The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-06-15
IUKA NORMAL INSTITUTE.
ANNUAL COMMENCEMENT = RE.
SUIT OF A YEARS WORK.
Development and Growth the Car
dual Principles Upon Which This
School Is Conducted.
IOOnREsrorprror OF ZEE IrrrILl


lUKA, Miss June 12.-Are school
notes ever welcome? II go, then jot-
tiDgs conceInir 6 closing exerci es truly
a'e: Special exercis are profitable
both TO pupil and vi'i'or; to the for
mer a drill, 10 the latter instructive.
So, seeking instruction upon the sub
Iset OF independent normalism, no
better place was thought could be
visited than the clio iDg exc rcises Of
the first and leading institution OF the
kind in the Subtitle Iuka Normal
Institute, The programme, extending
through almost all The last week, con.
sisted OF the regular school work dur
ing The day, with musical and forensic
efforts by the pupils 1t night.
The fist night, Wednesday, was not
attended. The second was "Chil-
dren's night" The little ones fcquit-
ted themselves excelently and won
well-earned applause from their adj.
miring ard interested audi ors. They
presented the juvenile opera, The
Babes in The Wood.
The last night WIS given TO members
OF the advanc d classes in the prepare.
tory department They came prepared
to entrtsin their audience with orig
inal speeches, and succeeded hand
somely. They were young ladies' and
gel tlemen OF energy aud talent, which
they made manifest by both delivery
and subject matter. The frs was con.
siderably varied in dicio and man.
ner, but was uniformly earnest. The
second was at mes amusi q and thor.
oughly ns'ructive. We were treated
to an ethical lecture based upon Tom
Walkers escapsde with his Satanic
majesty; to lovely picture OF the
lovely life OF Cinderella; TO descrip-
ton, elegantly worded and forcible in
de livery, Of Eastern Splendor," as
txemphfied in Lalla R1okh; and TO a
disser alton upon the "Feudal System"
which, although prefaced by an anus
ing statement concerning the speakers
timidity, was argum n alive ard inn
pressive.
The pupils all showed the mower
given them by the method of teach.
ing pursued in the institution. They
exhibited the power to become prac
tlcal, working factors IN whatever So
ciety they might be thrown. They
possessed that happy combination of
sell confidence and modesty which a
consc ousue's of real power always
gives, The peculiar methods pursued
in CARS work are especially designed
to give speed and accuracy in formu-
laiDg thought aud forceful precis on
in enu1ciating it. 1t is a pleasure TO
cit and listen TO the manipulation of
classes under Normal" teaching. The
teacher, directing the youthful minds
before him into any DIES red channel,
is in crested as any. The class. hay.
log its mental force thrown now
against one knotty roblem and then
upon a second, soon not merely knows
but also graSps and realizes the line of
truths, and has mentally assimilated
them. The class may thus, and does,
30 from recitation conscious of an in !
tellec,ual victory which mere instruc-
ton can never sive.
Normalsm believes in DEVELOPMENT
in growth by exercise. 1t accepts
the mind as il really is-a living,
groTthful entity. Its success lies in |
the fact that its method of process dure
is in &C ;crdanCe with the r. quirements
Of the mind, 1t recognizes that the
hest success can be attained only by !
understanding T. eintellect with which |
i operates, aud then directing its &C.
tivity into ploper channels. 1t is the
true system, because it follows the
leading Of nature. 1t is growing.
What wonder this is a progressive
Bge. 1t VIII continue to grow. 1t
must be accepted, and that quickly.
We must keep abreast of the lines,
and independent normalism" has
made itself part and portion of the
lines. VISITOR.