The Forrest City times., 1894-11-23
sU pICIOUS DAY FOR FORREST CITY.
The New School Building Opening With Flattering
 Prospects.

Monday was an suspicious day for the school children of this city, and a red letter day for the parents and oth- CTS interested in educational matters. Tie Crowley Ridge Institute, the big new school building, opened for it's first session on that day. The build ing is modern in all it's appointments and is constructed of brick of the best grade. The hot air pipes, dry closets and ventilation are commendable feat ures. as are the spacious halls, recita- ton and cloak rooms. Much praise is due the people of this vicinity in the erection of this building. By private subscription added to the S5 000 school fund, a magnificent SIP 900 building re- wards their liberality. Over200 pupils are enrolled to date. and arrangements for more seats for additional attendance is progressing. The Institute is pre- sided over by Prof. F. M. Malone. of Shelby county, Tenn, a brother of the gentlemen comprising the firm of Ma lone & Malone, attorneys, of Memphis. Prof. Malone comes highly recommend ed as an educator. He has an expe- Tience of over sixteen years as a teach er, is graduate of the Iuka (Miss.l Normal and the Peabody Normal of Nashville. He has conducted the schools of Salisbury and Ripley, Tenn. In l9S990 he was president of the Glas- gow Normal. of Glasgow, Ky, and in 1893 was superintendent of schools at Iexarkana. Texas. The roster of teach CTS is second to none in the state. Miss Irene Freeman, for two years teacher in St. Mary's of Memphis and gradu- ate of the Francis W. Parker Normal Institute of Cook county, H., has charge of the class comprising the first grade. Mrs. B. D. Hatcher of this place, a lady of superior talent and executive ability, has charge of the S cond and third grade pupils. H
 Hattie Laura Mosley. a young l'N of experience and rare attachments, also of this city, conducts the fourth grade pupils, while Mrs c. R. Ross of Mar shall county, Miss, and also graduate of the Francis w. Parker Institute of Cook Co. H., and d teacher of sixteen years service in the Marshall Institute at Holly Springs, Miss. has charge of the fifth and sixth grade pupils. The seventh and eighth grades are presid- cd over by Prof Malone. Miss Lida Mai Clarke of Marianna, young lady of wide reputation in the musical world has been chosen to fill the position of instructor in music, while Mrs. E. |. Adkins of this city, lady of establish ed reputation, has charge of the Branch of elocution.
 SEND THE CHILDREN TO SCHOOL
 With the attractive new building, handsome and convenient in all it's arrangements, with the array of schol- arly instructors. with unlimited oppor- tunities and Inducements. there seems to be no excuse for bringing up our children in ignorance.
 Knowledge is the most laudable of ambitions. ignorance the most intoler- able of poisons, and less to be condon- ed because inexcusablr. In this day of innumerable and splendid colleges, with our grand free school system, and general prosperity. (the Hard Times" growler to the contrary notwithstand- ing) it is rarely ever that we find those who are unable, for any reason to gain fair educa- tion Every school dist jet in St. Francis county is improving or ought to be improving her school faCilities. Wherever the reverse is the case. the fault may be traced to first, incompe- tent directors, and secondly, as a nat ural consequence, to incompetent in- structors
 How c,er it is of the Crowley Ridge Institute that we now wish to write, Here it is proposed to have every mod- ern convenience and appliance, and none but tie best of teachers. The start has been all that could be desir- u, and we believe when it shall have had time to demonstrate the fact. it will rank among the first schools in the state It is due to intelligence and per severance, and desire propagated thereby to improve the rising