xeeg collegiate institute
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1891-1906
Xeeg Collegiate
institute
JACKSON, KENTUCKY
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LEES COLLEGIATE INSTITUTE
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AT
JACKSON, KY.
1905-1906
ANNOUNCEMENTS FOR 1906-1907
TRANSYLVANIA PRESSLEXINGTON, KY.
L. H. Blaxtox. D. D., Chancellor.
FACULTY
M. L. Girtox, A. M.,
(Park College)
Principal.
Joseph F. Lukexs, A. M.,
(Ohio University)
Normal.
Hugo J. P. Vitz,(Manual Training High School, Louisville, Ky.)
Manual Training and Collegiate.
Miss Helexa M. Kylaxd, A. Bv(Tusculum College)
Domestic Science and Collegiate.
William Taylor,(Lees Collegiate Institute)
Intermediate.
Mrs. S. H. Stidham,(Lees Collegiate Institute)
Intermediate.
Miss Sue E. Keese,
(Normal and Collegiate Institute, Asheville, N. C.)
Primary.
Miss Margaret E. Dexham, A. Bv(Caldwell College)
Piano and Voice.
Mrs. M. L. Girton,
(Normal and Collegiate Institute, Asheville, N. C.)
Matron.
Elijah Noble,(Lees Collegiate Institute)
McCormick Chapel School.
CALENDAR 1906-1907.
First Term opens September 3.
Thanksgiving Vacation, November 29, 30.
Christmas Kecess, December 24, 31.
Second Term opens December 31.
Grade Entertainment, May 11.
Baccalaureate Sermon, May 12.
Pupils' Eecital, May 13.
Commencement, May 14.
A series of popular lectures and entertainments will be given
during the year.
ROLL OF STUDENTS.
Back, Kelly
Back, Seldon
Begley, Garfield
Brophy, Joe
Cardwell, Price
Clark, Thomas
Hargis, Thomas
Lyon, Eugene
Moore, Allen
Xewland, Ernest
Pollard, Olie
Smith, William
Sewell, Benjamin
Taylor, William
Watts, Kelly
Combs, MaudeCope, Lizzie
Davis, Flossie
Davis, Vyolette
Fields, Mollie
Allen, Leslie
Back, Everett
Back, John
Cardwell, Edwin B.
Duncil, Henry
Gambill, Edward
Gambill, George
Collegiate Department.
Green, Katie
Hargis, Elizabeth
Hyden, Jeanette
Jameson, Bertha
Landram, Bessie
Landrum, Cora
Landrum, Mattie
Lyon, Addie
McGuire, Josephine
Murphy, Margaret
Patton, Jessie
Patton, Laura
Eowland, Florence
Sewell, MaySewell, Xancy
Snowden, Maggie
Taulbee, MayTurner, Eosalee
Williams, Lucy
Normal Department.
Gabbard, James
Griffith, Chester
Hogg, John
Johnson, Noah
Little, Floyd
Little, Granville
Mann, Ashland
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Noble, James
Koark, Willard
Stacy, B. J.
Strong, Green
Williams, Cleveland
Back, Delpha
Back, Edith
Bowling, Eliza
Byrd, Bertha
Callahan, Louella
Crawford, Dala
Davis, Hattie
Davis, Mattie
Allen, Oscar
Back, Herschel
Campbell, Floyd
Childers, Eugene
Childers, Pryse
Combs, Norman
Cope, Eobert
Collingsworth, Lewis
Collier, George
Davis, Arthur
Fletcher, Warren
Haddix, Alexander
Hayes, Eoy
Hudson, AdamLyon, Samuel
Lovely, Jack
Marcum, Alfred
Evans, Minnie
Haddix, Sarah
Hagins, Maggie
Hyden, Jeanette
Little, Eliza
Rowland, Laura
Short, America
Terry, Cappie
Terry, Mary
Turner, Alice
Turner, Martha
Williams, Annie
Williams, Edna
Intermediate Department.
SIXTH GRADE.
