The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-09-21
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 81, 1909.
Circulation Double That Of Any
Other South Mississippi Paper
NORMA SCHOOLS.


subjects to be discussed at the special
term of the legislature, which will be
called to convene January next, the
question of establishing State Nor
NAL School
There will perhaps be no more i'm
portant matter up for discussion.
There may be other subjects to &C.
casion more fuss and fury; but look
ing forward into the years there is no
subject of more Importance or worthy
more thoughtful and intelligent con-
sideration, than the subject of educa-
ton.
The one great need of the South
Is trained, expert labor. The men
and women of the South are the
peers of any people on the face of
Gods habitaLle globe. What they
know how to do they can do to per-
lection. And it is all a mistake,
commonly accepted SANDER about
their having no energy or enterprise.
They do not rush like mad up and
down the streets, like they do in Chi
cago. Because that is a fool way
for any people to do. They do not
run over or elbow each other off the
the side walks, as they do in New
York, because the sidewalks are not
SO crowded in the South as they are
In that great metropolis of the East.
They do not understand the game of
i graft quite as well as frenzied financi-
know the gentle art of holding up
Uncle Sam and touching him for their
own private gain. But as plain bust
ness folks, they are all right, and
when it comes to attending to their
own business and intelligently manag-
ing their own affairs, they are the
equal of any people.
But in skilled labor, they are short.
And in schools they are lacking. And
in trained teachers they are woefully
lacking. And therein lies one of their
greatest weaknesses. One may know
a book, and not know how to teach it.
y One may know fact and not know
how to tell it. One may have sense
and education enough, and not know
how to teach. A normal school is to
teach prospective teachers how to
Z teach. How to impart their knowledge
to others. Latest and best methods,
and all that. Mississippi badly needs
such schools as that.
As evidence of how other states ap-
preciate such schools. At its last SEES
sion, last winter, the Tennessee leg
islature made liberal appropriations
for normal schools; providing for one
in each of the three grand divisions of
the state. A committee was appointed
to locate these schools; the healthful-
ness of the locality, railroad facilities,
and other things to be taken into con-
sideration. And among the "other
things is what will the town and
county do to get the SCHOOL," How
badly do they want it? The contest
for location is now going on. The COM
mittee is receiving bids and looking
At different sites. And several of the
counties have offered, including what
the county will appropriate, and what
the city viii appropriate, and private
subscriptions; including all these, sew
eral OF the contestants for these
schools are offering more than two
hundred thousand dollars to have the
school located in their town or county.
That is how much they think of
them up there. That is the spirit of
ne times. The South and Mississippi
must keep UP with the spirit of the
shines.
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