St. Tammany farmer., 1906-06-16
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DIXON ACADEMY.

| Commencement exercises Of Dixol
Academy were held last Friday evenin,
In the spacious hall Of the new SO.
600 gymnasium building, which wa
comfortably filled with IN audienc,
representing many sections OF this ant
adjoining States. The exercises werl
full of bright surprises, and the youn{
ladies aud gentlemen evinced the. care.
full preparation they had received.
The Faculty and audience we're dis.
appointed when Professor Dixon read
u telegram from Judge John Clegg, the
orator of the occasion, stating that he
would not be able to be with them or
account Of sickness. In his place Pro.
fessor Dixon spoke on "Our Influence
Over the Lives of Other People" and
in his own happy way impressed upon
the student budY the great RESPONSE
bility of living right and doing right.
Among other things he said: 1--WE are
responsible for the results of onr In
fluence. II We DO right, We will en-
courage others to do SO. II we do
wrong. We lead others to wrongdoing.
He hoped that every pupil of the Acade-
my would continue students life of
ability and strive 10 set an example Ut
integrity of character and honesty OF
purpose"
In closing his address, Professor
Dixon took occasion to speak of 4 ru-
NOR that had been circulated to the
effect that be purposed to close his
school and dispose of the buildings for
q sanitarium. He said such an idea had
never occurred to him; but on the
contrary, he was planning to greatly
increase the scope and accommodations
of the school, and year after year add
to its Faculty and attractions, until 1t
deserved and got the patronage OF hun
dreds OF the hest families from al over
the South. Among the plans he men,
toned for the near future was that Of a
manual training shop, to be the fore
runner of an all round industrial train
ing. ,.-
When Professor Dixon started here,
several years ago, he had plot Of nine
town blocks. covered with pines sDd
cut up with small branches. Now he
has almost an ideal school plot and
equipment, consisting OF $40, 900 three
story brick school building, with dor.
mitory for boys; large and beautiful
residence. commodious dining hall, q
$1,000 gymnasium. which will rank
with the best Of its kind in the South.
Besides these buildings, the plant
boasts Of one Of the best ertesian wells
in this section, its own gas plant, q per-
feet water system of its own, and many
other couveniences, such as large gar.
dens and it's own herd Of Jersey cowf.
In the campus the students have fine
athletic field, where ill games of foot
ball, basketball, baseball, tennis anu
golf can be (and are) played.
One OF the striking features Of the
evening gs's concert was the singing OF
the Glee Club, composed Of James
Bradley, of Memphis; Lloyd Posey, of
New Orleans; Carroll Bob, Of New Or
leans; Elliott Dixon, of st. Louis, No.;
G. ". Brown, OF Boston, Mass, Stephen
MuDson, of Napoleonville, La; Fred
Scott, OF New Orleans; Ewing G'llis and
Wallace Giliis. Of Poydras, La, and
Frank Hayne. of jackson, Miss.
Miss Innis Morris, this year's gradu-
ate. Is young lady Of excellent schol-
arship, and during her career at the
school has merited the high regard of
the teachers and her schoolmates. Miss
Morris was the only graduate this year,
and won the Newcomb College scholar
ship.
Professor Dixon stated that the sen.
ior class this year would have been
much larger had it not been for tie
quarantine In vogue last fall, and the
fear OF many people Of coming in con-
tact with yellow fever on their way
here.
After a choice selection by the Glee
Club, the exercises were brought to q
close by feryently eloquent prayer by
Rev. j. NJ. Williams, and thus ended
this most successful session.