The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-07-13
LETTERS OF A VoYAGER.
on MA TIERS AND THINGS As
THEY COME.
LETTER v.
A BAD SYNONYM.

On THE WING, July @. 1881.
To the Editor of the Morriztown Gazette:
Just after closing my last to you, was
taken in hand by one of the urbane Pro.
fessOrs of the University of Tennessee
and placed under injunction to go to the
Opera House and witness the Inaugural
tisn Of the Estate Normal Institute" of
which you have heard such favorable
mention. went The address of well
cope-remarkable for its breYity-was
delivered by DR.. Park, en- behalf of the
University. 1t struck me as somewhat
singular that the address contained no
allusiOn to the contribution of $1,000 by
the agent of the Peabody Fund, without
which the Normal" would be an airy
nothing and name. But let all that go ,
The Reverend Doctor concluded by in
Producing . gentleman whose name, he
said, was synonym Gus with education
in East Tennessee. And thereupon he
presented State Superintendent w. S.
DOak.
MAsT-FED AND COARSE AIEATED."
Now, my dear GAZETTE, you know
am usually just man in my criticisms
"A charitable man in my judgments. l
am friend of popular education and
specially friend to the Normal" now
going on at Knoxville. But justice re-
quires me to say that fer such an occa-
sion never did listen TO a more unseen
ly, ill-conceived, unscholarly address
than that delivered by the aforesaid
synonym. 1t was simply o stupid re-
hash of the effete metaphysics Of q hun
dred years ago-the dull struggling of a
crude mind with matters that true schol-
ars have put aside into the lumber-rsom,
lOng ago. set it down, at once, that
DR.. Park had picked up wrong speci.
men. Our State Superintendent evil
IDENTITY belongs to the peHny-rOyaI branch
of the Doak family. He is a mast-fed,
coaEse-meated, old fogy.
AFTER ALL-ENCoURAeING
However, the Estate Normal" has set
cut with the most encouraging prospects
and promises to result iR much good to
the cause Of education in Tennessee.
The Institute" is practically under the
management of the Professors of the
University, though they have valuable
assistance from abroad. Teachers are In
attendance from all parts of the State.
FORCE OF PATRIOTISM.
The Fourth" was so hot and crow
ded day in Knoxville that was forced
to "move on" and seek relief in csol-
er latitude. Africa was out in full
strength and the Country cousins"
were all in town, Notwithstanding there
had been no promise of any public ex-
eToises, beyond possibly colored pic
mic. Such is the force of patriotic habit.
COULD IT HAVE BEEN YARDLEYi
Everywhere the interest in the fate of
Garfield is intense. The spirit manifes-
ted by all classes is most creditable to
the genius of our people. The only
seemingly satisfied individual have
anywhere seen was a salubriOus colored
stalwart whom / heard proclaiming to a
cOterie of his fellows, On a Knoxville
sidewalk, on the 4th, that Arthur,
COnkling and HOuk would now come to
the front, by G., and Bill Rule s. Co.
will have to walk the plank" He evil
IDENTIFY had an appreciation of the ''true
inwardness" of matters, though the pos
sible recovery of the President may yet
block all such expectations.