Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1903-06-06
SUMNER SCHOOL OF THE SOUTH
viii Open June % at the University
Of Tennessee.

In the South this year.
One hundred and fifty comprehen.
sive courses Of study, given by fac
ulty Of ninety eminent specialists and
educational experts, representing such
universities aad 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.
tractiye, indeed, to the Southern
teachers who have heretofore been un.
able to obtain equal advantages e1.
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 payilions have also been erect.
ed, as well as two dining halls and
! 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 well as Of others who
may have concluded to come but who
have not as yet signifed their inten.
| tions
The management have also pro.
yided 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
school appliances, as well as the text.
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.
I1eulum, 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 superintendents 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. !. Joyner of North
Carolina; superintendent J. NJ. 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
such eminent educational leaders as
| Governor Charles B. Aycock of North
Carolina; Governor ]. B. Frazier, OF
Tennessee; AIr Edgar Gardner Muir
ply, Of the Southern Education
Board; State Superintendent Mynders,
Of Tennessee; Dr. Charles D. McIyer
Of North Carolina DR.. G. R. Glenu, 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 ylgor 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 Jule p, %, %; June
2S, 20; July ), G; July Is and July 20
These tickets will be good for fifteen
days and will be sold at one regular
fare for the round trip, plus twenf-
Ave 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 meltion 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.