Fisk Herald - journal published by the Literary Societies of Fisk

AUGUST: 1887

CONTENTS

Tue Fate ELEMENT IN GREEK TRAGEDY,

THE GREAT QUESTION,
THE Duty OF THE Hour,
THE FISK JUBILEE SINGERS,
COMMUNICATIONS, :
Fouuy. MILts,

EDITORIAL,

AN EXPERTENCE IN TEXAS,
OBITUARY,

PERSONAL,

LOCAL. : ;
ADVERTISEMENTS,

FISK UNIVERSIILY

FACUL IN OFFICERS AND
TEACHERS,

Rey. Erastus M. Cravath, D.D.,

President and Professor of Mental and

Moral Science.

Rev. Adam K. Spence, ME A,,

Dean 2nd Professor of Greek and

Rev. Henry S. Bennett, M. A.,
Secretary of Faculty, Professor of
Theology and German, and Univer-

sity Pastor.

Rev. Frederick A. Chase, M. A.,

Professor of Natural Science.

Miss Helen C.. Morgan, M,. A,,

Professor of Latin.

Herbert H. Wright, M. A., Pro-
4essor of Mathematics and Instructor

an. Vocal Music.

Rv. Edwin Ce. Stickel, (M.A.

Treasurer,

Miss Anna M. Cahill, Instructor in
History and English Literature in Nor-

mal Department.

Miss Anna T. Ballantine, Principal
of Young Ladies Department and In-

-.structor in Rhetoric.

William R. Morris, B. A., (Resi-
dent Graduate), Assistant Instructor.
an Natural Science, and Instructor on
Violin.

Miss Sarah Bowen Principal of
Common English Department and

Instructor in Reading.

Miss Mary E. Edwards, Instructor
in United States History, Geography.

and Drawing.

Miss Henrietta Matson, Instructor
in Grammar and Composition,

Miss Luella Miner, Instructor in
Writing, Geography and Familiar Sct-
ence.

Miss Celia E. Burr, Instructor in
Arithmetic.

Miss Mary L. Matthews, in charge
of Intermediate School.

Mrs. L. R. Green, in charge of
Model School and Practice Teaching:

Miss Jennie A: Robinson, Instruc-
tor in Instrumental Music and Voice

Culture.

Miss Mary E. Chamberlin, Assist-
ant Instructor in Instrumental Music.

Miss S. M. Wells, Instructor in
Nursing and Hygiene.

Mrs. W. D. McFarland, Instructor
in Cooking and Sewing.

Miss Laura A, Parmelee, Matron of
Livingstone Hall.

Miss Maria Parsons, Matron of Jub-
ilee

Miss Helen CC. Morgan, Librarian.

Ransom C. Edmondson, Assistant
Librarian:

A MONTHLY COLLEGE JOURNAL PUBLISHED BY THE LITERARY SOCIETIES OL FISK

VOL. IV, NASHVILLE, TENN., AUGUST, 1887, 3 NO. 1 12:

THE FATE ELEMENT IN
GREEK TRGEDY.

HE fifth century before Christ.

marks therise, full-moon tide of
the glory and decline of Athens, the
seat of the art and culture of the
world. While Rome was yet in her
infancy Greece, mysterious land of
myths, of Gods and legends of noble
mortals, of beautiful isles and mount-
ains, with a form of government so
extremely democratic as to be un-

thought of before her and unequalled

since, reigned mistress of the world.
When the Jews, the only nation
resting on the one Jehovah, were
mourning their captivity at Babylon,
the philosophers of Greece were striv-
ing nobly for the light. The great
Socrates had through his own strug-
gles nearly reached the truth, if it be
true, that he believed in one God, his

Daimon.
In this century lived most of the

men over whose thoughts the college

student has spent many weary hours |

Herodotus, Thucydides, Socrates,
Xenophon, Plato, and the great tra-
gedians, AXschylus, Sophocles and
Euripides. There seems to have been
a growth in literature generally and the
drama sprang into existance almost at
the touch of the wand of genius.
Grote enthusiastically imagined that
tragedy was adorned with a _ splendid
gallaxy of genius, equalled only by
that of the Elizabethan era of modern

times. This was the age of Pericles,
the age of art, of beautiful edifices and
statues, the beginning of the age of

philosophy, the age of the glory of

Greece.
For materials, the authors went. to
the myths and legends which had

- grown gradually for hundreds of years,

inspiring tales of heroism, terrible sto-
ries of fate and revenge of the gods, to
the song of Troys destruction sung by
the grand old bard many years bilete.

Ah Greece! Who can describe her
beauty. her majesty, her glory ! What
a field for poetry |

Who shall dare sing the sufferings
of Prometheus, the woes of the house
of Labdacus, the fate of the il-starred
(Edipus, the heroism of the noblest
ideal of woman Greece ever produc-
ed, the courageous and pean An-
tigone ? :

The prominent feature of (rai.
tragedy i is the doctrine of fate running
through the whole structure,

In Adams fall we sinned all

is a doctrine still held bymany believ-
ers in Christianity. In Greek tragedy
the doctrine is carried out to its fullest
extent and _ its: predestination in its
most terrible light. Perhaps the most

striking instance is the fate that pur-

sued the house of Labdacus. On ac-
count of a fate which he tried to es-
cape, (Edipus, son of Laos, unknow-

ingly slew his father and committed

incesttfous marriage. The city over
which he ruled was disturbed of the

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gods. (Edipus was most zealous to
find the slayer of Laos and free the

city from guilt, himself unwittingly

the murderer. We are filled with
horror ashe heaps curses upon the un-
known offender which are to return
upon his own head.

When the old priest Teiresias, after

being abused by the king for his si-

lence, fiinally accused him of the
crime, he is beside himself with indig-

nation; but as one fact after another

is revealed,a vague horror creeps over
him, asort of inner premonition of
some terrible: fate, At last as he, a
perfectly innocent and upright man,
beholds the evidence, accumulating in
a most dreadful manner, that he, is

guilty of a vile crime, his frenzy of |

grief and despair knows no bounds.
Regarding himself as too wicked to

look upon the earth, he puts out both

his eyes. Then the once proud and
haughty king, humiliated, broken
down, says ;
Yes, what remains to see,
Or what to love or hear,
~ With any touch of joy ?
Lead me away, my friends, with utmost speed

Lead me away, the foul, polluted one,

Of all men most accursed,

Most hateful to the gods.
Well did the chorus

*Mourn with passing sorrow

From loudly-plaintive lips.

Then why should he wander an out-

cast, shunned by men? Old, blind,
wretched, noted through all the earth

- for his woes, sinking beneath the bur-

den of shame and misfortune, we find

him in the Gidipus Covoneus, led by his
devoted daughter, Antigone. How

pitiful was a faith in gods who. could
wage a war of personal anger and
vengeance through generations on ac-

ount of some grudge against an an

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cient ancestor. Even to the noble

~ Antigone did the fate extend, for the

chorus says; I see the ancient suf-

ferings of the house of Labdacus, fol-
- lowing on the sufferings of the dead,

nor does one generation atone for the

race, but some one of the gods still

smites it down nor has it a moments
release.

Many other instances where fate
and the will of the gods form the main
cause of all that happens in the trag-
edy, could be given. The same idea
is brought out in many minor expres-
sions as when Creon says; On my
head the god then dashed with heavy

impulse and drove me on to furious
ways.

What was the intention of authors
in making this element of predestina:
tion so prominent? Was it simply to
afford a field for a finely wrought trag-

-edy ? It constituted a part of the re-

ligion of the people. Did, then, the
writers accept it in its magnificent re-

lentlesness ? Was it their aim to teach -

the people religion as they themselves
believed it, obedience to the gods, the
sure destruction of the proud mortal
who would question the course of

those who: held his destiny in~

their hands, fear of unwitting offense
against some deity? To what extent
did they themselves believe in the
gods ?

Again and again, especially in the
works of Sophocles, we ask perplex-
ed; Did he think this just? Did he
think the people to? If the people

approved of afflicting blameless men

with the most dreadful sufferings for
deeds for which the gods are respon-
sible, what a poor and inadequate

idea of right and wrong must have ~

been theirs!

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Had they no feeling of resentment

against giving homage to creatures

moved by impulse and passion and,as
depicted by Euripides at least, more
despicable in character than morta!s?
Is it probable that with Sophocles
the deeper motive of arousing the
minds of the people to consider ques-

tions, which though at first confusing,

should lead them to search for. the
truth? Notwithstanding the severity
of a religion by which men are pursu-
ed by an inevitable fate and bear the
sins even of the gods, yet we find in
Greek tragedy many noble thoughts
concerning death. Antigone places
all hope, all thoughts of joy _ be-
yond the grave. She is sustained in
her course of opposition to Creon by
the belief that she would soon be with
those who are dear to her.
Again and again do we find beauti-

ful passages which meet a response in

our minds and give cnnsolation for
sorrow in the hope of a future life, an
example of the fact that the soulin all
ages has drawn aside the veil of mate-
rial things and gazed with clear, un-
daunted vision cut upon the great
unknown Beyond.

THE GREAT QUESTION.

HILE the great issue of prohi.
bition is pending before the

people of Tennessee and the adoption
of a prohibitory amendment to the
constitution of the State is a matter
which not only addresses itself to the
sympathy and favorable consideration
of all men, but appeals as well to them
for practical and substantial support
and individual advocacy, I wish to
place myself with my mite of force
w;thin that pale of sentiment and ac-

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tion which proposes soon to adopt
prohibition principles as law and in-
graft into the fundamental law of the
State an amendment which shall for-
ever exclude from the broad limits of
Tennessee the sparkling demon, alco-
hol.

In introducing an argument in sup-
port of the heaven approved plan of
the Tennessee Prohibitionists, suffice
it to say that law is the mightiest edu-
cational force in nature. The child
begins to study the great law of gravi-
tation with its first toddling effort to
walk, and with its first fall it begins
to realize the changeless penalty. It
is just the same in society. Laws of
conduct, manner, and character, with

their inexorable penalties attached,

environ every human being at every
step through life. All laws on human
statute books should relate to human-
itys weal as did the law given on Mt.
Sinai; they should never recognize as
property to be protected and perpetu-
ated in a community anything that
breeds disorder, vice, poverty and
crime. For the jaw educates. It leads

out the minds of men who would

maintain an apathetic or dormant atti-
tude inregard to mattefs considered
by it, and imports to them an activity
thatleads to a conviction that what
the law sanctions is right-yea neces-
sary to the public weal. Law either
clears or dims the moral sense. Hence
it must hoist aloft the standard of right
and by prohibiting that which is wrong
it must lend the potency of its force
to the establishment of truth and jus-

tice, and thunder in the ear of accurs-
ed selfishness end greed that would
saliate its cupidity and ruthless rapac
ity upon the slender substance of the
innocent and weak a God-like *Thou
shalt not.

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Furthermore, by the inexorable

laws of association, the saloon fur-

nishes a feature of environment which ~

operates wifh an affection by far more
damning in character than any other
agency adopted by mans creation.
The glowing presence ofa saloon in
every community and smaller town
and by the travelers way is a standing
menace greedily rivaling the home,

church, and school, and eventually

defying every good influence that pro-
poses to do its duty in obeying the old
and ever-binding injunction of the
Scriptures (personified in the State,)

Take this child away and nurse it for -

me. The highest aim of the saloon
is to debauch each generation of chil-
dren. It greedily eyes the school and

home, and sets itself to trap the inno-

cent. Its temptations are made as al-
luring as possible. It takes up its

- habitation in the most public resorts

and renders itself all the more conspic-
uous and enticing by selecting as bar-
keeper and host men who put

on their blandest manner that they.

may induce sober men to tipple and
tipplers to drink more. Thus, and
thus only, can the saloon business
thrive. Nor is this the onlynay, it
is not even the worst work of the dram
shop. Its most diabolical mission is
too indecorous to be rehearsed in ears
polite. Hence a mere hint must suf-
fice to show that the baser work of the
saloon is todecoy away and debase be-
neath the level of a brute that which
received the most exquisite touch from

the hand of God and constituted the

crowning work of His creations.
Through the machinations of the sa-
loon it is proposed by means of its
secret auxiliary institutions to perpet-

uate vice ina manner and form that

will poison the very fountain from
which virtue issues to the State, and
cast woman, the mother and compan-
ion of man and the preceptress of
home a wretched and abject wreck
upon the bosom of society. It has
actually come to pass that while the
evil tendencies of society under the
influences of the saloon and_pro-whis-
ky. laws are marked by flagrant crimes
and wrong doing and continue to feed
the fires of lust and to encourage the
sacrifice of the virtue of woman, and
corrupt the home and. make it a
school of vice for a generation which

is even to become more vicious than

the present one,and to fill poorhouses,
prisons, asylums to be a heavy bur-

- den on tired industry, the minions and

dupes of the saloon interests command
good men to keep quiet about the de-
stroyer, and the destruction that is
wrought.

