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College Notes.
Memorial exercises were recently held in Ra
leigh, N. C., for the late Prof. Chas. D. Mclver, the
noted North Carolina educator.
Among many other bequests, the late Professor
James M. 'Hoppin, of Yale, left $60,000 to the Yale
Art School. The sum will be used in establishing
a professorship in architecture.
Mr. Andrew Carnegie has given Princeton a
lake. It is situated near the university grounds:
is three and one-half miles long and will be amply
large for all kind of aquatic sports.
The Georgia School of Technology is completing
the raising of the $5,500 necessary to complete the
purchase of three acres of land upon which the
institution has an option and which will.be used as
an enlargement of the campus.
The education committee of the London County
Council has decided to recommend to the council
that classes for the study of the Irish language and
literature be opened in the public elementary schools
of Finsbury, Islington, St. Pancras and Stephney.
The late Edwin Stone of Brooklyn left one half
of his estate of two hundred thousand dollars to
various educational institutions. Among the ten
institutions which will share the amount are Tus
kegee College, the American Tract Society and the
American Seamen’s Friend Society.
Four students of Cornell University and three
volunteer fire men lost their lives in a recent fire
which destroyed the Chi Psi Fraternity Chapter
house. Memorial services have been held and the
members of the Senior class have voted to wear
moiirning buttons until the Christmas recess.
A memorial to William Rainey Harper from the
presidents of the leading universities of the country
has been received at the University of Chicago, and
will be placed over President Harper’s desk in
Haskell Hall. It is engraved on parchment and
pays tribute to Dr. Harper as a scholar, a thinker,
an administrator and as a man.
The Agricultural College for the Eighth District
of Georgia will be located in Morgan county. The
college was secured by a bid of $40,000 in cash, 257
acres of land just outside the city of Madison, elec
tric lights and water free for ten years and tele
phone service free for three years. The work of es
tablishing the school will be begun in January.
Tt is announced by Dr. Wm. H. Maxwell, City
Superintendent of Schools of New York, that one
thousand American teachers will go abroad next
year to study the school systems of Europe, tl is
planned to take the teachers from all sections of
the country and it is hoped that one-half of their
expenses will be met hy their respective school
boards.
The Advisory Board at the University of Geor
ria has held an election of editors for the Red and
Black, resulting in the choice of the following: W.
O. Mashburn, of Barnesville. Ga.. Editor-in-Chief:
Walton Griffith, of Athens, Associate editor;
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The Golden Age for December 20, 1906.
AV. R. O’Hara, of Greenville, Athletic editor; Ham
ilton Horsey, of Jacksonville, Fla., Local editor, and
Alex McDonald, of Savannah, Exchange editor.
Messrs. Neister and Dewitt Payne of Atlanta were
elected business managers.
Bessie Tift College.
Dr. John J. Bassett Wooten has recently been
called to the department of music at Bessie Tift
College, formerly Monroe College. Dr. Wooten
received his musical education under the instruc
tion of Carl Reinecke, Jadasshon, Kletngel and
Klesse, of the Liepsic Conservatory, remaining six
years in that institution. He spent two years in
Berlin with Moskowski end Scharwenka, and two
years in Vienna in intimate association with Jo
hannes Brahtms. He holds the Mus. Doc. Oxon
and New York L. R. A. M., and Fellow of the Col
lege of Organists, London. His literary education
was completed in the Heidelberg University of
which institution he holds the degree of Doctor
of Philosophy. He taught six years in the New
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York University, during which time he was also
employed for years in the New York College
of Music. In his piano work he follows the meth
odh of Lelschetitsky and Depee, and his vocal
methods are based on those of Stockhausen, Bouhy,
Randegger and Sbriglia. In the employment of
this great teacher whose ability is recognized by
the master musicians of the world, the trustees of
Bessie Tift College emphasize anew their motto:
“The best possible education under the best possi
ble conditions.”
The Atlanta Boys’ High School.
The annual Christmas exercises of the Alciphron
ian Literary and Debating Society of the Boys’
High School were held in Browning Hall at the
Girls’ High School Wednesday, Dec. 19. The spe
cial officers were S. Vernon Stiles, President;
Claude L. Trussel, Secretary; Oscar N. Everett,
Assistant Secretary. The orators were Earl Sims,
Andrew Beck, and Henry P. Elliot. The subject
for debate was, “Resolved, that the United States
should permanently retain the Philippines.” The
affirmative was led by Flewellyn Akers, assisted by
Chas. Adams, Paul Carpenter, and Randolph Loeb.
James Jackson Slaton led the negative, assisted
by James Giradeau, Walter Sonn, and Norman P.
Cooledge. There were also music and decorations.
Two medals were offered, one for the best orator,
the other for the best debater. The names of the
winners with their pictures will appear in the next
issue of The Golden Age.
State Normal Notes.
It does one’s heart good to witness the growth’
in spiritual life among the students at the Nor
mal this year. Quite a large number of the students
are members of the Young Women’s Christian
Association, banded together for Christian work
and mutual help in Christian living.
As a part of the great work of this Association,
a prayer service is held every evening in earjfi
dormitory, conducted by the students. One even
ing each week is devoted to Bible study, another,
to missions, and still another to the study of the
Sunday school lesson. On Sunday afternoon the
service is conducted in the auditorium by a teacher,
or one of their own number. Through these in
formal meetings nearly one hundred young women
have consecrated their lives to God for service,
and are seeking to know His will. One student
recently organized in her dormitory an additional
Bible class, taking up the study of Genesis, which
class has increased in numbers from ten to thirty
five. Others are at work preparing a Christmas
box for the poor. Personal work is also being
done by some of these consecrated girls.
The Association sends, each year, a delegate to
the Y. W. C. A. Convention, and to the Asheville
Conference. This year Miss Helen Brewer was
appointed delegatle to the convention at Mont-*
gomery, and Miss Mary Lou Watkins to the Con
ference at Asheville. This Association was organ
ized in 1903 by Miss Ida Young, whose devotion
and untiring efforts add much to its progress.
The officers are: President, Mary McGee; Vice
president, Essie Mitchell; Secretary, Helen Brewer;
Treasurer, Bessie Jenkins.
Not among the girls alonte is this religions
awakening found, but it extends, also, to the
Young Men’s Christian Association, which includes
every young man in the school. They, also, have
evening prayer meetings, Bible study classes, and
various other services of an ennobling and inspir
ing character. A delegate is sent from this body
each year to the convention which convenes at
Asheville, and, also, to the state convention.
These organizations are heartily encouraged by
the president of the school. Professor E. C. Bran
son, who is heart and soul in the work. The open
ing exercises of the day, consisting of prayers,
reading of the Scriptures, and singing, are •on
ducted by Professor Branson and enjoyed by all.
The officers are: President. E. Dillard;
president, W. G. Acree; Secretary, B. Laboon;
Treasurer, T. G. Harvey. Correspondent.
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