Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1895-05-02
THE STATE

From the Picayune's current
comment in Mississippi. we
copy the following item of inter
est
The state superintendent is
highly elated at the receipt of a
letter of DIR. W. T. Harris, Uni
ted States commissioner of edu-
cation, in which he states that
he will pay Mississippi a visit
at the beginning of the summer
normal at the University. DIR.
Harris has kindly consented to
take part in the exercises of
the n0ryaal while he is present
This news is hailed with delight
and enthusiasm by the teachers
of the state, who are anxious to
meet and listen to this most dis
tinguished educational leader
of the continent. DIR. Harris
will be present at the com
meneement Of the University on
June 5, and during the rest of
his stay will discuss the subject
of elementary education as set
forth in the famous report OF
the committee Of fifteen. OF
which DR.. Harris is the author,
and which was presented TO the
department of superintendent
at the Cleveland meeting in Feb
ruary- He will also deliver
several lectures on general edu-
eatiOnal topics. This visit will
be a great triumph for Missis-
sippi, and will afford the teach.
ers of the state an opportunity
of coming in contact with the
chief educational officer of the
the United States DIR. Harris
is recognized on all sides as the
profoundest educational phi
l0sopher of America
Acting on the theory thai
the teachers of Miss, are worthy
of the best, Mr.. Preston secured
an array of talent for the facul
ties of the summer nOrmals
which will make them far more
effective and attractive thai
any heretofore held in the state
Among the members of the fac
ulty already employed from
abroad are TO be numbered
Chancellor Payne, of the Pea
body Normal College, at Nash
vile, who will have charge o
the conductors school for tw,
weeks, from June 10; Mr.. Rose
of the same inztitution, who vii
be the director of one of tn,
nOrmals; DIR. Z. Z. White, o
Columbus, Ohio. eminent boil
as a teacher and an author o
works on pedagogy; DIR. Phil
lips, Superintendent of thu
Birmingham public schools
Miss Holman, supervisor of pr
mary work in the Nashvill'
public schools Miss Matilde E
Coffin, supervisor of primar,
work in the Detroit publ
schools, and Miss Catalan, prin
cipal of the Powell publ,
school of Birmingham.
After mature deliberation Nj
Preston has decided to loeat
the white normals at the Uni
versity, Meridian, Aberdee
and Brookhaven. A number {
places competed actively 70
the location of the normals, bu
|, after surveying the whole helt
the places above named wer
chosen as most accessible an
suitable for the nOrmals. tn
; meeting at Brookhaven will b.
gin about the cath or 25th; th
. others the first week in Jun,
l from the Sd to the 9Th. Tn
trustees and faculties have nc
yet been chosen and assigne'
, This work is now under col
sideratiOn, and will be cOmpl'
ted within the next week or te
days, when circulars of al
nOuncement will be sent to a
the teachers of the state throug
! the county superintendents-
Il The prospects for a season
, brilliant work this summer an
a most hattering, and Mr.. Pre-
ton thinks that the attendant
, on the normals will be increa
ed nearly or quite 30 per eel
as compared with last yea
Railroad rates of one fare f.
the first three days have bee
/, granted by all the lines in Il
state, and the rates of boar
will not exceed sI0 per mont
|, The One-Eare tickets will be @
sale for the first three days {
: each normal, and will be GOO
10 return AZ the close of u