The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-02-22
PLANS FOR AIDING
 TEACHERS UPSET Mississippi Legislature Fails to
 Give Enough Money. MODEL FARM IN VIEW President Whitfield of the Institute Is Striving to Better the Life of Teachers and to Aid the Girls
 in Their Life Work.
MODEL FARM IN VIEW

eial.)-1t is a matter of genuine regre to the admirers of the Industrial Insti
 ute and College and those who hay,
 talked with the busness-like presiden
 of that splendid institution that the $21,
 900 special appropriation asked for b,
 the supporters of the bill just passed fl
 the Mississippi senate was ''blue pen
 ciled.' This special amount was request
 ed because of the urgent needs of the
 school to erect a teachers home and con.
 tinue to carry out on a larger scale
 the idea of a model farm"
 The school has a faculty of about 5'
 instructors, each actively employed five
 days in the week and some work or
 Saturdays. too About b of these teach
 CTS are domiciled in the college dormi-
 tory. The president requires this num-
 Der to be scattered throughout the three
 dormitories. The S5 remaining unshel-
 tered are compelled to take rooms out
 in town Some of the residences around
 the college campus accommodate some
 of these teachers, but in some instances
 those not so fortunate must take refuge
 wherever they can find congenial ac-
 
 must board eight to fifteen blocks from the school.
 The teachers home.< as planned by
 President Whitfield, would be in all re-
 spects a "hon1e.' Each teacher would
 have a separate room. fitted and equipped to her own likings The table part of the proposition would be prorated monthly. A small tax would also be paid monthly for servant hire, but the entire board and lodging would not exceed $15 per month. The home would be either on or very near the college campus There would be no long walks in the mornings There would be no distractions at nights and the instructors could enjoy regular l hours, home comforts, ample time and l opportunities for the preparations inci- dental to their work and a hundred other benefits. This is why the president has conceived the idea of a teachers home. and has dreamed of the day when it would be a reality.
 Teach the girls of Mississippi how to farms. Teach them how to garden l Teach them how to run a place better 1 than some of the men now run their farms and homes Teach the actual nec- essities of life. Train them along lines ol eNtryudy Ire the same Ilfne you train their minds and bodies. In case a young woman has these burdens to bear equip her for the battle. How can she take up these duties without she is pre- pared for the life struggle?"
 | In these sentences you have the req son President Whitfield wants a model farm" Last session a small two-acre tract locatld near the campus was rented and in an unpretentious Style this farm | u-aa ttl1od ha fFx-f,, many of the young women taking right | hold of the work and showing that agrl- | cultural pursuits. held Vaccinations for 1 them Those who watched the progress last session realize what a larger and ample tract of ground, where farm knowl- edge could be taught on a scale 1t should be known. would mean for this insti- tuition. There are 800 girls at this school Fully 100 would take advantage of this | novel, but none the less pertinently use ful, study, and the president believes the system would rebound In untold ben eft to the young women.
 l. These are facts President Whitfield dis cussed in an interview some months ago so he is in no wise responsible for them | appearing at this time.
 new, modern $25,o0o coal chute will be built by the Southern Railway com pany in Mississippi at the local station, replacing the old-time one now used. | Work will be commenced within the next l 90 days. Contract for the concrete foun- dations was awarded to Ittawanba En- gineering company of St. Louis. Mo-. and l for the structure was awarded to Fair banks & Morse Co.,, also of St. Louis. 
 J. P BillupS, general passenger agent Atlanta and West Point railroad, with headquarters in Atlanta, who fell on the ice in December and broke his right leg, arrived in Columbus yesterday to visit his family and recuperate. MT. Billups is an old Columbus boy. He has just been released fronSthe Atlanta infirmary, still uses crutches, but says he is for tunate to be as well as he is, consider ing the seriousness of his injury. The eighth grade pupils at the Franklin academy are endeavoring to establish a private library in their room Various means are entered into to secure funds. Last Saturday afternoon they shared re- ceipts with the management of the Gayety Rollaway rink. The children's advertis- | ing drew the crowd and the rink furnished the amusement. Thirteen dollars was re- alized It is their idea to donate this | library to their room.
 | Mrs. Margaret Tennison. wife of J. C. IenDlSOn or Ln6 1fedSdHl f1lll DelSnDOI- hood, aged 73 years, died Thursday morn | ing and was buried Saturday in Bersheba | cemetery; Rev. J. H. Newton, pastor Second Baptist church, this city, conduct l ing the funeral.
 | Lee George and family have moved to | San Antonio, Tex, where they think the climate will be beneficial to their son Gordon, who has been i'll many | months Mir George had extensiyes h1si- ness interests in Columbus but disposed of them before leaving.
 l The Mayfield- Ramage Drug company 1 has dissolved; L. F. Mayfeld absorbing all stock and continuing the business at | the same stand.
 l John A. Lewis, formerly of Meridian, l where he served the Mississippi Cotton Oil company as vice president, but more re- gently from Zion City, H., where he was | prominently connected with the Dowie church of Zion; was in Columbus yester- day It is understood that Mir. Lewis intends to return to Mississippi to re- | side and that he has severed his con nection with the Dowieites.
 Miss Hollister, national organizer of the Woman's Christian Temperance
 union, was in Columbus and in the aft
 ernoon at 3:3o spoke to a good-sized audience at the First Methodist church and in the evening at 7:30 she was at- tentively listened to at the First Bap- list church. A large crowd of young peo. pie were at the first meeting. The ad- dress was along the usual temperance lines.
 c. A. Pigford, superintendent Mobile