The Ocala evening star., 1911-03-08
FESSENDEN ACADEMY
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bIacksmithing. Enough has been said /
10 assure the reader that the hand aS
we'll as the head = carefully trained. /
The student classes we're shown in a Z.
body in Fessenden Hall. Several hun /
dred students at one tap Of the bell /
fled in perfect order and system from I
their class rooms into the hall. took /
their seats with the precision OF mill !
tary training. The piano was touched F!
and Prof. Wiley leading. a song wa-
sung only colorei children know /
how, when the editor Of the Star was
/ introduced and spoke 20 them Of the
great opportunities they We're enjoy
ing and by following the instruction
given them by their teachers. how use
full and blessed their lives could be
made TO themselves and all interested
/ in them and the communities in which
! they would cast their lot when they
| became men and women. To carry
| the spirit and meaning they We're i'm
bibing at FeSsenden with them and
prove an honor and a pride to the
school. If attention was an evidence
/ of appreciation the speaker should feel
|complimented. We saw a herd of
some fifty swine. a fine as you can
! find anywhere II Marion county and a
six months colt that would be = prize
winner if exhibited at the Marion
County Fair. with a herd Of excellen:
milk cows. all for the use of the
school our visit reminds US of the
| fact that it is just Is years ago that
! Prof. Wiley took charge OF the school.
fresh from the teachings and inSpira-
tions of Booker T. Washington. after
whose school Fessenden is largely
| fashioned. with 13 pupils and 13 acres
of land, tsince grown to 300) on which
only one building stood and that was
I Fessenden Hall. and how by his untir-
ing IabOrs and indefatiga BILE zeal. the
campus has been dotted with buildings
that are constantly used 70 their limit
and more soon needed now. In course
of construction is a splendid laundry
building. the old one to be converted
into a bath house, while the capacity
of Fessenden Hall is to be doubled
during the coming summer 1t is the
| ambition of Prof. Wiley to try two
acres in corn under the famous Will
Jams system and is confident his pu-
pills will grow crop that will be a
prize winner under the inspiration of
DR.. J. c. Boozers generous offer of
gold to the boys of Marion who can
| grow the best and most bushels of
corn to the acre Prof. Wiley will
also thoroughly test the growing of
patch of alfalfa. But We have said
enough to properly indicate the splen-
did work Prof. Wiley is doing at Fes-
senden for his race for the promotion
of intelligent and worthy citizenship
that will confer credit and honor on
all engaged in the work, whether a
teacher or contributor. 1t will be
blessed day for Florida when schools
like Fessenden cover the state as the
dew does the earth, and as tribute to
the man whose mind. heart and hands
are enlisted in this great and glorious
work for the uplift of his people and
the betterment of life and society we
append what Henry Van Dyke. the ia
nous teacher, preacher and author
says of such men. 1t is beautiful and
impressive and covers the whole range
of this work, viz: There is a loftier
ambition than merely to stand high in
the world. 1t is to stoop down and
lift mankind little higher. There iS
a nobler character than that which is
merely incorruptible 1t is the charac-
ter, which acts as an antidote and pre-
ventive of corruption. Fearlessly we
; speak the words which bear witness
to righteousness and truth and purity:
patiently to do the deeds which
strengthen virtue and kindle hope in
your fellOWmen: generously to lend a
hand to those who are trying to climb
upward; faithfully to give your sup
port and your personal help TO the eff
forts which people are mai king to ele
vate and purify the social life OF the
world-that is what it means to have
salt in your character.