Stetson Weekly Collegiate

^tmi- L*C<?^i^c><s--&4s^LM\ Stetson Weekly Collegiate E OFFICIAL STUDENTS' PUBLICATION OF STETSON UNIVERSITY. Yol. XVIII DeLand, Florida, Wednesday, October 16,1905. No. 2 DR. HULLEY'S SUMMER WORK Obtains Gifts for Stetson University INTERVIEW WITH DR. HARPER Thousands of Southern people have been to this great center of summer school work. The State of New York annually appropriates money to support the pedagogical side of the Chautauqua for the benefit of New York school teachers. Specialists from all over the country were there and the school was very large. Miss Erhart and Miss Merryrnan of the Stetson Faculty were there pursuing special lines of study bearing on their work. (4.) In Ohio in early August I had an opportunity to present In reply to your request for the work of stetson before the news of my work this summer, Baptisfc folk of ohio Thousands of them meet in an assembly I had a long conference eyery summer at Hiawatha Lake, Mt. Vernon. Stetson has many THE LYCEUM FOR 1905-1906 Course Consists of Numbers Five BEST THAT MONEY CAN OBTAIN Lectures To Enthusiastic Audiences In Various Parts of the Country. Season Tickets Are Offered at an Exceptionally Low Price-r^ome of the Attractions. Editor of The Collegiate: allow me to say : (1.) with Mr. John B. Stetson as soon as school closed in May, and on my request in accord with the committee, he authorized me to have all the buildings painted and the third floor of Chaudoin finished. He has paid for the painting and given a large sum for finishing Chaudoin. (2.) From there I went to Knoxville to lecture to the Summer School of the South. There were 1500 teachers from all the Southern States, particularly the Gulf States. Among them was friends in Ohio. Editor Lesher of Cincinnati and President Hunt of Dennison University are among the best. (5.) In August President Harper gave me a long interview. He was deeply interested in the work at Stetson and in our progress and future develpment. He spoke in the kindest way of the affiliation. Prof. Small was equally kind with regard to the Two theories prevail regarding the nature of public entertainments given under the auspices of a college community, and on the platform of a university. The older, more conservative idea is, that all such exhibitions should afford opportunity to the students taking work in oratory and elocution, to demonstrate their abilities in those lines, and to the college, to show its power for such training. For this purpose, the entertainments of a public nature, of college sanction, all tend to this end, the development and exhibition of dra- relation between the two Uni- matic, oratorical, forensic skill, versities. Mr. Staley and Mr. The other j^ the idea that is Lofberg, of last spring's class, were both there, and both have gaining alongside the earlier the- Miss Law, of our Model School, their bachelor degrees now from 01T5 is> that a university, stand- who is studying Kindergarten Chicago. ing as it does for the best in all Methods Miss Law had a good (°-) At St. Louis and Pertle lines, should call to her halls of chance to see the best work, for Springs, Missouri, the most cor- learning, and bring to her plat- dial greetings were received and h men d en who Miss Hofer, head of the leading large audierjCes heard of our fine school in the country for the training of kindergartners, was in charge. The Summer School at Knoxville shows what rapid progress education is making in University in the land of perpet- have won national or internation- ual summer. al fame in oratory, debate and At various other Assemblies, impersonation, in order that stu- and Chautauquas and Summer dents and patrons alike may en- Schools, in making education- • the benefit8 Gf the higher ed- entswere intelligent and eager. New York, Ashland, Kentucky, For this reason Yale University, The standards at Knoxville were Stubenville, Ohio, etc. for example, annually invites to high and it means, through these Everywhere people are coming her platform some speaker of teachers, the dissemination all to hear ofour work and the large wor]d wide reputation, to deliver a course of lectures on popular Lincoln I subjects, in what is known as the over the South of advanced ideas, number of winter students from (3.) Chautauqua, New York, the North is expected to grow, was on my program for July.