Thus while the very life of the Na-

tion is threatened and placed in jeop-

ardy by the growing tendency of the
people to revel in iuxury, and to
departmore and more from that austere

fortitude and zeal for the ultimate

triumph of our republican institutions,

with which our fathers were wont to

be charactertzed, men, whose consci-
ences have been seared by their evil
environments and the show of inno-
cence with which the liquor traffic has
been enabled hitherto to get itself
recognized because sanctioned by law,
are still claiming the right of a protec-
tion for it from that source; and alas,
too often its assumed rights are assert-
ed by a free use of weapons. How-
ever, the extremely rash means of
employing physical weapons for at-
tracting public attention to the uemand
of liquor seems to be the only logical
:

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Weetiintewe semen enanecisssuaes

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argument that can be employed in. its.
behalf; for the first premise of an ar-
gument for prohibition is sufficient to
refute the flimsey and only universal
plea advanced against it, which is sub-
stantially: Whisky was in de worle
when I come heah, and its gwine to
be heah when Is gone.

Finally, let all good men and patri-
ots rally on election day and vote for
their countrys weal. Let the fate of
Egypt, Greece, Rome and ancient

republics inspire them with a zeal and

activity becoming patriotic men who
see the glorious heritage of their fa-
thers gradually gliding to that plane
which secured the final destruction of

all the greatest republics. And as

they struggle against Columbias
greatest foe, let them not forget to

-teach those who play Tories that that

baseness which ministers food to the
passion has quenched the last ray of
light that radiated from the civilization
of Ethiopia, Egypt, Greece, Rome
and other conntries. Let them teach
those whose finer sensibilities have
been blunted and destroyed by con-

tact with evil influences, that yielding ~

to unbridled passion and unrestrained
pursuit after luxury blotted the image
of God out of the souls of men in the
renowned ancient States. Let the
patriot take them to the sepulcher of
blasted empires, republics and States
of the Old World and show them the

the ruins of their great cities, struct-
ures and monuments reared by their

once happy people now heaped togeth-
er for a tombstone over the graves of
the illustrious men and women who
produced them, and tell them
that we of the present generation
should not add one seductive charm to
h e unzoned sphere of vice, nor ungen-

erously throw upon posterity the bur-
den we ourselves ought to bear.
W. H. LANIER.
THE. DUTY OF THe HOUR.

[Delivered before the Alumni Association. ]

(Continued from last number.)

And we cannot overestimate the im.
portance of the part we are to play in

helping to:make our part of the nation -

intelligent, honest, respectful of the
rights of others, and at the same time
cognizant of their own rights with the
moral courage to assert them.

No young men ever had grander op-
' potunities for nobler achievements in

laying broad and deep foundations for

the future of the seven millions who

are ready to be elevated and chris-
tianized,and these led to the highest
enjoyment of freedom and the bless-
ings of a christian civilization.

To fail in the least particular to
make the most of our opportunities
now Offered for to benefit the race
would be criminal as well as_ suicidal.

There are several ways in which we
can benefit our race, and the first is
teaching them the place for economy
in the problem of the elevation of our
race, giving as our reason their being
two hundred and fifty yerrs behind
the typical American in the race of
life.

We can, wherever we may be settled
for our life work, teach those who
look to us in matters of living, the im-
portance of securing homes for them-
selves, no matter how small nor hum-
ble these homes may be, feeling that
a homeless class are always at a dis-

advantage in the battle of life.
A home is favorable to the right
bringing up of a family and for the

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growth of virtue and all the Christian
graces, or in short a strong Christian
character.

A home tends to engender in_ its

possessor a spirit of self-esteem and self

assertion, and one great source of en. '

couragement and inspiration to us in
our work, as to the future of the race,
is their ardent desire to secure homes
for themselves and thus become their
own masters.

Securing of homes naturally 'eads
on to the education of their inmates,
and anincreased ability to educate and
foot the bill. In order,my dear breth
ren,to accomplish the most possible
for our raceand humanity at large
(and let us not forget that al! men
have claims upon us) let us remember
that consecration a thorough, unre-
served and uncompromising consecra-
tion to the cause of the mental and
moral uplifting of our people, North,
South, East and West, will suggest to
our symspathetic heart,as we labor for
them, a thousand things which can
not be covered by any one address no
matter how thoughtfully gotten up,
and presented to our fellows,

Love which always leads on to con-

secration will open our eyes to ways

hardly dreamed of as we touch a sin-
burdened humanity, for benefitting and |

lifting to a higher plane of Christian
living and action, the race with which
Providence has placed us.

And if we are only consecrated to
God and his cause, which he points
out so clearly before us, our love for
the race will soon give usa place in
their hearts and confidence which will
enable us by the grace of God
to.> ldve the great mass
of our people sufficiently educa-

ted and rooted into the soil of the land .

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of their birth and adoption as to place
them along side the most favored chil-
dren of our common Republic in all
the privileges of American citizenship.
Then right here under these south-
ern skies in the land of our former
enslavement and degradation, in the.
strength of our manhood we. shall
rise toeminence and honor, bearing
all the burdens and responsibilities of
American citizenship with their cor-
responding privileges and immunities
with that grace that becomes one who
belongs to one of the most powerful
governments ever known to human
history,
But as we endeavor to rise
we see sure signs of progress all along
the line, while the walls of caste prej-

_ udice are slowly crumbling before a

ccnstantly increasing enlightened pub- *
lic opinion as the two races adjust
themselves to the new condition of
things, and our brethren in white
learn more and more clearly to dis-
criminate between civil and local
equality.

No race, no matter how intellectual

and cultured, no matter how seemingly

comfortable their homes, can ever be
truly great and prosperous, whose
strength is not in the Lord God of
heaven and earth, Blessed is the na
tion whose God 1s the Lord.

(Zo be Continued.)

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HE following extract taken from
the Mew Zealander, an itlustrat-
ed paper pablished in New Zealand,

one of the isles of the sea, shows clear-
ly that the celebrity of the Jubilee
Singers still exists :

This celebrated band of singers made

Sates a a a

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their debut in Dunedin on Monday,
May 2. The weathet has been sorely
against them, but in spite of this they
have drawn audiences which we vent-
ture to think few other companies
could have done. Of course the news

of their wonderful success in other

places had preceded them, and pre-
pared our citizens to look for something
beyond ordinary travelling musicians,

but we fancy that the impression made

upon those who never before heard

. them was unique. It has been so in
many instances we know, the writer

amongst the number. It is not merely
the excellence of the whole perform-
ance from a musical point of view
the purity of tone, the admirable
enunciation of the words (so rare an
accomplishment), the marvellous
changes from the loudest clarion to
the softest breathingsit is not this
merely that strikes the observant lis-
tener, but it is the fact that the simple,
quaint, often grotesque songs of the
poor slave, in days now happily long
past, are plainly enough the ones which
draw forth from the singers themselves
all their heart sympathies, and they
sing them almost as if they were slaves
still, We say almost; if they were
actually slaves they could not sing
them as they do, Such songs as No
body knows the trouble I see, Lord,
Ym troubled in mind, Keep me
from, sinking down,so full of unutter-
able sadness; or such as *Turn back

-Pharaohs army. or Didnt my Lord

deliver Daniel, would be sung with
eyes filled with tears or with the exul-
tation of strong faitha faith all the
stronger for trialin the anticipated
deliverance. * oe *k

chats ea

Much of the matter for this issue has

been left out for lack of space.

THE FISK HERALD. oe

COMMUNICATIONS.
EO ey MILLS.

OLLY MILLS! a beautiful ro
mantic, charming little country
village nestled among the Blue Ridge
Mountains: 3. :
One morning last week I rode out

to this little village which is just five -

miles from Staunton, Va. The ob-

ject of my ride was a long promised
visit to my uncle, Mr. Greene Skanks ;
and, after I had received a hearty
welcome from his plump,comely wife,
I took a seat on the porch to view my
surroundings.

The house is an old fashioned Vir-
ginia farm house with numerous apart-
ments and windows that look out upon
the beautiful, wide stretched panora-
ma. In front of the house is a cun-

ning little flower yard where old time
flowers, holly hocks, lark spur, hearts

ease and forget-me-nots hold sway ; a
hop vine loaded with its fruit, so ne-
cessary to a house wife, entirely cov-
ered the long white porch making a
cool and shaded retreat,

Just beyond the flower garden is a
little brook that murmurs a continu-
ous medley, dancing over the pebbles
and through the long grass after its
own music. Almost surrounded by
weeping willows and maples stands
the old stone wall from which the vil-
lage takes its name.

The people are hardworking, mon-
ey saving farmers, who take great

' pride in showing one their homes,

wheat and corn fields. Not being in-
terestedin the craps J wandered
around in the orchard and barn yard

where the tall roosters and speckled
hens held dominion.
(Continued on 10th page.)

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Tue Bera Kappa Beta Society,

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AUGUST, 1887.

EDITORIAL.

To insure publication, articles must be
in by the 15th.

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\ ITH deep regret we chronicle

the death of President Morang
of Roger Williams University, our es-
teemed sister institution. He was a
courteous and dignified gentleman,
ripe scholar and wise counsellor. Not
only has that institution which has
recently been so ably guided by his

hand lost a devoted friend, but the

cause of Negro education has lost a
staunch advocate.

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HE conviction of Jacob Sharp, a
wealthy capitalist, to penitentiary
charged with bribery, scores another
triumph for justice in the City of New

York. The courts, sustained by the
oe are beginning more and more
to judge 4 criminal on the merits of his

case, and not according to wealth or

station. Ah Justice, thou art blind !
If justice is continued to be meted thus
there will be fewer wealthy emigrants
to Canada, fewer bribe-givers, ballot-
box manipulatorsthe latter class one
of the worst elements of our country,
as it threatens the foundation of
democratic government.

N accordance with time honored cus-
tom the editor arises to make his bow
as he lays down his sceptre. Fisk Herald.
Before reading the above we had a'ways
supposed that the pen was the editors in-
strument ; he has been called the quill:
driver, te man of paste and shears,
but we have never heard him spoken of in
this regal style. Does the editor of the
Herald wear a crown and royal ermine ?
fligh School World,

How about this, Mr. ex-editor? If
such are the royal credentials of this
office the same have not been trans-
mitted to the present incumbent, and
hence he has not been properly install-
ed. We have considered ourself as
one of the plebs so far, but if things
be thus we are not content and would
gladly go astep higher. Answer by
return mail the EDITOR.

HE order issued by the president

toreturn to the various states
the flags captured in the late rebellion
met with such unfavorable comment
by the press throughout the North that
it was, happily, revoked.. Among
the most conspicuous of the denuncia.
tors of the measure was Gen. Fairchild,

Commander of the Grand Army of the

Republic. Such an act would have
been without a precedent in history.

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Let the reminiscences of strife remain
in the attic of the capitol of the Nation.
Better that they be burried under a
-Vesuvian eruption never to be disen-
tomed than that they be returned to

aid in fostering prejudice and widen-

ing the lessening chasm between the
_ two sections.

OR the first time, there has been
le a greater demand for schools than
for teachers. The different counties

have come nearer furnishing their own
teachers than ever before, and_ this
will continue as the years go by. As
a rule home teachers (we mean by
home teachers those who have not been
away to secure normal training) are
not so competent as those who go out
from the different colleges, andas the
time is coming, yea almost at hand,
when teachers willbe employed on
their merit, the college teacher has the
advantage.
and enlighten the communities in
which they move by their virtue, hon-
esty, earnestness and proficiency that
the best teachers will always be in de-
mand. .
Asthe profession of teaching, the
work in which the most of the educat-
ed colored youth of the country is
engaged, is being overrun other ave-
nues of business must be opened to
them, and if they are not opened
they must open them. Let the coun-
try be admonished by Mr. Cabies
words and give them a chance

_ Just before going to press we learn

of the report of the death of the Afri-

can explorer, Henry M. Stanley, of

whom more will be said next issue.

enemy will be surrounded.

So let them so impress |

Z

ROHIBITION is the greatest is-
sue that has been before the

American people since the manumis-

sion of the seven million; this is a

question that concerns not merely

seven but fifty million people, and
hence its momentousness. The rela-
tions of the people of this country are

so entwined that that which affects the

prosperity of one race affects the other.

If the two Ts, Texas and Tennessee,.
are won, the phalanx of the enemy
will be broken and the enemys strong-
hold can be more easily taken. What
a grand quintette: Maine, lowa,
Kansas, Texas and Tennessee! The

and Texas will make the attack from
diagonally opposite directions, while
Tennessee strikes the center, Kansas
the left and Iowa the northern flank.

Let us as students of Fisk rally to

the bugle notes of freedoms call. and

do as much for Tennessee and Texas
as the students of Atlanta University
did for Atlanta, and help rid our land
of the hydra-headed monster.

