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To You, Friends Both New and Old:
To hold the mirror up to Nature in all her varying moods as seen in History, Custom and Tradition at dear old State has been our purpose in this, the Ninth Volume of the Kentuckian. In the hope that you may see our real reflection in this mirror, we bid you, friends, look within.
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C. H. D. Osborx.............................Editor-in-Chief
W. C. Halbert...................................Art Editor
Miss Juliette Gaines........................Associate Editor
Miss Marie Williams........................Associate Editor
C. H. Richardson...........................Associate Editor
G. C. Lewis.................................Associate Editor
O. F. P'loyd................................Associate Editor
W. E. Hobson..............................Associate Editor
A. T. Brvson...............................Associate Editor
Morris Roth ..............................Associate Editor
T. E. Mahan...............................Associate Editor
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Kentuckian Business Staff
D. W. Perry..............................Business Manager
J. S. Chambers....................Assistant Business Manager
F. J. Forsyth..........................Subscription Manager
Miss Elizabeth Bedinger......Assistant Subscription Manager
J. W. Porter.................Assistant Subscription Manager
W. M. Lane..................Assistant Subscription Manager
W. C. Jetton..........................Advertising Manager
J. H. Way.....................Assistant Advertising Manager
J. E. Wilson..................Assistant Advertising Manager
L. E. Nollau...........................Official Photographer
Lee Hunt ...........................Assistant Photographer
Phil Garman ........................Assistant Photographer
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Preface
In this foreword we shall not dissertate at any length upon the aims of this year's Kentuckian. Its purpose is known too well to need a detailed explanation. But in brief its purpose is to present a complete record of the happenings of the college year, and to present that material in as attractive form as possible. Primarily this is a picture book. We realize that this volume of the Kentuckian is too much like all those that have gone before, but it is impossible to use originality in every detail of a college annual. So we do not claim originality.
Few people, aye even few of the Kentuckian staff, realize the vast amount of work necessary to get out a publication of ithis kind. However, we do not offer any excuses or apologies. Take the book for what it is, and what it is worth. And if it shall be the medium through which your memory may be quickened and caused to reflect upon happy associations and occasions, then our work of the year is well worth while. Thus do we present to you, the friends of State, the Ninth Volume of our University AnnualThe Kentuckian of Nineteen Thirteen.
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Contents
Dedication............................................. 3
Greetings ........................................... n
History of Kentucky State University................. 13
President Henry S. Barker............................. 14
Board of Trustees ...................................... 15
A Tribute to James K. Patterson....................... 1.8
Faculty..................-.l/...............If
The Classes.............................67
In Memoriam ......................................... 11
Athletics ............................................ 151 |
Military ................... 203
Fraternities........................................... 209
Sororities ................................................ 255,
Literarv Societies....................................... 273
clubs.................................. mm
Religious Organizations .................................. 321
Publications............................................ 337
Dramatics............................................. 346
Advertisements ......................................... 357
  History of Kentucky State University
The State University of Kentucky owes its origin to an act of Congress, passed July 2nd, 1862, by which each state in the Union was given 30,000 acres of land for each of its Senators and Representatives in Congress.
Kentucky received as her allotment of Public Land 300,000 acres, which had it been judiciously and economically managed, would by this time have produced an annual income of more than $400,000. It was, however, so administered, by the Commissioners appointed for the purpose of disposing of the land that onby $165,-000 were realized from the original magnificent endowment. This being invested in Kentucky State Bonds, now produces an income of only $9,900.
In 1865 the General Assembly of Kentucky passed an Act establishing the Agricultural and Mechanical College, but it made the grievous error of attaching it to a denominational institution instead of placing it upon an independent footing. Thirteen years later, its connection with Kentucky University was dissolved by the Legislature and the question of its re-location was submitted to a Commission appointed for that purpose.
Pres. James K. Patterson who had become President of the institution in 1869, appealed to the citizens of Lexington and the County of Fayette to make an effort to retain it here. The City of Lexington offered the City park of fifty-two acres as a site for the college, and voted $30,000 in City Bonds. This was supplemented by $20,000 in County Bonds from the Fiscal Court of Fayette County. These offers were accepted by the General Assembly, and Lexington. and Fayette Count}' retained in their midst, the germ of what was destined to be one of the greatest educational institutions west of the Alleghenies.
