The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-06-23
BIG SUMMER SCHOOL
SnIendid Courses tor leach
ers at The A.. & M.
PREPARATIONS Going Forward for the Opening
N,.s Monti---Lnere Will be Room
for All.

The forces are gathering to make a great
bio summer School sfor Teachers next
month at the \. and NJ. College. Secte
tarv Charles ]. Parker l. busy hish' ""N
dav with an avalanche of correspondence.
He has had To employ an extra s'' !,
erapher. Letters have poured IN from an
quarters of North Carolina. ana from
Virginia. South Carolina, Georgia,
Florlda Alabama. Tennessee ana lcNaS.
me pulldlnss at the college have an
boon secured and white-washed. and
Watauga is now receiving a dressing Ct
paint. The main building, the hospital
Watauga. Professor Parks. Miss DoWd >
loaned bv the cadets "Paradlse'). st,
Narv's school buildings. and the Bap-
list Female University buildings are al
reserved for lady students. The men VIII
occ,pv the first. second third and fourth
dormitories and the Riddick house called
the "Dungeon'D. Pullen Hall dining
room and auditorium viii be ready Tor
use. The dining-room viii accommodate
Goo or 700, and the auditorium LOO.
Should there be a scarcity OF rooms, the
entire college will be reserved for ladies,
the men will seek lodging elsewhere,
while getting meals III Pullen.
The distinctive features OF this school
Iare attracting widespread attention. The
school il not following old ruts. 1t i not
abreast. but is leading, the progress
Ieiye educational movement IN the old
North state. Besides the regular courses
of study. including history, mathematics.
Latin. German, French, English language
and literature. there Will be the follow
distinctive features:
l. School. methods of supervising and
grading, kindergarten.
?. Agriculture.
3. Nature study.
Manual training with Raffia work.
Sloyd, etc. etc.
5. Music.
6. Road-maklng.
:. Round Table Talks on Normal
methods and studies.
s. Evening lectures, concerts and en-
tertainments.
8. A series of lectures on North Carolina
History, by the most eminent men III
North Carolina.
10. An art course, by one of our great
est artists.
II. A visit to the States public ~institu-
ton, to the A. and M. College farm, Tex
tile Department., and the Experiment
Station with it's splendid poultry yards.
The college campus is cool, shady, and
beautiful, an ideal spot for recreation,
study, and possibly matchmaking. Pullen
Park is adjacent, with free swimming
pool for students of the Summer School,
and the Raleigh street car line. swift and
accommodating, is ready for evening troll
Icy parties. Rarely has 50 fine a com
bination of pleasure and instruction been
offered to our teachers. and they are
coming by the hundreds. The total cx-
pense IS only SIC for the four weeks,
which pays for furnished room, board
lights, tuition and registration. There
will be room for all. If the college is
crowded and full. the city Of Raleigh, the
people of Raleigh will open their homes,
and furnish lodging at least to all that
come. The college will furnish board to
600 or 700. The boarding department and
the dormitories will be open June 80 for
the reception OF students. Committees
Of ladies and gentlemen will be at the
Union depot to receive incoming teach
ers and at the college to welcome them
to their new homes. A public reception
will be given, and there will be four
solid weeks Of pleasure, instruction and
social entertainment. The most attrac-
tive thing. of course. about the Summer
~ - LIZ = jhSh 5IdIt vi IIlSlJlt-
ton that it offers. The two watchwords
will be "Thoroughness and Progress :
and a certificate of work done here Will
be as good as the stamp of the mint for
sterling worth.
Miss Mary Lee Hill. daughter of Cen
eral p. H. Hill, has been added to the
faculty OF the A. and M. College Summer
School as a teacher of Art and Free Hand
drawing. Miss Hall has enjoyed the best
educational advantages, having studied in
the St. Louis School Of Fine Arts. the
New York Art Students League. and
Cooper Institute and in the studios Of Me
Monies, Julien and Calorossi in Paris
She has taught IN Washington. d e
San Antonio, Texas. and in the winthrop
Summer Normal in South Carolina. re
Gently Miss Hill has been painting ro,-
traits Of General r. E. Lee at the corcoran
Gallery m Washington. She il both an
accomplished artist and a gifted teacher