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Drew Theological Seminary, 1867-1917; A Review of the First Half Century
Drew Theological Seminary 18671917 A Review of the First Half Century Author:Ezra Squier Tipple General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1917 Original Publisher: The Methodist book concern Subjects: History / General Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial a... more »ccess to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: CHAPTER III THE MANSION AND THE FOREST Somewhat back from the village street Stands the old-fashioned country scat. In the memory and affections of every student of Drew, Mead Hall, the historic "Mansion," and "the Forest" which surrounds it hold a secure place. From Drew men in every part of the United States and from many quarters of the globe, what Lincoln termed "the mystic cords of memory" stretch back to the quiet beauty of the campus, binding them to it continually in loving remembrance. Nor is it only distance which lends enchantment to the view, as the graduate who has roamed afar looks back through the haze of the years to the campus. For to those who have lived in Madison for many years age cannot wither nor custom stale the fresh charm which the beauty of the mansion and forest have for them. Other buildings on the campus have served the needs of successive generations of students and played a large part in their lives. But it is Mead Hall which is indelibly stamped on the minds of all as the Seminary building. One reason forthis is, of course, that it is the one building remembered by all classes, by that early class of pioneers of 1869, as well as by the class of 1917. To the early classes it was the one building of the Seminary, exclusive of dormitories, serving for lecture rooms, chapel, library, and offices. By recent classes it is remembered as one among a dozen and more buildings -- but as one unique. For on it set the halo of age and of romance. Around the spacious porches and corridors there clings th...« less