Whittaker, Charles
Moore, Edward
Xewiand, Joseph
Noble, Clarence
Patton, Oscar
Patton, Eoy
Russell, Lee
Stacy, WayneSturdivant, Eobert
Turner, Sherman
Back, Evalece
Back, Molly
Blanton, Bertie
Boling, Eosa
Brophy, Nellie
Combs, Alice
Combs, Blanche
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Davis, Gypsy-
Davis, Maude
Hayes, Kate
Haddix, Joanna
Hudson, Eva
Hurst, Myrtle
Lewis, EmmaLittle, Julia
Boark, Minta
Begley, Arnold
Bryant, Fred
Carpenter, Eddie
Campbell, HydenCox, Odie
Crawford, Pierce
G-ose, Arvle
Gross, James
Harris, Wirt
Eobinson, Arthur
Eobinson, Kelly
Eowland, Charles
Salley, Charles
Cardwell, Gertrude
Clark, Annie
Crawford, Bertie
Back, Eosco
Bryant, Elmer
Combs, Wilson
Craft, Allen
Salley, Lula
Strong, Priscilla
Salvers, MimaStidham, Molly
Stidham, Jennie
Sumner, Martha
Taulbee, Euth
Turner, Lillie
FIFTH GRADE.
Crawford, Bess
Davis, Minnie
Drake, Bertha
Endicott, Bessie
Griffith, Nannie
Harris, Effie
Harvey, Sally
Hudson, Sarah
Lanter, Sarah
Newland, Mattie
Eobinson, Lizzie
Eose, Venal
Short, Dora
Short, Sarah
Stidham, Catherine
Watts, Carry
Primary Department.
FOURTH GRADE.
Duff, SamEdwards, David
Pleenor, Wilmer
Forbes, Eobert
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Mcintosh, Jack
Moore, P. Watt
Rice, John
Stidham, Ebb
Turner, Floyd
Van Deren, Glenward
Wooten, Willie
Arnold, Beatrice
Collier, Ethel
Combs, Bertie
Combs, Jessie
Cope, Ethel
Davidson, Sarah
Davidson, Sadie
Duff, Carolee
Allen, Henry
Back, Junus
Back, Lloyd
Back, Kelly
Baker, William
Bryant, Horace
Combs, Clinton
Davidson, Matt
Endicott, Earl
Haddix, Charles
Haddix, William
Hall, Boy
Hall, Charles
Harris, Henry
Hounshell, Bichard
Hayes, Olen
Haddix, Lillie
Hall, Hannah
Hoskins, Bessie
Hurst, Yernia
Hurst, Ethel
Little, Martha
Little, Prudence
Moore, Dora
Robinson, Mattie
Stacy, Cora
Smith, Lizzie
Smith, Mary
Stidham, Cora
Wooten, Maude
THIRD GRADE.
Harvey, Irvine
Little, Seldon
Levenstein, Samuel
Moore, Esau
Moore, Green
Miller, Jerry
Myers, Vernon
Robinson, Walker
Rowland, Walker
Sumner, Jason
Allen, Docia
Back, Maude
Cox, Ida
Holiday, Ida
Hurst, Viola
Miller, Sarah
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Peters, Grace
Powell, Sarah
Kobinson, Dora
Bose, Gertrude
Bolen, Herbert
Beuris, Hargis
Boggs, Lisle
Cox, Edward
Combs, Arlie
Edwards, Archie
Fugate, Granville
Graves, Cave
Gibson, Ansel
Klein, Emil
Xeal, James
Xewland, Clarence
Short, Bradley
Stacy, Troy
Stidham, Greenberry
Steele, Martin
Centers, Harvey
Centers, Henry
Davis, Charley
Davidson, Jack
Davidson, Tracy
Duff, James
Fugate, Henry
Hayes", John
Howard, P. Watt
Short, Xancy
Sizemore, Martha
Stidham, Mary
SECOND GRADE.
Bradshaw, Jeanie
Brophy, Mary
Cope, Maude
Davidson, Xervesta
Johnson, Annie
Hudson, Bertha
Little, Nellie
Mcintosh, Mollie
Miller, Xannie
Bader, Minta
Biley, Ruth
Bobinson, Maggie
Simpkins, Priscilla
Steele, Fern
Stidham, Jane
Stidham, Sarah
FIRST GRADE.
