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garment
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Our $10.00 Skirts, Now $8.25.
45-Inch all-wool Serge, 85c grade,
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52-Inch Black Panama, $1.25 value,
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$20.00 Tailor Suits, now$17.50.
now 98c a yard.
sizes, 50c per garment
54-Inch Colored Broadcloths, $125
Ladles' Union Suits at 50c, $1.00,
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48-Inch Shadow Plaid Panamas,
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Waists
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50o and 7't each.
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27-Inch China Silk, In black nnd col-
Ladies Coats
ored, worth 65c, at 49c a yard.
width and weight, economical In price.
Ladies' Silk Shirt Waists, $6.60
19-Inch Taffeta Silk, G5c value, at
Good whlto Blankets, 10-4 size,
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50c a yard.
$3.50 paid.
$650 Will buy our $9.00 Coats.
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27-Inch Chiffon Taffeta Silks, as a
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$8.50 Will buy our $11.00 Coats.
value, now$8.50. —
leader, 95c a yard.
n pair.
36-Inch Black Chiffon, gunnantccd
11-4 All-wood California Blankets,
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Ladles' Lace Shirt Waists, $12.50
value, now $10.00.
Taffeta Silks, $1.25 value, nt 98c u
$12.50 quality, $9.50 a pair.
yard.
Cotton Comforts at $1.00, $1.25 and
$13.50 Will buy our $16.50 Coats.
Ladies' Lace Shirt Waists, $15.00
36-Inch Black Chiffon
$2JX> a pair.
value, now $12.50.
27-lnch Pcnu de Sole Silk, worth
Eiderdown Comforts at $4.50, $5.50,
$1.25, at$1.00 a yard.
$8.50 up to $25.00 a pair.
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PROF. STEWART'S ADDRESS
AT KNOXVILLE MEETING
mon schools below or the higher lnstl-.
tutlons above. There seems to be lit.
tic agreement ns to curriculum, years
In course, or year beginning the high
school department. Beginning as a
mere upward extension of the common
— — I schools in i n few cities, they have
The following Is an address dellv-, ing the public schools "to the elements Kr ° Wn at Wl "' aCCoriHnB to ,ocal vloW8 ’
'of an English education only.” Wlth " lUe CODCCrt of actlon amons
With the growth of the public school! th< ' m8clTOB ° r ,rom ,bc » nd
, . 1 rarely with any state direction,
systems in the cities and towns came
I In the eleven Southern States (anil
ered at Knoxville, Tonn., recently by
Prof. J. S. Stewart, of the University
•of Georgia, on the subject of “The
High School Population of the South
and u Plan for the Correlation of the
Jllgh Schools and the Higher Institu
tions:”
Before the Civil War the South had
the demand for public high schools
as a part of these systems. About the 1 refcr to thesfi samu State3 throu * h
time the South began its common ‘ out thls P a *> er > In 1903 there were:
school system the North and West be- J 550 Hlgh School “' P ubllc an, ‘ P rlva,p '
gan to add the public high schools. r, ‘ ,orllnK ™ a ™'S of four years.
Its fair proportion of the academies of : In 1876 there were only 22,000 students' bl ® "' Kb Schools, public and private,
that day. After the war the dire pov- In the publlc high schools of the na- rl T or, '"R courses of three years,
erty of our people necessitated the tlon. while -the private secondary [ 113 High Schools, public and private,
rloslng of many of these academies schools showed 75,000 students. To- ( ri I'OdlnR courses of two years,
for lack of students able to meet the day there are nearly 1,000,000 students 301 ,llBh School! *' l ,ubHcan( * Private,
expenses. In the public high schools, and fewer reporting courses of no length of cities. The rural classes are almost
The Northern and Western States than 150,000 In the private schools.
1 Those re|>orte(l as four-year high
schools may safely be discounted one-
had established public school systems It is not to be expected that high
In ante-bellum times but rarely, how- J schools of the South should show as
ever, with a high school department, high state of development as those as invoatlRuticjn aho^H that fully
relying still for prci>aratton for college' of the North, when we remember that ,b ' lt nljn v report tlie^svicnth year
.upon the private academies. I while the North was building Its high
None of the Southern States estab- ^ schools for one race with multiplying
dished a comprehensive public school resources the South, impoverished by
system before the Civil War.
common school as the first year high
school.
Necessarily In adjusting our educa
tion to new conditions and standards
dents studying Latin, Greek, and alge-' and wasted energy as possible, and the
bra than the nverage for the Nation greatest good to ail from unity of ac-
and a lower per cent of those studying! tlon. The strong must not remain in
English, French, German, geometry
and chemistry. The attempt n* the
schools to become quasi colleges of
low grade Is shown by their having a
larger per cent, of students Btudylng
psychology, astronomy, trigonometry
and history than the average for the
nation.
