The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-04-29


building occupied by the girls was de-
stroyed by fire and forty girls were
injured including some of the teachers.
They are all getting well and some Of
them have returned to their work and
are at their post either as students or
teachers. 1 was proud to see this.
1 spent all day Sunday there and
spoke with them 6 times on Sunday,
and then left for Charleston, s. G. I
have not been here since have been
in the cause, and it was source of
pleasure to come to town to see this
wonderful place and to meet some of
of these wonderful people and getting
Just little education here. This seems
to be a good place to go to college, so
I just came right along, and entered
Avery Institute. 1 got to the school
about noon time, and the first thing to
claim my attention was the line going
| in. I met one of the teachers, Miss
Harriette McClennan, who was looking
after the line. I walked up to her and
said:
"Lady want to get some education
that is to say wants to get ploma
from this school so I can be a real
fessor."
She told me that it would cost me
$3.50 month for up stairs grades, but
I did not want that but wanted my
education right there and then so she
referred me to the boss teacher.
Prof. Benz. F. Cox, is principal, and
he was busy, but had the pleasure of
meeting his wife, Mrs. Cox, who is
some educated woman herself and she
knows something about how to look
after business. She just shook my lily
black hand and told me that she would
show me the way to see her husband.
Well, before she had me to walk up
stairs she carried me in the eating
room and gave me something to eat.
Looking into her face and trying to
impress her that was educated, I just
said ,"Eatibus goodibus, thankibus
strongibus. She looked at me, as if
she wanted to know what was saying.
1 tell you it is a nice thing to make
them educated people sit up and take
notice. I used some words that she had
never heard of, although she has stud
led Latin.
Next found me up in the chapel,
where I found about 12S young people
in a chorus getting ready for COM
meneement. They were just singing
something which sounded to me like
"Hallie you-jar" or something like
that. Perhaps have spelled the world
word wrong and if have forgive me.
You may know something about music.
I met President Cox, who shook my hand
like 1 was some college president my
self, and I just felt good all over my
self, and 1 though I would greet him
in Greek, so said to him:
"Inkerukillo, Schulikum profesitum
Komilkerdumick. I don't believe he
knows what that means, for I don't
know myself, but was trying to tell
him that I was delighted to see his
school. and to see the good work he
is doing for my people. You see for
years, this school has been under
White folks, and they have been doing
the best they could, and this has al
times been real good. But about two
years ago the American Missionary As
ISOLATION decided that it was going to
try one of our men, and they selected
one of the best men in the system,
Prof. Benz. F. Cox. Now that young
man took hold of the work, and he has
made wonderful improvements. All the
teachers belong to us. I would men
ton in addition to Prof. and Mrs. Cox,
I met Misses Hattie E. Green, Serena
Hamilton, Althea Hill, Florence Clyde,
Edna Morrison, Harriet McClennan,
Esther Spencer, Mrs. A. L. Demond,
and Prof. A. W. Murrell. Now these
people are Just like one family, and
they are working together for good.
The student body is very large, and
the work is telling for itself. I had
the pleasure Of looking in the faces of
the students in the school and saying
q few words to them. They could see
Just how excited was and they looked
at me. Although I was splitting verbs,
yet they listened to all I had to say
and when I concluded wish you could
have seen them young people clap their
hands, for joy. I have been invited