The Chimes, 1937 (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from The Chimes, 1937It is not difficult to find a theme for the chimes dedicated to President and Mrs. Frost, for their contributions to B'erea are so many that almost every aspect of the college is a tribute to them. Great material gains were made during the administration of President Frost - attendance jumped from 554 in 1892 to in 1920, and the money Value of Berea College increased from in 1892 to in 1920. Great as these material advances were, even more im portant to Berea was President Frost's recognition of the needs and possibilities of the mountain people of Appalachia, and his attempt to realize these possibilities by meeting these needs. Not the least hindrance to his objective was the extreme poverty of the people in the area Berea served, and so in an effort to make education possible for all, President Frost developed the labor system.Mrs. Frost was President Frost's active companion and helper in his effort to realize his aims. But aside from the part she played in carrying out her husband's plans, Mrs. Frost is important to erea. She was one of the first art teachers in Berea, and whenever her name is mentioned, art and beauty are mentioned. She tried continually to incorporate the beautiful with the practical, and Berea's continued emphasis on beauty is due in no small part to Mrs. Frost.Having decided to find a beautiful aspect of the labor system for the theme of our annual, we happened upon some lovely photographs of Berea hands at work, made by Mrs. Doris Ulmann. We knew immediately that these pictures were what we were looking for and through the courtesy of the administration we are allowed to to present seven of them on our division pages. Well known for some years as a photographer of merit, Mrs. Ulmann is particularly noted for her char acter studies of Southern mountain people, a number of which appeared in R0, ]ordan, Roll, a book on Southern life created by Mrs. Ulmann, in collaboration with Mrs. Julia Peterkin. A close friend of Berea College and a frequent visitor to our campus, Mrs. Ulmann upon her death in 1934 left to Berea thousands of her photographs, over of which are already in our Art Building, and also gave for the housing and care of these pictures.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.