Lanter, Jesse
Noble, Lawrence
Rowland, Bobert
Short, Bradley
Stidham, Logan
Stidham, Samuel
Walls, Baker
Back, Alberta
Back, Bertha
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Back, Kelly
Barnett, Nettie
Combs, Eachel
Cox, Lucy
Duff, Maggie
Frazier, Mary
Hurst, Pauline
Lunceford, Melissa
Bolin, Bryan
Bolin, John
Beuris, Charles
Bowman, Jerry
Bryant, HermanCenters, Benjamin
Combs, John William
Davidson, Sewell
Edwards, Alexander
Fleenor, Durward
Forbes, Archie
Fugate, McKinley
Green, Thomas
Gose, McKinley
Hall, Thomas
Harris, Bobert
Jett, Beach
Miller, Bobert
Mcintosh, Daniel
Newland, Lacy
Bader, Benjamin
Bobinson, Jesse
Bobinson, Bradley
Miller, Lizzie
Moore, Bessie
Neal, Lizzie
Smith, LimaStacy, Ardelia
Stidham, Bertha
Stidham, Jane
PRIMER.
Salyers, William
Simpkins, Archie
Stacy, Willard
Stidham, J. G.
Williams, HermanWatts, Charles
Back, Bessie
Centers, Lucile
Combs, AlmaCurtis, Lula
Davidson, Isabelle
Davis, Willnah MaeDuff, Ida
Duff, Sarah
Edwards, Mary
Miller, Katherine
Neal, Virgie
Hall, Marie
Haddix, Eggie
Haddix, Cordelia
Hoskins, Etta
Kash, Elva
Mcintosh, Nannie
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Noble, Hazel
Sewell, Georgie
Smith, Mary Belle
Smith, Katie
Snowden, Elsie
Stacy, Alma
Stacy, Florida
Stacy, Jessie
Stidham, Lizzie
Taulbee, Emma Jane
Turner, Mary
Webb, George Anna
Students in the McCormick Chapel School.
Allen, Henry
Allen, Herbert
Allen, Walter
Belcher, James
Childers, Blair
Childers, Eugene
Childers, Jay
Childers, Pryce
Childers, Taylor
Cox, Odie
Centers, Ben
demons, Taylor
Collins, Charlie
Collins, Matt
Collins, Wick
Crittenden, Charles
Davis, Arthur
Davis, Charles
Deaton, Floyd
Ewen, Walter
Finn, Claude
Haddix, Bruce
Haddix, EdwardHaddix, James
Hargis, Alex.
Hensley, Chess
Hayes, Clarence
Hayes, Eoy
Johnson, Hargis
Lee, Alfred
Lee, Vernon
Mack, Martin
Mack, Patterson
Mack, William
Miller, Wilburn
Noble, Clarence
Noble, Lawrence
Eobinson, William
Wright, Kelly
Wright, Benjamin
Wireman, Charles
Workman, Joseph
Wright, Edward
Wright, Kelly
Allen, Pearl
Barnett, Susie
Bowman, Lillie
Brewer, Alice
Childers, Leone
Clemons, Nellie
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Coldiron, EmmaColdiron, Isabelle
Coldiron, Mary
Collins, Bertha
Collins, Eliza
Cornet, Zoberta
Cox, Ida
Cox, Stella
Crittenden, Maggie
Davis, AmandaDavis, Maude
Davis, Minnie
Deaton, Dora
Duff, Ida
Ewen, Hattie
Ewen, Jennie
Ewen, Katie
Edwards, Eva
Edwards, Elvira
Frazier, Ella
Frazier, Hattie
Finn, Maggie
Green, Lula
Haddix, Joanna
Hargis, Sarah
Hayes, Katie
Back, Edith
Blanton, Bertie
Brophy, Winifred
Cope, Mrs. Will
Davis, Vyolette
Duff, Carolee
Hayes, Mollie
Hensley, Dena
Johnson, Lizzie
King, Bettie
Lunce, Maggie
Mack, Dora
Mack, Mary
Marcum, Grace
Martin, Dora
Miles, AamandaMiles, Lillian
Miles, Nannie
Miller, Eebecca
Mcintosh, Mina
Morris, Nannie
Muncy, Grace
Noble, Anna Lee
Noble, Hazel
Eiley, Eva
Biley^Buth
Eobihson, Maggie
Workman, Eose
Workman, Clara
Wells, Lillie
Wolfe, Myrtle
Music Department.
McGuire, Josephine
Dickson, Mrs. C. B.
Endicott, Bessie
Girton, Mrs. M. L.
