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Dr. Ward was not a college man and had no theories to uphold. The development of the college has therefore been unique and interesting. The courses of study and theories of discipline have gl'own naturally step by step until the col- lege will bear comparison with any institution in all the essentials of a good college, In 1886 Dr. Ward felt obliged, because of advancing years, to lay down the burden of the presidency. His mantle fell upon worthy shoulders in the perSOllof Rev, Thomas H. Lewis, A. ~Vl.,D.O., his son-in-law. His election seems to us to huve been as necessary to the perpetuation as was the presidency of Dr. Ward to the founding of the college. To rare ability as a preacher, and as an educator, Dr. Lewis adds the high order of business capacity essential to the successful management of the thrifty gro\ving college. Talents that would have brought large reward in business enterprises have been devoted with great energy and single- ness of purpose to affairs of the college. The debt paid off, the erection of buildings, the improvement in equipment, the increase of students and the strengthening of the faculty are sufficient commentary upon the results of his labors. Nor has the spiritual influence of the earlier clays been lost. The Christian association is the dominant influence in the student life. This is a sale college. Uprightness and candor prevail in sport, in study.and in the social lifeof the student bod}'. 1\0 student ofimmoral tendencies, ifhe were allowed to remain, could feelcomfortable in our college atmosphere. Om- graduates are holding honorable positions in the world. A large percentage of them are in the learned pro.- Iessions, while others arc prosper-ing in business. They are our advertisements. '/lle feel that we are just entering upon om- mission and have a brilliant future. Our limited space precludes any mention of faculty, or the daily activities of the college, and we close by saying, "Come and see." +24+