In 1880, the first buildings were erected upon the spacious grounds, so soon to be transformed into a beautiful University Campus. During the same year, the proceeds of a tax of one-twentieth of a mill for the further endowment of the college was obtained from the State. Two years later, the denominational colleges of this state made a united effort to procure the repeal of this tax, on the ground that they would in the future be unable to compete with a college organized, administered and sustained by liberal appropriations from the State. Failing in this, they next attacked the Constitutionality of the Act. Pres. Patterson personally conducted the fight on the part of State College and won the ease in the Chancellor's Court in Louisville, and in the Court of Appeals of the Commonwealth, maintaining the Constitutionality of the Act against some of the ablest members of the Bar, namely, Judge Lindsey, Col. Bennett H. Young, Judge Humphreys, and James Trabue.
From its very birth, progress has been the watchword of thos3 into whose hands the destiny of the institution was intrusted. Immediately after its establishment upon an independent basis, a policy of expansion and growth was instituted which lias been persistently followed until now, Kentucky has at the head of her system of Education, a University of which she may well be proud
Pres. Patterson resigned the presidency in 1910, after a splendid service of forty-one years. Judge Henry S. Barker of the Supreme Court of Kentucky succeeded him. A man of schj'arly attainments coupled with great executive and judicial ability, President Barker is especially fitted for the position which he now so ably fills. Through his kind, genial manner, and loving disposition, he has secured for himself a place in the hearts and lives of every member of the Student Body.
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President Henry S. Barker
President Henry S. Barker
President Barker came before the Student Body of Kentucky State University for the first time on Wednesday, before 1 hanks-giving during November, 1910. This was a great day for State University and a great day for the students. This was the day before the great football game of the year, the day when college spirit was at its highest temperature. It was a day when the exuberance of youth was being felt by all the boys, and hence a time when the "councils of a father" needed to b^ spoken.
At this psychological moment, President Barker walked into the chapel, while the air was being rent with veils which came from the throats of them, who at first glance swore allegiance to the new president. And when he rose to greet his new disciples, the silence was intense, all awaiting the first words of counsel from this wise counselor. And the words that he spoke from the abundance of his heart on this occasion, won the love of all who had assembled. His very personality is one which awakens in the heart of every student a desire to follow the footsteps of the Judge.
It has been this personality of the man, this perpetual smile on his face, the words of honesty proceeding from an honest heart, and the grand and lasting friendship which one feels in the grasp of his manly hand, that have caused the wonderful changes that have come over the nature of the school. The immorality of the past has changed into the morality of the present; noises and disturbances of the past have become tranquillities for today. Wrong has become right; and class fights have gone as history. Evils have been overcome by good, and it seems that now every student is writing an ode to duty.
These wonderful changes have not come by evolution. Evolution does not come in rapid strides but by gradual development, and these changes in the atmosphere of the institution have come from the changes in the individuals who make the institution; the changes in the individuals have come from the contact with a forceful leader, whose every thought is "A Greater Kentucky State." And hence, our growth of an enrollment of 600 students to an enrollment of 1300 students.
Not too much can be said for President Barker. A man in every sense; a graduate of the school of pvperience. He is an enthusiast in all that is vital toward making a man. He goes to all athletic games, and sits among the boys. In brief, he is a man, a lovable, magnanimous man.
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Board of Trustees
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Governor James B. McCreary............Chairman Ex-Officio
President Henry S. Barker...............Member Ex-Officio
Barksdale HamlettSupt. Public Instruction.. Member Ex-Off.
Term Expires January, 1914
Cassius M. Clay......................................Paris
Hywel Davies...................................Lexington
Richard C. Stoll................................Lexington
Louis L. Walker.................................Lancaster
Richard N. Wathen...............................Lebanon
Term Expires January, 1916
James Brethitt...............................Hopkinsville
Thomas L. Edelen...............................Frankfort
Charles B. Nichols..............................Lexington
James W. Turner...............................Paintsville
James K. Patterson..............................Lexington
Term Expires January, 1918
Robert W. Brown................................Louisville
Tibbis Carpenter ...............................Scottsville
William H. Cox........'.............. ...........Maysville
Denny P. Smith........ . .......................Cadiz
Claud B. Terrell.................................Bedford
Executive Committee
Charles B. Nichols.............................Chairman
Cassius M. Clay Claud B. Terrell
Hywel Davies      Richard C. Stoll
William T. Lafferty, Secretary of The Board and of The Executive Committee
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OFFICERS
Jno. L. Patterson, '82.............................President
Joseph H. Kastle, '84.........................Vice President
Mrs. B. G. Hifner. '97................Secretary and Treasurer
EXEC IT I i*E COMMITTEE
T. R. Bryant, '08, Chairman J. Frank Battile, '08
Chas. S. Strauss, '98 L. B. Allen, '99
Mary L. Dedlake, '9; J. H. Gardner, '04
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A Tribute to James K. Patterson
Dr. James K. Patterson
In editing this annual which is inscribed to everything that pertains to our University, we find that it is exceedingly incomplete without some words of respect
and tribute to our scholarly President Emeritus, James K. Patterson. His days here have been long and useful. The psalmist's boundary of life no longer encompasses him; he has stepped beyond it, and stands today at the threshold of another score which we hope he will spend among those who love him, and who cherish the inspiration of his presence.
