The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1902-06-17
From Thursdays Issue.
PROF. kIgckWncE's LECTURE.

We doubt if ever before ther,
has been q lecture delivered il
our city so chaste and elegan
in language, so replete will
thought and so thoroughly mas
terful Of a subject treated as was
that of Hon. A. A. Kincannon
delivered before the graduating
class, and to a crowded house, al
the Main street Methodist church
on last Tuesday evening. His
subject was Influence of Ideals. ,
Prof. Kincannon is thorough
ly practical man, and his address
was as might have been expect
ed from him, thoroughly practi-
cal; and contained valuable les
sons which it is hoped will be
needed by those who heard him,
and especially by the young
ladies and young gentlemen to
whom the address was primarily
made.
While thoroughly practical in
the lessons it taught, the address
was clothed in elegant English
and sparkled with rich rhetorical
jewels. 1t had in it the sense to
make it useful, and about it the
ornament to make it beautiful,
and the arrangement to make it
interesting. That the large and
cultured audience appreciated
the address was manifested when
at its conclusion they gave to the
speaker generous and enthusias-
iastic applause.
1t is to be hoped that Mr.. Kin
cannon is deserving of the excel
lent impression he made upon our
people during his visit here, and
we are sure that he is.
Among the public men of Mis-
sississippi there is none who has
performed a greater work for the
people and the state than Mr..
Kincannon. Identified for many
years with the school interests of
the state, he has labored in sea-
son and out for the promotion Of
their efficiency and for the secur-
ing of better facilities for the ed
ucatien of the boys and girls of
the commonwealth. Intimately
acquainted With the public school
system, and awake to it's needs
and requirements, he was by the
voice of the people made state
superintendent of,educatiOn; and
his administration of that high
and responsible office, and his
discharge of its duties, and the
splendid executive ability that
marked his course in both led to
his election as president of the
State Industrial Institute and Col
lege. There is no need to review
his work as the executive head
of this great institution. 1t is on
Iy necessary to say that he has
firmly planted the college in the
esteem and affections Of the peO-
pie of the state, and has placed
it in the front rank of institutions
of it's kind in the United States,
and so interested the people in it
that its enrolment of students
now far exceeds that of previous
years.
Mr.. Kincannon has more than
measured up to the hopes of his
friends in his management of the
college.
1t may be well to remark that
in our opinion the great success
achieved by Mr.. Kincannon, both
as state superintendent and as
the executive of a state college,
has resulted, in a considerable
degree, from his coming direct to
the people at large and interest
ing them in his work for the
schools and for the state, and in
his ability to secure their hearty
cooperation in that work.
We predict that an appreciative
people will confer yet higher hon
ors on the worthy president of
the Industrial Institute and Col
ege.-Laurel Chronicle.
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