The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1901-01-01
EDUCATORS OF THE
SOUTH IN SESSION.

Philosophy at the Randolph Macon Wo-
mans College of Lynchburg, on the SUB
ject, Education for Southern Women
Last year about eco Southern women.
she said, were doing college work IN recoS-
nized institutions throughout the college
year Although the results of the opening
schools TO Southern women, are, under
tile circumstances. astonishing large, they
had been Disappointing to many optimistic
people She continued
..Of course our poverty. the regency OF
the Awakening of women to self-consclous-
ness and the conservatism OF the South
might be mentioned but the main reason
is probably found in the defects of our
secondary schools fer girls. These
schools do not prepare for college and
give little or no stimulus 10 further work
They have no endowment, are crippled by
competition, employ poor teachers, and
oyerwork them to q pitful extent. They
have as 2 rule no laboratories, libraries
or gymnasiums. Their work is mechani-
cal Of stimulating many sided deVel-
opment of creating abiding interest, OF
any gradual adjustment to the spiritual
possessions Of the race OF education as
fitting a student TO take possession o.
the culture we inherit from the past, they
have never dreamed.
Our great need now is good secondary
schools An important step in this dlrec-
ton will be to strengthen the city hlgn
schools but even when this is done, the
small cities and large country population
of the South will make necessary num-
Der of girls boarding schools. II every
female college in the South would make
itself the college it claims TO be or drop
its name and do avowed and honest sec
hn nctl
cally solved. That is probably too much
to expect from human nature, hence some
must be established. These should be
avowedly secondary, should be endowed
and should employ as teachers college
men and women who have had also thor
ough professional training"
President Charles D. McIVer, OF the
State Normal and Industrial College OF
North Carolina, and Miss Nina Horner,
of Converse College, South Carolina, ably
discussed the paper.
This afternoon the association had six
department conferences, in which various
topics were discussed ard later the
members attended a reception at the
executive mansion and at the woman s
club, the latter given by the Virginia
Educa tional Association.
At the regular session addresses were
made Dy Dr. N1cnOIaS Murray Butter, Ol
Columbia University, New York: Presi-
dent F. P. Venable, University of North
Carolina; Principal R. W. Tunstali, Tome
Institute Port Deposit Maryland: DR.. w
l.. Council, of Washington and Lee Uni
varsity and Mrs. Charles A. Perkins, OF
the University of Tennessee.
The speakers before the departments
were:
Miss Celestial S. Parrish, Randolph
Macon College; DR.. L. w. Kline, Vir-
ginia State Female Normal School; DR.
Eben Alexander, University of North Car
DINA; NJ. l.. Britton, Fulton county, Ga.
Charles E. Varoles, Miller Manual School
Virginia; Prof w. A. Withers, College OF
Agriculture and Mechanical Arts, Raj
| eigh n. c.; Prof. Charles E. Taylor
| Wake Forest N. c.; Prof Albert Tuttle
| University of Virginia; Superintendent B
| G. McIver, Chester S. c.; H. b. Work
| Wheeling, w. Va; Prof. L. S. Loudon
| Bristol Tenn, and Prof. A. G. Buckner
| Kings College, Tenn.