 150. The “expansion policy” of the Institute management has
created the necessity of a new building to be ready for occupancy by the opening of our next scholastic
year. Thanks, to the brethren, this has been promised. And it is to be hoped that the next annual report
to this body may contain some information as to how it was done. Respectfully submitted, E. U.
Hoenshel, Principal. The subject of Education was talked upon by Prof. E. U. Hoenshel, L. W. Lutz, Dr.
T. C. Carter, J. W. Howe, Prof. James H. Ruebush, A. P. Funkhouser, and Bishop E. B. Kephart; and the
reports were adopted.
Other Business (pp. 20, 26-27). The secretary was instructed to cast the ballot for the reelection
of J. C. S. Myers, G. B. Fadeley, and A. P. Funkhouser as Trustees of Shenandoah Institute. We are
heartily glad for the presence of Profs. E. U. Hoenshel and J. H. Ruebush of Shenandoah Institute.
Visiting Committee to Shenandoah Institute, C. P. Dyche and W. H. Sampsell.
Visiting Committee to Shenandoah Institute. No report.
1901 U.B. Yearbook Statement
(p. 65; Ladies Dormitory pictured at the
right). Shenandoah Institute, located in
the beautiful valley of the Shenandoah,
at Dayton, Rockingham County, Va.,
opened its 24th session last September.
By its high standard of moral and
intellectual attainments, the Institute has
gained a position in the front rank of
schools of its grade. Its students are
admitted to the best colleges and
universities upon certificate, without
examination. During the years of its
existence, it has had a steady and
substantial growth, until, at the present time, the accommodations are scarcely half sufficient. The new
music and science hall, which will be ready for use by spring, is a large brick structure, commodiously
planned, and will contain a large assembly hall. The institute is wide awake to the demands made upon
her, and she is widening in every direction. Her aim is to give such liberal culture as will qualify young
men and young women to be practical and self-reliant, as well as learned. Special courses are offered in
science, mathematics, literature, history, languages, music, art, elocution, and business. Our musical
advantages are unexcelled in the South. The winter term will open on January 2, and the spring term
80 The cost and amount of new debt sustained by these improvements is not reported. —The Editor.
Reports 1901 154
