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Volume 6 Relation of U.B/EUB Virginia Conferences to Shenandoah University Dec. 26, 2013
throughout with steam. Closets and hot and cold water have been placed in the Ladies’ Building. The
water supply is furnished by a 50-ft tower windmill, with overhead tank in the building. A double porch
now adds comfort, convenience, and beauty to the Ladies’ Building. And the dormitories have been
painted in a cheery light color. The property now has a new, home-like appearance everywhere.
Recently electric lights have been supplied to the Howe building, parlor, halls, and dining room of the
dormitories. The campuses have been laid out in courts for basketball, tennis, and croquet, so that
needed exercise can be taken by all, and in a manner to suit the tastes of all.
The faculty is stronger than ever, we think. The new members are W. T. Brown, graduate of
Smithdale College, commercial branches; Ethel B. Wooster of Boston, teacher of elocution; Olive A.
Dosh of Baltimore, teacher of stringed instruments and piano; and Annie R. Fielding, graduate of
Dunsmore Business College, teacher of shorthand and typewriting. No primary department is operated
by the Institute this year. The matron this year is Miss Martha Henkle of New Market, a woman of
culture and experience in teaching and caring for girls. She is also our acceptable teacher of art.
The enrollment at this time is ahead of any previous year; and the outlook for the future is quite
encouraging. The work in every department of the School is prospering, especially is this true of the
department of music, under the direction of Prof. J. H. Ruebush. What of financial report may be
desired by the conference will be given by Prof. Ruebush. E U. Hoenshel, Principal. It was adopted.
Visiting Committee to Collegiate Shenandoah Institute (p. 34). We, your committee to visit
Shenandoah Collegiate Institute and School of Music, report that we visited the School during
commencement week and made a thorough examination of buildings and grounds, as well as witnessed
the examinations and graduating exercises. We found the School full and very much in need of more
buildings to accommodate and meet the demands made by the increased number of pupils attending this
School. The examinations indicated hard study upon the part of the pupils, excellent instruction by the
faculty, and surely very gratifying to the patrons of the School. The Conference should justly feel proud
of this School and should render it the necessary aid to make it the educational and musical hub around
which the conference should revolve. George W. Stover and L. A. Racey.
Loans, Assessments, and Collections (pp. 37, 39-40). Report of Conference Treasurer for
Church Erection Memorial Fund: Loaned to SCI & S. of M. on first mortgage, $500. George P. Hott,
Treasurer. J A. Bell read his report as treasurer for the Shenandoah Collegiate Institute and School of
Music fund: Received, $228; Paid A. S. Hammack, $228. Respectfully submitted, James A. Bell,
Treas. It was adopted.
1906 U.B. Yearbook Statement (pp. 79-80). This institution of learning, at Dayton, Va., holds
that college preparatory work is responsible work, and that to be morally good is a condition of a healthy
mind. It seeks, therefore, to keep the ideal life ever before its students. In order to do this successfully,
it has, in addition to the regular Sunday church services, a special Students’ Prayer Service, meeting
every week, a YMCA service, which meets every morning, and a Students’ Class for Bible Study, under
the direct supervision of the Principal. The entire School is expected to be present at prayer service and
at Sunday afternoon Bible Study. The institute is located in the famous Shenandoah Valley, about 6
miles from Harrisonburg, Va., the county seat of Rockingham County. The population around it is
composed to a great extent of U.B. families. The influences thrown around students are such as are
conducive to. a healthy state of both mind and body. The Institute grew out of the labors of members of
the Virginia Conference for a school for their children, but has been so prosperous that students find
their way to it from other states. It recently erected a new building, which bears the name of the late
Rev. J. W. Howe, who gave so much of his time and means for the establishing of this School. The
Reports 1906 170
throughout with steam. Closets and hot and cold water have been placed in the Ladies’ Building. The
water supply is furnished by a 50-ft tower windmill, with overhead tank in the building. A double porch
now adds comfort, convenience, and beauty to the Ladies’ Building. And the dormitories have been
painted in a cheery light color. The property now has a new, home-like appearance everywhere.
Recently electric lights have been supplied to the Howe building, parlor, halls, and dining room of the
dormitories. The campuses have been laid out in courts for basketball, tennis, and croquet, so that
needed exercise can be taken by all, and in a manner to suit the tastes of all.
The faculty is stronger than ever, we think. The new members are W. T. Brown, graduate of
Smithdale College, commercial branches; Ethel B. Wooster of Boston, teacher of elocution; Olive A.
Dosh of Baltimore, teacher of stringed instruments and piano; and Annie R. Fielding, graduate of
Dunsmore Business College, teacher of shorthand and typewriting. No primary department is operated
by the Institute this year. The matron this year is Miss Martha Henkle of New Market, a woman of
culture and experience in teaching and caring for girls. She is also our acceptable teacher of art.
The enrollment at this time is ahead of any previous year; and the outlook for the future is quite
encouraging. The work in every department of the School is prospering, especially is this true of the
department of music, under the direction of Prof. J. H. Ruebush. What of financial report may be
desired by the conference will be given by Prof. Ruebush. E U. Hoenshel, Principal. It was adopted.
Visiting Committee to Collegiate Shenandoah Institute (p. 34). We, your committee to visit
Shenandoah Collegiate Institute and School of Music, report that we visited the School during
commencement week and made a thorough examination of buildings and grounds, as well as witnessed
the examinations and graduating exercises. We found the School full and very much in need of more
buildings to accommodate and meet the demands made by the increased number of pupils attending this
School. The examinations indicated hard study upon the part of the pupils, excellent instruction by the
faculty, and surely very gratifying to the patrons of the School. The Conference should justly feel proud
of this School and should render it the necessary aid to make it the educational and musical hub around
which the conference should revolve. George W. Stover and L. A. Racey.
Loans, Assessments, and Collections (pp. 37, 39-40). Report of Conference Treasurer for
Church Erection Memorial Fund: Loaned to SCI & S. of M. on first mortgage, $500. George P. Hott,
Treasurer. J A. Bell read his report as treasurer for the Shenandoah Collegiate Institute and School of
Music fund: Received, $228; Paid A. S. Hammack, $228. Respectfully submitted, James A. Bell,
Treas. It was adopted.
1906 U.B. Yearbook Statement (pp. 79-80). This institution of learning, at Dayton, Va., holds
that college preparatory work is responsible work, and that to be morally good is a condition of a healthy
mind. It seeks, therefore, to keep the ideal life ever before its students. In order to do this successfully,
it has, in addition to the regular Sunday church services, a special Students’ Prayer Service, meeting
every week, a YMCA service, which meets every morning, and a Students’ Class for Bible Study, under
the direct supervision of the Principal. The entire School is expected to be present at prayer service and
at Sunday afternoon Bible Study. The institute is located in the famous Shenandoah Valley, about 6
miles from Harrisonburg, Va., the county seat of Rockingham County. The population around it is
composed to a great extent of U.B. families. The influences thrown around students are such as are
conducive to. a healthy state of both mind and body. The Institute grew out of the labors of members of
the Virginia Conference for a school for their children, but has been so prosperous that students find
their way to it from other states. It recently erected a new building, which bears the name of the late
Rev. J. W. Howe, who gave so much of his time and means for the establishing of this School. The
Reports 1906 170
