The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1903-07-17


who IS known to a number of our read
ers and who is competing for prize Of
Tered by the Summer School at Knox
vile for the best article on The Summer
School,
God made University Hill (Knox-
vile, Tenn.) and left it for man to
utilize IN his own way. That he
has done well with it, the present
proves. Ages swept on and stately
trees of science have grown to ma
turity here, while flowers of ltera-
ture have blossomed along with
flowers of nature. But it was left
TO the year 1902 to open the way
for the grandest thing in education
the South has yet known. What
has been accomplished in this brief
space is short of the miraculous.
1t is impossible for one who has
not been in the school to realize
how splendidly organized it is. The
departments range from the kim
dergarten through University
courses. There are thirty-four de-
partments of study sub divided un-
der many heads. Besides these
there are lectures by the best edu-
Gators in the land, both at home
and abroad. There is an educa-
ton III these lectures alone; some
come here just for the lectures and
rest. Perhaps one of the most sat.
isfactory departments is that of
the primary. 1t is conducted by
thirty four specialists. In conuec-
ton with this there is model
school, beginning with the kinder
garten aud ranging through the
first four grades. Visiting children
and a certain number from the city
are III this model school, so that
student-teachers can have the op-
portunity of observing the practi-
cal work of the school, conducted
by the best teachers. Another
very popular department is the
Especial Courses for Teac chers in
Towns and Rural Districts" A
village teacher exclaimed: 90! |
had no idea teaching was So beau
tiful till came here. | shall be
SO happy in my work after this and
I'm coming back to dear old Uni
versity Hill next year to get more
Inspiration" Last year the city
and county superintendent formed
a"Superintendent' Organization. +"
For six weeks, two hours a day, led
by men who have made them life
time study, the following problems
are discussed, first: Superintend-
ent's Work with Teach, RS; School
Consolidation; Improvement of
Buildings and Grounds; Relation
of the City Schools to the Rural
Schools-help~ each can receive
from the other-A Summary of
the Most Important Needs of these
Schools and how to Supply them,
etc. In connection with this there
are Roundtable discussions that
will be ofinvaluable help, not only
to city and county supt's but to any
who may be present.
AS music plays so large part
in education, the management has
made it especially. forceful at this
term of the Summer School. Mu-
sic seems to be the leading spirit
from the kindergarten through the
most difficult compositions. have
never known anything better than
Miss Mari Hopper and DR.. d, Ar.
nalle's lessons in musical interpre-
tations. First they study the child,
bis capacity for musical enjoyment
the study of song as the center of
the child's interest in music and
the end to be obtained in public
school music. Special attention is
! given TO breathing, expression,
voice training, sight singing and
chorus drill. And just thiuk, we
get all of this free as we'll as in
struction in literary studies. There
should be in every school at least
one instructor who can teach sing
ing correctly. The manual train
ing department, consisting of ten
branches, is very fine aud very
popular, as is also the domestic
department.
It is impossible in a short paper
to. give more than a HAT Of what
this summer school is, but before
closing must speak of one other
advantage. We have the free use
of the entire equipment of the Uni
versity, including thirteen large
buildings. Our faculty this term.
ia composed Of 100 picked teachers
from all over the states and two
| from bevond. There uro .0snOO