HE action taken by the authori-
ties of Asbury Park, a summer
watering resort on the coast of New.

Maine

Jersey, under the auspices of the Meth- |

odist church, excluding colored peo-
ple from its priveleges, is a matter of
regret to all lovers of civil liberty, of
approval to the narrow-minded advo-
cates of race discrimination, of surprise
to the country generally, and has ex-
cited no little comment. The excuse
for an objection was that even the ser-
vants would pre-empt the best seats,
stare at the passers-by etc, and if they
had have been white servants the same
action would have been taken. _ If
white servants had acted improperly

10 a THE FISK HERALD,

would they ewe debarred the whole
white race? This argument doesnt

hold ; all the black race are not ser-
vants! Their inconsistency is clearer
than light. If discriminations must

be made let the line of demarkation

be drawn upon other conditions than
the- colore-of a> man, - Is the
North .retrograding? We _ hope

not, we think not, but do we dare say |

that New Jersey is not, judging from
existing circumstances ?

The South with gratification says,
We told youso. But the South need
not point the finger of derision, for
she must get the beam out of her own
eye. Itwill be a late day when a
black man will be able to enter asouth-
ern park as any other man, to ride on

first class cars unmolested, and when |

he shall cease to be defrauded, outrag-

_ed, mobbed and lynched. Such an

occurences attract more attention in
the North than in the South, because
they are: less**common at the
north. A dark streak is much more
conspicuous on snow than on brown
earth.

you to flee from the displeasure of

- the Almighty which is sure to come

upon you. How long will Japheth
maltreat his unresentful brother !
When acolored man enters a south-
ern church, nine cases out of ten he
is invited to the gallery, a back seat or
out; but when a white man enters a
colored church he is escorted to the
front and shown all deference. How
different the scene! When the Negro

shall own railroads, hotels, . thea-
tres, watering-resorts and other pub-
lic places, white people will be treat-
ed by them as though they were black
for they will be too generous to dis-

criminate, too magnanimous to resent.

Christian (?) nation, let us warn

COMMUNICATIONS.
(Continued from 7th page.)

My day so quietly yet so_pleasant-
ly spent out in the open country was
rapidly drawing to a close, and as
the sun silently sank behind the wes-
tern hills, I reluctantly said, Good-
Dye a :

When my poneys head was turned
toward home he galloped briskly for
two hours and then I was at home
tired and sleepy.

ELiza HAYNEs,
Staunton, Va.

Howell, Tenn.
Editor HERALD:
I had the: pleas-
ure of teaching my first school in this
county in 83, at Boonshill with an

enrollment of 90 pupils, and taught

there four years with much_ success.
During my stay there I enrolled 125
pupils. There is no time for a teach-
er to rest at Boonshill if he expect to
leave any signs of his work.

There are many bright minded little
fellows in that community ; but their
chances for an education are cut off
by large crops of cotton, peas and
sorghum cane, which will always be a
hindrance to the People of that neigh-
borhood.

I was compelled to leave that school
because the people wanted me to teach
in winter, about the time I should be
in Fisk. The people desired very
much for me to teach in that commu-
nity, but seeing the schoo! to be too
short to justify me I accepted the St.
John school, where I am now very

pleasantly situated, near Howell.

I have a large number of pupils and
prospects for more. They seem anx-
ious to learn, and I think a great deal

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of good can be donie here this summer
by hard work. I-think I was never
in a more healthful country. We
have good water and plenty of fresh
air from the surrounding hills. East
of my school-house is a very high hill
from the top of which can be had a
beautiful view of our country for many
miles up and down Cane creek.
I speak a word for prohibitton eve-
ry chance I have, but the contest is
hard in thisconnty. We will fight on
_ trusting God that we may win the day.
Yours poe.
AV BLAKE.

AN EXPERIENCE IN TEXAS.
Palestine, Texas, July, 87.

Editor HERALD:

I cannot express
the joy it gives me to communicate
once more with my friends through
our college organ. As most of you
know I was interrupted i in the pursuit
of my course last December by a sud-
den call from school. which not only
interfered with my progress in studies
but at the same time seemed to darken
my whole future and to blight my
long cherished hope of graduating
from Fisk University. How strong
was my desire to be a Fisk graduate !
And how hard I toiled, and low

steadily I kept all my powers of body

and mind directed to this one end
until I began to feel (as I looked back
over the long and tedious journey
already passed over, then forward to
the short and smooth journey that
the president told us of, entering col-
lege last commencemet) that I was
almost sure of the goal; when lo, the

sudden cal] of stern duty said not
so.

~Nobody has ever know how great
was the struggle that ensued for a
short while in my heart; but soon the
battle was fought and the victory won.
In consequence of which I on the ath

of January took my leave of dear
Fisk and all its many pleasant associa-
tions. My mind was immediately

turned to Texas, when I saw that go
I must, because, I suppose, I had
previously decided to go to Texas after
finishing my course. Yet, I never
dreamed that my lot would be cast
there so soon. Nevertheless, as I have
said, on the 4th of January, I set my
face toward the great and far off south-
west.

When I was gone sufficiently far to
be sure I was off, I fell into a deep

meditation and tried-to look into the

future but it was all darkness. Not a
ray,.of light could. 1 see. 1 turned
my mind to review the past; but as
the sunlight upon a dark cloud makes
it darker, so the reflection of my
passed happy life only made my fu-

ture the more dark, Then my mind,

burdened with such reflection, began
to seek relief, Never was sweet poe-
try more soothing and applicable than
the following words (given me by a
faithful teacher) were to me:

I know not the way thats before me,

The joys or griefs it may bring;

What clouds are oerhanging the future,

What flowers by the way side may spring,

But this One who will journey beside me,

Nor in weal nor in woe forsake ;

And this is my solace and comfort,

He knoweth the way that I take.
Then I said: Why am I troubled
about the future ?? And I threw my-
self back upon my seat, and while the
train was speeding along, I knew not
where, I there committed myself, my
future, and my all to Him who even

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feedeth the little sparrows and heareth

the ravens when they cry. Very soon
I was asleep, for it was night.

I went by home(?) and saw my par-
ents. After staying with them three
days I left for Texas. A sixty hours
ride brought me to Palestine. I spent
the first day inquiring in the city. for
a vacant school, with no effect; the

next day I walked about five miles in-
to the country and succeded in getting _
in an extreme part of the county the

only vacancy. On the

first grade. .Afterwhich I returned to
my field of labor and opened school on
the following Monday. My _ school,
located in a thinly populated commu-

nity, was small the entire term. I at

once organized a Sunday school in
which I soon awakened a lively inter-
est, both youug and old attending.
The interest is still kept up since I
left by my father, and I hear encour-
aging reporis from them.

This school is in a Baptist commu-
nity but I have not had any trouble
on that account.
Baptists and Methodists and am, from
all appearances, appreciated by both.
My work is not confined to the public

school, but in whatever way Ican do .

good.

While teaching my former school I
purchased a beautiful and convenient-
ly situated homestead of 160 acres, 75

of which are open to cultivation. I

brought my parents here in May, who
are now contented and happy. I am
now teaching a summer school which
is about t welve miles from my former
school. Since I have been here I have
addressed S. Ss and preached in va-
rious places.
fluence for prohibition.

following
Saturday I was examined receiving a

I preach for both

if not stay.

I am now using my in-.
The struggle

here is very great between Rum and.
Righteousness. oe

I am glad to be able to say that thus
far my work out here has been a suc-
cess, and that I am pretty thoroughly ;
known all over the county. And now,
my dear friends and teachers, I ask
your prayers, that Imay continue to

- be successful in my efforts for God,

Truth and Native Land.

When, after I had gotten to Texas, .
I found that I must give up my course
I tried to find a reason why the Lord
should demand such of me. But now
I think I can truly say with much
comfort that
*Gods plans go on as best for you and me.
Ino longer seek for a reason, but am
perfectly resigned, and can say with
joy: my masters will is mine. I am
now settling down in life. My school
days are passed and I am standing.
face to face with lifes stern duties.

Dear classmates, 1 bid you God-
speed. Do not let my step influence ~
any of you to give up your course. |
There was no alternative for me.
Duty forced me. This being the case
I believe God is going to help me to
make the most of it. If God calls
you out as he called me I say go, but
Dear classmates, farewell!
I am now on the field where you too :

will soon be. You, no doubt will

shine brighter in the literary world,
but when wecome to the summing up |
of lifes results and we as a class take
our stand before the Master to show
Him how with our one, two and five
talents we have gained'two, four and
ten, I hope then to compare fa-
vorably with you.
I think I have a good future before
me out here, 1 passed ap .xamina-
tion last week for a vacancy in the

THE FISK HERALD.

City Public School of Palestine, which
was fully satisfactory, and I now stand
in high hope of getting a permanent
position in the above mentioned city.

_ My health has been very good since
I have been in the State.

* Yours fraternally,
J. D.- PETTIGREW.

OBITUARY.
President Morang passes quietly away
on the field of labor,

ILLIAM EMORY MORANG

was born at Eastport, Me.,
1850, died at Roger Williams Univer-
sity, Nashville, June 30, 1887. He
served an apprenticeship in the of-
fice of the Sentinel, a weekly publish-
ed at Eastport, and was foreman of
the office for a number of years.

His work here led him to feel the
need of a more liberal education, and
after some deliberation resigned his
position, took the preparatory course
at Coburn Institute, Me., followed
with a full course at Colby Univ.,and
graduated in79. After graduation,
his scholastic connections were in
Mass., where he became _ successful
and wellknown as a Superintendent

and promoter of educational interests.

September 85, by the executive
Board of the A. B. H. M. Society, he
was appointed Principal of the Nor.
Dept. of R.4W, Univ.; he also occu-
pied the chair of Latin. March 87,
he was called to the Presidency of the

University. Prof. Morangs value as a
- teacher cannot be over estimated ; with

intellectuality there was citi.
and with culture consecration. His

work before his classes was instructive _

and suggestive, giving the result

of his own thought, and inspiring

oa

thought in his pupils. He was stu.
dious and laborious, impressive and

_ convincing.
He wasa strict disciplinarian ; thor-

oughly methodical himself, he was
satisfied with nothing less than thor-
oughness, exactness, method in oth-
ers. His health was feeble during his
entire connection with this school :

- gradual decline has been more ee
ent the last year.

For one in the
prime of life of his high ambition and

Strong willit was very hard to lay

down a work in which he had been so
interested at an hour when he had
reached a position of. such responsibili-
ty and influence. But as it became
evident his life work was done, he was

enabled to commit all to his Father.
_ Prof. Morang was a cultured Christian

gentleman: his influence ceases not
with his earthly life. The fragrance
of his memory will be an incentive to
higher and nobler purposes i in life.
Mrs. A. M. Hatey,
R. W. Univ., July 12,87,
es
PERSONAL.

W. Hz Stokes is teaching in Tipton
co.

Peer Rerpert is teaching i in Ches-
ter co.

D. W Sherrod i is teaching at Platts-

burgh, Miss,

L. J. Watkins left the 25th ult.

for Lincoln co.

J. D. Millers address is 145, ane
_St., Chicago.

oe Calloway ex-editor of the Her-
ald will teach near Patton, Tenn.

W. L. Blake writes from Howell,
Tenn., where he is teaching.

14 : ~ THE FISK HERALD.

H. E. King has taken a five months
school near Jackson, Tenn.

Miss Wells still remains. She is
stopping at Prof. Wrights.
Miss Laura Coleman is teaching in
~ Chester co., near, Henderson.

C. O. Hunter after arriving at his
destination writes : veni, vidi, vici.

Misses Maggie and Louise Harris

teach this summer for the first time.

Miss Kizzie Jones has gone to Har-
deman county to teach, near Bolivar.

W. B. Vassar willspend the summer
at Eidorado Springs as tonsorial artist.

f. J, Jefferson occupied the pulpit
_of the Jackson St. church the 3rd ult.

Miss Annie Cowan willassist Miss
Murray in her school at Pontotoc,
Miss.

Rev, S. N. Brown is having much
success in his pastoral work at Cleve-
land, O.

W. Hi, Laniery while teaching is
studying to make the Freshman class
next year.

Henry Bennett writes from his
summer resort in the mountains of
East Tenn.

te W. Barney, 134, is 5 teaching a
a summer school at Taylor Chapel,
Haywood co.

Miss Blythe, Messrs. Lacour and
Smith were appointed to positions in
the city schools.

D G. Watson,
pointed to a vacancy in the city schools
of Atchison, Kas.

Miss Bridgman, one of our former
teachers, stopped at the University
on her way North. |

- J. Q. Johnson is teaching at Rock:
vale, where, writes he, he has launch-

ed the ship of prohibition.

E. D. Howard has given up his

: tion of teaching and as usual will
inten

87, has been ap-

remain to keep things straight.

