The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-06-21
ALL EXPECTATIONS
 EASILY SURPASSED First Summer School in the
 South a Great Success TWO THOUSAND PRESENT Teachers From All Parts of the coun- try Attend at the First Session In
 Knoxville, Tenn.-Many
 Comforts for Visitors.
TWO THOUSAND PRESENT

Knoxville, June 20, Special )-It is not often, especially in undertakings for the public good, that the anticipations of the promoters are fully realized even after long struggle, and 1t 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 demand for profess ional instruction on the part of southern teachers. More than two thousand teachers from all parts of the south were in attendance upon this first sess- ion, and It's success both as to numbers and as to the character of work accom- plished, was so remarkable that the friends, whose generosity rendered 1t possible in the first place, have deter mined mot only to make 1t permanent but to add to it's efficiency by providing means for additional equipment and lar ger faculty.
 The unexpectedly large attendance up- on the opening Of the school last June
  fusion in the arrangements for board and lodging; but, fore-warned is fore armed, and this year visitors need have no fear of difficulty on this score. Students of last year will remember that this congestion lasted only very short time This year it cannot occur at all, as adequate preparation has already been made for more than double the en- tire registration of last year. The beautiful city of Knoxville situated in the midst of the magnificent scenery of the East Tennessee mountains, with its delightful climate and it's hospitable peo- pie, is an ideal location for a summer school. It is essentially city of homes and in response to an appeal from the management over one thousand Of these homes have been thrown open for the acomodation of visitors. To be more specific, although over a thousand stu- dents have already been registered and assigned quarters there still remain. within the radius of four or five blocks from the university, homes for seven or eight hundred more. In other portions of the city, easily accessible by electric car places have ben secured for another thousand. In addition to this, the man. agement has rented entire sixty room hotel in the business portion of the city and two excelently fitted boarding schools with a capacity of three hundred, for the accommodation of those who prefer this freer life. On the grounds two large new dining halls have been added as an- nexes to the Barbara Blount and uni- versity halls, and equipped to provide meals for more than fifteen hundred guests. To sum up, ample accommoda- tions have already been provided for more nd at and engagements made to secure as many more if needful
 Time and space would fall to tell in detail of the improved equipment and new buildings shown to be necessary by the experience of last session or by the outlook for the coming one. It will in- terest former students, however, to know that the main auditorium has been rebuilt with a much higher roof and seating capacity of three thousand, and executive offices back of the stage. This pavilion has been very appropria- teiy named Jefferson Hall, in honor of Virginias great educational statesman. Four other pavillions for class work. with seating capacity of four hundred each, have been erected and named re- spectively, Curry. McDonogh. Wiley and Ruffner, after these noble friends and pioneers of education in the south. while a large closed hall for nature study and lantern work has been called after the great naturalist, Audubon. Ogden hall Is a permanent building, one hundred by fifty feet, erected immediately in the rear of old college and especially arr ranged for school and library exhibits. Ladies will be glad to know that rest room has been built for their exclusive use. furnished with comfortable chairs and couches. To this bath and toilet rooms are attached, and a restaurant ad- joins, so that ladies whose rooms are dis tant and who find it inconvenient to go to their homes between lectures will be made comfortable and be able to get a light lunch if they so desire.
 If one were to search the country over 1t would be hard to find a more beautiful or more attractive spot than University Hill in these early June days The splen- did buildings. the magnificent view of mountains and river, the cool shady ave- nues, and broad expenses of closely cropped sward. render the campus a de- iightfully inviting place. If material sur roundings ever prove uplifting and in- spring. surely the founders of the sum- mer school of the south were wonder fully fortunate in securing for this work