Oxford eagle., 1902-06-12
SUMMER SCHOOL OF THE SOUTH
An Unrivaied Opportunity for Teachers
Seeking Seif-Improvement-

Seeking Seif-lmprovemehr
The Summer School of the South,
the first session of which will be held
at the University Of Tennessee, Knox
VILE. June 19 to July 81 of this year.
is one OF the most important move
ments for the improvement Of the
teachers of the Southern States THAI
has yet been made.
The faculty employed for the first
session Will include nearly fifty men
and women, each selected for scholar
ship in some special line and for abil-
ity to teach. Among these are some
of the best-known teachers in America.
The courses are organized with spe-
cial reference to the needs Of the
schools of this section. In order to
adapt the work to the needs of teach
ers of all classes, about eighty differ
ent courses are offered, ranging from
kindergarten and primary district
school to high school and college work
This will InaAs Il possible. for teachers
to select such groups of studies as they
may be most interested in.
. 1t is expected that teachers who at
tend the school will do so with earnest
purpose and that valuable work will
be done m every department.
A large part of the money for this
school is given by people of the North
interested in the advancement of edu
cation in the South, by the authorities
of the University of Tennessee, and by
the citizens of Knoxville and Knox
county, 1t is their desire that the
very best possible school be made, and
that the cost to teachers shall be as
small as possible. The only charge
made for tuition and for attendance
upon lectures will be a SO registration
fee, to be paid on entering.
Board and lodging can be had on the
university grounds and In Knoxville
at prices ranging from $3.50 to $3.50
week.
The railroads will sell round trip
tickets from all points in the South
ern States for the price OF one first'
class fare. Tickets will be on sale
June 16, II, IS; June rs, 29, 80; July
II, II, 13. The final limit of return
on these tickets will be September 80,
making it possible for teachers to re-
main in the mountains Of East Ten
nessee and Western North Carolina
several weeks after the close of the
school.
In addition to the regular courses
of study in the school, there will be
many other valuable features.
A series of popular lectures on edu-
cation will be delivered by some of the
best-known educators and workers in
America. Among these will be Dr.,
William T. Harris, United States Com
missioner of Education; President
Nicholas Murray Butler of Columbia
University; Mr.. William H. Baldwin.
Jr., president of the General Education
Board; DR.. Walter Page, editor of the
WorlG's Work; Dr.. Albert Shaw, editor
of the Review OF tseyISvs, Gov. Cnas,
B. Aycock of North Carolina; Gov.
Montague Of Virginia; Gov. McMillin
of Tennessee; Chancellor r. B. Full
ton of the University of Mississippi;
DR.. Junius Jordan, University of Ark.
ansas, and many others. In all, there
will be thirty or forty of these lee
lures.
During the first three weeks of the
school there will be daily meetings OF
school officers and institute conductors
for the purpose of discussing questions
of school administration and the work
of county and district institutes
These meetings will be conducted by
men and women who have had sue.
cessful experience in this work.
The Campaigners' Convention on
July A and 5 will bring together a
large number of those interested in
the improvement of educational con
ditions in the South.
The Sunday meetings for Sunday
school teachers and workers will be
another valuable feature Of the school
These meetings will be addressed by
some of the best-known Sunday-school
workers In the country. The discus
sions will be on high plane and OF
practical nature.
| No teacher in the Southern States
who can raise the small amount oi
money necessary can afford to miss
this unusual opportunity.