The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1903-06-26
THE SUMMER SCHOOL OF THE SOUTH
Accommodations Provided at Knoxville
for More Than 5000 Students.

1t is not often, especially in under
takings for the public good, that the
anticipations of the promoters are
fully realized, even after long strug-
gle, and it is indeed a marvel when
they are surpassed in the beginning.
Yet such was the history of the first
session of the Summer School Of
the South, inaugurated last summer
at the University Of Tennessee in
Knoxville, to meet the growing de-
mand for professional instruction on
the part of Southern teachers. More
than two thousand teachers from all
parts, of the South were in attendance
upon this first session, and it's success,
both as to numbers and as to the char
acter of work accomplished, was SO re-
markable that the friends, whose gen.
erosity rendered it possible in the
first place, have determined not only
to make it permanent, but to add to
its efficiency by providing means for
additional equipment and larger fac
ulty.
The Unexpectedly large attendance
upon the opening of the school last
June caused for a few days some lit
tie confusion in the arrangements for
board and lodging; but, forewarned is
forearmed, and this year visitors need
have no fear of. difficulty on this score.
Students of last year will remember
that this congestion lasted only a
very short time. This year it cannot
occur at all, as adequate preparation
has already been made for more than
double the entire registration of last
year. The beautiful city of Knoxville,
situated in the midst of the magnifi-
mountains, with its delightful climate
and its hospitable people, is al ideal
location for summer school, 1t is
essentially a city of homes, and, in
response to an appeal from the man.
agement, over one thouand of these
homes have been thrown open for the
of visitors. To be
more specific, although over a thou
sand students have already been reg
istered and assigned quarters, there
still remain, within radius of five
blocks from the University, homes for
seven or eight hundred more. In 9TH
er portions of the city, easily. acces-
sible by electric car, places have been
secured for another thousand. In ad-
dition to this, the management has
rented entire a sixty-room hotel in the
business portion of the city and two
fitted boarding schools,
with a capacity of three hundred, for
the accommodation of those who pre-
fer this freer life. On the grounds,
two large new dining halls have been
added as annexes to the Barbara
Blount and University Halls, and
equipped to provide meals for more
than fifteen hundred guests. To sum
up, ample accommodations have al
ready been provided for more than
three thousand students and arrange
ments made to secure as many more
If needful
Time and space would fail to tell in
detail of the improved equipment and
new buildings shown to be necessary
by the experience of last season or by
the outlook for the coming one 1t
will interest former students, however,
% know that the main auditorium has
been entirely rebuilt with a much
higher roof, and seating capacity of
-hree thousand, and executive offices
back of the stage. This pavilion has
been very appropriately named JEFF
'erson Hall, in honor of Virginia's
great educational statesman. Four
1ther pavilions for class work, with a
seating capacity Of four hundred each,
nave been erected and named respect
vely, Curry, McDonogh, Wiley and |
3uffner, after these noble friends and |
pioneers of education in the South, |
while a large closed hall for nature |
study and lantern work has been |
JAILED after the great naturalist, Au- |
iubon. Ogden Hall is a permanent |
one hundred by fifty feet, |
erected Immediately in the rear of Old |
College, and especially arranged for |
school and library exhibits. Ladies |
will be glad to know that rest room |
las been built for their exclusive use,
urnished with comfortable chairs and |
touches. To this bath and toilet |
ooms are attached, and a restaurant |
ldjoins, so that ladies whose rooms |
re distant, and who find it inconven- |
ent to go to their homes between |
will be made comfortable and |
re able to get light lunch if they |
10 desire
If one were to search the country |
'ver it would be hard to find a more |
beautiful or more attractive spot than
University Hall in these early June
lays. The splendid buildings, the
magnificent view of mountains and |
liver, the cool, shady avenues, and
'road expanses Of closely cropped
ward, render the campus a delight
ully inviting place. If material sur
oundings ever prove uplifting and
Inspiring, surely the founders of the
summer School of the South were
wonderfully fortunate in securing for
his work such an ideal location.
After the Private View.
Tiresome Friend-Got anything in
he Academy?
Eminent Artist (peevishly)-Yes
Tiresome Friend-Goodi What do
'ou call it?
Eminent Artist--A headache-Lon-
lon Sketch.
Real Cause.
Host-My wife is worrying about
here being thirteen at the table to-