L. J. Brown writes pleasantly of his
vacation at Dayton, and plans to be
in the first day of school.

T. B. Harris is teaching and can-
vassing for a book and the HERALD at
his home, Bolivar, Tenn.

R. C. Edmonson has been re-cata-_

-loguing the Library, which is to be

increased by several volumes,

Jos. Anderson, 80, is spending the
summer with his parents near the
University. He isin robust health.

Mrs. Barbour, matron of Alcorn, is
visiting friends in the city. We were

honored with her presence the 13th ult.

J. D. Pettigrew writes an interest-

ing communication from Palestine,

Texas, where he is doing good work.
Miss Haynes, as we learn from her
own pen in another column, is indulg-
ing in the society of the Folly-
Mills,
Pres. Burrus of Alcorn University
passed through the city last month en

route to the Educational Association

at Chicago.

J. A. Simmons is doing effective
service for the Amendment. He is
known where he speaks as the orator
from Fisk. ,

Miss Mary McClelland came down
from Wartrace and spent a few days
pleasantly with friends about the
University.

B. T. Perkins isat his home in St.
Joseph, Mo., where he will teach next
year, having been appointed to a pusi-
tion in the High School.

Misses Fanning, Snow and Jeffries
and J. N. Calloway left for Bolivar
the 25th ult., where they will teach the

young idea how to shoot.

Jessie Firse has been elected to the
city school of Clarksville. Thismoves

THE FISK KERALD.

the last hope of his making his class,
the present Freshman.

A. Coffin, 85 andS. A. Coffin, 86,
are tzaching summer schools at Emory,
Texas, but will resume their old pla-
ces in September.

F. L. Fortson is president of a liter-_

ary society formed among the young
men employed at the Hotel Lafayette,
Minnetonka Beach, Minn.

-F.G. Smith and Eugene Harris,

(You Gene), 87, are making ring-
ing speeches in various parts of the
State in behalf of prohibition.

W. A. Crosthwaite, becoming too in-
timate with a reaper and being deceiv-
ed thereby, received a flesh wound on
the forefinger; not serious however.

Miss Benson left the 2nd ult. in |

answer toa callfora teacher at Up-
tonville, Madisonco. She writes that
she has a school of 40 andis anticipat-
ing 80.

Wm. Jenkins is teaching a few miles
from the line of the Indian Territory.
He says bears, deer and panthers are
not unfrequent visitors in his neigh-
borhood.

Jno. Barber, a former student of

Fisk and a graduate of Alcorn Uni-

versity, is in the city. He speaks fav-
_orably of returning and completeing
his college course here.
pes. Sublett, 83, a teacher in Al-
corn University, called in to see us
last month. He kindly remembered us
with his subscrption. After
remaining in'the city afew days he left
for Boston. |
J. A. Lester, ex-business manager,
writes an interesting letter from Hay-
wood co.,where he is making speeches
for the arnendment. He is confident
ha Haywood will give a good round

Haaeey for the amendment.

cy

is

A senior writes : DuBois; rural
pedagogue, Alexandria,Tenn. School
looming, prohibition booming. Please
send my chum home. Studying Ger-
man! Humph!! Lschys grammar,
revised edition, 12 mo. (Pp. mM.)

L B. Moore having made a trip to
White Sulphur Springs, Va., stoppedin
a day on his way back to Florence,
his home, where he will fill the pulpit
of the congregational church, made ya-
cant by the recent death of its pastor.

G. M. McClellan, our former col-
laborator, has charge of the church at
Goodlettsville. He has almost en-
tirely regained his health, being more
corpulent than for many years,

Will go to his permanent charge at
Louisville soon. i

ae te ee
[From Western Bureau of information,
Chicago. ]
Mrs. J. D, Miller is materially aid-
ing the parson. Le
Miss M. A. Myers, 87, is winning
laurels a pleasing vocalist.
J. E. Ford is endeavoring to get
things in readiness for return in the
fall. Ae
_ F.C. Leland is one of our number
who enjoys the hospitality. of the Tre-
mont. : ae

L,W. Cummins, 85, is studying
law in the office of Meech, Asay and
Rice. ;

Dr, A. A. Wesley, 84, is a contest-
ant In a prize essay on a
topic. .

J. N. Avendorf avails himself of
his spare moments by applying them
to his books.

J. D. Miller is active in his work
for the /betterment of sleeping car
porters.

Miss Georgiana Ford is gaining in

\

religious

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health and begins again to appear as
of old: 2,

P. L. Lacour, 85, recently reported
at our bureau with news fresh from

~ Nashville.

Miss Blanche Henderson is indus-
triously pursuing the even tenor of a

_ busy life.

Miss M. E. Bennett has not
reported at the bureau, but her arriv-
al has been heralded.

W. T. Smith, tiring of St. Louis,
has cast his lot with us and is stopping
at the Tremont House. :

R. H. Edmondson has been serving
on the jury for some time, but is now
contemplating going into business.

A. B. Dickerson when last heard
from was narrating his broken into
felicity on his way to St. Paul, Minn.

Mrs. Trenton Harsh, Nor. 78, has
taken kindly to the lake breezes aud is
growing corqulent under their genial
influence. 3

W. R. Morris, 84, is passing a
pleasant vacation with his relatives,
and gaining strength for the coming
years work.

Miss Carrie Beckwith made a hap-
py response at our boys enter-

tainment to the address of welcome |

delivered by Mr. Ford.

Mrs. L. W. Cummins, Nor. 86,
may be found on the Lords day in
the Inman Cong. church teaching the
rising generation to look heavenward.

Miss Jennie Hanmer has decided
to cast her Jot with the Lake Michigan

breeze inhalers until September. The

<inseperables, Misses Beckwith and

Hanmer.
-L. H. Neilis making hay while the

sun dines; but does not strike him,

and will be able to give his brother
juniors a point or two on the village

~ the lake and its dent inhabitants.

J. T. Hobbs, 87, keeps his pocket
in a condition to be made sociable by
a little physical exertion, while he is

waiting forthe school of pharmacy to

open.

F. E. Paschall takes his meals at
the Tremont House, his presence
being so much desired that he is well
paid for his engaging in said enjoy-
ment. ' :

LOCAL.

Most hottest! !

/ Folly Mills! !

Croquette by noplight|

The walks are being newly gravel-
Howard is turning out sidewhisk-
ers. a

Room 13 of Livingstone will be oc-
cupied next year,

The oat crop has been gathered. The
yield was good.

All recipients of the little blue slip
of paper know what it means.

Misses Wells, Cahill and the Staff
~ had a fleasant drive to the- countty a

recently.

Mr. Water Melon called at our
sanctum the other day to whom we
paid our voracious respects.

The bell house has been remodeled
and will greet the students of 87-8
in a new dressof paint.
Delinquents, including those who
took out summer subscriptions, will
greatly oblige us by remitting at once,
if possible.

The assistant librarian and_ the
editor responded to an invitation to a
picnic at West Nashville recently and

THE FISK

enjoyed a most delightful time.

The musquitoes have not yet arriv-
ed in great numbers, but the entire
troupe is billed for the summer.

One of the little girls was overheard
to. zead..with very much ear-
Hesihess (he Otier day: ''To err 1s
woman, to forgive divine.

Many of the excursionists who came
from Birmingham to the city visited
and were very favorably impressed
with the University last month.
There were 1500 copies of the June
issue of the HERALD printed, and two
of our subscribers date to 96. What
college paper beats this record ?
The Intermediate School building
is to be moved to Garden squarea
step toward the erection of the third
building, probably.

Peter, the little dog, not being satis-
fied has changed his boarding place to
one of the teachers residence, but
still spends his days at Livingstone.
The north driveway of Netherland
square, after the removal of the Inter-
mediate School building, will be ex-
tended through the square.

A new company of singers, the Ex-
celsiors, composed of the Christian
church choir of the city, has left to

sing in the North to raise money for
a school in Kentucky.

HERALD. ay

Mrs. Ewing, of Shaftsbury ave.,
takes this opportunity of thanking the
young people for the many nice letters
she has received (?), especially the Sen-
lors,

The dining hall is undergoing a great
change. The walls and ceting are
being changed to a yellowish gray,
with frescoed border. Also the par-
lor,reception room and the other rooms
of the first floor are undergoing similar
changes. Mr. Smith is executing the
job.

The remnant left by vacations tide
of Fisks faithful crew showed their
patriotism by a jubilant celebration of
the glorious Fourth. After a brilliant
display of fire-woiks in front of the
Treasurers residence, vigor and youth
(ranging from the Dean to little Ellen)
rompt merrily in the street, while
modesty and dignity sat 2-chatting on
the veranda waching the sport.
From the top of Prof. Wrights res-
idence can be seen on of the. most
beautiful views about Nashville. To-
ward the north, west and south can be
seen one continuous panoramma of

verdant beauty; toward the east a full

view of the city, except that obscured
by Livingstone ; while the beautiful
Cumberland like a nourishing mother
som -encirles the whole landscape.

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THE EVOLUTION OF CHRISTIANITY,

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ADVERTISEMENTS,

Fisk University.

The fall term will open this year September 26th, instead of the first Monday
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dation of the large number of students who teach public schools during the sum-

mer vacation. D p Pp A Bee M EN TS.

1. COLLEGE,in which provision is made fora liberrl education in Ancient

and Modern Languages, the Sciences and Literature ;

. COLLEGE PREPARATOKR Y,in which thorough preparation can be
made for entering College ;

_ NORAFAL,in which careful and professional training is givento those w an
desire to especially fit themselves for teaching ;

. COMMON ENGLISH,in which the common branchees are taught
according to the best methods ;

. MUS/ICAL,in which good advantages are provided for those who wish to

acquire a thorough education in vocal and instrumental music.

The work in all these Departments is thoroughly organized and the advantages
offered are excellent. The buildings and grounds of the University are ampie,
and the healthfulness and beauty of the situation are unsurpassed. Catalogues
and full information will be furnished on application by letter to either the Presi-
dent or Treasiirer. - - E. M. Cravata, President,

HE. . STicker, J reasurer.

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Loss, Cost or nothing has anything to do with our prices this week. A large Stock
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no matter how great the loss. In the above you have 40 suits to
Select from only from

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The Fi isk Herald.

Se cel MONTHLY COLLEGE JOURNAL PUBLISHED BY THE LITERARY SOCIETIES
OF FISK UNIVERSITY.

VOU Voy

NASHVILLE, TENN., SEPTEMBER, 1887. es NO. 1

_ THE EVOLUTION OF CHRIS-
TIANITY.

OD reveals himself to each age

and generation as fully as exist:
ing conditions permit. The Truth is
the same whether it appears upon the
trembling summit of Sinai or cloud-
wrapped Olympus. Did not the same
voice speak to Homer that cheered
the dispairing prophet in the still
small voice ? In the subtle influen-

ces that encompass us, in the field of.

consciousness and direct revelation,
divine Wisdom discovers and asserts
its majesty. Whether by the wonderful
dispensations of super-human justice
~ or undeviating regard for human hap-
piness, the omnipotent One comes to
men, in truth, a God of love. |

The response of the finite mind to
the manifestation of the divine Pres-
ence has ever been essentially the
same. Strip all religious beliefs of their

superstition and. errors and there is
left the one vitalizing principlethe

sovereignty of God. Even in the

hovels of fetchism and idolatry the

devout suppliant communes with Je-
hovah ; and from the gloom of
metempsychosis he catches hope of
immortality. What matters it with
the Allwise if the worshiper knows
Him as Zeus, Jove, Brahma-or Jeho-
vahGod provided the pilgrims soul

is aflame with love and devotion. We
see the Hebrew patriarch binding his |

first born asa token of loyalty to Ads

tianity or Mohammedanism,
every nation, tribe and tounge, every

God, now Moloch embraces the offer-
ing of contrite spirit and now the
mad Ganges swa.lows up the idol of
the Hindu mothers heart. Let not

blind intolerance rob these bosoms of |
the solace of their faith ; nor gainsay
the presence of Divinity : God is Im-

manuel whether recognized in Chris-

system of faith has been instrumental
in building a foundation and preparing

men for the worlds new life.

But to the Hebrew, Grek and
Roman the divine mind granted spe-
cial revelations. Wrappedin divine
love the old Jew was sternly disciplin-

ed. From the ark of the covenant

Jehovah spoke wlth him face to face,
and from the brow of Sinai he received
the grandest and most comprehensive
code that ever fell from kings lips.

-Hence an intense spirituality: the

knowledge of the existence of one
eternal and perfect Being and the re-
lation of manto hisMaker.

