The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1912-08-30
THE SCHOOL RALLY
A GRAND SUCCESS IN
EVERY PARTICULAR
PRESIDENT r. L. JONES AND
sUPT. FRAZIER ARE HEARD
AT ATHENAEUM.
THE BARBECUED DINNER
The Teachers and Pupils come From
Every Section Of the County and
an Immense Crowd Was Here and
Went Away Well Pleased.
Mondays Daily.)


The school rally was success
and there were school children here
from every section of the county
reaching into the thousands. The
day started with promising prospects
and they came in all manner of yehi.
cles, the most popular mode appar
emily being the hay wagon. Mum.
bers and numbers of wagons of this
character were seen on the streets
and near the Athenaeum with from
twenty to thirty pupils, together with
a teacher or two or three older per.
sons with them. They began coming
in early and kept coming in until the
early afternoon, and Athenaeum
grove was filed, the buildings were
filed, and the streets down town had
the appearance of an overflow meet
ing during the entire day.
The speakers arrived on the 9:25
train and were carried to the Athe-
naeum by w. P. Erwin in his auto,
where they were met by County Su-
perintendent Graham, Supt Harris
and a number of the teachers of the
county, among them being Supt. Ste
phens, of Mt Pleasant.
After short preliminary discus
sion in the Office of the Athenaeum
the order of the speaking was arrang-
ed and the program proceeded with.
During the wait that preceded the
announcement of the program the
band of school pupils assembled on
the verandah and the steps of Athe-
naeum building were making the
building and grove ring with songs
and yells.
The speakers representing the
state. superintendent Office were R.
L. Jones, president of the Middle Ten
nessee Normal School at Murfrees-
boro, and ex-state superintendent and
Fred B. Frazier, superintendent Of ell
ementary schools.
The program was begun with sing
ing by the High School Glee Club.
Prof. Frazier was the first on the pro-
gram to speak, and occupied .about
thirty minutes time in forceful ad-
dress relating to the elementary
schools of the state.
Mr.. Frazier was followed by Prof.
r. L. Jones in the principal address
of the day. His talk was delight
to all who were fortunate in hearing
him, and proved that he is not only
a big man physically, but a big man
as we'll. Hiss school
has been in all the depart
ments. First in the school romm in
the elementary departments, then in
the advanced grades, followed by be,
ing superintendent of city schools,
and then state superintendent. His
was such and his capabili-
ties and talents so superior that he
was selected president of the Middle
Tennessee Normal School. His adj
dress was a most beneficial one, and
furnished a satisfaction and benefit
to all.
ADD SCHOOL RALLY AN RH
Following the speakers there was
a barbecue dinner served to the i'm
mense crowd assembled. 1t was in
tended that this should be served in
the grove, but the rain forced Mr..
Jackson and his assistants into one
of the annex rooms, from the win
dows of which the dinner was served
on little wooden trays provided for
the occasion.
To assist these serving the dinner
spreads were had in several Of the
class rooms of the Athenaeum build
ing proper, where some of the speak
ers, members of the faculty the
school and several friends gathered
for their refreshments.
The enthusiasm during the morn
ing and all through the speaking was
Of a character that bespoke deep
interest in the. subjects under discus
sion, and the fervor was only cooled
by the rainfall.
The crowd was perhaps the largest
that ever gathered here on such an
and was permeated with
good humor and enthusiasm from
start to finish.
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