The leader., 1905-07-19
HEUcKS RETREAT RALLY.
President v. I. Lowrey and Act
lng-President ]. ". PrOvine.
Of Mississippi College,
Orators Of the
Oav.

nOUu CHafIu, U6IOF6 one mas
reached its shady groves. The
new church building stands like al
white sentinel guarding the inter
ests Of the people; and stilI sits
the school house by the hill, q
where the young idea has learned
to shoot through years of servi-
tude to old methods with The ac-
companying four-foot rods, that
DR.. LoWrey tells first impelIedI
DIR. j. B. GambreII to learn bis
A B C's from beginning to end
without a miss Obi happy
day and sweet emancipation for
the shrinking little forms that
have involuntarily closed the
bright leaves of their budding In
tellects, if not their books, in the
old days, under such unwisdom.
A divine purpose has supplanted
the slavery Of the old schoolmas-
ter and the child now feels he has
a friend and helper in his precep-
tor. Minds of great men are
gladly developing and unfolding
in our new, painted schoolhouses,
which have supplanted the old
log shanty with its moss-grown
romance and misery of We olden
time.n Great characters have
arisen in the past in spite of diff
culties greater ones will arise In
the future because of present-day
opportunities and advantages. A
splendid new school building will
be erected at once.
Churches and schoolhouses are.
linked together like truth and JUS
tice, and the new church-house
that was built at Heuck's Retreat
less than two years ago deserves
especial mention. In the first
place it has a people back of it
that have taken great pride in its
upbuilding; and, in the second,
this wide-awake contingent had
the good fortune and the fortu-
nate discrimination to select and
secure a young pastor full to over
flowing with zeal and love for his
work, and inspiration toward sue
cess in the highest sense, mate
rally as we'll as spiritually. Be
fore you are told this by his
dozens of ardent adherents, you
can see it in the expression of
Pastor Mayfeld's hopeful face
and hear it in his whoIesouIed ex
pressions of concern or regard
for what he is striving to accom-
lplish. Mr.. May6eld extended a
cordial welcome to the assembled
multitude and if he failed to shake
hands with every one present, it
was not his fault. Every one felt
it was good thing TO be there
last Friday.
DR.. w. 7. Lowrey, the erst-
while president of Mississippi
College but fol the coming year
| The financial agent of the institu-
ton, to raise $4,000 toward its
endowment, was the fist speaker.
Education, of course, was his
theme; and, as he stated, no
speaker can say what ought to be
said on one subject without re-
peating some things he has al
ready said; but he SO beautifully
clothed his language and so earn
estly drew his lines of thought
that every eye was intent and
eyery ear alive to what he said.
All the way through DR.. Low
rey's splendid discourse, it was a
source of qualification to the writ
er to reflect that Heuck's Retreat
has principal for next term in
Prof. w. G. Williams, who can
measure up to the highest stand
ard of a teacher; one whose mind
has been strengthened and built
| up through discipline and knowl-
edge until he is thoroughly pre-
pared for his work. Experience
| is added to these qualifications, and
Mr.. Williams loves his work;
therefore, the speaker last
Friday had all freedom in depict
ing the best teacher.
After a sumptuous dinner
served hot;" for, as some one
observed the trees even made no
shade that day, Dir. j. w. Pro-
vine, who is now acting president
Iof Mississippi College and who
some years ago resigned the du-
ties Of that high office which he
most ably filed, because be pre-
ferred his chair in the faculty,
took the stand and brightly talked.
lof agriculture and his personal
experiences as a farmer. Dr.,
ProVine has q plantation Of rs
acres at Clinton which is a
source of pleasure and gratifiea-
ton to him as well as revenue.
From this farm of his, be told
| that $1,100 went into his cash box
last year. Dir. ProVine runs his
farm; because be loves the work
and be tried to impress upon the
minds of his audience that
there is more in labor In
the sell than the common
lfriutage that follows toll there
| is Joy and beauty down on the
farm, although all We have is
what is dug up out Of the ground.
He made a strong plea for better
horses and stock couldn't see
how one could help loving a curly
tailed Poland China pic, Or d
lmild-eyed Jersey calf; but there
is something wrong with a man
who loves razor back with a
snout as long as your arm and