The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-06-21


Her experience in this work stands in |
'Well here for there are many teach |
|ers very young and who have never |
Taught before. Then, too, Miss Buck |
Hey likes her work in the summer |
schools as it is broadening and in
6tructiye to her as well as the pupils
for there are always so many bright
minds gathered together for study
there.
Prof. Chas Schovanck, supervisor of
in the city schools, of
cleveland, Ohio, and author of a work !
1Dn penmanship, a study so often neg |
ected, is the Instructor in penman-
ship. A course in the Schovanck sys- |
tenn of business writing, given by him |
o classes in a thorough way so that |
the teachers will be able to instruct
their pupils. This is a splendid OPP
|portunity for others to study penman-
|ship, as any one may take the course,
whether a teacher or not. Prof
|Schovanck comes here from West Vir-
|gnia where he has been teaching in
la sumemr school and his next engage
ment will be in Delaware, so it may
be seen how we'll his system of pen
manship is known.
Prof. w. I. Thames, the business
manager of the summer school and
his wife, have succeeded admirably in
taking care of and looking after this
large body Of students and it is en-
tirely due to their kindness and genial
manner that there has ever been such
friendly informal and pleasant at
mosphere in all the big buildings. Prof.
F. B. Woodley, too, shows his ex-
ecutive ability and courtesy as direc-
tor of the summer school, driving in
from his home in town, morning and
evening to the lessons and lectures.
Tennyson's Beautiful Life
and Message
DR.. Lincoln Hulley's farewell lecture
in the college auditorium Friday even
ing was unusually we'll attended and
another pleasant, as wellas instructive
hour was spent by the audience. The
subject was "Tennyson's Beautiful Life
and Message"
DR.. HUXLEY told of the poets birth,
the fifth of a family of twelve children
and son of circuit minister, of his
discouragement by critics when he
published his first poems. He gave
in fact, a sketch OF the poets life,
with comments on many of the poems
Quoting Sweet and Low" one of Ten
nyson's sonnets, the 'Bugle Song" the
Brook" and that beautiful poem
Ring Out Wild Bells to the Wild
Sky" referring to the French revolu
ton and used by history teachers in
the high schools so often. He declar
ed the poem THE Princess" was g
Istrong blow for women and that Lock
ley Hall" is a protest against women
being compelled to marry against
their wills-a custom of the times.
The story of the poets friendship
with young Hallam was told and pass
ages from I'm Memoriam' quoted
This poem brought Tennyson fame
and money and the same year he wat
poet laureate. DR.. HUXLEY quoting his
lines on succeeding to the place va
Gated by Woodworths death-a beau
tiful tribute to be said of any man
The speaker told Of Tennyson's eng
! fish stability and dwelt on the nation
al character of his poem, calling hin
a truly English poet, then discussed
1.-The Charge of the Light Brigade
and the Welcome to Alexandra" clos
ing with the peaceful passing away o
the great man.
DIR. Hulley was frequently applaudeC
and Prof. Woodley in announcing him
expressed the appreciation of the gooC
accomplished by DR.. Hulley's lectures
and his efforts to make the teachers
see only the beautiful and good in life
The entire audience rose to express
their appreciation to Dr. Hulley, who
left Saturday morning for New York
and will teach in the Knoxville sum
mer school later.
Miss Lelie May Smith, Miss Kate
Smith and their guests, Mr.. and Mrs.
Chas. l. Wilson, of Brookhaven were