[For the Archive.]
The favorable notices of the Alumni of Trinity are interesting, especially to an old student. This department as a medium of communication between old graduates serves in many instances as an advertising column. All the editors ask of you for this is your subscription. And the Alumnus or any other old student who takes so little interest in the affairs of his own college that he does not subscribe for its publications, I fear has lost his patriotism.
The get-up of The Archive is commendable—the carefully prepared articles deserve the attention of every Alumnus—the book reviews are both interesting and instructive, and the exclusion of long, dry articles is admirable.
The Archive is not the only thing at Trinity that demands our attention. The reports and circulars issued by President Crowell demonstrate the working of a scholar and a live educator. They are truly inspiring, and every teacher in the State could well afford to read them.
The proposed re-union of the old students and officers of the college, at the approaching Commencement, will meet with the approval of every friend of the institution. Of course the Alumni have their annual re-unions; but all who have ever been connected with the institution should assemble. Let us have a grand re-union that will inspire every one with new energy and a determination to work more faithfully than ever. Let us meet and examine the log-book and see that the old ship is fully equipped for another voyage.
Thus will her captain be encouraged in his faithful efforts to steer our educational craft—her crew inspired with fresh hope, and healthy enthusiasm created among all.
The action of the Alumni will, to a great extent, determine the future standing of Trinity. Let it not be said of them, “They knew their duty and did it not.” With united action of the Alumni and the Conference; endowment, new building, loan fund, and necessary equipments, will place our college at the head of the list in North Carolina.
A.
Liberty is taken to publish the following letter from an old student:
I wish to congratulate the editors of The Archive on the splendid paper you are getting out. It is indeed a fit representation of the College whose upward move is everywhere attracting attention. As one who loves his Alma Mater, and as one who has watched her struggles in the past with an eye of interest, I rejoice to know of her present prosperity and her bright prospects for the future. My purpose, however, in writing is to subscribe for The Archive—find enclosed one dollar—and to tell you to put down my name as another of a hundred to pay fifty dollars towards the Society and Library Building.
Very truly,
W. H. N.
University of Va.