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Volume 6 Relation of U.B/EUB Virginia Conferences to Shenandoah University Dec. 26, 2013
silence to be good will unexpressed, but sympathy unexpressed is not very satisfying to a hungry
soul. The School is well organized. The work is as systematic as the present Institute courses
will allow. It is our careful study to make everything attractive and home like. The attendance so
far this year has not been quite as large as the published report gives for the corresponding terms
of last year… The number of graduates in the various courses this year will be but few—because
of our having raised the standard of requirement for a passing grade. An earnest effort is now
being made by the friends of the Institute to cancel its entire indebtedness. This is a most hopeful
sign. It is the rolling away of a great stone. May the Master behold, and give new life. [1897
Minutes, p. 14]
It was decided early in the spring of 1897 that an effort should be made to reduce the number of
teachers and to revise the courses of study, so that better results might be secured with less
expenditure of time and money…. Shenandoah Institute claims to do thorough preparatory work
for the higher colleges. Much has been done this year toward improving the property. Wardrobes
have been placed in the gentlemen’s rooms; a number of rooms in both buildings have been
papered; a new entrance to the dining room, with appropriate lattice work, has been made for the
gentlemen; many yards of brick walk have been laid; painting, filling, and [laying] sod have been
done; and both buildings have been given
drainage to the creek instead of the race as
heretofore. Special mention should be made
of a gift of $40 by C. E. Mullin, of Mt.
Pleasant, Pa., to be used in refurnishing one
room in the Ladies’ Building…. May others
follow the example of this friend of
Shenandoah Institute. [1898 Minutes, p. 28;
the sketch of the Ladies’ Dormitory at the
right was published with the entry in the
1898 U.B. Yearbook]
The character of the work of the present student body of your School excels that of any previous
year of the supervision of the present management. The general character of our students is such
as not only to gratify the faculty, but also to elicit commendation from the people of our town as
high ideals are ever held before our students, which, without coercive measures, many seek to
attain unto… The beds in the Ladies’ Building have been supplied with good mattresses [and]
springs also have been given to a number of beds. Early in the Autumn of 1898, Prof. J. F.
Yothers resigned his place in the faculty to accept the chair of Mathematics in Western College.
After some effort to fill the vacancy thus made, it was decided to give additional work to the
remaining members of the faculty. This plan met with hearty approval of all our students…. The
canvass for students last summer was not as thorough as it was understood it would be; yet I
believe that today your School is more highly cherished by our people, and by the public in
general, than at any previous time in the last 3 years. The Illuminator, a paper published in the
interest of the Institute, now makes its appearance quarterly. Finally, a plan of campaign for the
summer of 1899 is already well prepared, by which it is expected to reach every young person in
the Conference (and much territory outside), who is at all likely to attend any school, and present
to him carefully, earnestly, and conscientiously the advantages offered by Shenandoah Institute.
This last year of the 19th century must be the banner year in the history of the School. Brethren,
with your co-operation, it shall be. [1899 Minutes, p. 19]
By 1899 there were 4-year courses in both piano and voice; and a music-teacher’s curriculum,
designed to prepare church directors and performers as well as other types of music teachers, was
well established [Zynodoa 1975, p. 6].
Miller, et al., on History of S.C., 1875-1950 19
silence to be good will unexpressed, but sympathy unexpressed is not very satisfying to a hungry
soul. The School is well organized. The work is as systematic as the present Institute courses
will allow. It is our careful study to make everything attractive and home like. The attendance so
far this year has not been quite as large as the published report gives for the corresponding terms
of last year… The number of graduates in the various courses this year will be but few—because
of our having raised the standard of requirement for a passing grade. An earnest effort is now
being made by the friends of the Institute to cancel its entire indebtedness. This is a most hopeful
sign. It is the rolling away of a great stone. May the Master behold, and give new life. [1897
Minutes, p. 14]
It was decided early in the spring of 1897 that an effort should be made to reduce the number of
teachers and to revise the courses of study, so that better results might be secured with less
expenditure of time and money…. Shenandoah Institute claims to do thorough preparatory work
for the higher colleges. Much has been done this year toward improving the property. Wardrobes
have been placed in the gentlemen’s rooms; a number of rooms in both buildings have been
papered; a new entrance to the dining room, with appropriate lattice work, has been made for the
gentlemen; many yards of brick walk have been laid; painting, filling, and [laying] sod have been
done; and both buildings have been given
drainage to the creek instead of the race as
heretofore. Special mention should be made
of a gift of $40 by C. E. Mullin, of Mt.
Pleasant, Pa., to be used in refurnishing one
room in the Ladies’ Building…. May others
follow the example of this friend of
Shenandoah Institute. [1898 Minutes, p. 28;
the sketch of the Ladies’ Dormitory at the
right was published with the entry in the
1898 U.B. Yearbook]
The character of the work of the present student body of your School excels that of any previous
year of the supervision of the present management. The general character of our students is such
as not only to gratify the faculty, but also to elicit commendation from the people of our town as
high ideals are ever held before our students, which, without coercive measures, many seek to
attain unto… The beds in the Ladies’ Building have been supplied with good mattresses [and]
springs also have been given to a number of beds. Early in the Autumn of 1898, Prof. J. F.
Yothers resigned his place in the faculty to accept the chair of Mathematics in Western College.
After some effort to fill the vacancy thus made, it was decided to give additional work to the
remaining members of the faculty. This plan met with hearty approval of all our students…. The
canvass for students last summer was not as thorough as it was understood it would be; yet I
believe that today your School is more highly cherished by our people, and by the public in
general, than at any previous time in the last 3 years. The Illuminator, a paper published in the
interest of the Institute, now makes its appearance quarterly. Finally, a plan of campaign for the
summer of 1899 is already well prepared, by which it is expected to reach every young person in
the Conference (and much territory outside), who is at all likely to attend any school, and present
to him carefully, earnestly, and conscientiously the advantages offered by Shenandoah Institute.
This last year of the 19th century must be the banner year in the history of the School. Brethren,
with your co-operation, it shall be. [1899 Minutes, p. 19]
By 1899 there were 4-year courses in both piano and voice; and a music-teacher’s curriculum,
designed to prepare church directors and performers as well as other types of music teachers, was
well established [Zynodoa 1975, p. 6].
Miller, et al., on History of S.C., 1875-1950 19
