Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-08-26
Letter From D.. Lyon.
ro The Tobacco Leaf.onroniele.l

TO me TOBACCO leshi-Chfonicle.l
1t would hardly be of sufficient in
terest TO your readers to go into dc.
tails in regard to the various enter
tainments and intellectual treats we
have enjoyed at Monteagle. Bat ]
doubt not many will be pleased TO
hear that one of the very best things
there this summer, as all agree, has
been the work Of young lady well
known in GAINESVILLE and whom we
but recently claimed as one of our
citizens.
One of the features of Monteagle
for years has been a popular
course Of instruction in the Bible for
young people and little children.
One class of little ones, mostly from
three or four to ten years old, and
another of older ones up TO fourteen
or fifteen years. In past years we
have had here doing this work such
celebrated teachers rs "Pansy' ( Mrs.
Alden) and Mrs. Kennedy, of Phila-
delphia. Miss Anna johnson, daugh-
ter OF j. G. Johnson, Of Memphis,
has had charge of this work this
year. After such celebrities as
these she has not only given great
satisfaction, but many claim that the
work this year has been better than
ever before.
Rev. j. III. Boyd, of Memphis, one
of our old S. w. p University boys,
in whom we feel Il just pride, came
up to Monteaglc ten days ago and on
Sabbath preached us two excellent
sermons. / think he is the youngest
preacher who has occupied the plat
form here this season.
In a former letter | spoke Of my
intention of writing you my views
on a matter in which all public spir-
tied citizens of GAINESVILLE should be
interestcd-the relation of our pub
lie school to our University. OF
course all of us are vitality interested
in our public school, and those Of us
connected with the University espc-
ciaIly so. The interests Of the two
institutions are in no sense conflict
ing, and it is a great mistake so to re-
gard them. The public schools are
directly and wholly supported by
taxes on our property, as all know,
but we also have money interest in
the University, as the city some
years ago gave fifty thousand dollars
tosecurcIts location and now owns ten
perpetual free scholarships in
the institution. Strange as it may
seem, there free scholarships ego
b tgging,' as they have mex or at any
time been all filed since / have been
acquainted with GAINESVILLE.
This is a large subject, and | can
not hope to cover the ground com
pletely in this letter, so | shall merely
touch upon some of the main points
of the situation rs they lie in my
mind.
Our school and our university are
not and should not be rivals, in any
degree. Young men should not en-
ter the university until they are
from 1G to 20 years OF age, and by
that time they should have com
pletcd the course at school and grad
uated.
All that is needed to make the two
work together for their
mutual advantage is slight modifi-
cation in the course of study in the
Eighth and Ninth grades Of the
school. | do not mean that the
JencyM course Of study in those grades
should be changed. For those who
10 not expect to go to college, let the
course remain as ii is. But for such |
Is have in view a complete umver-
'itv course, there should be arranged
4 parallel and equivalent course fit
ing them to enter upon the univer-
,ity classes with advantage. But !
ind shall not now be able 10 finish
his subject and will leave it to be
aiken up again at later day.