Hudson, Eva
Hurst, Myrtle
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Hurst, Vernia
Hargis, Elizabeth
Jett, Mrs. Will
Lyon, Addie
Murphy, Margaret
Patton, Jessie
Powell, Sarah
PolJard, Olie
Strong, Priscilla
Back, Herschel
Brophy, Joseph
Combs, NormanCombs, Wilson
Davis, Arthur
Endicott, Earl
Fletcher, Warren
Fleenor, Wilmer
Forbes, Robert
Harris, Henry
Begiey, Nancy
Brophy, Winifred
Campbell, Eliza
Davis, Maude
Davis, Minnie
Davis, Gypsy
Green, Katie
Haddix, Joanna
Patton, Laura
Eose, Venal
Snowden, Maggie*
Spencer, Lula
Taulbee, MayTaulbee, Emma Jane
Vitz, H. J. P.
Williams, Edna
Manual Training Department.
Hargis, Thomas
Lyon, Eugene
Lyon, Samuel
Marcum, Alfred
Myers, Vernon
Patton, Eoy
Pollard, Olie
Sewell, Benjamin
Smith, William
Domestic Science Department.
Jameson, Bertha
Lyon, Addie
Murphy, Margaret
Eoark, Minta
S alley, Lula
Smith, Lizzie
Smith, Mary
Sewell, May
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SUMMARY OF STUDENTS.
Collegiate Department 39
Xormal Department 41
Sixth Grade 51
Fifth Grade 32
Fourth Grade 37
Third Grade 39
Second Grade 32
First Grade 33
Primer Grade 58
McCormick Chapel School 101
Music Pupils 29
Manual Training Department 19
Domestic Science Department 16
Total in all departments. 527
Less those counted more than once 77
Actual number in attendance 4J>0
THE J. C. L TTLE HALL
GRADUATES.
1893.
*Mary Lewis Hyden, Ky.
1894.
H. L. Cockerham Three Forks, Ky.Leek Conley Swampton, Ky.Samuel H. Hurst Campton, Ky.
Joseph S. Hagins Jackson, Ky.
Alfred C. Carpenter Jackson, Ky.
*Thomas J. Chapman Jackson, Ky.
Martha Hagins Jackson, Ky.
1895.
Kate Sheldon Patrick Jackson, Ky.
1896.
Dora Little Jackson, Ky.
1898.
Ada Johnson Jackson, Ky.
William Spencer Sewell .,
Jackson, Ky.
Hanun Gardner Blue Mountains, Ky.
Florence Patrick (Department graduate) . ...Jackson, Ky.
Louisa Sewell (Department graduate) Jackson, Ky.
1899.
Seldon Hargis Jackson, Ky.
Margaret Sewell Jackson, Ky.
1903.
Myfanwy Davis Jackson, Ky.
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1904.
Margaret Crawford Jackson, Ky.
1905.
Emma Crawford Jackson, Ky.
1906.
Joseph Brophy Jackson, Ky.
Josephine McGuire Jackson, Ky.
*Deceased.
Location.
Jackson, the county seat of Breathitt county, and a central
point in the mountain region, is healthfully situated on the north
fork of the Kentucky river. Easy communication with the large
cities is afforded by means of the Lexington and Eastern Eailway,
through Winchester and Lexington.
The people of Jackson are heartily in sympathy with the work
of the school, and give both students and teachers cordial welcome
to their homes. No less cordial is the invitation extended by the
churches, and the students attend the services freely and take part
in the young people's meetings.
The town being a collecting and distributing point for a number
surrounding counties, has many business interests in addition to
the handling of large quantities of coal and lumber. Two branch
railroads lead to rich mining and timber districts.
Progress.
In 1891 the institution passed under the control of Central Uni-
versity. In 1897, thanks to the generosity of Mrs. S. P. Lees, Mrs.
N". F. McCormick and other friends, great improvements were made
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in the building and equipment. The name then was changed to
"The S. P. Lees Collegiate Institute"
The session of 1899-1900 brought other notable additions to the
work, in the equipment by Mrs. McCormick of the departments of
Manual Training and Domestic Science, the establishment of an
electric light plant, the erection of the McCormick Chapel and the
opening of the McCormick Free School. The session of 1900-1901
added an excellent chemical equipment, the gift of Mr. Stanley
McCormick, and also through the aid of Mrs. McCormick a com-
plete outfit of tables, stools and instruments for a thorough course
in free-hand and mechanical drawing.
