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Show 40 We have a new four-room school building, and an enrollment of 134 pupils. None of the pupils are of the really bad class, hence the work is more pleasant than it might be; yet it can scarcely be compared to the days spent at Iowa Coliege. More than all else I feel the lack of really high-grade lectures and concerts, of which there was such an abundance at Grinnell. With best wishes for the future of 'g8, I am. Very truly, E. A. WITHER. Lynnville, Iowa, January 30, iSgg. My Dear Classmates:- Many of you know what I expected to do this year. The academy at Vinita, Ind. T., had offered me a pro-sessorship, but President Jackson's health failed. He was compelled to give up his work and cancel his agreement with me. Rev. J. W. Ferner of Hampton, thought it would be well for me to enter the ministry at once, and asked if I would be willing to have him arrange with Chapin to have me preach there in about two weeks. I consented to the arrangement. I had already provisionally accepted a school near home, but I preached in Chapin at the appointed time. It was nearly time for my local school to open and I had to say yea or nay. I said yea and began teaching five miles from home, driving back and forth morning and evening. Then Chapin sent a request that I come and preach, so I began driving across the country 40 miles each Saturday, preaching Sunday morning, driving back Sunday afternoon to be on hand for school work Monday morning. 1 |