A good beginning has been mane tn
laboratory courses In tho elementary
science studies, but not so much prog-
ress is shown In technical courses.
The purely text-book, memoriter
courses still too largely characterize
the work of the schools.
The Bchools are not evenly located
over the Stntes, but are largely con
centrated in the larger towns nnd
wholly without high school facilities.
Here is one of the chief defects in our
system, and calls for the best thought
of our people. It necessarily results in
great productive and economic lots to
the South nnd euta down the attend
ance for tho section. New York has
1,000 more high school students than
all the Southern stntes combined, and
The the civil war of bur best blood and her .. .... ,
| . , , . ,,,'wc flml much overlapping of work on her population Is scarcely more than
government of these was aristocratic,' princely resources, has had to build .. . ... ....
..uid no public provision was made for J a common school system for two races,
the education of tho masses beyond lay the foundations for n high school
tito public support of tho "poor J system and rehabilitate her colleges.
schools." The rich could attend the
academies as In England.
With the overturning of the slave-
holding aristocracy of the South and
l lie attempts of the North to foist a
black Republican government upon the
whites, all classes of Southern whites
were drawn together for protection.
The demand was made tor univer
sal education through a public school
system This demand was made and
Only last year did tho financial state
ment of the South equal that-of I860.
When I consider tho sublime fight
our fathers made to redeem our South
land from the woe of negro domination
and the still more heroic fight they
made to re-establish an Anglo-Saxon
civllsatlon Iti the face of Federal bay
onets. iinjus'. tariff discriminations and
government estrangement, under the
heavy burdens of Federal pensions nnd
the part of both public and private In
stitutions. Hue-fourth of the high
school students nre found in the pre
paratory departments of our higher
Institutions. Many of the colleges nre
but high schools; In fact, eighty-four
"colleges'* arc included in the list of
1,415 secondary schools, as they show
no college work. Many other colleges
have fewer than one-third of their at
tendance of college grade. The high
schools, especially the private high
'schools, invade the field of the common
'school, and the colleges trespass far
loo much upon the work of the secon
pushed by the men In our dismantled ( the debt of state tensions, when I con | gchoo | clearly many of these
* — colleges, the,
might with advantage trim thetr satis
lo secondary school lines.
Only 7,000 students completed tbo
prescribed courses in 1803, and but
2,202 were , ,1„,1 u-o prepared to enter
the colleges of the South.
Enroiled tn these schools were 4.8
•colleges and by the wisest of our j aider the poverty of our
political leaders. As Jefferson Dsvl. heroic self-sacrifice of our professors
expressed It In an address before the and leaders, the virtue of th ® Bn
Georgia teacher.: "Often In the his- white voter In taxing himself for the
•ory of tlie world has force overcome, education of blacks an wit.,
but it has never acquired dominion not ashamed cf the record
<Sx>nth<>rn noople, but bestow upon
'•ver intelligence. Roman arms maa* Southtr .
,e highest meed of praise for
'••red the Greeks, but Greece taught them the ’ ( ms 80 ' W1 .„ be . students for every 1.000 of popula-
Homo art. Ljiter Romans paid tribute the educational s>s e ( | on iin ,i jj students attended higher
to the Huns and Goths, but they felt gun. Institutions for every 1.000 of popula-
. with ill the facts before us I cnai-
' Influence of Christianity Bird re- " ltn ' show a more glorious lion thls ugalnst 13 students to the
finenient, and Rome triumphed in nior- H'nge bls,or> *° s 1 1 000 In' other sections in high schools
xr.i half century or conwjcra
and art, and the barbarians Ixv recori • and 3.6 students In higher Institutions.
.. „ «,.|fili nlal heroic struggle »o rL ‘
eamt* her subjects. May God bless tlon. s
>‘»u in your labors and enable you and build our
Jourii to rise, as tho Italians did, above highest plan- ^ ^ ^ t .i eV en
th. barbarian and show to the world ^ During tills I* nia | nta i nc d a double I The majority of our high schools are
'bat brute force Is not superior to era States have na many m ,|. I a tlll taught by one or two teachers,
mind." syslem <>f “ choH ^ ( . illlcatllH1 ()f who must often divide their time with
So the seventies saw established in I*on» annunllj “I established 1,415 elementary pupils. Under these con-
"••ry Southern State a common school the negro, an. a* ^ ^ wwnilar) . dttlon. departmental work could not
system, but without high schools. So high srh<x«ls. ^ ^ smdents In 1803. be extensively carried on.
pronounced were many of the South- attendance » - ^ ^ ^ a|(uaUoQ j In the matter of curriculum our
• rn leaders In limiting publlc educa- A s,uil> ° ’ w m S | 1()W mat the schools show the Influence of college
"••n that In Georgia General Robert ( In the South * wn up largely „y! entrance requirements. For instance,
Tiximbs waa able to Incorporate in tho j high seti'.'l’ “ to tb e com-; wo ‘bow a higher per cent of (to-
commonwealth upon the | When we consider that probably twee
, of Christian civilisation. «»>« our "°‘' ulaUoa C""'* 13 of
I South- negroes the comparison Is not bad.
one-third of these eleven States.