In the genial clime of Greece every
thing teemed with life. Transported
by majesty of the restless sea, the pro-
lific earth and quickening sun,
enraptured by the dawn the sensuous
Greek saw divinities whom no man
could number.
were the flickerings of his spiritual

life! Remote and dim were the
glimpses of immortality that reached

his ken. The passioned-enslaved

Zeus issued not one precept that would

Thus |

But how uncertain |

> tit . DM ISK HeE Arp.

enlist the AEA obedience and
love of men. From the DE mpi not
a breath of spirituality is felt. But.

lived the Greek in vain? Placed he _

no link in the chain of human achieve-
ment? In the beauty caught from
nature and enshrined in paintings, ar-
chitecture and sculpture the light of
divine Guidance is every where mani-
fest. This, this is the Greeks trib-
ute to the worlds new life.

The Roman religion was of the
earth, earthy. It was mysterious,
soul-stirring, awful !
love. Yet the proud Roman imbibed.
from the bosom of his faith principles |

of justice, faith and filial piety that
developed into a splendid code of civil .

laws. Let;not Christianity blush be-
cause the elements of equity and jus-
tice, that bless our : institutions, were
born of a Pagan mother ; for their
father is our God.
Deep was the calm that Glance
the consummation of these three phases
of divine Truth. ,In the Holy City
the Jew, puffed up with the hope of
temporal ascendency under the Messi- -
ah, the Greek crowned witha diadem
of literary and artistic glory, the
Roman with his rod of iron and tables
of civic laws, met, each craving new
light but loath to depart from beaten
paths, Like night skepticism fell upon
the hearts of men, and the nations
groped about in quest of the un
known God. But when divine Pruth
seemed destined to be engulfed in a

sea of confusion and despair, the hum-
ble Nazarene stepped upon the scene

and said ; Peace be still. He, the,
Word incarnate; the central truth of
history and rev ealed religion, came to
build a character that could say, fol-

-disowning him, |

but never imbu-
ing the soul with self-abnegation: and |

foud a place.
were prostituted to the ends of ambi-

low me, to republish His love and
to reconcile the truths garnered by all
nations. es

With what marvellous precision are
the counsels of the wicked brought to
naught! When the three mightiest
peoples of the earth united to ridicule
the claims of Christ,in Hebrew, Greek
and Latin, they confirmed the title
which he claimed in the very act of
It is finished was
heavens benediction to universal man
and Christs summons to the great
doctors Moses, Zorater, Confucius,
Socrates, and Plato to a common
mercy seat.

The world was slow to see that. all
that was vital in Judaism and Polithe-
ism had been absorbed into Christian-
ity, and men took refuge in the haunts
of Grosticism and infidelity. But
from the wrecks and debris of all
manner. of philosophy and ethnic
religions the church rose like a bow
of promise in that spiritual darkness.
Through the long night that followed
it was the custodian of knowledge and
preserver of civilization. But it was
corrupted by talse doctrines and the
machinations of men. The sacred
fires of ancient Rome burned on _ its
altar, asceticism entered its ritual and at
its head a human dispenser of mercy
Its power and influence

tion ; absolution and indulgences pois- |
ened society; high sounding dogmas
and glittering pageantry deluded the
masses, while the priesthood reveled

in ill gotten luxury.

But the mind in its progress recog-
nizes no sovereign save truth, and in

its revolt from the dead theology of |
the Roman church it brought forth
the Reformed, purged of the most of

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its fatal elements, with the blessings
of greater liberty and quickened

thought. Nevertheless, through the

ages men have ever been suspicious of
whatever -in their narrow

' views, conflicted with scripture narra- _
tives. Again and again have the |

fountains of pure knowledge and
broader happiness been stagnated by

the ravings of fanaticism.

Fierce was the conflict between the
Hebrew Spirit championed by the
Puritans and the Greek Spirit
espoused by their opponents, Stern
spirituality denounced science as_ un-
scriptural and aestheticism as incom-

patible with holy living. This centu-

ry, however, was ushered in under

the auspices of more liberal views. Its

characteristic feature is the assimila-
tion of divine law, the arts and sciences
and the human law. In fraternal em-
brace they meet, that men may. be
edified and God glorified. Thus have
the anuals of the race been strewn
with outgrown creeds and dogmas,
Now men rejoice in the Truth that
hushed forever the duplicity of the

Delphi ; that taught comets and new

worlds to sing ne more of woe and
fate, but in their silent grandeur to
chant of Wisdom and Love divine,
that makes all mens good each mans
rule, and invests the groveling worms

with rights as sacred as the. cross

that stimulates inventive genius and
impregnates the lives and thoughts of
men with justice and holiness. Let

them gloryzZin the ever expanding

Truth that extends hope of regenera-
tion to the benighted heathen notwith-
standing the narrow views of the
masses. For this Truth is indeed the

tree of life whose manifold fruit is for
the healing of: the Nations, the

New Jerusalem coming down from
God out of heaven, prepared as a
bride adorned for her husband.

W. A. CrostHwalIrTE,

THE DUTY OF THE HOUR.

[Delivered before the Alumni Association.]

\

(Continued from last number.)

While it affords me no little .pleas- i.
ure to meet the Alumni of Fisk Uni-

versity to see once more the faces of

some of my former instructors, who
are still on duty, waiting to be relieved

at the Masters call to survey. these

familiar scenes observing here and_
_ there marked changes, no one regrets

more than I, that my message to you
as those upon whose shoulders the
burden of responsibility falls so heavi-
ly, is not stronger and more calcula-
ted to stir up within you a deeper

sense of the true ideal manhood.
I am reminded on my return here

that my old friend and only classmate

Henry Stanley Merry, in the very

bloom of youth and at the height of his
usefulness, is no more, and that his life
work is done. How true the pores of
the poet: :
Time like an ever rolling stream
Bears all her sons away ;
They lie forgotten as a dream
Dies at the opening day.
Ernest H. Anderson is also sleep-
ing that long sleep that shall know no
sagt till the brent: resurrection
morn.
Lulu F. Parker, so. ell and pleas-

antly known to the older graduates of
Fisk, in the realms. of glory is chant-.

foith the new song to the Lamb that
was slain.

These solemn ite speak oan.
ly to us a admonish us that whatev-

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er we intend doing for our Master and

humanity must be done quickly, for

_ onlyafew more years shall have rolled -

away when it shall be said of us indi-
vidually, His. or her. life-work is
done. :

I think we might catch inspiration
from our former iustructors for the
work which lies before us, who. still
remain on duty year after year with

: nothing comparatively to sustain them
but the love of God and love for man.

As I was on my way to Africain 78

I remember having my attention call-

ed, while I looked at the Isle Tenfr-. :

iffe rising abruptly out of the sea -as.
if by force of a volcano, to the fact
that here Gen: Nelson sustained his
only defeat in. war. On _ returning
to England in 80 on my way to West-

minster Abbey I saw a great monu- ......
ment to this famous English general -

and drawing nearer I beheld at its base
the words that illustrious and immortal

hero is said to have uttered before he. :

led his soldiers into battle at Tralfal-

gar feeling that a gr eat dealthe hon-

or of his countrydepended upon

the action of that day.: England ex-

pects every man this day will. do: his
duty. This was enough. Victory
was soon theirs.
duty and honor helps amazingly in
_ the great battle: of life.
~can only have the feeling wherever we
may be that God and our Alma Mater
expect every one of i us will do his or
her duty, the future of this University

as well as the future of our race inthis . -
country and on the African continent o

is secure.

May we remember i in our arduous

task that there is a powerful ray of

the Almighty in truly great minds,and
that this ray burns with equal splendor

end in ignomy.

A high sense ol

And if, we .

in prosperity and in adversity while

these minds teach men in words and
act that Virtue is the highest proof of
understanding and is the only solid
basis of true greatness, while Vice is
the natural consequence of narrow
thoughts which begin in. mistake and
Finally let us be
strong in the cause of truth, the right,

and virtue and acquit ourselves like |

men in the faithful discharge of every

_ duty for the elevation of the race:
_ Rev. A, P: Se Dies.

THE oe ARIFF.

EGINNING with the remotest
period of civilization, coming on-

ward through past ages examining
~ the histories of nations and records ot
men, the writing left by them, is a

clear proof that this the nineteenth

- century, though by far the most ad-
vanced in culture,the arts .and sci-.
-S1ICe}
other nations in that it has its many-
sided questions to.be answered, its

nevertheless. differs not from

difficult problems awating solution,
Among the most difficult, those con-
taining unknown quantities, are the
following: that of France,in devising
that diplomatic plan by which to re-

gain Alsace and Lorraine; that. of:
Germany, in suppressing: her: rapidly. -
ising power ; .
ciding whether Ireland

that of England, in de-
shall

*Home Rule ; last. but _not least,

that which has been a conundrum to
the most subtle of American genius
the: tariff, -

In this the unknown terms
are three: Shall we have mae Suan
low tariff or no tariff ?

In speaking of the tariff understand
me; I do not speak of it as a revenue.

Any sound mind by the least consider-

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ation can conceive with how much
propriety speciai articles may be taxed

for the sak of arevenue. Tariff as
a protection is the subject about which

I wish to speak. This question has
been weighing the minds of the Amer-
icans ever since the colonial period of

our country. When the British, actu-_
ated by the deepest jealousy of a
thriving people, saw the young Amer-

icans tilling their soil, producing those
articles by which they sustained a hap-
py life, manufacturing such things as
were absolutely necessary, interchang-
ing them for their common good, it
was then their parliament as a raven-
ing wolf among innocent lambs step-

ped in. Such measures were enacted
as prohibited the interchange of arti-

cles produced by the colonists, as
denied them the right of selling their

goods i in any other market than Great

Britain.
No one will deny that it is a natural

inclination of men to buy in the
- cheapest and sell in the highest. mar-

ket If English markets had offered

us as much as we could get elsewhere
would we not have gone to her of our
own accord? Then if she was unwill-

ing or unable to pay as much, were we
notewrongly treated when she com-
pelled us to transport our goods in her
vessels and to her markets ? We are

taught that legal protection may be-
imposed from one of four general -

principles : first, to raise a revenue ;

second,'to encourage the production
of commodities at home; third, to

support existing forms of Tae ieee
folirth, to secure sells indepen-
dence:

God in his infinite wisdom has so
. reated man that he possesses that pe-
uliar instinct by which he most clearly

- perceives his pePsonal wants. What

man better knows your wants than

_you? And what incentive as a: pro-
pelling force is more powerful. in: urg-
_ ing you, having recognized.,.your
wants, to gratifying them ?. In the

second legal right we see the grouna

~ for the great collision of protection

and free trade. . The law, assumiug
the right of men to decide concerning

- their. personal wants, prohibits. the

importation of foreign articles into

our ports without taxation. Admit:
ting this fact, let us. notice the results.

An economist has made the following

~ estimatton. In 1868 there was im-

ported sugar to the amount of $23 000
ooo, and there was grown within .the
country $25 000 ooo, total. $48, 000
ooo. On the. imported a :duty: was
paid of 24 per cent., $5 520. 000.
The home product was raised 20 per
cent. of course in price. By a little.
calculation it is found that the people
had to pay in addition to. the original
price $4 838 709 for the home product.
Had this article, so abundantly pro-
duced in our country, been admitted
free of duty, would not the people
have saved all this money for their
individual use? -I. do not need to
explain to you that every foreign ar-

ticle upon which a tax is levied i isa

pretext for merchants: to raise their
prices on the home produced article.
This is called protection. They think
this protects our young manufacturers
Nothing would be more powerfulin
bringing about the production of the
best articles by, our manufacturers
than to allow the same articles we
produce to enter oar ports free of duty.
Instead of protecting our manufactur-
ers in producing worthless articles,
why not allow foreigners to send into ,

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our country free of d&ty their best
articles if we produce the same, and
thus compel our manufacturers to
produce such articles as will compare
with them? How long will the eyes
of the people be closed to this wrong?
How long will our brave manufactures
remain in their youth? Can you not
see the evils in this: protective theory ?
Are we not thus compelled with
our hard earned dollars to make rich
a certain class of our people? Andis
not this same class,the manufacturers,
tooth and toe nail for a high tariff ?
We have within our country already
as a result of protection a growing

aristocracy. And this plainly says _

away with your free institutions, adieu

_to happy hearts and cheerful homes ;

in short it says enter, disorder and
confusion. Then if we are truly
American citizens, if within us there is

yeta conscience of right and wrong, |

let us prove our worthiness of Ameri-

can citizenship by laying the ax to the

root of this evil.
- OrHo D. Porter.

ORIENT AND OCCIDE NT.

ITJNIS said, in sunny eastern lands afar,
Where night usurps the Jsigs of gold-
en day,

And oer the hilltop glows the evening star,
The silvery noted bul-bul tunes his lay,
And dark-eyed beauties listen with delight
While sings the minstrels of the orient nights

But in our changeful occidental clime,

When the hot Augst day has-closed its eye,
The gentle maiden would not give a dime
To hear the bul-buls tender melody.

