Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1892-03-31
WHAT WE DO AT THE /. N.


would require sufficient space to affect
the price OF paper, and no doubt, the
periodical upon which the arduous'
task OF publication was thrust, would
soon be called upon by printers and
other employees for an advance in wa
ges, which requisition not beng COM
plied with might occasion the peaceful
town OF luka an unparalleled strike
Through fear the latter might be the
result, We will only sketch tho happen
ings about the |. N. |. for the past
week, leaving the details to be inferred.
Ii this should escape the waste basket,
ana we hear OF no calamity, such a.
an earthquake, strike Or circus, a. u
/ result, we viii perhaps test tho peo-
| pes patience and religion with a
little supplement at another time.
We are very much inclined to the
| opinion that those, who have not vet
| approached so near the freighted train
OF human progress as to realize that
this Is an active generation and Il fast
day, would find their fidelity to their
! present delusion somewhat shaken, if
they favor themselves with q short
visit to the Norma. If thare remains
one yet III the realms Of civilization,
who has permitted himself to live in
such utter seclusion from the life and
activities OF these expiring years of
the 18th century, that he has failed to
recognize Its advantage over the one
OF winch his father told him; il he has
never been lured by the beckoniug5 of
the Respondent rays of latter day hight
and thought from his burrow in the
gloom OF the dead past, we most
heartily recommend q short, recreatiye
visit to the |. u. l.
Our class discussions for the past
week have been charactc lied bv
marked enthusiasm on the Part of pu-
plis and teachers. 1t is the proposition
OF The faculty to make an hours reci-
tatlon worth as much to the student as
MS two hours preparation of lesson.
The means adopted for the accomplish
lneat OF that end could not fail in it's
purpose 1t Is not TO station himself
securely behind IN open text book. and
there stand the target fol what faw
questions the few natur lily enthusiastic
students might PROFOUND. But it is to
transform the whole, Immediately, into
Il think shop" to arouse al the en-
thuslasm OF the naturally ambitious,
and to instill it into others by appea!-
Ing to their pride and manhood or
womanhood. They seek by normal
stfatagem To so animate the student in
class discussions as to generate in him |
q living enthusiasm that he will carry
with him to the performance OF every
duty; an enthusiasm that will Undue
him with that feeling OF manhood, that
reverence for duty, for lis own sake. |
Ihat determina lon and pleasure, nee |
essary to render tho mastery of what |
ever ne attacks easy and complete. 1t |
Is there the student is elevated to the |
common level of his fellows, and made |
to feel himself an important factor in
the work he engages. He is made 10 !
feel as true citizen feels in the gov /
ernment that protects him--that he is
the same per cent. OF that government
us he Is OF the population, that in
Whatever success or failure OF the
nation he shares his pro rata.- Here
1t Is that independent thought is en-
couraged-independent OF classmates.
OF teachers. and of textbooks. indie
pendent thought, because it is upon il
tnat the student must rely for what
ever comes Of the future to him. Hence.
to be benefited by education, this one
ovefshadowing principle must be de.
veloped. The recitations ana entire
currlcula have for their ultimate end
the developing OF the latent powers OF
the student, thereby enabling him To
meet the realities OF active life. and
bravely and skilfully perform the ak
atted duties Of citizenship.
Coupled with the incalculable bone
Its accruing from class discussions
the past week has been characte lied
py some OF the most enthusiastic and
Inspiring discourses in that most i'm
portant feature of The Normal General
Exercises (Gen. Ex.) Tuesday last.
frof Dean closed a series of the most
applicable and touching lectures TO
the students it has ever been orr
pleasure to hear, with Inatteutiveness'
us his theme. There is no student
even disAntly related to o. person
whose desire 1t is to accomplish auoht
IN schoai days, or in life, who could
have llstened to that master lecture
and Its presidents without fully re-
solving that from date he would con-
centrate his energies to his ideal aim.
IL was certainly q powerful appeal to
manhood
On the following Wednesday, Prof
E'lctt gays us d most interesting his
tory OF Fire. !" Many and peculiar
origins were noted as applicable to
this important factor in Nature. Some
were very Imaginable, others remars-
ably peculiar. and some were culled
from the great record of beautiful
things, Mytho ogy.
Thursday was The day for our Phil
osophical and Psychological speaker.
Prof. Watson. He brought us, as il is
his custom. an intellectual feast upon
theme few dare discuss, The Mind
Cannot Acquire Anything" With his
display OF classical o atory he held the
audience his own while he built an
lmp.e gnable wal about himself with
the logical conclusions he reached by
established facts and theories.
Friday brought us {; speech which
combined every beautiful figure and
tangible thought that could be custer
ed about subject. Miss Anna Rogers
carried us Beneath the Surface into
its hidden recesses and through al its 4
wonderful aisles and winding avenues
into the mysterious depths, whore