The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1886-05-28
NO. 33

out III SclHc Oh SIe dDOfc ihuiicSe
statements.
Now to return to the Institute
building where the people were as
sembling. Sure enough there were
on the stage the Hon. Warren
Easton, DIR. Z. E. Sheib, Prof. w
B. Waterbury and Miss Nette
Rosseau, and before them an aud
ience ofoverstwo hundred people
(not counting babies). The wri-
ter had the privilege of taking q
part IN the opening exercises, and
of course religious servises were
first in order as follows: Music
by the choir, reading of the 18TH,
Psalm in Tesponsiye concert by the
Sunday School of Atlanta which
.4wasz,feQowed by prayer. The
Hon. Warren Easton, Stafc SUI
perlntendent of Educallon was
then introduced to the audience,
who seemingly without an effort
won the hearts of our people. Ot
him we might briefly say, that he
seemed well pleased with our peo-
pie and our school prospects, and
we took a fancy to him, and were
sorry when he left; especially as
his stay among us was so short
that he .'came in as = dream and
vanished as a VISION The risioa
however, applies to his going away.
and not to the man. as Mr. Easton
is anything else but visionary in
character, as he approaches the
different itemes of the educational
work before HIM, IN a straight
| forward manner that means busi-
ness.
AS to the other educators who
Econducted these Institutes, we
would say that DR.. Shclb Is q man
of broad literary culture, and as
occasion requires, approaches his
| subject with the scalpel of a skih-
cd anatomlst with one and the
same stroke bringing into view
| the veins and arteries of truth,
and exposing the unnatural growth
and hideous deformlty OF error
Prof. w. b. Waterbury, - at
home in any department. OF snence
and literature, and if we are goIns
too slo,r in our educational efforts
! he knows how to put on little
more steam, and if we arc about
) to smash up the educational cal
by running too fast, he knows 1us'
t when to put out the "red light o.
E the track ahead of us, as "dda
, ger signal
II With reference to Miss Rosscau
e we would say, that as the jewell Y
to the crown, so she fills her ailot
1 ted sphere IN these Institutes.
e As to tho general method OF pre-
1 sentation, we would say that
general thing these Institutes con
n sist principally in lectures y
y ..,;o, With blackboard illus
trations, with an evident design 7
y simplify and render practical every
r thing presented, and the exerc1se
II were sufficiently varied to amor
C both instruction and entertain
I ment.
a In accordance with an nannounce
1t ment in your paper, ajolnt sessio
ID of the Educational Association
Of Winn parish was held wit
,e the Teachers Institutes preslde
~ over by DR.. Saeib. Before eo'r
70 into iolnt session, the "Educatiop
IL Association elected the follow
yc ;uu to honorary membership
mt that body: The Hoa. WarF'
nc Easton, DIR. E. E. Shelb, fn
#. ". b. Wsterbury. Miss Nett
It's Rosseau, Chas. Y. Porter, OF =
ssNatchitoches Review" Il.
sh Goodwin Of the Colfax Chrome
sss and Prof. w. j. Calyet, OF MOI
in ecmery. You see that our A.
Igh | ciat,on went fishing that day = %
&c. w.y from home. During
all the io,nt session the audience y
gs, formally addressed BY Pro
ges B. Waterbury, r. Z. Milling, +
,es, and Cant. J. G. Roberts, and