The ice cream peddlers shed rather hear,
That music ravishes the maidens ear,

[ Boston Courter.

Educated thought nters the field

of combat in defense of imperilled civ-

ilization. Jssue,

THE SECRET OF OUR COUN.
TRYS GREATNESS.

S WE stand upon the threshold o1

the twentieth century and look

back overmore than three anda half,

we find that no pages of profane his-
tory are dotted with more fruitful
events, than the history of the United
States. Though hardly traceable in
its secret windings amidst the scenes
of Indian wars, yet like an irresistible
river with many continuous and inex-
haustible branches, our countrys life
has made its way through three wars
for her independence, and has cement-
ed her union by the bloodiest civil
war recorded. There was from the
first in the minds of those who settled
this country what might be called a
hereditary longing for selfgovernment.
This longing having in time developed
into actual efforts in resisting anything
seemingly tyrannous resulted in the
Revoiutionary war, fought by the
people and piloted by the genius and
skill of the great Triumverate of
American freedomW ashington,
Franklin. and Jefferson, who threw
down amidst the supporters of mon-

_archy the gauntlet of this republic
_a republic whose pillars were fixed

upon those eternal truths which are
the foundation of all law, duty and
right, political as well as_ religious.
By their energy and courage they have
presented to the world the first system

of constitutional government founded

upon political equality and general
consent of the people.

Americas development has been
wonderful. Her prosperity and great-
ness can be traced to four causes, the

first of which lies in her natural resour-
ces. We have an area nearly equal

\

4

THE FISK HERALD. ee

to that of Europe, with a mild and
salubrious climate, a rich and gener-
ous soil, with every variety and at-
tractiveness of naturalscenery, not to
be surpassed in any couutry; large
areas of virgin forest comprising valu-
able woods, saying nothing of the
magnificent timber of Alaska, which

Seward predicted would be the future.

1

ship-yard of the world.

Our mining industries surpass those
of Europe, Asia, Africa, Mexico and
the British colonies collectively, and
as yet we have just begun on our 120-
oooth sq. mile of vast coal and iron
fields which are waiting for labor and
capital to unlocktheir dark and silent
chambers. |

Being recognized and_ protected,

which encouraged the masses to in-

invent and discover, is the second
cause of her greatness. The minds of
the people were turned toward inter-
nal development, and finding them-
selves thrown upon their own resour-
ces inventivn and discovery advanced.

There were issued from the patent

office during 1884,. 20 297 patents.
At the Worlds International Electri-
cal Exposition in Paris five gold med-
als were given for the greatest inven-

tions or discoveries and those five came

tothe United States. The civilized
world has learned to look to the United
States as the birth-place of the cotton
gin, steam boat, iron plow, passenger
train, telegraph and other inventions
which have quickened the pulse and
pace of the nations of the world.

The educator and law-maker are.
paid and encouraged. Knowledge

and religion have always been the
symbols of progress and civilization
and were seen to be necessary factors

in the preservation of this republic.

e

The Puritans with this idea of civil
government moulded and fashioned |
in their character established schools,
and churches and from morn till night

rose the hum of industry, where -

through ucounted ages the birds had
built their nests and the foxes unscar-
ed reared their young. Harvard
college sprang forth which sent intel-
ligent sons who have been the founders
of other schols.

Finally, an. occidental republic of
liberty is demanded to meet the needs:
of the youth of every country. Such

-a republic is America. Following

the law of development which governs

human Progress which patablihes the

truth that.

<Times noblest offspring is the last,
our civilization is the best and our
republican form of government the

most complete and desirable ever

known. Weare the heirs of all the

ages in the foremost files of time

with abundant prosperity, where
truth springs out of the earth and
righteousness looks down from heav-
en. 7 T. B. Harris.

QUERY.

HY shouldnt the word Negro.
be capitalized as much so as

the words Indian, Chineese, Irishman,

Caucasian, etcetera? One would be

considered ignorant of the principles

of common: English to capitalize thus:
The indian, irishman, chinaman,
and caucasian belong to the light-col-
ored races. And yet we often see such
as the following: The Caucasian,
Indian, Chinaman and negro are all

found in America. Each of the fore-

going names represents nationality and
should be capitalized, but the latter is
notand why not? Inquirer.

8 THE FISK HERALD.

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Sample copy free on applhication. :
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time should write to the Business Manager, again

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On business matters, address the Business Man-
ager of THE Fisk Heratp. On literary matters,
address the Editor of: THe Fisk HERALD.

Entered at the Post-office at Nashville, Tenn.,
as second-class matter.

SEPTEMBER, 1887.

EDITORIAL.
To insure publication, articles must be
in by the 15th.

| HE Tuskegee School has adopted
- uniform. Wouldnt this be a

good plan for Fisk to adopt ? It would
certainly banish from our midst that

element which has a tendency to
over-dress, which leaves the observ-

er under the wrong impression of the

school ; also, it would relieve from

embarrassment those who are not able

to dress so well as their more favored

cumpanions. Why not consider this?
Imagine the spectacle of 120 young

men with uniformity of attire march-
ing to and from Jubilee hall.

E HOPE no student will re.

turn this year without having
tried to influence some one to come
with him. There are many young
persons who have the means, which
they are spending in less useful ways,
and would go to secure an education
if only they were pursuaded and if

the benefits of an education and how

easily they could obtain it were point-
ed out tothem Just a word may be
the means of great good. A word
spoken in due season, how good it is!

ANY present and former stu-
dents. will learn with regret
that Miss Matson does not intend to
return to Fisk the coming year. In

| response to dutys call she has decided

to work in a foreign missionary field
India. It will be remembered that
some years ago she went to Africa

buthad to return on account of her
health. She decided to go in the

early part of the year, but on account
of her love for the work in which she

_ was engaged did not disclose the fact

except to a few intimate friends.
Few teachers are better known in the
South among the colored people than
Miss Matson, one of the pioneers of
the work of Fisk University. | What

a stream of humanity has she seen

flow from these walls! She has seen
the work in its different stages of ad-
vancement ; she hasseen its dark and
its bright side.

Being principal of the Biigtish de-
partment during most of her stay here
she was kuown to most of those who
taught, consequently many. of the stu-

dents knew of her long before coming
to Fisk, the writer for one. A. strict

disciplinari lan and an accomplished
teacher she had her department under
THE FISK HERALD. 9

good control and won the hearts of her
pupils. She has assisted and piloted
many a needy student through school

out into a useful career. . We be-speak
_ for her much success in her chosen
field but regret to lose her ; yet Africs
_loss is Indias gain, :

O ANY young man or woman
wishing to obtain a thorough

education Fisk University, in its vari-
ous departments, offers superior ad-

vantages. Its location, being both
beautiful and healthful; its facilities,

the two well furnished and commodi-

ous Halls, Jubilee and Livingstone

besides two other small buildings for
the lower grades; its large number of |
students, a great number of whom are

advancedbeing representatives of
two continents ; its great reputation,
a valuable aid in securing a position ;

its many distinguished visitors ; its
large corps of officers, professors and

teachers ; and its culture and_ refine-

ment ; make it one of the most desir-
able ae in the South for Sheaimang
- an education.

We invite all contemplating enter-
ing school this fail to examine its cata-

louge, which can be had on applica-

tion to the Treasurer, Rev. :.E. C.

ek:

NE of the outcroppings of the
smothered despotic sentiment of

the southern people was the introduc-
tion of a bill in the Georgia legislature
by an individual as to name, Glenn,

prohibiting the co-education of color-

ed and white children ; it passed
the lower House by a large majority:

45 not voting, and the two colored

members voting negatively. The bill

~ isan indirectthrust at Atlanta Uni-

versity, where the professors chil-

dren and some white ee near

the school attend.

Such legislation is an insult to the
citizens of that State and deserves their
most cordial contempt. It dictates
where they shall or shall not
educate their children. This is one of
the backward strides in southern civi-
lization, and much the reverse to Mr.
Gradys progressive South. With
such occurences happening daily we
ask, perplexed: Where zs-the ew

South ?

_ Mr. Glenn says there is a natural re-
pugnance between the races. Why.

then legislate thus, sir? For if there

is a natural repugnance this matter
settles itself. But it does not settle
itself, therefore the assertion must be
untrue. We have not as yet asked
for mixed schools in the South, but

simply ask that such matters be allow-

ed to have their natural course, unre-
strained by legislation It is under-
stood if this bill become a law its con-

- stitutionality will be tested. If the

professors of Atlanta or Clark Univer- ,
sity should be subjected to the penalty

of that pernicious law we bespeak for
them the sympathy and hearty coope-

ration of all Vegsodom.

y ROHIBITIONS defeat in Texas
should not discourage us of Ten-
nessee, but should inspire us with
greater zeal for the work ; nor should
it convince us that we are wrong, but
should teach us the magnitude of the
approaching contest. Let us remem-
ber that reforms are always begun by
the few. The abolitionists were few
in number at first and. were called
fanatics and cranks, so are the prohibi-
tionists; but their number grew until

oe ee THE FISK HERALD.

the majority of the people of this

country were abolitionists, and there-

by thralldom overthrown. Today all
Americans are abolitionists, except
the mossbacks, and the time is not
far distant when all will be prohibi-
tionists, except the whiskey heads.
The prohibition element has grown
wonderfully in the United States in
the last few years, to what proportions
it will grow by 88 cannot be predict-
ed!

How will you vote? Will you vote
for whisky intemperance, misery,
woe, debauchery, poverty, riotous-
ness, immorality and all that tends to

drag a nation down from that high
standard which should characterize it ;
or will you cast your ballot for prohi-
bitionhappiness, progress, prosperi-
ty, morality and GOD? Shall this

demon monster longer revel in our |

homes to make children orphans, to
make young men and women debau-
chees, wives widows, husbands
drunken sots, families desolate, in
short to turn society into a mass of
confusion ?

As a farewell appeal to the voters

of the old Volunteer State we call
upon you to shoulder your muskets
and on the 29th shoot the monster
between the eyes. Even if strong
drink is no temptation to you be gen-
erous enough to help remove it, that
it may not beguile a weaker brother.

NEGRO League is proposed by
Mr. Fortune of the New York
Freeman, the object of which shall be
to secure to colored people protection
in the maintenance of their civil rights ;
to see that justice is meted out to them

at the bar; to organize against mob
- violence of the whites; to unify

_ tenance of their rights.

the Negro vote and dictate with what

party or faction it should ally itself.
We agree in the wisdom of all these

purposes except the latter. There

should be an organization for the pro-

tection of colored people in the main-
For instance,
suppose a colored person, as is often
the case, were thrust from the first
class car, this organization could fur-
nish means by which the case could
be thoroughly sustained and thereby
justice, which is very~rarely done,
would be meted out to the. rail-road

officials; and the question of the first

class car be settled forever. As it is
when rights are denied a Negro he
hasnt the money to push the case
to its bitter end; hence he loses. But
an organization could amass enough
funds for such action. Again, very
often mob violence is used upon the
Negro. The family of the outraged
victim havent the means to: command
the operatives of the law whereby the
offenders may be brought to justice,
which the league could do by furnish-
ing a few hundred dollars from its
exchequer. Or they could dictate
proper action. An organization for
these and other simiar purposes would
be of incalculable value.

But whether or not this league
should dictate what action the entire
mass should take politically is, in our
humble opinion, to be questioned.
What thc Negro needs is to. be divid-

ed among all the different political

parties : some Republicans, some.
Democrats, otters. Prohibitionists,
others of the Labor party, and still
others Mugwumps. The interest of

the Negro should be coalesced with
that of the predominating race that -
he may not be a separate small digit.

THE FISK HERALD. 11

It is an insult to his intellect to say
he should follow blindly one set of
party leaders. All thinking men dif-
fer ! When all Negroes become
thinkers they will differ, and they
should be encouraged so tc do in the
youth of their citizenship. The white
race, the dominant race of the coun-
try, is found in all the different par-

ties. What could an army of four

millions do drawn up apart from two
great armies of about fifteen millions
each ?a fair pgoportional comparison
of the Negro vote, if a unit, with the
vote of the two great parties. Let
him vote from principle and conviction

and not mercenarily.

Let the Negro be divided _political-
ly, but come together as brothers and
right their wrongs when their rights

have been unduly infringed upon.
Let us have the league, but with some

modifications.

AN OASIS.

LAD is the heart of the weary

J traveller when amid the heat of
the dusty caravan the oasis* is shout-
ed from the van. And glad was the

weary Editor when amid the perusal
of complex manuscripts, corrections

of twisted proof-sheets and the per-
formance of a dozen-and-a-half other
duties involved upon himbut why
multiply ? the picnic was announced.

