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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- ■Wag#||o UH Tnt ' 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 i jlßil 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 The Golden Age for May 3, 1906. 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. 9