The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1910-03-20
NEWS FROM
STATE COLLEGE
DR.. POWERS OF UNIVERSITY OF
ALABAMA AMONG THE VISITORS
FAST WORK ON NEW BUILD
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of the University Of Alabama was in
Tallahassee last week and came out to
the college to see his friend and fer
mer associate, DR.. Calhoun.
Since the laying of the cornerstone
March 8, the walls Of the new building
are going up with incredible speed. In
addition to the bricklayers, there is now
at work large force of carpenters.
DR.. Conrad returned from the ma.
tional convention of superintendent
few days ago. This convention was
held at Indianapolis in the vicinity of
DR. Conradfs old home. OF course it
was an occasion of pleasure besides
being one that brought its educational
advantage to the college through such
an able representative
Prof. BARRIERS class in botany spent
last Saturday at Lake Hall, eight miles
from town, studying shrubs and plants
generally.
Miss Harris, the accomplished di
rector of the department of home
economies, has returned from Ocaia
and Palatka. to which places she was
invited by the WOman'S club OrganiZa-
tons to demonstrate work in domestic
:science. Miss Harris speaks in praise
of her reception at each place, and
says there is an increasing effort to
put domestic science in the schools.
Mrs. Doig, mother of Miss Ruth Doig
of the sophomore class, has been
spending several days with her daugh-
ter. Her visit gave great pleasure,
not only to Miss Ruth, but to Mrs.
Dogs friends in the city.
Miss Halle Lewis. director Of the de-
partment OF domestic art, was called
home last week to the bedside of her
mother who was seriously III. Her
many friends were gratifed to see her
return Wednesday, with the assurance
Of her brothers Improvement.
On Monday evening March It'll there
was a recital in the college chapel,
given by Miss Sarah Cline, soprano, as.
sisted by Miss Maude Hayes. reader,
from Chicago. The crowded chapel at
tested to the high regard Miss Cline
holds, not only in the college but n
the city as well. The program which
ranged from Elizabeth CoOledge's
Mother Goose melodies to the recita-
tive and aria from Oberon, Ocean!
Thou Mighty Monster, showed her
splendid powers of Interpretation.
Miss Cline demonstrated that she has
histrionic ability, in making the
Mother Goose melodies delightfully."-
realistic
We were most fortunate indeed to
hear Miss Hayes. She is not a stranger
to the college, though her home is so
far away, as she made herself known
to us through her reading two years
age. Besides her number as printed
on the program, she graciously gave
Fields a Little Woman" in answer
to repeated calls,
This is the program as it was given:
lie Violette. Observation-Disclosures. Scarlatti
Ritornerai fra POGO. Hasse
La Zingara. .................D OniZetti
Recitative and Aria, from "Oberon"
/ ocean! Thou Mighty Monster....
| .............. WeDer
Reading-Pauline PavlOvna. ......
! .......... Thomas Bailey Aldrich
/ The World is Full of April; You
/ and | and April. 49,. ClOugh Leighter
! Fairy Lullaby. Mrs. H. II. a. Beach
! CanzOnetta .......... AIGyer-Helmund
/ Seven Mother Goose Melodies. .....
r............... Elizabeth Coolidge
! Little Miss MuffCtt
My Lady's Garden.
This Little Pig.
| Tom, Tom, the Piper's Son.
! Little Boy Blue.
| John Smith.
/ ROck-a-bye, Baby.
/ RerceuSe; Summer. ....... .Chamlnade
On March 6, the first Sunday in the
month, the Nesper service was given
! at the college according to custom.
/ The first lecture Of the series an
nounced for the spring term was given
March 9, by DR.. S. NJ. Tucker in the
/ college chapel. The subject, Choice of
Books" was treated from the point of
view of an outsider, rather than from
that Of the college professor. For, -
said the speaker, books are founded
on life, and we must avoid extremes"
/ In his admirable way, DR.. Tucker
showed what reading does for us in
giving the record Of the past, and in
/ bringing to rs the thoughts of great
souls, the "grandest heritae we can
souls, the "grandest heritage We can
in a measure establish our own stand
ards of reading, there are some great
books that will appeal to every intel
ngent person. Then followed some
excellent suggestions as TO what these
particular books give US. His re-
marks closed with definite list CT
some Of the best books Of the world S
history.
/ This evening DR.. Calhoun will lee
lure on the German universities.