The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-06-18
SUMMER SCHOOL WORK.
pr. Craighead Lectures on "The Stren-
 uous Lfe."

University, June 17.-(Special. .)-Y ester day afternoon under the tent, Dr. Craig head lectured to a good audience on "The Strenuous Life" Though the talk lasted for only about thirty minutes, it showed no small amount of clear thinking. The speaker took to illustrate the strenuous way of living the common example, Theo- dore Roosevelt, and showed how he has reached his present position through lifo of strenuosity is not new, he said If we look back over the pages of history we find the young Alexander weeping be- cause there are no more worlds to con- quer; Hannibal leading his warriors over the Alps into Italy, which he had de- termined when boy to conquer; and Julius Caesar enduring all the hardships of the common soldier in his Gallic cam paigns. And these men who lived in all the stress of life are responsible largely for the progress of the world. Our an- cestors who leapt from limb to limb in the forests were as far behind the bush men of today as we are ahead of the bushmen. The strenuosity of life makes the difference. The man who first planted grain, the man who made the first rude bow-all who have helped to overcome the blind force of nature typify the strenuous life.
 This morning before the general assem- bly, Dr. Craghead gave a splendid lec- ture on Greek Civilization and What We Owe It." He began by showing how wide ly our materialism differs from the ideal ism of the Greeks. To the Greeks alone, he said, belong the glory of having creat- ed a real civilization. With all the cen ters of culture that have been since there has not been one to compare with Ath- ems, nor will there ever be, for another Athens is impossible in materialistic age. Dr. Craighead then took up for dis cusson the literature, architecture. art. philosophy and science of the Greeks. In the first three, Homer, Pindar, Aeschylus. Euripedes. Sophocles, Praxite1es, Phidas. and others reached the ne plus ultra of human achievement; in the last two, Socrates, Galen and Euclid laid the found- ations of what has been done since alons.
 
 showing the Greek love of honor and the complete triumph of the ideal over the material in his makeup which put him high above any other nation that has siIce lived
 On Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday of next week there will be at the Summer school a conference on secondary edu- cation. This gathering has been one of the features of past sessions of the Sum mer school, but in view of the fact that the state has established a large> num- Der of county high schools recently it should be of much greater importance than in the past. Reduced rates on the railroads for this meeting will be avail able on June 2O-22. The following is the for the occasion:
 Tuesday Morning, S:30 O'Clock, June 23- '"The Historical Development of the American High School" Supt. John P. Selman, Troy, Ala; '"rhe Meaning of the High. School as It Exists Today Prof. James J. Doster, University of Alabama.
 Tuesday Afternoon, 3 O'Clock-"The
 Tuesday Afternoon, O'Clock-"The of the High School Pupil" c. A. Brown, Birmingham.
 Wednesday Morning. S3O O'Clock, June High School Curriculum" "The Humanistic Studies Prof. H. J. Will lingham, Montgomery. Ala; ''The Sci entifc Studies" Supt E. s. Pugh, Thom- asville, Ala; "The Vocational Studies" Supt. c. B. Gibson, Columbus. Ga.
 Wednesday Afternoon, O'Clock-The High School Teacher; Preparation and