BEREA, a town of Madison county, Kentucky, U.S.A., in the foot-hills of the Cumberland mountains, at the edge of the blue grass region, 95m. S.E. of Louisville, on the Louisville and Nash ville railroad. The population in 193o was 1,827. Three miles south is the gap through which Daniel Boone passed on his ex pedition from North Carolina into the Kentucky wilderness. The history of the town is bound up with that of Berea college, which was founded (1855) to promote "the spiritual and material wel fare of the mountain region of the South." Instruction is provided (for students over fifteen years of age) through a full college course. Tuition is free, and expenses are kept at a minimum. The annual enrolment is about 2,500. The campus of 14oac. extends along a picturesque ridge, I,o7oft. above sea-level. The lands used for instruction include 5oac. of gardens, 494ac. in farms, and a forest reserve of 5,600 acres. All the work is done by the students, and is a part of the educational scheme. The college supplies water, electric light, ice, fire protection and other services to the village. Berea has been a pioneer in developing unconven tional educational methods to meet the needs of its students, and its library serves isolated schools and families, teachers and clergymen, over a wide radius.