In his life, he has been a force which has not been often celebrated to the extent it deserves. He is eloquent, beyond the talents of many men, and the ease of his diction is surpassed by none. We have heard him when Washington was the theme of his indulgent tribute, and when the songful Burns of his native land agitated the earnestness of his heart. And we all agree, that our hearts warmed under the spell of his words.
Now, that we are about to leave the dear and distinguished friend and benefactor, we have this parting-word to support and comfort his manly soul, when any unkindness shall come to him. We are proud that we have known him, and have learned from him. We leave him and our hearts grieve for the scholarly Titan. We yearn for the smiles and handshakes that have encouraged us. He will be in our lives always, and his teaching will tend to make us noble. The country is proud of him. Kentucky loves him, and will guard his memory.
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 College of Agriculture, College of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, College of Civil Engineering, College of Mines and Metallurgy, College of Arts and Science, College of Law, Graduate School. General Administration Faculty General Administrative Officers
Henry S. Barker..............President
Katherine W. Owens. .Assistant Secretary
Ezra L. Gillis................Registrar
Lizzie Lee Graddy. . . .Assistant Registrar
Dolly T. Battile.................Clerk
Lila B. Terry....................Clerk
Wm, T. Lafferty.........Business Agent
Calvin Lenaghan ...........Bookkeeper
James B. Lyons.................Cashier
James G. White............Dean of Men
Anna J. Hamilton......Dean of Women
Margaret I. King.............Librarian
Audie Lee Dean.......Assistant LiUrarian
Harold L. Stallard ... Assistant Librarian
James G. White Dean of Men
Anna J. Hamilton Dean of Women
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Dr. Melville Amasa Scovell
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An Appreciation
The year 1912 witnesses the passing of one of the greatest men that has ever figured in Kentucky history. Dr. M. A. Scovell, for twenty-seven years director of the Agricultural Experiment Station, was generally conceded by thoughtful Kentuckians to be one of the greatest benefactors the state has ever had. At once a scientist of first merit and an executive of rare ability, he won distinction in his own state and to an even greater extent in other states. He was generally recognized as one of the finest judges in America of dairy cattle and an authority on general dairy matters. As dean of the Agricultural College, his short administration of two years was marked by that success which can come only by the management of able hands.
Dr. Scovell was a pioneer in Experiment Station work and was generally recognized by the directors of other stations to be excellent authority on Experiment Station policy. The Kentucky Station flourished and was set on a firm basis by his wise direction and no man could have been lost to the state whose loss would have been more universally lamented.
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Joseph H. Kastle, PhD. Director of Experiment Station and Dean of the College of
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HEADS OF DEPARTMENTS
George Roberts, M.S.............Head of Agronomy Division
E. S. Good, M.S.........Head of Division of Animal Husbandry
J. J. Hooper, M.S.A......Head of Division of Animal Husbandry
A. M. Peter, M.S..................Head of Chemical Division
Harrison Garman. .Head of Division of Entomology and Botany
T. R. Bryant, B.S................Head of Extension Division
J. D. Turner, B.Ped...................Head of Food Division
H. E. Curtiss, M.S................Head of Fertilizer Division
R. M. Allen, A.B...........Head of Food and Drugs Division
C W. Mathews, B.S............Head of Horticulture Division
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The Agricultural College
The Agricultural College of Kentucky State University has grown very rapidly in the past few years. From sixty-five students and five instructors in nineteen nine, she has swelled the numbers till now she can justly boast of three hundred students and fifteen instructors. Great advancement has been made in several lines since the members of the present Senior Class were Freshmen. The College and Experiment Station have been consolidated; the Extension work has been developed until it has now reached nearly every county in the Commonwealth; the Animal Husbandry Department has become one of the foremost in the country; a great work is also now being done in the Agronomy and Horticultural Departments; and more scientific and research work has been added to the courses.
