The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1884-01-02
IN ATTENDANCE.

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IN ATTENDANCE 80
Sam'l Cooke, Walthall, Webster county.
Jno. j. Gage, Jr., Grenada. ss4
Miss Alice L1sk, Jaellsen. a'it
81 Miss Celeste Lusk, Jackson. s-tsi
j. NJ. Sharp, Clinton. @
r. NJ. Leayell, Clinton. es-:s
L. w. Carradine, Fayette. asa
r. E. Rhodes, Fayette. . -
+. d. Futch, Sardis az
j. A. Rainwater, Sardis /. IA.
A. J.'Afilier, Crystal Springs. s,
/ J. W. Harris, Abbott, Clay county. -
L. T. Fitzhugh, Oxlofd. -
Jno. A. Myers. A. AMI NJ College.
w. S. Webb, Clinton. =.sftl. p
J. A. Smith, State Superintendent.
j. Wheat, Oxford. - !,
Jno. l., johnson. Oxford. .;,..zt '4-
Mrs. Adelia NJ. IIiIlman. o
b. B. Seelye, Vicksbnrg. ga.
Miss Z-Iia A. Inslee, Hazlehurst. -''ae
Fl. r. S. Erby, North Bend NeahobH
county 7a'5s
J. ". johnson, MeNutt, Leirore county.
W. H. Lanier, Tougaloo. ia7t
s. D. Hayes, Jackson. '.''''-'+- ~
H. 7. Tanner, Walden. - raI
Chas. L. Harris, jackson. 81 "a .'-'
L. j. Marshall, Jackson. Itti
II. II. Chalmers, Jackson J. g f'd 3ns
/. P. Brown, Meridian. s''v al
ii. K. Singleton, Jackson. = oos am.
Marion G. MCGEE, Shuqualak, at.s.
w. II. Hawkins, Okolona. aa.,
f. d. Miller, Holly Springs No
r. K. Jayne, Jackson. .,....
f. P. Eakin, Fayette. Ism
Walter Hillnlan, Clinton. '5a
p. W. Corr, Jackson. ~
w. l. Gibson, Rienzi '''''' = 3zt
G. Woodward Hutson, Oxford. '3' "s'ii
S. NJ. Ross, Coffeeville. "'''' ''' lis7l
H. Magers, Jackson a"st e
R. III. Whitfield, Madison e. l,'it -
F. A. Gulley, A. and NJ. College. q
p. Ii. Strickland, DeSoto county. ms
NJ. j :. Corbett, Canton. fs"E5 h5.4
G. B, Rogers, Woodville. ',ii -.
S. D. Lee, A and NJ. College. a..
Emmet L. Ross, Canton. - .te -
p. A Rush, Oxford. 81 =.,-,, ~ -
+. A. Pace, Brooksville. -t
On motion of DR.. Hillman. the mem
bership fee Of one dollar was dispensed
with. = y
The programme reported by the Execu-
tive Committee was then taken up. when
Gen. S. d. Lee read an essay on tfteisubZ
ject OF Technical Education. He reviewed
the regular and set programme Of studies
pursued in most colleges; and showed its
inadaptness to most minds. Technical ed
ucation is needed. What is voluntary and
pleasant to one may be irksome and disa.
greeable to another. Must teach what will
be needed to practice; must no longer di-
vorce the student from the laborer; agri7
culture, the noblest of all work, is behind
all others in progress. lie reviewed. Ne
chanies, Botany, Chemistry. Biology and
other sciences. and how thcy affect. the
well-being of every one. 2+'. -
DIR. J l.. johnson discussed the same
subject at length The thinkers of THE zfi-
ture shall also be the workers. Cultured
brains and neryeful arms have been too
long divorced .es< ,laet
Rev, E. d. Miller Also discussed the
question. atz
Prof. Gibson, of Rienzi, took quasi on
posite view OF the subject; said that " to
get rich" is not the prime object of mans
pilgrimage; man is not machine, to, be-
operated and used, bat is a moral. sponta-
neous being, responsible to God; would
not advise one to put his life into a techni-
cal course, and move Oh what he called a
low plane. go, e =
DR.. Webb warned against going too far =
favored broad and liberal education ito
narrow one. . -.a; :. asla
Prof. r. K. Jayne reconeiled the essay
with the remarks of Profs. Webb and Gibs
son. ~, -r4
Adjourned at P. NJ. Isar