Material progress has been accompanied by steady growth in
attendance and in influence, until the institute is now one of the
most potent factors in the educational and moral life of the whole
mountain region. All but a very few of the nearly one hundred
teachers of Breathitt county were educated within its walls.
Equipment.
The main building is attractive and roomy. It contains a chapel
with four hundred individual seats, nine large recitation rooms,
the manual training shop, an office and a library, all opening on
large halls. The shop is furnished with the highest grade of tools,
lathes, drill, fret-saw and forge and electric light for dark after-
noons; the sewing room with individual tables and sewing ma-
chines; the cooking room with ample outfit of utensils and dishes.
There is also a dormitory for girls, lighted by electricity. This,
in brief, constitutes the material equipment of the Institute.
The buildings are surrounded by grounds which afford oppor-
portunity for outdoor games.
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Organization.
I. The Academic Department, in Primary, Intermediate and
Collegiate grades.
II. The Xormal Department.
III. The Department of Music.
IV. The McCormick School of Manual Training and Domestic
Science.
V. The McCormick Chapel Free School.
VI. The Boarding Department.
The Academic Curriculum.
The selection of a course of study, or an}^ change in a course,
is subject to the approval of the teacher in charge and of the
Principal. Courses are arranged with a view to affording the
best preparation for business and for professional life.
Primary Course.
The subjects taught in this grade are arithmetic, Bible, geogra-
phy, language, reading, spelling, writing, and hygiene.
The readers are selected so as to stimulate interest in manydirections. Mythology, history, nature, physiology and other sources
are drawn from.
Simple exercises in physical culture are practiced at suitable
times.
Intermediate Course.
As many enter the institution in this grade, there is no more
important course in the curriculum. Hence, every effort will be
made to attain thoroughness and accuracy. The course includes
arithmetic, Bible, geography, grammar, history, language, reading,
spelling, and writing.
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Collegiate Course.
The Collegiate Course requires four years of diligent study. The
aim is to cover the first year of the average college course. Com-
pletion of the full work entitles the student to a diploma from
Central University as a graduate of Lees Collegiate Institute.
Students desiring to enter this department who do not hold cer-
tificates from accredited schools will be required to pass an ex-
amination.
Bible—There is in each grade of the Academic Department a
course in the English Bible. In the Primary and Intermediate
grades Bible stories are used, in the Collegiate grade the Bible
itself is the text-book. Completion of the course is necessary to
graduation.
OUTLINE OF COURSE OF STUDY.
Primary Department.
FIRST GRADE.
Beading. Use Blackboard and Chart. McGuffey's and CyrVt
Primer.
Language. Conversation.
Spelling. Taught in connection with reading.
Number Work. Combinations with numbers from 1 to 10.
Writing and Drawing.
Physical Training.
Bible.
SECOND GRADE.
McGuffey's First and Second Beaders.
Language. Conversation and written work.
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Spelling. Selected from reader.
Writing and Drawing.
Physical Training.
Bible.
THIRD GRADE.
Eeading. Old Stories Retold. McGuffey's Third Eeader.
Language. Long's Language Lessons.
Spelling. Selected from reader.
Writing and Drawing.
Arithmetic. Ray's Primary.
Geography. Form of earth, change of day and night, industries of
our own locality, geography of our own community, etc.
Physical Training.
Bible.
FOURTH GRADE.
Reading. McGuffey's Third Reader and Selections.
Language. Continue work of Third Grade. Written work. Har-
vey's Elementary Grammar.
Spelling. Selected from reader.
Writing and Drawing.
Arithmetic. Continue Third Grade. Ray's Elementary.
Geography. Elementary begun, Eclectic. Map drawing.
History. Eclectic Elementary text begun.
Physical Training.
Nature Work.
Bible.
Intermediate Department.
FIFTH GRADE.
Reading. McGuffey's Fourth Reader.
Language. Harvey's Elementary text completed.
Spelling. Text.
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Writing and Drawing.
Arithmetic. Kay's Intellectual.
Geography. Elementary completed. Kedway & Hinman.
History. Eclectic Elementary completed.
Physical Training.
Nature Study.
Bible.
SIXTH GRADE.
Eeading. Selected.
Grammar. Harvey's advanced text begun.
Spelling. Text completed. Dictionary.
Writing and Drawing.
Arithmetic. Kay's Practical, through percentage and application.
