"In consideration of $5,700 to be advanced by the Board of Trustees of Randolph-Macon College, the Washington and Franklin Societies will undertake and pledge themselves to use their best efforts to pay $1,000 annually upon the principal until the whole amount is liquidated, interest to be paid by the Board of Trustees. It is understood and agreed that if the Board of Trustees should find it necessary to create a lien upon the property to raise the amount so advanced, they will not in any way bind the furniture of the two Societies. [Transcribers' Note: In the original text, the names of those belonging to each society were bracketted, and "Committee F. L. S." and "Committee, W. L. S." appeared on the right-hand side of the page, beside their respective brackets.] _Committee F. L. S._ (Signed) "J. W. LAMBERT, "F. C. WOODWARD, "R. E. BLACKWELL, _Committee W. L. S._ (Signed) "CHARLES CARROLL, "HERBERT M. HOPE, "W. B. PAGE, "H. C. PAULETT, "JOHN M. BURTON," [Illustration: WASHINGTON HALL, Randolph-Macon College.] [Illustration: FRANKLIN HALL, Randolph-Macon College.] To show the appreciation of the work done by the Societies, the Board, on motion of Rev. A. W. Wilson, adopted the following: "_Resolved_, That the President be instructed to express in the chapel, during the public exercises of the day, the Board's appreciation of the energy and zeal of the Literary Societies in the erection of the Library building, and that the Secretary furnish the Societies with a copy of the action of the Board." In the chapel the same day Maj. Sutherlin pledged the Board to a subscription of $500 towards the Library Hall. The above record in relation to this worthy and remarkable effort--one that has found few, if any, parallels in the history of colleges--is given at some length to show the spirit of the young men of the period succeeding the war, and also to stimulate a like spirit in the young men who are now filling these halls and others after them. Such an example seems to be needed at this time to rekindle the interest in these most worthy Societies, which is not as great as it formerly was, and as it should be. At this meeting Major William T. Sutherlin, of Danville, who had manifested his interest in the College by agreeing to pay three hundred dollars annually towards the current expenses of the College for five years, submitted the following proposition: "_To the Board of Trustees of Randolph-Macon College_: