Washington Training College
By W. T. Bland
WE are glad to again report the progress of work in the buildings for the Washington Training College at Takoma Park. Our builder has had associated with him during the summer a number of carpenters, masons, and young men who expect to enter the college as soon as it opens. The weather has been fine for the work, material has been secured at very low prices, and the process of building has been pushed steadily forward. Three buildings are in process of erection: the first is now being plastered, the second will be ready for the masons in about two weeks, and it is hoped that the third will be ready within a month. These buildings are constructed of solid cement walls to the second story, the second, or top story being finished in wood. All are plain, comfortable, and substantial buildings. Much thought has been given to this work, and while the buildings will not be so large or expensive as those of some of our other colleges, yet for convenience and for the purpose for which they are being built, I know of none that are better. This school is to be pre-eminently a training-school for young men and women who desire to fit themselves for places of usefulness in the denominational work. Great care will be given to the courses of study that will be provided. Teachers of successful experience, who have become thoroughly familiar with that which is needful in training our young people to the highest degree of efficiency for the work to which they are called, are to be employed. One of the special objects will be the training of those who attend the school for successful work in foreign fields, and teachers who have had an experience in, and a burden for, this work will be secured. The capacity of the college will be about two hundred students. It will be closely associated with the Washington Sanitarium, and only those who have a desire to fit themselves for Christian work, and who are prepared to take up advanced lines of study for such work, should come. The objects of the college are such, and the present demands for properly trained and qualified workers are so great, that the time of the faculty can not be taken up in dealing with incorrigible students, or those who have not finished their preparatory studies. However, young men and women from all parts of the country who have ability, who are in earnest, and who desire to prepare for the ministry, for teaching, for medical work, or any other branch of Christian or missionary effort, are invited to come. For such the Washington Training College will offer many advantages. The city of Washington has become an important educational center. The great libraries and museums are free to all. A population of three hundred thousand people affords special opportunities for the various practical lines of Christian work. We hope before long to be able to publish photographs of the buildings in the REVIEW, that all may get a better idea of our new college, in which so many are interested, and have so liberally contributed of their means to help in its erection. We are especially glad to say that the buildings are being constructed on a strictly cash basis, and that they will be finished without debt. For this we heartily thank our people, and because of it we all greatly rejoice.