Geography. Complete Kedway & Hinman. Map drawing.
History. Eclectic.
Physiology. Second term. Elementary text. Blaisdell.
Physical Training.
Nature Study.
Bible.
Collegiate Department.
FIRST YEAR.
Reading. Masterpieces.
Grammar. Harvey's advanced text completed.
Spelling. Advanced text completed.
Writing and Drawing.
Arithmetic. Milne. Through percentage.
Geography. First term advanced text completed. Kedway &
Hinman.
History. U. S. Eclectic. Completed first term.
Physiology. Blaisdell. "Our Bodies and How We Live/' Com-
pleted first term.
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Civics. Peterman. Second term completed.
Bible. Life of Christ.
SECOND YEAR.
Latin. First Year Latin, Collar and Daniell, completed.
Mathematics. Arithmetic completed. Algebra. Elementary, Milne.
English. Maxwell & Smith.
History. Montgomery's English. Eeference work.
Science. Physical Geography. Davis.
Bible. Life and Epistles of Paul.
THIRD YEAR.
Latin. Caesar. Johnston & Sanford. Bennett's Grammar.
Mathematics. Algebra completed. Geometry, second term.
English. Introduction to American Literature, Painter. Compo-
sition and Rhetoric.
History. General. Myers.
Science. Physics. Carhart and Chute.
Bible. Historical and Poetical Books of the Old Testament.
FOURTH YEAR.
Latin. First term, Cicero, D'Oge, Second term, Virgil, Harper
and Miller.
Mathematics. Geometry. Milne.
English. English and American Literature. Essays. College en-
trance requirements.
Science. Botany, Williams, Chemistry, Remsen or Zoology, An-
imal Life, Jordan and Kellogg.
Bible. The Prophets.
Throughout the Primary and Intermediate Departments the
Barnes' Natural Slant, penmanship is used. So far as is practica-
ble, text-books adopted by the State of Kentucky are being intro-
duced.
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The Normal Department.
The Normal work constitutes a distinct department, and is in
charge of teachers of specific training and experience. The effort
is to present a course meeting fully the needs of the teachers of
Breathitt and surrounding counties. The following text-books are
preferred : Arithmetic, Milne's Standard;geography, any stand-
ard text; civics, Peterman; grammar, Harvey; composition, Max-
well & Smith; American history, Montgomery; Kentucky history,
Smith; pedagogy, Page's Theory and Practice; physiology, Blais-
dell; speller, McGuffey.
While the Normal course is complete in itself, those who desire
to supplement the work are allowed to do so, provided the substi-
tution of other work for some part of the regular Normal course
seems advisable. In this way Normal students can begin the study
of Latin, algebra, geometry, rhetoric, science and other branches
and broaden their education.
The Manual Training and the Domestic Science Work is so ar-
ranged as not to conflict with the regular Normal course, and this
important field of training is open to all.
The Department of Music.
There are two lessons a week in either vocal or instrumental
music. Piano students are allowed as many periods of practice
as their time and number will permit. The department has three
pianos. Many of the pupils have instruments of their own on
which to practice, thus leaving more periods available for those
not possessing pianos. Drill in chorus work is given free.
The entertainments of this department are among the most pop-
ular exercises of the school.
Course of Study.
All students upon entering the music department must spend
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most of the first term in technical work. The studies given below
serve to indicate the technical difficulties of each course. Equiva-
lents are frequently substituted, according to the judgment of the
instructor.
Piano.
FIRST GRADE.
Preparatory finger work.
Studies by Kohler and Grimm.
Schmitt—Five finger exercise.
Gurlitt, Op. 101.
SECOND GRADE.
Lambert—Progressive studies Vol. I.
Studies by Kohler and Lecouppey.
Sonatinas by Clementi and Kuhlau.
Major scales and arpeggios single hands.
Kohler—Kinderalbum.
Easy pieces by Gurlitt and Eienecke and others.
THIRD GRADE.
Czerney—Studies—Vol. I.
Plaidy—Technical exercises.
Gorno—Fourth Fifth Finger Exercises, and Wrist Studies.
Gade—Aquarelles, Book I.
Heller—Op. 46.
Major and minor scales and arpeggios, single hands.
Sonatas from Haydn and Mozart.
FOURTH GRADE.
Czerney—Studies—Vol. II.
