The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-10-02
THE PRESBYTERIAN INSTITUTE
ITS INITIAL OPENING YESTERDAY
AT BLACKSHEAR.

Founded Inv the Presbytery of Sa-
yannah for the Education of the
Youth of south Georgia-Its Equip
ment Is Complete and the Faculty
One which 1t Would Be Difficult to
ExceI-Dr. Thomas j. Farrar Is
Principal, and He Has an Able
Corps of Assista nts-Rev. w. A.
Nfsbet of savannah Represented
the Board of Trustees.
Blackshear Ca, Oct. 1.-The Pres
byterian Institute. founded by the
presbytery of Savannah, opened its
doors for its initial fall term to-day.
The opening exercises were simple and
bet of Savannah, representing the
board of trustees, and Mr.. Thomas j.
Farrar, principal, the school was de-
clared open and the enrolment of
pupils was begun.
1t is the intention of the presbytery,
through its board of trustees, to main
tain the institute at a high standard
second to no school in the state, and
to envelope il in an atmosphere of
Christian religion free from sectarian
bias.
Generous contribution from all over
the presbytery from men of all de-
nominations, have made it possible to
open the school under the most fat
tering auspices. The main building is
large two-story structure. The low
er story contains the class rooms, mu-
sic room, etc. with accommodations
for two hundred pupils. The upper
story is fitted up as a dormitory and
girls from a distance will be boarded
there together with the teachers, ma
tron and principal. The rooms are of
comfortable size and neatly furnished.
The entire building is well ventilated,
and will be heated by steam.
The faculty consists of the principal,
Mr.. Thomas j. Farrar, M. A, Phi. D.,
a graduate of Washington and Lee Uni
versity, and of whom the acting pres
ident of the university, DR.. st. George
Tucker, says Il regard him as one of
the best men we have ever turned out
in charactr, ability and scholarship.
Mr.. Farrar comes to the institute
splendidly equipped for the work before
him.For the past two years he has been
first assistant at the Donald Frazier.
He will be assisted by Miss Kate Cuth-
RE. late of the Client School, Client,
KY, who will be in charge of the pri-
mary department.; Miss Cora Weston,
a b, of Americas, Ga, a graduate of
Wesleyan College; Miss Nellie V.
Mills of Pennington, Ga, a graduate
of the Georgia Normal and Industrial
College; Miss Jean McDuffie, of Thorn
asville, Ga, a graduate of Agnes Scott
Institute, who win be in charge of the
business department, bookkeeping,
typewriting. etc, and Miss May Fisher
of New York, a graduate of the New,
York College of Music, who will be in
charge of the music department
The boarding department for girls
is in the capable hands of Mrs. Julia
Sims of Columbia, S. c. The boys from
a distance in attendance will for the
present be boarded in the Christian
homes of Blackshear.
No finer location for the institute
could have been found in South Geor-
gia. The health record of Blackshear
is unsurpassed. and the moral and re-
ligious tone of the town is distinctly
noticeable. No whisky is sold here.
Parties desiring to enter their children
will correspond with the principal. All
the business houses of the town closed
their doors during the opening exer-
cises of the institute, and many of the
citizens from town and county were
in attendance. It's opening marks a
new era in the industrial development
of this section of Georgia.