St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-07-25
The SUMMER SCHOOL OF THE SOUTH


anticipatioas Of the promoters are
fully realized, even after long strug-
gle, and it is indeed 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 we're In attendance
upon this first session, and its success,
both as to numbers and as to the char
acter OF work accomplished, was SO re-
markable that the friends, whose gen
crosby 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 few days some lit
tie confusion in the arrangements for
board and lodging: but. forewarned Is
and this year visitors need
have no fear of difficulty on this score.
Students Of last year will remember
that this congestion lasted oaly .
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-
cent scenery of the East Tennessee
mountains, with it's delightful climate
and its hospitable people, is an ideal
location for summer school It Is
essentially 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
accommodation Of visitors. To be
more specific, although over q thou
sand students have already been reg
istered and assigned quarters, there
still remain, within q radius Of i've
blocks from the University, homes for
seven or eight hundred more. In 9th
er portions Of the city, easily Access
sible by electric car, places have been
secured for another thousand. In adj
dition to this, the management has
rented entire sixty-room hotel in the
business portion OF the city and two
excellently fitted boarding schools,
with capacity Of three hundred. for
the accommodation of those who pre-
Ter 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
e 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. II
will interest former students, however,
% know that the main auditorium has
been entirely rebuilt with 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
other pavtlions for class work, with a
seating capacity Of four hundred each.
nave been erected and named respect
vely, Curry. McDonogh, Wiley and
Ruffner, after these noble friends and
pioneers Of education in the South,
while large closed hall for nature
study and lantern work has been
:alled after the great naturalist, Au-
lubon. 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 a rest room
las been built for their exclusive use,
furnished with comfortable chairs and
To this bath and toilet
'ooms are attached. and q restaurant
adjoins. SO that ladies whose rooms
ire distant, and who find it inconven-
ent to go to their homes between
ectures will be made comfortable and
10 able to get light lunch II they
70 desire.
II one were to search the country
,ver It would be hard to find q more
beautiful or more attractive spot than
University Hall in these early June
lays. The splendid buildings, the
view of mountains and
liver, the cool, shady avenues, and
broad expenses Of closely cropped
ward, render the campus a delight
July inviting place. II 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 Good! What do
1ou call It?