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Show i6 months is apt to find h's views colored by his surroundings and if he allowed his early impressions to have full sway, he might become more of a southerner than the southerner himself. I have become a good deal interested in Fisk University, and through the kindness of Miss Preston, I. C. '89, have spent several pleasant evenings there. A true northerner livingin the South is always hunting for northern associations, and the fact that I can meet northern people at Fisk makes a visit there uncommonly pleasant. I am trying to be of a little help in the Christian Endeavor society of a Cumberland Presbyterian church. If one enjoys practical, orthodox, conservative sermons, he could not do better than come to Nashville. But a northern Congregationalist must make up his mind to turn Presbyterian, for there is no white Congregational church in the city, and but few in the South. I have by no means given up the idea of teaching and trust next fail will bring me a school in the North. With best wishes for the success of every 'gSer, I am Most sincerely, ARTHUR G. GRAVES. 313^ Cedar St., Nashville, Tenn., Jan. 25, 1899 Dear Class?nates :-• My life, since the ever memorable morning of last June when we became alumni of Iowa College, has been uneventful in the extreme. I, also, am of those, who, during our first year in real life, have done nothing toward realizing the air castles built during our college course. The whole time, with the exception of three or four days, has been spent in Grinnell in a variety of occupations, |
