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26 TH] ituxxxmtiiixixtti Educational 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 Hnv Tho orirlo of ? 1 * . . .... civ vuilui a are II tippy, IOT 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 HAnnmina't uvuvmiuailUUO. 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. E PRESBYTERIAN OF THE SOU 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 If tlio Tt ?- * .v vv. iub luouiuic iui a music nan to De 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 TH. December 8, 1909. 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.