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Rh timber from their woodlands, the women knitted and cooked to secure funds. At last a big white building of harmonious architecture rose on the hillside and an alley of trees was laid to the principal street. One of the first pupils of the infant college was an awkward youth named Charles Tupper, who apprenticed himself to the village cobbler to help earn his tuition. Thirty years afterwards he was hailed as the Founder of the Dominion for his successful advocating of Confederation. Philosophers, poets, college presidents, doctors and ministers are numbered among Acadia alumni who have brought fame to themselves and their mater in both Canada and the United States. A coterie of modern buildings now supplements the facilities of the original hall. On a knoll of its own beyond the new Emmerson Library is the roomy Seminary building which houses besides other departments, a reputed Conservatory of Music for young women. The Boys' Collegiate School is distant a discreet acre or two.

Recitals and lectures and gay college functions while the winter away. Wolfville would seem a diverting place at any season of the year.

The present proprietor of Acadia Villa used to conduct a hotel in the Seminary during the summer but now maintains an all-the-year hostelry in a one-time private mansion a little way below College Hill. A great many tourists prolong their stay under Mr. Rockwell's roof for sheer