The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1896-01-30
COLLEGE NOTES.
Sam Houston
John Davis, Editors.


John Davis, Editors.
There is no work in connection
with college that will of itself devel-
OPP student so much as the work of
we'll conducted literary society. 1t
develops one in line in which no
other werk in a college can develop
him. We have heard almost all the
faculty of Maryville College say that
the students who passed through
college without availing themselves of
the advantages Of the literary societies
lost at least one fourth of their college
training. The Alumni all say this,
and they speak truly; for well-con-
Quoted literary society is the best
thing connected with college work.
In Maryville college, there are four
literary societies, and these are all
good societies. In all OF them are
boys and girls full of talent and en-
ergy. In connection with the two
societies for boys there is junior
section which in each meets every
Saturday night. The four regular
college societies meet every Friday
hight. In the spring term of 1896,
there were twenty-one times in which
regular meetings might be held. OF
the four meetings which should have
been held in this month, there could
not be single meeting held at the
regular time. Nor can there be any
regular meetings for the next three
weeks ending February IA. Thus one
fourth of the school term is gone and
practically nothing done in the wqk
of society. And after the above
named date, there will be fourteen
regular meetings. Out Of this four
teen, according to the former custom,
it is known that there are entertaln-
ments, lectures, etc, enough to take
five more away, leaving only nine
times for regular meetings, when
there ought to be twenty one) in which
it will possible to have regular meet
ings. And out of these nine meet
ings there will probably be three or
four interrupted by lectures, etc, Of
which we do not know, leaving
in all probability only five or six
meetings which can be held in this
term, when there should be twenty
one. This is no misstatem .nt. There
were only six regular meetings before
Christmas. Glorious literary work!
and why is this? The Societies are
/. forbidden to hold their meetings on
any other night than Friday night.
The rest of the time is designated for
study and recreation. But if there is
to be lecture or an entertainment,
it must come on Friday night, and il
by chance the students have a social
they must sacrifice their work in the
literary society to get it. The college
will not permit any Of these to come
on any other night, because it will
interrupt their studies, and yet, it will
permit the society work which the
faculty all admit to be most important
to be interrupted. We are not grum.
bling at the lectures or the socla
gatherings, for there is little enough
society for student of Msryville
College. But why should the work
Of society be so curtailed instead o
anylother work.
E. D. Parker, of Scott Co., enter
ed school last Monday.
E. A. Emmons, of St, Andrews
Florida, entered school last week.
Miss Annie Haworth attended
Chapel exercises Thursday morning.
A number of students attended the
lecture given by c. Almond Mille1
Friday evening.
Prof. Gill,-"Hall, from wha
sources is the English Language de
rived?" Hall,-"From Webster
Dictionary"
The Trigonometry Class unde
Prof. Waller finished their work las
week and have taken up Analytca
Geometry for the remainder OF tn
term.