Last year this department was very unfortunate in losing its beloved Dean, Dr. M. A. Scovell, and it was at first considered impossible to find a man who could fill his place. However, after a wide and prolonged search, it was found that there was none better qualified for this position than one of our own alumni, Dr. J. H. Kastle, who is very widely known as a Chemist and general Scientist. Dr. Kastle was for seventeen years, Professor of Chemistry at Kentucky State University. He then spent three years at Washington, D. C, as head of the Chemical Department of the Hygienic Laboratory, U. S. Marine Hospital Service. He was then made head of the department of Chemistry at the University of Virginia, from which place he was called two years ago, by Dr. Scovell to take charge of the Chemical research department of the Experiment Station. We have great confidence in his resourcefulness and in his administration.
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Thank God every morning when you get up that you have something to do which must be done whether you like it or not. Being forced to work, and forced to do your best, will breed in you temperance, self-control, diligence, strength of will, content and a hundred virtues which the idle will never know.Kingsley.
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Mechanical and Electrical Engineering
FACULTY
Frederick Paul. Anderson, M.E., Dean of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering.
W. E. Freeman, M.E., E.E., Professor of Electrical Engineering.
L. K. Frankel, M.E., Professor of Machine Design
L. E. Xollau, M.E., Assistant Professor of Drawing.
J. S. Horine, B.M.E., Instructor in Steam Engineering.
A. L. Wilhoite, B.M.E., Instructor in Steam Laboratory.
J. J. Curtis, B.M.E., Instructor in Testing Laboratory.
J. R. Duncan, B.M.E., Instructor in Electrical Laboratory.
F. C. Mueller, B.M.E., Instructor in Drawing.
Joseph Dicker, Instructor in Foundry and Machine Shop.
J. B. Dicker, Instructor in Wood Shop.
Miss Margaret Lowry, Instructor in Free Hand Drawing.
Miss Helen B. LOwrYJ Instructor in free Hand Drawing.
Gordon Turn.man, Assistant in Experimental Laboratory.
Mrs. Turner, Stenographer..
J. V. Baxter, Engineer and Assistant in Wood Shops.
Isaac Watkins, Engineer and Assistant in Laboratory.
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It's hard to interest oneself in dry statistics. We are more interested in the personal touch, and rightly. Perhaps in no department of the University is the personal man-to-man friendship, the most lasting thing in life, so highly developed as in the College of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering. The admirable system of study and work promotes a homogeneity of interests and it is this spiritthe esprit de corpsthat brings out the best in the men and enables them to surmount the obstacles of life unfalteringly when they go out into the broader sphere of life even as they, in class, have learned to think and act cleanly, quickly, and accurately.
An Engineering course is a good foundation for any profession. A man is a better lawyer, doctor, farmer, merchantfor his Engineering training. It gives him that workman's Ideal of LifeService with Intelligencea somewhat rare combination.
No better tribute to any man's integrity and personality can be paid than the loyalty and respect of his co-workers and students. The observer may praise or blamehe does not know, but the men who come into personal contact with himthey know, and knowing they render to him that loyalty and love which is the due of a true soul. By such signs should Dean Anderson be judged. To him and to his corps of able and loyal assistants is due only the highest praise.
Dean Anderson
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College of Arts and Science
Arthur M. Miller, A.M., Dean of Arts and Sciences.
James G. White, A.M., Professor of Mathematics and Astronomy.
Joseph William Pryor, M.D., Professor of Anatomy and Physiology
Merry Lewis Pence, M.S., Professor of Physics.
Alexander St. Clair McKenzie, A.M.. LL.D., F.R.S.L., Professor of English and Comparative Literature.
John J. Tigert, M.A. (Oxford), Professor of Philosophy and Education.
Alfred Charles Zembrod, A.M., Professor of French and German.
James Edward Tuthill, Ph.D., Professor of History. Economics and Political Science.
Theodore Tolmon Jones, A.M., Professor of Latin.
Franklin Elliot Tuttle, A.M., Ph.D.. Professor of Chemistry.
