The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-12-13
THE STATE NORMAL SCHOOL.
COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES HELD
AND SESSION CLOSED.

A Fine Body of Educators Present
ms the Visiting Committee-Able
and Unique Address by Editor
Walter III. Page of the worlds
Work on "HOw a school Built a
Tovn."-The Present Faculty Re-
tnincd-SchOOI VIII Open Again in
February.
Athens, Ca, Dec. 12.-The State Nor
nal School commencement exercises
were held yesterday, at Rock College
and were attended by quite large numr
Der of the citizens and others. Mr..
Walter H. Page, editor of the Worlds
Work, DR.. c. d. McIver, president OF
the Normal and Industrial College OF
Greensboro, n. c.; DR.. e. A. Alder
man, chancellor of Tulane University
and all the members of the State Nor
NAL School Commission were present.
An excellent address was delivered by
Mr.. Jonas G. oliver, of Dooley county,
a member of the graduating class,
whose subject was 1.-THE Function of
Normal School,"
Then came the address of the COM
rnencement orator, Mr.. Walter II. rage
Mr.. Page spoke of THE School That
Built a. Town" He told a story OF the
town Of Eastwood town, of course
that existed in his imagination, but
which he modelled after his own edu-
cational ideas. He described its many
private schools and their failure 10
meet the real problem of ducatloh.
He then led up to the establishment
of a public school, of its development,
and told the story of how 1t resulted
In the building of the town IN Whlch II
was located.
Mr.. PAGE drew a comparison De
tween the old and the new ideas of ed
ucation. the old that a few should De
educated, the new that all should pc
educated; the old a selfish IDEA; the
new a. patriotic idea; the old winch
merely played with education, the new
which turned out trained men.
Mr.. Pages entire address was
strong, earnest appeal for the proaoeh-
ing of the educational Ideas OF tie
people. for the training of all the boys
and girls in the whole country LOT the
STRENGTHENING of educational lnsutu-
lions in their work for the uplifting Of
mankind.
DIR. c. d. McIver, of Greensboro, n.
q made a most interesting talk TO
the graduating class, as also did Cnan-
oellor Hill, of the University OF Geor-
gia. President Branson then delivered
the diplomas to the graduating class
as follows:
Miss Wilhelmina Dorsey Beusse,
Clarke county; Miss Susanna Eliza
beth Bitch, Ware county; Mr.. Ben
Hill Cocroft, Morgan county; MISS
Eula Ella Dunahoo, jackson county
Miss Sarah Fannie Evans, Muscogee
county; Miss Lillian Gather Griffith,
Muscogee county; Miss Mary Ellen
Herring, Decatur county; Miss Mary
Dorothy Lyndon, Clarke county: Mr..
Jonas CRANBERRY oliver, Dooley coun-
ty; Miss Sallie Queen Shellnut; MISS
Bertha Inez Sheppard, Johnson coun-
ty; Miss Bessie Stanley, Hancock
county. and Miss Maggie Young,
Richmond county.
The Normal School Commissioners,
after brief session, decided to retain
the same faculty for the ensuing year,
on the same salaries. The commission
ers expressed themselves as highly
pleased with the work of the school
for the past session. The members OF
the visiting committee, all of whom
were present at the exercises yester-
day, are Mr.. Walter H. Page, editor
Of the Worlds Work; DR.. H. A. Fris-
sell, of Hampton Institute; DR.. Charles
D. McIver, president of the Girls Nor
NAL and Industrial School at Green's
boro, N. c.; DR.. Edwin A. Alderman,
formerly chancellor of the University
of North Carolina and now chancellor
of Tulane University at New Orleans;
DR.. Charles w. Dabney. chancellor of
the University of Tennessee, and Mr..
J. L. NJ. Curry, agent of the Peabody
and Slater funds. This committee is In
Athens for the purpose of seeing
whether Athens is the proper place for
holding the next session of the South
ern Educational Conference.
The State Normal College will open
its session again next February.