The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1908-06-19
Further Appointments In The Normal
School.

Further Appointments In The Normal
School.
Prof Carl Holiday, of Cox College,
Georgia, has been elected head Of the
Department of Literature i'm place OF
Miss Whiting, whose resignation was
announced last week
Prof Holiday received the bachelors
degree in the University of Tennessee,
and since that time he has taken post
graduate work in the same institution
one year, in the University Of this state
one year and in Chicago University
one year. lie holds the master degree
from the University Of Tennessee. lie
has taught in the public schools OF
Tennessee and Virginia, and in the
Alabama State Normal College. one
year he was instructor in English
Literature and lecturer on Southern
Literature in the University of Virgin
ia, and he is now professor of English
Literature in Cox College, Atlanta,
Ga.
Prof Holiday is the author of sever
al books and has contributed largely
10 magazines. Among his books may
be mentioned, 4 History Of southern
Literature, The Cotton Picker and
Other Poems, Three Centuries ofSouth-
ern Poetry. What to Read ia Public
schools, and The Poetry of'ihe South.
lie has contributed articles TO the
Sewanee Review, The Atlantic Quar-
terly. American Education, Wat,on's
Magazine, Taylor rrotwood Maya
zine, Childrens Magazine, southern
/ Womans Magazine, and other period
icals. and he is writing for the forth
coming Library Of southern Litera-
ture. "A fifteen volumn work edited by
Dr. Kent.
In 1901 he received the Daughters Of
the American Revolution prize for the
best treatise ON a subject in Tennessee
history, and in 1907 lac received the
Colonial DANES prize for the best trea-
tise ON colonial Virginia subject The
latter work was entitled The Litera-
ture of Colonial Virginia
We are glad To state also that Mr..
Holiday will bring with him wife
ard two children and thus add to the
social home life Of the town as well rs
the school
The Board Of Trustee, of the Normal
school at their last meeting appointed
resident y W. G. A. Secretary for
school. Miss Flora &. Thompson, of
BlueGeld. ". Va, was chosen for his
important work.
There are many advantages IN hav-
ing a special y. W. G.. A. Secretary in
the school. puts in the hands Of
person. who gives all her time, and
her whole heart, mind and soul To the
work, the highesls interests of the stu
dents,-thc moral and Christian i'm
terests. the character interests. IT
strengthens Unreasonable the work
of the local Association in lis various
branches to have a special leader, i'm
stead Of the incidental leadership fur
nished by teachers and students.
II places the Christian work Of the
school on strong basis, and gives to
moral training and character building
place On the same plane as physical
and mental Development
To strengthen the Association work
by such official recognition, sympathy,
and support, is to uplift the tone Of
the whole school, for the good inlluen-
&c Of the Association peneiratcs into
every department and phase Of school
life. An active Association is the best
restraining and lettering agency that
can come into school, rs il has pow
erful effect upon discipline and CON
duct, and may he counted upon to up
hold and support school lave and reg
ulations.
Such provision Is especially impor-
tant i'm institutions which train teach
ers. for one cannot teach what she her
self has never known or experienced,
or lead where she herself has never
gone.
Miss Grace Beale, of Williamsburg,
first honor graduate at the last COM
mencement, has been appointed assi,-
tant teacher in the kindergarten.
Mrs ". r.. Num-, Of Marllnsville.
Va, viii have charge Of the Normal
School laundry the coming session, IA
the place Of Mrs. Newly who resigned
the position when her daughter finish
ed her course i'm the school.
Mrs. Num- comes To town for the
purpose Of placing her children n the
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