Accordingly August 3, the didnt-
get-aways, about a score in number,
packed in three vehicles, left the swel-
tering city behind for Bosly Springs.
After a pleasant drive we were at Bos-
ly Springs,ia beautiful place for such
an occasion. It isa small table land,

not barren, but covered with tall elms
and /@tge shady oaks, under which is

stretched a carpet of Kentucky green

and atits base gush numerous springs
of various kinds of water. Thusly
surrounded the hammock was stretch-
ed and the croquet wickets set. Xen-
ophons expounder was champion with
the ball and mallet.

After the fire for making the coffee

was built the senior professor put on_

the coffeepot withouttilting the lid to
peep at what was in it. Imagine
the surprise when on examining it the
contents of the pot were found to be

towels, napkins, knives, saucers,tum- _

blers, spoons and thelike. Of course
the coffee was good being made from
such excellent compounds.

After the sumptous feast of the most

palatable and dainty eatables (O, in-_

describable !) prepared by the fairer
sex had been satisfied and- fun and
frolic had been participated in, Sol

had begun to dip this wheels in the

fiery billows behind the western hills.

Ina short while all was gloom under |

the dense foliage. Meanwhile the
katy-dids, crickets and tree-frogs made

the woods ring with their music.
Presently the Queen of night veiled

in a cloud rose quietly out of the Ori-

ent to gaze upon the scene. When

we had rompt, playing Blind-mans-
buff, in the gentle light falling through
the tree-topsimaking the glossy leaves
glisten, we, packed up and _ started

~ home. When we reached the open

country Luna was visible in all her
loveliness, and she was not lacking
for the complimentary Ahs! How
beautiful! So grand! Just lovely,
ete,! After a delightful drive through

the balmy air and soft light we were

at home and it was justten. (But
we didnt fear being reprimanded as
Miss Ballentine was away.) This be-
VE py,

se _ THE FISK HERALD.

ing on the eve of the departure of Miss

Cahill the ecdat of the occasion was

voted in her honor.

Thus was spent one of the most de-
lightful days of vacation at Fisk.
v) EXUR-Burt,

COMMUNICATIONS.

' Pontotoc, Miss., Bey 1887.
Dear HERALD:

For the first time

ne six years I find myself in the state
of Mississippi, my old home. I cannot
make you understand what the emo-

tions were which stirred my heart as
I crossed the line and heard the name
Corinth called out by the conductor,

and all along the line the names sound
strangely sweet to my ear. I reached
Pontotoc in due time, and the 13th of
June opened school with 21 pupils.

At the end of the first month there

were 80, and now at the ena of the

second there are 136.

Misses Cowan, Grant and inyself
are doing allin our power to make
the work a success. There are two
Colored churches here. I work with
the Methodists, who are having an
interesting time. This Sunday-school
numbers from 70 to 80.. We organiz-
eda society for the benefit of the
young people and we hope in this
way to reach those. who do not at-

tend the school. The society num-

bers 37 and all take delight i DID ar
ing exercises.

Pontotoc is a beautiful healthful
inland town, and a large field for
work. What Fiskite would like it for
his winter work ? Five months ! It

is an interesting place for many rea-
sons; most of all because our Mrs
Spence once lived in it. I pass by

the house in which she lived daily and

-am acquainted with two persons who

remember her in old days gone by.
With highest wishes for tes ne
perity, I am your friend,
MAGE Murray.

PETERSBURG, Penne! | Aug. 1887
Editor HERALD : |

This aivhing

finds me upon a commanding hill,

where I can see for miles some of the
most valuable timber and the richest

bottom lands of Lincoln county, land
that producs corn, wheat and pota-

_ toes in abundance and garden vegeta-

bles too numerous to mention. . My
schoolhouse is situated 1 in the center

of this fertile neighborhood on a high

hill where it is sure to catch the cool
and gentle breezes which are SO much
needed these hot: days.

I am surrounded by a daily attend-

ance of seventy-five merry . boys and

girls, some of whom are eager to

have their names enrolled among

Americas noblest men and women,

but there are others who are notmuch |
interested ;. it seems that they think |

people become great by chance and

not by the sweat of the brow. Ihave

seventy-six enrolled. This will be
five terms here for me, averaging
thr ee anda half months each. Though
I have been away for two years I feel

very much at home, and everybody
seem as kind to me as can be and are
glad to have me back. Mr Pettigrew
taught here last year. His work will
speak weil for him.as the years @ go by.
The food here is well prepared by ab
most ali the families. They vie with
one another in cooking, which makes
food sufficient to. make the invalid
merry and robust. I would that such

COUR BIICHERGID ca

a contest were in every neighborhood.
Prohibition which I so much desire

to see. booming is today favorable and

tomorrow unfavorable. There are
some days on which if the election
should occur in Lincoln prohibition
would triumph, but | there are other

_ days on which it would fall to the vi-

cinity of zero, in some parts of the
county. There are some men here
who are open to conviction (?) but
no one is able to convince them.
I was talking with an anti the oth-
er day who said that-he knew every
thing I said was true and that whisky

had no. good qualities i in it, but he and-

his house intended to vote against pro-
hibition.
too many big colored and white men
in it for him,

who wanted to make big people of
themselves. He said thatsso but I
cant vote for prohibition. There are
- some men here to whom if an angel of
God were to appear and tell them that
the Lord wanted them to vote for pro-
hibition for the good of mankind I
honestly believe they wouldnt do it.
They would conceive that the angel
was a prohibitionist in angelic attire.
How the prohibitionistcould get the

outfit they would never stop to think, ,

but would say hes nothing but an old
prohib. aud we are not going tobe
advised by him. There are three sa-
loons in Petersburg. Notwithstanding

the prohibition victory here is doubt- a
ful I shall still holdup its banner and

work for victory on the agin of Sep-
tember.*

The 6th of FES the teachers in-
stitute convened at Fayetteville with
good attendance. The following pa-
_ pers were read: How to Teach

- Another said there were

) replied that that was
the place for me and everybody else

re)

Arithmetic, How a Teach Read-
ing, How to Teach Spelling. In.
the afternoon the court- house wass. fill-

ed to overflowing to Agar speeches

by Mrs. Early and Mr. Anderson on
prohibition.. A good impression was
made upon the audience. __ re
Look for me, dear Fisk, the 17th of
October:. - B. T. PHELps.

*TIt should be borne in mind that Lin-
coln, formerly one of the leading counties
of the State in the manufacture of liquors,
should not be taken as a fair sample of the
State; and especially this section should not _
as it is composed of fertile hiily and bottom

lands which produce grain and fruit abuwn-

dantly, for which growers find lucrative.

iif at the distilleries.Ep.]_

aint

On THE SUMMIT OFTHE CATSKILLS,

August 1887.

Dear HERALD:

This is one of the places
where at this season people make a
business of duing nothing, and so ab-

sorbed have I been in that occupation
_ that the days are in danger of slipping

away without my having written you

- the promised letter,

On the 15th I came to thisspot ; a
little railroad winding in and out and
up brought us from Kingston on the
Hudson in two hours. Until a few
years ago along and dangerous _ Stage
ride was the only means of ascending
the mountains. Even now it is only

by penetrating through the cloves

and reaching the more gentle Western
slope that the ascent can be made by

rail ; the eastern face of the mountains

is en steep for a railway to climb.
Although on what is called the
the summit, we are not at the highest
point of the Catskills but on the pla-
teau supported by the range. Peaks
rise on all sides of our retreat and when
tA fe
one has the courage to scale them he
is rewarded by a magnificent outlook
to the east and west.

This is a region of small farms and
some of the dwellershere have spent
most of a lifetime in working their
mountain farms. How long they have
to wait natures ripening processes
you will understand when I tell you
Ifind blackberries just growing ripe
and the farmers still gathering their
crop of hay. The fortunes of most of
these farmers have improved since
the tide of summer boarders reached
these heights. Atthis season all this
region is peopled by residents of the
great city at the mouth of the Hudson.
The Catskills may be, and I think
have been, called the lungs of New

York; it is the breathing place of |

thousands who fora short time every
year come hither to get the pure air

_ which forever fills the upper spaces.
Twenty years ago there was no

such exodus from N. Y. asnow. The
few who could afford it went to New-

port, Saratoga and an occasional high-

priced mountain hotel; the many stay-
ed in the city through the long hot
months. But that necessity to human
life which impels to all advancement

has of late opened innumerable sum-

mer resorts of mountain and seashore
at moderate prices and multitudes
avail themselves of these opportunities.

Of course the principal source of en-
joyment insuch a place as this are
freedom from work, the pure, cool air
and the restful mountain scenery
upon which the eyes open in the morn-

ing andclose at night. The guide

books of these mountains mention
many additional attractions, natural
and legendary,some of which are with-

in easy reach. Yesterday a walk ofa

THE FISK HERALD.

mile anda half brought us to the head
of a gorge into which a mountainous
stream plunges over a precipice of
about 150 feet, making a waterfall of
much beauty. This: gorge extends

down aclove to the river and near its

lower end is the scene of Rip Van
Winkles sad experiences. His very
chair and rifle are shown to credulous
curiosity seekers. Were the beautiful
summer perpetual on these heights
one could easily understand how the
old fellow yielded to a slseep of twenty
years, but how he could slumber in
the storms of a mountain winter only
the author of the fiction can explain.
My stay here is but for a week or
two ; even before you. begin to wel-
come the returning company to Fisk

I shall be at my autumn work in New

England. The sound of the prohibi-
tion conflict in Tennessee comes but
faintly to my ears at this distance but
both the cause and its supporters have
as ever my earnesty sympathy.
- Very truly yours,
Anna M. CaHILL.

PERSONAL.

_ Luther McClellan is in the City.

I. H. Anthony is teaching near
Uptonville.

A. D. McClellan is teaching at
Bakersville.

A. T. Morrell is teaching at Mc-
Dowell, Lincoln co,

L. J. Watkins has a three Pabhths
school at Lynchburg.
Miss N. B. Dorsey spent vacation

at her home, St. Louis.

Miss Wells left for a short vacation
the first part of last month.

Miss Haynes has hied_ herself to the
Blue Ridge Mts. for rustication,

THE FISK KERALD. as

Miss Anna S. Ridley spent vacation
in the City this year.

Prof. Spence is practicing OS

music several hours per diem.

D. P. Webster has secured a . school

at Union Hill, about eight miles from
the City.
Miss Louise Harris did not teach
as she intended but remained at
home.

LC. Anderson, 780, Was in the -

27th ult. We were much impressed
with his gentility and culture. |

LH. Tindall writes that he has had
to abandon his school on account of
an attack of intermittent fever.

C. W. Virtis pays his tribute to our
subscription list from Tiptonville,
where he reports a flourishing school.
_ Mrs. Curtis and son, of Boston. are
visiting at Treasurer Stickels. Mrs.
Curtis isan old friend of Mrs. Stickel.

Messrs. Perkins and Watson, Nors.
87, are travelling in the West. They

will teach in St. Joseph the coming :

scholastic year.

Mrs. Helena G. Barbour, matron
of Alcorn, returns to her work, after
spending a pleasant vacation in our
City.

J. H. Nichols has the garden in
fine condition. Heisa horny hand-
ed son of toil, but he hasnt gone
West yet. '

Miss Morgan, Professor of Latin,
has passed a very pleasant vacation at
Cleveland, O. She will be home
ere many days hence.

C. H. Dodge writes of his annual

summer wreck, this time near Albany,

Ga., through which he came without
serious injury. Charlie, you are very
lucky getting through such accidents
but we would advise you to try some
_ other vocation next summer.

Miss Hanmer has returned from
Chicago looking much refreshed for

the coming years work.

B. T. Phelps, the humorist of Fisk,

_ writes entertainingly of the gloomy

outlook of. prohibition i in Lincoln, co.
Miss Lizzie Jones left the 24th ult.
for a visit to Chicago and New York.

She will return, however, in time for

school.

D. W. Sherrod is industriously
working for the HERALD in connec-
tion with his school-work at Plattsburg,
Miss.

J. Q. Johnson was in the 2oth ult.
from his schovl at Rockvale, and _ re-
ports his district solid for the amend-
ment.

-F. L. Fortson plans to be in school
the first of Oct. He will makea trip
to Miss. and bring his mother to the
City for the winter.

N. J. Anderson writes that he is
having much success in his school,
near Bolivar. He and.J. N. ellewae
have ajoint Sunday school.

Miss Mary Kemp was in to see us
last month. We learn that she has
gone to Texas to teach and will prob-
ably not return this year.

Messrs. Harris and Simmons are
still speaking for the amendment.
They give encouraging reports of their
work. :

J. C. Donovan, Nor. 87, writing
from the Lone Star State where he
has cast his lot, speaks encouragingly

of his situation.

We have rceived the funeral notice

of the infant son of J. C. McA dams,

g4. His family have our sympathy.
Whom the gods love die young.

E. D. Howard has been on the sick
list for a few days, but is convalescent

now.
ee THE FISK HERALD.

