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! MISSISSIPPI MATTERS
NOTES OF PAST AND CURRENT EVENTS.
By KATE MARKHAM POWER
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NoASS4Nt uoN lue history OF our cOun-
Try m have been changed if the
British captain had in turn rushed
into the church and secured the Short.
er Catechisms and used them in like
manner However, a good Presbyte-
rian would say it was predestined that
our troops should win-and believe
it.
BY the way, that catechism con.
tains some very comforting doctrines.
Some Of you have heard, perhaps, Of
the old lady who was being examined
for membership and was asked by the
session what she thought Of thc .1y.i
trine Of total deprayity. Oh she
said, 1t is a beautiful doctrine, If one
could Just live up to It, The doctrine
of mans free agency and Gods SOW
ereignty did not trouble much the
young lawyer who, in an impassioned
eulogy Of the Puritans and their pri.
vations, said: Although the hand Of
Omnipotence was against them, yet,
by the grace of God, they prospered.
One has only to look upon this gather.
ing to see that, despite the statements
and prophecies of the New England
magazines Of modern thought, the
Presbyterians, by the grace of God,
are prospering.
But to get back once more and
finally to my message: While all
Christians have q cordial welcome for
you we Presbyterians challenge spe,
cial propriety in you We are mem.
bers Of the same great ecclesiastical
family. While you are here we will
be inspired to turn aside and study to.
gether our family tree, We will con.
template the glorious achievements Of
our spiritual forefathers, and as we
do so, who can blame us If our hearts
burn within us as we realize how near
akin we are to royalty-to the true
princes Of earth, whose title to nobil.
ity rests not in books of heraldry, but
in sacrldcial service to mankind.
Wherever the generations of earth
have wound their slow way from ig.
norance and superstition into light,
your forefathers were ever the torch.
bearers to light them on their way.
Your history presents a singular para
dox--a creed which most Of all ex-
alts the sovereignty Of God and EN-
phasizes the weakness and depravity
of man, yet before the soyereigns of
earth, its adherents, the foremost
champions of the rights and dignities
Of man; a church which most of all
minimizes the saving power Of human
words, yet enjoining and enforcing
the highest standards of piety and
purity in personal life.
Brethren and fathers, we honor
you; We believe in you; we love you;
we welcome you, Our hearts are in
our homes, and our homes are yours"
or Special Interest to Mississippi Teacher
In consequence of the benefaction
Of the Peabody Fund and the appro-
priation by the Legislature, State Su.
perintendent Whitfield is enabled to
offer exceptional opportunities to
teachers for self,improvement and
culture. He has distributed his sum.
mer normals judiciously, so as to be
within easy access to teachers from
every part of the State. Each normal
is in charge of an experienced direct.
or and competent instructors in all
the public school branches, and ample
and thorough reviews will aid such
teachers as wish to take the examina-
tion for State license at the close of
the normals
The University Normal, in addition
to the usual courses In the public
school curriculum, offers instruction
in music by Miss Winchester and Su,
perintendent Consley; in drawing by
Miss Lewis and in physical culture
by Miss Pohl. Also courses Of lee
lures will be delivered on topics per.
tanning to practical pedagogy in Mis-
sissippi by State Superintendent Whit,
field and Superintendent Bass, FAINT,
Bailey, Cook, Powers, Shue, Boyd,
Rose and Looney. During the normal
the summer term of the University
will be in session, Offering unusual ad.
yantages to all who wish to take high.
er work or prepare for examinations
leading to the professional license. In
addition to the distinguished faculty
of the University, assistance in math.
ematics will be given by Superintend.
ent Torrey, in Latin by Superintend-
ent Bell, in English by Superntend-
ent Lin, in pedagogy by DR.. Junius
Jordan of the University of Arkansas
and by DR. Arnold Tompkins of the
Chicago Normal Institute. Also spe-
cial lectures on topics of general in.
terest to teachers and friends of edu-
cation will be given by Drs. Buttrick,
Jordan, Karns and other noted edu.
Gators. 1t may be of interest to many
teachers to know that, in connection
with the University Normal and sum.
mer term, a farmers institute will be
held by members of the faculty of the
Agricultural and Mechanical College
in which matters pertaining to agri-
culture and horticulture as concerning
public schools will receive special con
sideration.
The teachers of Mississippi within
the last ten years have made greater
progress in all that pertains to schol
arship and professionals equipment
than the teachers Of any State in the
Union, and it goes without saying that
they will not be slow to avail them
selves of the great opportunities with
in their reach. 1t will not be neces-
sary to go beyond the limits of Mis-
sissippi, but If some teachers desire
so to do they will find facilities for
growth and culture at Knoxville,
Tenn, equal to those at Chicago and
Columbia Universities. Let every
teacher go somewhere and add to his
attainments and teaching power and
do his utmost thus to promote the
great cause of education.
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