"I've been saving this to the last on purpose," said
the dean. "This is our Carnegie Library. Ours is
one of the relatively few Negro schools to which An-
drew Carnegie saw fit to give a library. At present we
are using the upper floor as a chapel. Our chapel
burned some time ago, and we very much need an-
other. The upper floor of this building is the only
place we have that is big enough to hold all our pupils.
We are getting along quite well that way, as a tem-
porary measure, but we must have a new chapel as soon
as possible."

When they were back once more in the dean's office
J. W. said : "The school is wonderful, in its way. But
I am even more interested in folks. I wish you would
tell me about yourself."

"I am afraid there isn't much of interest to tell,"
said the dean. "I was bom almost within stone's
throw of this campus. My father was a Methodist
minister, and so, of course, we moved around more or
less. I got most of my education right here in Mar-
shall. I graduated from the college here a few years

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ago and then studied at Harvaixl University, ^>ecializ-
ing in education. For two years I acted as a sort of
assistant to the president here, and when the dean was
elected president of another school, I was made dean.