*0n leave of absence.
-Glanville Terrell, Ph.D., Professor of Greek:
James Thos. Cotton Xoe, A.M.. Professor of Education.
Joseph .Morton Davis, A.M., Professor of Mathematics.
Ralph Nelson Maxon, Ph.D., Professor of Inorganic Chemistry.
Columbus Rudolph Melcher, A.M.. Assistant Professor of French and German
^William Snider Webb, M.S., Assistant Professor of Physics.
Anna J. Hamilton, Dean of Women, and Associate Professor of English.
Elizabeth Shelby Kinkead, Lecturer in English.
Edward Franklin Farquahr, A.M., Associate Professor of English.
Lloyd Cadie Daniels, Ph.D.. Assistant Professor of Chemistry.
McHenry Riioads, A.M.. Ph.M., Professor of Secondary Education.
Harold Hardesty Downing, B.C.E., Assistant in Mathematics.
Robert Hoover Spaiir, B.S., Assistant in Physics.
Knox Jamison, A.M., Assistant Professor of History.
Charles Preston Weaver, A.M., Associate Professor of English.
*Eli.iah Latham Reese, C.E., Assistant Professor of Mathematics.
Paul Prentice Boyd, M.S., Ph.D., Associate Professor of Mathematics.
Henry Harrison Strauss, Acting Professor of Greek.
Lehre Livingston Dantzler, A.M., Associate Professor of English.
Charles D. Boiiannon, A.B., Assistant Professor of Education.
William E. Butt, A.B., Assistant in Political Economy.
Percy Godfrey Sorage, B.S., Instructor in Chemistry.
Cincinnati's Decatur Killehrew, M.S., Assistant Professor of Physics.
Edgar Fleming Bates, B.S., Laboratory Assistant in Physics.
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Arts and Science
The varied and tuneful melody of the barnyard folk pleases some who enter the confines of State University, the siren call of the dynamo and workshop lures others, the longings to build some bridge or beautiful boulevard captures quite a few, while still others are content witli delving into the hidden recesses of the earth and bringing forth the black diamond which heats and lights tin: world.
Behold another delight! Let us reverently enter the. College of Arts and Science, leaving behind us" every vestige of noise and of gloom and of despair. Be entranced by the magic wand and permit yourself to be transported into the Elysian Fields. Converse with the past masters of every age and clime; be a contemporary with primeval man; become familiar with the myriad stars and the incomprehensible phenomena of countless solar systems; learn the history and philosophy of man; read the open record of untold ages in a tiny pebble; gaze in open eyed wonder upon the unsolvable Riddle of Life in the blushing petal of a rose, and let the chemist reveal to you the composition of the very air you breathe.   Such is the College of Arts and Science.'
The College embraces four Schools; the School of Arts, School of Science. School of Education, and the School of Chemistry.
The School of Arts is the most comprehensive of any, and consists of eight departments.
The School of Science consists of three departments which are comfortably provided for in the way of buildings and equipment.
The School of Chemistry, growing rapidly, with all modern laboratory appliances offers a greatly strengthened course.
The School of Education has but one department. It offers professional courses to those preparing to teach cither in the graded or in higher work.
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Walter Ellsworth Rowe, B.S., C.E., Dean of College of Civil Engineering.
Civil Engineering Faculty
W. J. Carrol, B.S., C.E., Associate Professor of Civil Engineering.
Dan Tehrel, B.C.E., Instructor in Civil Engineering.
Main Entrance
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Dean Rowe
The College of Civil Engineering is one of the oldest established engineering colleges in the University and has had a steady and uninterrupted growth since its organization.
The College stands for scholarship and usefulness to the Commonwealth.    It is felt that it is not enough to give instruction
to those who come and cast their lot with the College but that it Is farther incumbent to give assistance to counties in matters pertaining to roads and bridges, to municipalities in matters pertaining to paving, city planning, sewage and water supply. In other words-there is an attempt to do these things which are so much needed and so little emphasised in most civil engineering colleges, and to do these in addition to regular work usually performed by civil engineering departments.
Young men physically, incapacitated in any way are advised not to enter the College of Civil Engineering, for a strenuous line of work is laid out and adhered to throughout the course. Men taking up active civil engineering work after graduation are very likely to be called upon to do hard physical work, and must have great endurance in order to succeed.
