Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1896-07-16
The STATE NORMAL
4 Beautiful Tribute to
0xfard.
\ Brief Account of the
Work Done ut the L nj
veTsity During the Past
Month.

saAAAN ~ ~ @7-A-- '7A+ A.--A+ --.N
impressions we have received
of this beautiful Athens OF
N ,~SissiPpi.
We had heard Of the beau
lies AMI graecs of Oxford, We
had read OF the great Instiiu
tion OF learning located here.
and Of - grand old young
professors. We had met MANY
OF It's Alumni. bat tie Lalf aa,i
not beea told H.
We have spent. In actual
study IA the University. four Of
the most pleasant and proiita-
bic vecss ri our life.
Ere ~ knew it the tire had
e.isied away a. sweetly as the
music oi the spheres. Per
chance this music WIS Tire
charm Jlat beglIled oar
thoughts. and euse us To take
no note Of time. For some of
H. were pryiu- into the laws "a
spheres - demonstrated by
Euclld. of tde school Of Athens.
or - bored BY two-inch anger
ia the hllsIs of the honera bic
Beard cf state Examiners.
some we're trying To solve the
problem ~ 70 how to keep
within tire proper sphere oC
etsuclfIon- v hile others were
investing the mysteries Of the
leaves and OF the spheroislaI
blossoms ct the clover.
These plea>sInrries aside. IL
- the unanimous verdict of -he
tseuIry OF the University that
this normal has tran>cvu.Ied
auythJn. of the kiad tlst ha>
ever been held within the bor-
,icrs of Mississippi
We were repeatedly compli
mented for 0Hr earnest and Ell
c1ent work BY the Chancellor
IN his matehle>> style ct sim
pie eioqGrnee. We cannot say
too HzHeh in praise OF DR. Ful-
ton. and at each and every
member Of the faculty. The
former displayed - much gen-
Tie eusfrtesy IN his patient eN-
plantations at the 0b-ert ..tofy.
where Ol several evenings an
opportunity vas given 10 all 10
Vlew the moon and stars
through the large telescope.
Some. they to say. tooS adFan-
tage ot the fHll moon and StIi-
Ted astronomy eyeFy evening.
though professional astrun0-
mers tell u that when the moon
l. dark L the best time To study
the stars.
DR. Fulton. with the ail Of
Or. johnson. on several Oeea-
>lous, exhibited most luchIly
and practically the Mays.
Several Young ladies had
their hands and feet photo
grapheL The result Il that
bachelor and beau now takes
With him 70 his home the hand
Ut some young woman. although
Il = merely the skeleton of.
what he bad hoped TO win.
In one respect only has the
normal proved TO be a partial
failure, that Is the diSappoint-
ment experienced by the non
appearance OF some great lee
tarers announced in the pro
gram
On this account quite 4 num-
Der of teachers left week be-
for the close.
The great Peterman was
heard and enjoyed during the
first week.
Our own iHiuirable BoOthe
LowEey made Us laugh with ms
composition on the Pig
simple Simon and BLACK
Sunshine
Miss Brown and Miss Dyer
were the stars ct the first three
weeks. liz was not the good
fortune of the writer 10 hear
Miss Brown On two occasions
ne listened To the sparkling
thoughts of Miss DYER. He
Was Just carried away wien
she LETT She may rot be sur
prised II she has a rev puDil
u hen she opens her next school
He may come knocking Tor adj
MISSION 10 nature study. bring
in@ a. an Offering in his hand
not the Hest OF the kin.
isher. bat that of the turtle
love Tor her TO explain its mys-
.eries.
All things mortal have an
md 10 a. the Glorious !
0Hrth approached one bv one
'ur friends folded their tents :
Ike the Arabs and silently stole
way 4
On the evening of July Ist &
III the members Of the normal
net the faculty in the chanel a
Or the last time. This proved I
D be a regular love feast
lessrs- Whitfield. of Stems e
'reek- and Boyd. of KOseiusks i:
ommlttee on resolutions pub J
shed IN this issue. made their 4
eport- Resolutions beng read
y Mr.. Whitfield in his happv
Iyle- their adoption beino a
loved and seconded. every Il
aaeher present wanted - ~, r
Il his faaf a o..