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Miss Celeste S. Parrish
Os the State Normal School.
At the recent local meeting of women for the pur
pose of establishing a branch of the International
Congress of Mothers, Miss Celeste S. Parrish, Pro
fessor of Psychology and Pedagogy, was invited
to address the assemblage. There can be no ques
tion of the fact that Miss Parrish is eminently fit
ted by her training and her work in Pedagogy at
the State Normal School to present to women new
and wonderfully useful phases in the training of
children’s minds. Being, as she is, one of
the foremost educators of the South, the
work of Miss Parrish at Athens, is too well
known to require more than passing com
ment, and the address she made before the
Mother’s Congress, was of a character so
rich in instructive methods, plans and prin
ciples, that each hearer was distinctly
helped and enlightened by it. Miss Parrish
is a graduate of the foremost universities
of the country, having received her train
ing at Cornell, Columbia and the Univer
sity of Chicago. Her field, psychological
pedagogy, is one of the widest and most
fruitful in all the university curriculum,
and a full understanding of its scope is
impossible in this brief sketch. But, it is
said that the whole effort of the system is
li towards developing the native potencies
of the child; it being not so much a ques
tion of how much you can put into him,
as of what you can take out.” This prin
ciple, and the application of it to the daily
life of the child, constitutes, perhaps, the
basis of the working method as inculcated
by Miss Parrish. It is felt that the South
may well be proud of the splendid service
rendered to its educational development by
the able and effectual effort of the subject
of this sketch.
The Mercer-Wake Forest
Debate.
On April 16th, Mercer and Wake Forest
met at Raleigh, N. C., in joint debate. The
subject discussed was, “Resolved that the
Southern States should encourage immi
grants admitted into the country to set
tle within our bounds.” Mercer espoused
the affirmative side of the question. The
decision rendered was for the negative.
But we cannot refer to it as defeat, for,
regardless of the decision, Mercer men feel
a joy that savors of victory.
You have heard about the Mercer spirit. Had
you been in our chapel on the morning of the
20th, you would have felt it. It was then that the
Wake Forest trip and its results were discussed.
Prof. W. E. Godfrey, who attended the debate, was
the first speaker. He assured us that we have ev
ery cause for which to be congratulated, mention
ing, among other things, the forceful way in which
our speakers argued, and the cordial manner in
which they were received and applauded, and, in
cidentally, that the Mercer debaters were presented
with a beautiful bouquet of roses. Prof. Godfrey
quotes President Poteat as having remarked that
our men were the strongest of any that Wake For-
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est had ever met, and that the victory was won by
a narrow margin.
Next came Messrs. Griner and Wells, our repre
sentatives in the debate, who expressed their re
gret that they did not gain the decision, though,
modestly adding, that they had done all in their
power.
Probably the speech that deserves to be called
the best of the occasion was made by J. R. Moseley,
late professor of history and economics in Mercer.
It was in the tone of his remarks that the Mercer
spirit was most distinctly seen. Among other
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things, he said: “The college and her representa
tives have almost everything to rejoice in, and very
little to regret. The speeches of your representa
tives are a real contribution to the discussion of
the Southern problem. They impress me as being,
upon the whole, the best speeches ever prepared by
Mercer debaters. I heard the young men deliver
the speeches the day they left for Raleigh, and I
never heard college young men debate so well be
fore an imaginary audience.
“When we take into account that Mercer had
the affirmative, and upon the whole, the unpopular
side of the question, and that the debate was given
almost under the shadow of Wake Forest College,
where the local sentiment naturally and rightly
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MISS CELESTE S. PARRISH
wanted Wake Forest to win, and that the debate
was pitched upon the advanced ground it was, the
fact that Mercer’s representatives won the ap
plause they did, and the vote of one of the judges—
I say, taking these things into account, are we not
warranted in saying that the debate was almost as
much a victory for Mercer as for Wake Forest?
“And, after all, young gentlemen, the chief sig
nificance and joy of life consists in doing things.
While in the lower sense there seems to be a defeat
for every victory, in the higher sense, all who
strive faithfully, win the true prizes of life. Judg-
ed by this true standard of success we cele
brate a victory, rather than a defeat.”
As it happened, Mr. AV. I). Upshaw was
passing through the city, and paid us a
very timely visit. He is always and every
where, brim full of Mercer enthusiasm.
His speech, ringing with eloquent optimism,
changed defeat to victory, and if up to
this time a single man had refused to em
ploy his hands and feet and lungs, he re
fused no longer.
Just here the occasion was about to be
adjourned when wild cries of “Kilpat
rick” rent the air. Seeing that the stu
dents were in earnest, and that they meant
to hear him, he responded, saying in sub
stance, that only one debate had been held,
and that two more were yet to come, both
of which would be fought on Georgia soil.
“Mercer must win those two debates,” he
said, in conclusion.
J. Buford Copeland.
The Georgia “Tech.”
The fifth annual Field Day of the Tech
was held on the afternoon of Tuesday,
Apiil 24th, beginning at 2 o’clock. The day
was an ideal one for the occasion—a spring
day at its very best. A good crowd gather
ed around the field, and a still better one
helped the athletes on rhe field.
The first event was the 100-yard dash.
No records were broken, but the fairly
good time of 11 1-2 seconds was made by
Goodier and Roberts.
In the hammer throw there were only
two contestants, Pittard and Johnson. Pit
tard was easily winner, throwing the 16-
pound hammer <B3 feet, 3 1-2 inches. Pit
tard also won the shot put at 31 feet, 5
inches.
The pole vault, always an interesting
event, was closely contested by Moyes and
Goodier, Goodier finally winning with 8 feet, 8 in
ches. The running high jump was won by Dunn, at 5
feet, 5 inches, and the running broad jump, by Good
ier, who equalled Tech’s former record of 19 feet.
The most exciting contest was the mile run. Four
runners started out on the six-lap track, but one
dropped out after going around five times. Another
fell back, leaving the race to Davenport, who had
already broken the records in the 440-yard and
2 minutes 13 1-2 seconds, and a long-legged “black
smith” of Scotch descent, Mclntyre. They ran the
last lap almost abreast, but just before the end
Davenport forged ahead, winning his third race,
in 5 minutes, 21 seconds.
—Lewis R. Jackson.
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