Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1903-06-04
SUMNER SCHOOL OF THE SOUTH
VIII Open June % ut the University
of Tennessee.

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of Tennessee.
The Summer School of the South,
to be held at the University of Ten
nessee, June % to July 81, 1903, will
offer more advantages AID attractions
to earnest, wide-awake teachers than
any other summer school to be held
In the South this year.
One hundred and fifty comprehen-
sive courses of study. given by a fac
ulty of ninety eminent specialists and
educational experts. representing such
universities and colleges as the Uni
versities of Michigan, Of North Caro-
lima, of Tennessee, of Georgia, of Mis-
sissippi, Tulane, Yale, Columbia, Cor
nell, Syracuse, and others, must be at
tractive, indeed, to the Southern
teachers who have heretofore been I'M
able to obtain equal advantages ex-
cept at great expense, both Of time
and money.
This Summer School of the South
was attended last summer by more
than two thousand teachers from all
parts of the United States. This large
number of teachers taxed the accom-
modations of the University of Ten
nessee at that time. So many teach
ers were not expected the first year.
This year no pains or expense have
been spared to provide for all who
may come. A large auditorium, seat
ing three thousand persons, has been
erected on University Hill. Four large
lecture pavilions have also been erect
ed, as well as two dining halls and a
restaurant. 1t is confidently expected
that all these additional buildings will
be ample for the profit, pleasure and
accommodation of the twenty-five hun
dred teachers who have already signi-
fed their intention to attend the COM
ing session. as we'll as of others who
may have concluded to come but who
have not as yet signified their inten-
lions.
The management have also pro-
vided an educational exhibit building
of large dimensions. All the available
space in that building has already
been taken by the leading educational
publishers and manufacturers OF
school appliances. 1t will be possible
for those attending the school to see
the very latest and most improved
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books of the leading educational pub
fishers, at no additional cost or ex-
pense.
The courses of study this year en-
brace everything in the school cur
rieulum, from the kindergarten
through the university. Manual train
ing, problems of supervision, primary
methods, and the problems of the
rural schools will be made especially
prominent. Some of the best known
State and county superintendent in
the country will give the supervision
courses. Several of these courses will
be given by such eminent supervisors
as State Superintendent w. W. Stet-
son, of Maine; ex-State Superintend-
ent l.. D. Harvey, of Wisconsin; State
Superintendent j. Y. Joyner, of North
Carolina; Superintendent j. M. Green
wood, of Kansas City, and Superin-
tendent Lawton B. Evans, of Augusta.
An educational campaign workers
convention will be held on July 4.
This convention will bring together
Governor Charles B. Aycock, of North
Carolina; Governor j. B. Frazier, of
Tennessee; Nh. Edgar Gardner Muir
ply, of the Southern Education
Board; State Superintendent Mynders,
of Tennessee; DR.. Charles D. McIver,
of North Carolina; DR.. G.. R. Glenn, of
Georgia, and many others. 1t is hoped
by this convention to unity and
strengthen the educational campaign
that is now being waged with more or
less vigor throughout the South.
Mention has been made of the mod
crate expenses of this school. Per-
haps some details will be worth men
tioning. The railroads in Texas, Ar
kansas, Louisiana, and in the States
south of the Ohio river have agreed
to sell tickets on Juae 81, %, %; June
%, 20; July 5, 6; July 13 and July 20.
These tickets will be good for fifteen
days and will be sold at one regular
fare for the round trip, plus twenty
five cents. However, any ticket may
be extended to September 80 by de-
posting it with the local ticket agent
at Knoxville, accompanied by a fee of
fifty cents. There will be no charge
for tuition, only the small registration
fee of S.. The cost of living has been
reduced almost to the actual cost OF
food. Last summer the total expenses
of the majority of those in attendance
did not reach $50, all told.
Such subjects as literature, history,
philosophy, nature study, the physical
sciences, manual training, drawing,
and music have been made prominent
in the courses of study, so that it will
be possible for teachers to acquire
that knowledge of those subjects
which is now demanded by the most
progressive schools of the South. The
simple mention of all these attractive
advantages is enough to guarantee
that never before have the Southern
teachers been able to obtain SO much
that will be helpful at so small an out
lay.
On the Heavinq Sea.