The men graduated from the College of Civil Engineering have in nearly every case shown aptness for engineering work and are successful above the average and many extraordinary successes might be enumerated.
The civil engineering students are very representative of Kentucky young men, and these men have always been loyal to the department and active in its advancement, even when conditions under which the work was carried on were much less attractive than at the present time.
In the past the College of Civil Engineering has had its trials and passed through many different stages until finally the Board of Trustees made provision for new quarters. The department is now located in a large, three story brick building trimmed with cut stone and has exceptionally good lecture and drafting rooms, and in general good facilities for carrying on the work projected by the Department.
:- In each year of the work offered to students in this College some definite work is fitted into the scheme so that men who leave school before graduation need not necessarily abandon engineering work.
To create in each man the desire to get at the philosophy of his work and to work consistently, is the chief aim of the College.
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Charles Joseph Norwood, M, S. Dean of College of Alines and Metallurgy
H. D. Easton, B. S., E. M. Professor of Mining Engineering
L. A. Calloway, E. M. Instructor in Mining and Assaying
Earl Dissinger, B. S. Assistant Professor of Mining and Metallurgy
T. J. Barr, B. E. M. Assistant in Mining and Metallurgy
For the Mining Man
There are two great extractive industries, mining and agriculture, upon which every other activity depends. A man who is engaged in either of these fundamental industries is producing wealth that does not represent "tainted money."
The history of mining and metallurgy dates back into antiquity so far that its earliest records are preserved only in relics, implements, and Biblical references. The Ophir of Biblical reference is the southern portion of Matabeleland or the Rhodesia of present fame among mining regions. It is possible and quite probable that the great quantities of gold used in the building and furnishing of King Solomon's Temple came from the vicinity of the present city of Johannesburg. South Africa.
Gold was the first metal worked because of its occurrence in the free state as native nuggets, its attractive color, the ease with which it can be hammered into ornaments and coins, and its resistance to corrosion or tarnish. Copper is easily smelted from its ores and was probably the second metal worked; we have relies that give evidence of wonderful skill in working this metal in times of remote
antiquity. Six thousand years ago Egypt became a world power through her mining of copper in the Sinai Peninsula. Iron implements found in the great Giza Pyramid are supposed to date back to 4,000 B. C. Copper tools have been found in the ruins of ancient Trov. In Assyria, a very good steel saw, 4 inches long, was taken from the ruins of Nimrod. Iron was utilized by the Chinese some 2.000 years B. C. Near Delhi, India, there exists an iron pillar, 22 feet long and weighing six tons, dating back to 400 B. C. It is chiefly interesting in exhibiting an ancient knowledge of welding which is the envy of modern iron workers. If we accept the Hebrew Scriptures, we must believe that mining was carried on in the time of Tubalcain, spoken of in Genesis. Coal was mined and used in Greece in 1330 B. C. Silver and lead were handled in large quantities from the mines of Laurium, Greece, in the sixth century B. C, and the same mines are being worked to this day. The Phoenicians, about 500 B. C, invaded Spain for gold, copper and mercury and Cornwall for tin and copper. The Almaden quicksilver mines of Spain have been operated, almost incessantly, since 115 B. C.
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Desire for the precious metals, rather than geographical researches or military invasion, is the principal motive which has led to the dominion of the earth by civilized races.   Gold has invariably
invited commerce, invasion has followed commerce, and permanent occupation has completed the process. It is the history of the past as well as the. present. Scipio went to Africa, Caesar to Gaul, Columbus to America, Cortez to Mexico, Pizarro to Peru, Clive to the conquest and Hastings to plunder Bengalall for gold. Our own day has witnessed the subjugation of the Boer. Because of Mexico's mineral wealth, many optimistic Americans prophesy her annexation. For gold, Englishmen populated Australia in 1,850, about the time (1819) that we witnessed the rush to Californian gold fields. All our great discoveries of coal, oil, silver, iron, lead, copper and zinc followed closely upon the discovery of gold in California and thus populated the middle west. Spaniards settled Central and Southern American countries merely to gain the precious metals. Gold opened Alaska in the teriffic rush to the Yukon River; likewise, gold is opening northern Canada.
Truly, it has been a great seeking and finding. The story of mining may have been staled by commonplace, and the romance of it dulled, often enough, by greed, yet, in the main, it has linked the generations of earth as with a golden threadand if not golden only, then there has been the red glint of copper or the white sheen of silver.
Mining is