Miss Fanning, Nor. 88, has a large
school at Cedar Chapel, Hardeman,

co. Sh2 says almost all the people.

there are agin the amendment.
T. F. Sublett, 782, will enter the
Harvard law school this year. We

- hope he may have much success as a
- disciple of Blackstone.

Profs.. Bennett and Chase have been
working for prohibition in Rhea co.,

while summering there. They with.

their families returned a few days ago.
Miss Blanche Harris spent a part of
the vacation at Cleveland, O. She

read a production while there on the

Music of Fisk University.

J. A. Lester writes that he has a5

school of 118 with no assistant, and
that he walks 4 miles twice per day.
Stick to it, John, it will makea man

of you.

Miss Murray writes of her school
and surroundings at Pontotoc, Miss.
She is assisted by Misses Grant and

Cowanmakin ya trio of | Fiskites..

Mrs. Greene, our peerless Model
School teacher, writes of a pleasant
vacation at her home, Amherst, Mass. ;
but says the hot weather has reached

there also. oe
Rev. Geo. M. McClellan left the

6th ultimo for Louisville where he will
take charge of a Congregational

church. Abundant success be his in
his chosen life- work.

Miss Vassar arrived the 2sth le
She makes the sleeping walls of Liv-

ingstone resound with music akin to ~
that of schooltime. She has been |
elected assistant in the Mt. Nebo

school, near the University.
Mrs. Geo. W. Moore with her mo-
ther and family, who have been spend-

-ing the summer at the University,
lett for their home. Washington, the

17th ult. Mrs. Moore, nee Sheppard,

was the pianist of the original pee

Singers.

Miss Cahill left the 5th ale for Bing-

hamton, N. Y. After remaining there ~
a short while she wtllenter upon her

work and not return until December.

She has the HeERALDs wishes for her

highest success. ,
So early in the year nothing can be

' learned of the new teachers. All the

old teachers will return except Misses
Matson, Miner and Burr. Mrs. Eliza-

_ beth Jenkins has been appointed ma-

tron.

Miss Mary Seiad
Prof. Spence, will Jeave in a few days
for Oberlin to enter the musical Con-

servatory. By her affable manner and

winning grace she has won a host of
admirers who vwili miss her.

Eugene Harris, 87, will go soon to
enter the Theological department of
Oberlin. He has been connected
with Fisk since his boyhood. With
as brilliant a record as he leaves at

Fisk we have no doubt but that he

will win his laurels at Oberlin.

W. A. Crosthwaite, 87,is to travel.
in the interest of the A. M. A. this: -
winter, making his. opening speech at

its annual meeting at Portland, Me.

He is editingthe Lance of this city :

during the prohibition campaign. Of
his commencement oration Dr.. Noble

- said in the Advance, it wasone of

the finest orations I ever heard froma
student.

cost, Strayed or Stolen-a class,
the Doulosophonian, or more
simply, slaves of wisdom : 15 in
number, 3 of whom ladies ; quiet and
orderly in deportment ; unostentatious-
ly modest; last heard of in the scholas

tic year he oo AN ANXIOUS FRIEND

87, daughter of

| THE FISK
LOCAL.

Mus-quit-oes. My!!
Melons and ice in abundance !
Cool wave.

Thanks!! 70 degrees, only.

A welcome daily comer, the post-
man, (93 ;
The garden has been quite a suc-
cess this year. :

A slight earthquales shock occured

in this city last month.

The walks are being covered with
finely seived sand. Good, ~ 4

You just ought to see the dining
hall and parlor since being remodeled.
The university bll(e) has had a
quiet vacation. Very few call at her

doors.
The front of Livingstone is beauti-

fied by the many blooming boxes of
flowers left there by the boys.

A new bridge is
on Shaftsbury avenue over the
ravine between Livingstone and the
rail road.

Mesdames Stickel and Wright might

well be proud of their floral success

this season. Their flowers are very
ornamental to their beautiful resi-
dences.

Life about the University now is
made much more jovial by the pres-
ence of our little folks : Misses Flora,
Alma, Ellen, and Master Roy Curtis,
the latter a New Englander.

Indications this year point to alarge
attendance Many applicants have
applied for admission to the higher

grades, especially the Normal. Very

being built

HERALD, | 17

few old students as far as we how in-
tend staying out.
H..W. Armistead came mule- kek

_ afew days ago to insure the live-stock

of the University. We would advise
him to insure his own life if he intends
riding that donkey.

T THE residence of the brides

aunt, Clarksville, Tenn., the 25th
ult., Mr. T. J. Austin and Miss Katie
L. Knewell were united in wedlock.

Immediately after the marriage they

left for Jackson, Tenn., their future
home.

The Heratp wishes that they may
sail over lifes journey with unruffled
sea and cloudless sky.

Full account next issue.

CTY LIEMs.

Read Ellis ad.

Timothy Brothers !

We congratulate our <ld friend, the Star
clothing House, on its return to our col-
umns. Giyethema call, boys. .

Read what Winstead says. His shoes
have always given satisfaction during the
years our students have worn them. Ae
keeps the bestonly.

Old curiosity Shop has in supply a full
line of Ladies hats, and bonnets, all styles
to suit al! tastes. Every one Saye: O! how
beautiful, and yet. hew cheap. Full assort-
ment of fancy notions is kept, and every-

thing kept ina first-classmillinery store. 8

North Summer St.

This delightfut sunny weather is the the
time o have your pictures taken, and at
de Anquinos.
gives satisfaction. Thanking the students
for their liberal patronage in the past he
greets the students of the new year with
unsurpassed advantages to do first class

work, asking their patronage. 166 Churchst.

Unavoidably our Sharps and Flats and Peo-
ple and Events columns already in type must be
omitted. ae

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NASHVILLE, TENN.
NEW GOODS RECEIVED !!!

Wall Papers, Picture Frames, Moldings, |
Wall Brackets, Window Shades, Cornices

and Poles, Looking Glasses, Pictures, Steel

-Engravings, Oil Paintings and Chromos.

Handsome Wall Papers at Ioc, 15c, and
25c per roll. Late style Gold Wall Papers
at 35c, 40oc and 50c per roll. French and
English Gold and Velvet Wall Papers at $1,
$1.50 and $2 per roll. Elegant line of Pan-
el Pictures, framed in gold or ebony frames
for 75c each. Rudys Royal Guilding for
home use, Picture Cord and Nails, Chair
Cane, Easels, Portrait Frames, etc. Every
article is the best quality, lowest prices at

Jd. W. Orchards

134 Union Street, Nashville, Tenn.

THUSS, KOELLEIN & GIERS,

PHOTOGRAPHERS

139 Union St., Nashville, Tenn.
but first-class work. Specia]

rates to students.
LAURENT.

APOTH ECARY

Corner Summer and Union Streets,
NASHVILLE, TENN

Dr. A. H. Roscoe,
DRUGGIST & APOTHECARY,
Corner Line and Clay Streets. -

Keeps everything in the retail line. Schocl
books always on hand.

J.P. JECT

Ice nes parlor!

WHEN you are ee Weary and warm
call in at our Icc Cream parlor, where are
kept in addition to Ice Cream Soda Water,
Lemonade, Melons, Candies,

cakes, etc.
Polite and prompt attention is our motto, If
you come once we know you will come again

RUCKER & CO., 318 Church St.
near Nicholson House.

MISS EVA A. ISER..

THE GIRLS FAVORITE A
may be found

at the old stand, with lat-
- est Styles in Ladies Hats, Bon-
nets, Fancy Trimmings, etc. Our
Girls are always suited when they trade at:
Miss Isers

181, Union Sraeer.
ACE CREAM,

Oysters, Melons, Candies Ete.

kept in first-class style in a beautifuk |
andelegant parlor at 114 N. Spruce
St. We hereby solicit the patronage
of the students, knowing if they give
us their patronage they will be suited.

BUCHANNAN & BIRDSONG.

GEO. LAMPKINS
_ the Veteran Merchant Tailor,
Greets the Students of the New Year
New Goods, New Styles and Low
Prices. A perfect fit guar-
anteed,

with

Pants a

Specialty.
Repeuiae done neatly and with dispatch

kes-95 N.Cherry Street, a
iz OJ)

J. He. LOEB

For a Good Bargain in every class of

Furnishing Goods!

Corner Cherry and Deaderick Streets.
CHILDREN

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ALEX DE. ANQUINOS

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FOR YOUR

PHOTOGRAPHS.

166 Church Street.

Great Eee to Teachers and Students.

With his superir sky-light and

other advantages he is fully prepared to give satisfaction in ever particular.

THE TEACHERS REST

at this season is well earned, and should

not be disturbed, It cannot however be
annoying, in a leisurely way, to think and
plan what

MUSIC BOOKS |

from the inexhaustible supply described in -

DITSON & CO.S Catalogues, it will be well
to use in the next musical campaign.

> Any book mailed for retail price.~g9q

Sunday Schoo. Teachers

will soon be able to examine our new and
beautiful Sunday School Song Book, the
1ADEM (35 -cts.) by Abbey
& Munger, and the newly arsragned and
valuable NEw SpiRITUAL SONGS (35 cts.)

by Tenney & Hoffman.

School Teachers

will be pleased to look at our New Rovan

SINGER (60 cts.) for Adult Singing Classes
and High Schools. Also the Sonc GRreEr-
ING (50 cts.) tor High Schools (a greet favo-
rite); and the delightful little Primary
School Song Book, Gems For Little Singers
(20 ets.)

Music. Teachers.

- son the wing are invited to alite and look

-at our superb stock of Instruction Books and
Collections of Vocal and Instrumental -mu-
sic for teaching purposes, at the stores of

OLIVER DITSON & CO., 449 & 451 Washington

St. Boston,
C.H. DITSON & CO,, 867 Broadway, N. Y

: J. E. Ditson & CO., 1228 Chestnut St. Phila.

LYON & HEALY, Chicago.

Oriental
SHAVING PARLOR

168 CEDAR STREET,

(Under Immaculate Temple, )
Is the place for students to get a first-class
Shave or Hair-cut.

A. B. Bradford, Propr. Nash ville.

PHOTOGRAPH!

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- In allstyles cheaper than elsewhere at

Hersteins |

Galleries

Cor. Union & College Sts.& 25 Public

Square. Species rates to Students.

C. R. BADOUX
HUMAN HAIR GOODS,

29 N, Summer street,

MASHVILLE, - - - - - TENNESSEE

Bes Tllustrated catalogue sent.on application. Ba

8 PGAINS IN FINE GOLD AND

PLAIN GOLD RING.

SILVER WATCHES, JEWELRY, ETC.

fact, everything fourd ina first-class Jewelry store. Also Manufacturer

ick. are made to Order at Short Notice, and

highest quality guaranteed. Call e:.de convinced at the CASH JEWELRY
STORE, No: ror Union.Street, , between College and Market Streets.

B. H. STIEF

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STUDENTS!
Come and vee US.

(ur Stock of Sutts, Hats and Pie g00ds

For the Falland Winter Seasons 1&87=8

NOW READY.

Our Suit Department Comprises all the Latest Designs im Chiviots, Cassimeres,
Diagonal Worsted, and Corkscrew.
Mens Stiff Hats at $1.60, 1.75, 2.00. Men's Soft Hats at $1.00, 1.25, 1.80,

-_ Full Line of Celluloid Gooas always on hand.

Srar CLOTHING House

39 N. Cherry St., near Union. LEVY BROTHERS Proprietors.

MAXWEL HOUSE SHOE STORE.
TE. WINSTEAD & CO.

GREAT BARGAINS IN OLD MEN'S BROAD BOTTOM SHOES,

YOUNG MENS NOBBY BOOTS avd SHOES and MISSES SCHOOL SHOES.
pS CALL AND SEL THEM.

154 Church Street, Berry Block, Opposite Maxwell House. Telephone 423.
SPECIAL Raves To STUDENTS.

CARPETS | CARPETS'

PRIGES FOR THISMONTH ON 3

36 inchSmyrna Rugs . . . $100 Tappestry Brussels
-6oinch Extra Smyrna Rugs . . 2 00 Extra Tapestry Brussels ..... =
72 inch extra, Extra Smyrna Rugs 4 00 Double Extra Brussels . . -. .65
go inch xtra Super Smyrna Rugs 6 oo Body Brussels . . 285
gee PRICES ON CARPETS. 7336 Best Body Brussels (5 oo $1. LO
| Extra Velvet, Rich Designs, Real
Value $1.50, price this month $1.00

Hemp Carpet, Good Styles . .12
Extra Hemp Carpets SS
Ingrain Figural Wool Carpets . .18
Fine All-wool Carpets... 48 Moquetts & Wiltons. Shades and Poles.
Extra All-wool Carpets . . . .60 6 Foot Shades, Spring Rollers. .25
3 Ply All-wool Ingram... Poles from 35 to $4.00,

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