There are eight public high schools
for boys only, and eight for girls only.
There are sixty-eight private schools
for boys and seventy-nine for girls.
All the others arc coeducational.
The entire Income for maintenance
of the public schools reported In 1903
was $827,000, or a little over $1,200
to the school.
The colleges seem to regard tho sec
ondary school largely from tho stand
point of thetr ability to prepare stu
dents to meet their particular require
ments for entrance. In some sections
college administrative boards attempt
secluslve isolation, but must extend a
helping hand to weaker brothers.
There is no room in this work for nar
rowness, Jealousy, bigotry or mean
ness; these would bo treason. It If
the cull of the wise for the perfecting
of our educational system, which
should be composed of the state and
non-state Institutions.
Tlie high school will find Its true
place as tho center and heart of such
a system. The development of the
high school in every country will havo
an Immediate effect upon the teach
ing force, tlie educational tone, ttie re-
source* nf the elementary schools. Tho
higher institutions will be helped by
having better prepared nnd more stu
dents, by being able to lap off prepara
tory departments, thereby concentrat
ing energies ui>on college work. The
South will feel in every industry, pro-
fession nnd condition In life the effects
of tho higher training, culture and skill
constantly increasing number of
youth from these centers of Intellec
tual light.
The General Education Board after
a careful study nf educational condi
tions In tlie South and elsewhere came
to tho conclusion that tlie high school
was Iho point of attack for Improving
both tho common schools and the col
leges. This board assisted In main
taining a chair of secondary education
In the University of Georgia for two
years, and then extended its aid to
support similar chairs In a number of
other Southern State Universities.
curriculum must be developed as an
end in Itself, to give the maximum
amount of mental power, culture nnd
skill to Its students, and the colleges
must then adjust their requirements to
meet the needs of these graduates.
The whole theory of college entrance
requirements Is shifting from the Iron
clad requirements of each college, oft
en Imposed arbitrarily to meet the
convenience of the head of some de
partment In adjusting his courses, to
a comprehensive study and adjustment
to tho needs of tho schools and their
students. The phrases "preparation
for college" and “preparation for life"
are becoming obsolete. As President
Elliot says in discussing the question
that “fitting for college wus essential
ly tho same as fitting for life.''
“Clearly If the high school does not
fit a boy for life four years better than
the grammar school, the high school
Is, in some measure, falling to perform
Its functions, and we should never for
a moment lose sight of the fact that
school and college are both training
for life, and that the subsequent life
should bo larger, more productive and
more enjoyable .the longer has been
the preparation for It.”
Students pursuing any well-balanced
course In a high school ought to be
able to continue their studies In the
higher Institutions, without break or
jumping an arbitrarily imposed fence.
Yet colleges most of necessity protect
themselves against Incompetent stu
dents, If they do justice to tho others.
There should, therefore, be two ways
to enter college—by certificate from
the principal of schools, approved after
This aid will be extended to all Ihe ‘ competent Inspection, and by examlna-
Soutlirrn States as rapidly as proper tlon for all others. Wherever proper
arrangements can he made with tho cooperation exists this freedom has
governing authorities. j resulted In good to tho high schools
The purpose of the chair In tho sev- ( and to the colleges, both In scholar-
eral State Universities Is to bring ship and In attendance,
almut unity of action and improvement | Following the recommendations of
••nstltntlon of 1877 the danse limit-!kK* 1 <n
to maintain preparatory schools for.—.— ... —. —
that particular college, without afflllat- j lo the high schools, extending their the “Committee of Ten on Secondary
Ing with the general development of influence to every county and propcriy j Schools," and the "Committee on Eu-
high schools. Again, the high schools'correlating their work with the ele-[ trance Requirements” all of our col
suiter auuuaiiy iu stieuiLuice tuni iucui meniary scnools and the higher instl-
prestige from the attempt of the col- tutlons. Through Instruction In the
leges to persuade fond parents that university class room, through Inspcc
their sons and daughters could do tlon of schools and conferences with
much better If sent to College Boards of Education and teachers,
before completing the high school through legislative enactments and
course. popular votes, these professors are
Instead of cools'ration, confidence, expected to aid in enriching, system-
recognition of tho rights and fields atlzing and extending the high schools
of work of each, there has been too of the South.
much distrust and competition on the j In this work the cooperation of
part of the colleges towards the high every educational force Is desired. Es
se bools. There Is shown In some quar- iteclaliy can the Southern Association
ters a similar antagonism on tho part ^ of Colleges and Preparatory Schools
of the friends of the common schools, be of valuable assistance.
