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CHICORA COLLEGE.
Chicora College has been having a
most successful session. The boarding
department is the fullest in the history
of the school. We have on roll one hun
orea ana tntrty-six boarders, over two
hundred with the day pupils.
The twelve unit entrance requirements
have been enforced during the time present
administration has been in charge,
and thus the literary standard has been
raised as high as any college in this section
of the South. The music, art, expression,
and business departments of
the college are fuller than they have ever
been. The entire co.lege is doing its
best work- Thanksgiving services were
held yesterday, the student body marching
to the First church, where they heard
an eloquent sermon by Dr. T. W. Sloan,
pastor. This closed the Thanksgiving
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everything possible is done for them
that can he done to make them truly
educated Christian women, and to make
their stay pleasant and profitable at the
college.
FRENCH CAMP SCHOOLS.
The Presbytery of Central Mississippi
has had for many years an Academy for
hoys and an Institute for girls. They are
located in the little town of French Camp
in Choctaw county, Miss. They have
done a great work. The equipment in
buildings has been small, but usually all
of the accommodations have been fully
utilized. The writer recently spent a
week in the town while preaching for the
Presbyterian church of which Rev. A. H.
Mecklin is the beloved pastor. It was
his first cloBe touch with the schools. The
impression received was most pleasing.
On the south side of the town is French
Oamp Academy for Boys, with Rev. F. L.
McCue as principal. There are about 110
boys enrolled, and it has been a difficult
matter to house them until the new Alexander
Memorial Hall is ready.
They have a fine set of young fellows.
Nearly all of them are communicants in
some church. They maintain Y. M. C. A.
work, and the religious life is deep and
sincere. Every class is required to memorize
each week a definite portion of the
Scripture as selected by the principal. It
is recited in the class room as a
regular exercise. In addition, Sell's Studies
of the Bible by Books, Doctrines, etc.,
is regularly taught. In twenty-five years
nearly forty young men from this school
have entered the ministry of the various
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There will be forty-two rooms to furnish
in the new Alexander Hall. Are
there not individuals or churches that
will furnish each room? The cost will be
small. Any one who wishes to do a great
work with a little money can find the
place for such a work by writing to Rev.
F. L. McCue. Do it!
On the north side of the town is Cec
tral Mississippi Institute for the girls.
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For twenty-three years Prof. J. A. Sanderson
and his wife have been at the heau
of this department. They have sent ou:
many graduates who have done eood
work as teachers, and many of them as
builders of Christian homes.
The Bible study classes taught by Rev.
A. H. Mecklin were interesting. The
girls are being taught the fundamental
truths of Christianity. There are eighty
girls enrolled. The old church lot of two
acres adjoins the property of the Insti
tute, and is for sale, as the new church
will be erected nearer to the middle of
the town. The Institute needs the ground
and the old church building could be well
converted into a music hall. Is there not
some one who will invest a few hundred
dollars in the old building, and present
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named "The Mecklln Memorial Hall?"
The venerable pastor of the church needs
no physical memorial for his remembrance,
but a memorial hall will be a public
recognition of his long and useful life.
C. T. Thomson.
Kosciusko, Miss.
MAST SEMINARY.
The prospects of this school are still
encouraging. The school work is excellent
and the pupils are intensely interested
in their studies. Such a splendid
spirit exists' in the student body as it
has never been my privilege to see In any
other school. The pupils are untiring in
their efforts to make this the "best
school."
The boys in the dormitory are industrious,
and take as much interest in the
schools and place as if it were their personal
property. They do all the various
forms of work, from dishwashing to
ditching, with cheerfulness and faithfulness.
The only drawback at the present is
the poor condition of the treasury. We
have to do without furniture (except
makeshifts) and many things that minister
to bodily comfort. We intend to make
our own furniture just as soon as we can
get the money for a bill of lumber. Twenty
dollars will buy enough first class oak
to make all the furniture we need. We
have tools of the best sort; we have an
instructor to direct in such work; we
have plenty of time; we have the willinge8t
boys to work; but we have no money.
An article in The Presbyterian of the
South a few weeks ago brought responses
from two places: A generous hearted
man in Charleston W. Va., sent a check
for $5 for the general fund, and two noble
women in Fredericksburg, Va. sent a
bundle of beddinar. I wish that oa/>h mom.
ber of our church could enjoy for once
the delightful feeling of gratitude that I
had when these unexpected gifts came.
It makes Christianity real.
It is unfortunate that Concord Presbytery
is unable this year to make an ap-propriation
to this field. We have four
regular preaching appointments, the con
gregations are steadily growing; the last
preaching day at Mast our school auditorium
could barely accommodate the
number that came.- We asked for a collection;
I expected about fifty cents; but
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we got four dollars! Just think of it
These people who rarely if ever take up
a collection in in their own churches
gave at the first call four dollars. And
* unra oecii some or mem searcn diligently
for a penny (that Is the "devoted
coin" In our section). Well, it looks encouraging.
Last Sunday we organized a Sabbath
School with an enrollment of forty. This
number will increase to about seventy or
eighty soon.
Our nearest shipping point is Shouns,
Tenn., V. & SW. Railway.
T. E. P. Woods.
BOOKS AND PERIODICALS
"Precious Jewels of Sacred Song.?A collection
of the Most Popular Gospel
Songs and Hymns New and Old. By
W. H. Doane, Mus. Doc. Red Cloth,
White stamping 35 cents per copy,
postpaid; $3.60 per dozen, not prepaid;
in Manila, 20 cents and $2. Louisville,
Ky., The World Publishing Company.
1909.
A collection of 296 hymns, adapted to
every phase of Christian work, the
Church, Sunday school, Young People's
Societies, evangelistic, devotional and
other religious meetings. One hundred
and nine of the tnnes incorporated in it
are by Dr. Doane himself, many of them
very widely known and very populer, but
almost too many to make the book a general
selection.
By not craving things we enjoy them
most.
HABIT'S CHAIN
Certain . Habits Unconsciously Formed
ana nara to Break.
An ingenious philosopher estimates
that the amount of will power necessary
to break a life-long habit would, if it
could be transformed, lift a weight of
many tons.
It sometimes requires a higher degree
of heroism to break the chains of a pernicious
habit than to lead a forlorn hope
in a bloody battle. A lady writes from
an Indiana town:
"From my earliest childhood I was a
lover of cofTee. Before I was out of my
teens I was a miserable dyspeptic, suffering
terribly at times with my stomach.
"I was convinced that it was coffee
that was causing the trouble and yet I
could not deny myself a cup for breakfast.
At the age of 36 I was In very poor
health, indeed. My sister told me I was
in danger of becoming a coffee drunkard.
"But I never could give up drinking
coffee for breakfast although it kept me
constantly 111, until I tried Postum. I
learned to make it properly according to
directions, and now we can hardly do
without Postum for breakfast, and care
nothing at all for coffee.
"I am no longer troubled with dyspep
sia, *do not have spells of suffering with
my stomach that used to trouble me so
when I drank cofTee."
Look in pkgs. for the little book, "The
Road to Wellville." "There's a Reason."
Ever read the above letter? A new
one appear* from time to time. They
are genuine, true, and full of human
Interest.