Charles Chapin Tracy, missionary, philanthropist, educator, first ...

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can allow you a permit for repairs and I will construe
it rather liberally. If that is sufficient, you may
proceed." In this way " the old College building "
developed, growing out of what was first put up for
theological instruction alone, and a happy throng of
students and a good and growing educational work
were housed there for years. Later, the Hospital began
its career in a rebuilt shed, used for drying lumber, and
actually did its work there for fifteen years. The
situation required fertility of resource to turn the edge
of difficulties and to keep moving forward. There was
no one to teach physics, so the President did it himself
for several years. He and the students had a real
good time together studying text-books and constructing
and using spluttering apparatus. Every
step in advance was hailed as an achievement: a plot
of land added to the College holdings, the east dormi-
tory, the fountain in front of the building, the pretty
garden, the arrival of Mr. Wingate, the first in a line of
splendid American tutors.
GROWING PAINS
How many persons unite in the task of building a
typical American College! Anatolia has enjoyed the
confidence, sympathy, and personal support of a wide
and loyal body of friends, some of whom may read
these lines. In addition to those whose names appear
in these pages, many individuals have made their
contributions, some of them repeatedly, also churches,
Sunday Schools, missionary societies, clubs and other
organizations. In this way ground has been purchased
from time to time, the plant has been enlarged, equip-