One of the greatest and most nr-1 We believe the time has come for
gent problems for our educators of the all the college authorities,to look upon
tain number of unit* for entranco to
college, about half of them being ipect
fled, we give to all the. benefit* de
rived from system and uniformity ■■
well as the opposite benefits of flexi
bility and'variety, in this way tho
classical, scientific, technical and pro
fessional courses, can adjust their
work and requirements so as to secare
to all student* mental training and
power to carry forward College work.
Tho certificate system can never te
a success without careful Inspection of
the work of other schools. This has
been clearly proven In the twenty or
thirty years’ experience in the Middle
West, where the accredited system
originated.
The North Central Association of
Colleges and Secondary Schools util
ises tho Inspectors In the State Uni
versities In making up the list of ap
proved schools for tho section and in
defining unit courses. In the South
a plan muy be devised to utilize In
much tho same way the professors of
secondary education In our Southern
State Universities. These professors
already exchange monthly reports and
meet annually together with their
Presidents In conference. Their next
meeting will be held at Charlottesville,
November 22-24. A Southern College
Entrance Certificate Board should bd
organised In such a way as to secure
the services of the State University in
spectors and bring about co-operation
In all our educational forces without
additional expense to the Institutions.
I suggest that a committee be ap
pointed to report later for the estab
lishment of such an Entrance Certifi
cate Board. This board would prepare
a general band-book on secondary edu
cation, defining unit courses and sug
gesting group courses. Reports woqld
be made annually, giving lists of ap
proved schools In each State and the
extent of apnm«i. Uniform entrance
certificate blanks would bo used by all
Institutions affiliating or desiring td
uso them. Tho plan Is already work
ing satisfactorily In my State. Tho
General Board would extend Its useful
ness uniforlty to all Btatcs. We must not
be content with correlating tho strong
special preparatory schools, but e$
forts must go out to the strengthening
••f the two and three-year high schools
and the weaker academies. In this we
aqk your aid. Already as a result of
this specific work Virginia has appro
priated $50,000 annually tor aid to
high schools, and agreement has been
secured In grading the schools Ten
nessee has voted liberally In many
counties for local county tax for sup
port of county high schools. Georgia
has voted $70,000 annually to maintain
district agricultural high schools, and
many towns and several counties have
voted a local tax for maintaining com
mon high schools. South Carolina has
begun reorganization of high schools
under State alrectlon, and will doubt
less secure State aid next year. Flor
ida gives state aid to all her high
schools according to grade. Alabama
Is itcrfectlng her district high schools,
requiring uniform course and supervi
sion.
We have but to ilnltb, nnd the next
few years will see the perfection of a
system so wisely begun by our fathorz.
May no Institution, dr teacher, or
professor prove a laggard.
KINGS COUNTY VOTES
MAY ELECT BRUCE
Republicans Claim to Have
Found Error of Five
Thousand.
South to solve today is this of bring- the high schools, not from tho view
ing about a just Interrelation nnd cor- point of the demands for entrance
relation of all our educational forces, j alone, but to secure tho beat possible
both prlrate and publlc, so that there training for all students at that period
will be as little overlapping of work j of life and lady. The high school
leges should clearly recognlxe tho
principle of election in secondary
schools, and, therefore, In college en
trance requirements. Tho Committee
"does not believe in unlimited elec
tion, but especially emphasises the Im
portance of a certain number of con
stants In all secondary schools and in
all admission requirements for col
leges. The Committee recommends
that the number of constants bo rec
ognised In the following proportion,
namely: Four units In foreign lan
guage (no language accepted In less
than two units), two units In mathe
matics, two in English, one In his
tory, and three years or more electives
to enter the freshman class.”
By adopting the nnlt system of con-
slants and electives, requiring n defi
nite number of units of work to gradu
ate from the high school and a ear-
New York, Nov. 10.—John E. Smith,
secretary of the Kings County Republi
can campaign, says today that In the
neighborhood of 6,000 additional votes
had been discovered for M. Linn Bruce,
Republican candidate for lieutenant
governor. He said:
“We have received returns from
practically every election district tn
the county. We have tabulated them
and have discovered that the Demo
cratic claims made on election day
that Cbanler had a plurality of 34,000
In Kings county bad been exaggerated.
Our figures show that be received it
plurality of less than 30,000.
“These figures will be verified by
the board of canvassers, which will
meet Wednesday. According to the
reports this morning, llr. Chanter's
plurality throughout the state was In
the neighborhood of 1,200.
“These additional vote* In King’s
county will undoubtedly elect Bruce
lieutenant governor.”
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