Bach—Little Preludes and Fugues.
Gorno—Pedal Studies.
Mendelssohn—Songs Without Words.y,j
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Sonatas from Haydn and Mozart.
Turner—Octaves Studies, Book I.
Selections from Schumann, Grieg, Moskowski and others.
FIFTH GRADE.
Bertini—Fifty Selected Studies.
Cramer—Bulow—Studies.
Bach—Two-Part Inventions.
Grieg—Lyric Pieces.
Jensen—Wanderbilder, Books I. and II.
Sonatas by Haydn, * Mozart, and Beethoven.
Concert pieces by Schumann, Mendelssohn, Moskowski, Eaff, Weber,
Eubenstein and others.
Voice.
FIRST AND SECOND GRADES.
Correct placing of tone. Breathing.
Sieber—Foundation Studies.
Sieber—Eight Measure Exercises.
THIRD AND FOURTH GRADES.
Development of pure tone.
Sieber—Op. 45.
Italian and English Songs.
Sieber—Op. 113.
Selections from the classical songs of Mozart and Haydn; religious
works from Bach, Handel, etc., and from the Operas.
the Mccormick school of manual training anddomestic science.
This school is the first of its kind in this part of the State, and
is, perhaps, the only one of like scope and equipment in Kentucky.
The great educational value of this work needs no proof; it is
beyond question. Its importance in the direction of higher aca-
demic work should also be recognized.
Manual Training.
The Manual Training shop is fitted with modern tools and
machinery, and is equipped for an excellent course in wood work,
printing, and forging. The aim is not to make full-fledged me-
chanics, but to give a practical training in the use of tools and
machinery, and at the same time to show the vital relation of
thinking to doing. This is accomplished by requiring every
student to plan each piece of work and to make an accurate draw-
ing of his plan before the tool is touched. He thus learns the
great economy of using the brain in preparation for the work of
the hand.
The course begins with instruction in drawing, that each pupil
may have his own drawing as a test of the accuracy of his work.
Easy exercises in the joinery work of cabinet-making are taken
up, and along with this instruction is given in the proper handling
and care of tools.
The structure and use of the lathe are thoroughly taught, the
use of the various turning tools, and the best methods of making
the different cuts.
If time allow, instruction is given on the designing of patterns
and on wood-carving.
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After finishing the elementary pattern work, the strident is al-
lowed to make desks, tables, hat racks and other pieces of furniture.
The machinery in the shop and the dynamo for lighting it in
the dark afternoons of winter are run by a gasoline engine.
Every bench, lathe, and machine has an individual light.
Domestic Science.
The aim of the instruction in this department is to impart a
scientific and practical knowledge of woman's work in the home.
The teaching follows the two chief lines of household work
—
sewing and cooking.
The sewing room is large, well lighted and furnished with indi-
vidual tables, new sewing machines and full supplies of the neces-
saries of the work.
The course covers two years, as follows
:
First Year—All varieties of hand sewing, patching and mend-
ing, the use of the different stitches being taught by the pupil's
own application of them in making small finished articles. Especial
attention is paid to judicious purchasing.
Second Year—Plain machine sewing, draughting, cutting and
fitting under-garments and washable dresses; then fine machine
sewing, the use of the various machine attachments and the making
of children's clothes.
There is offered also an optional third year course in plain
dressmaking and art needlework.
The cooking room is equipped with a steel range, and full sets
of dishes and utensils. Each pupil has a separate section of the
cooking bench, with drawer for utensils, sliding bread board and
seat. The room is fitted with electric lights.
The prescribed course covers two years, as follows
:
The instruction of the first year includes the fundamental prin-
ciples of cooking and their application by each pupil in the prepa-
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ration of simple dishes. Especial attention is paid to the cost,
composition and food value of the various materials used, so that
the pupil may acquire a practical knowledge of these important
matters.
In the second years of the course, fundamental principles are
more fully elaborated and exemplified. The work of this year
includes instruction in invalid cookery in connection with general
training in the care of the sick. Especial instruction is given in
the serving of meals and in the care of the kitchen and the dining
room. Each member of the graduating class, with one assistant,
serves her turn in the entire responsibility for a meal given to in-
vited guests, without assistance from the instructor, who criticises
the whole work after it is finished. Every pupil has from two to
four hours of actual work in the kitchen per week.
A well equipped chamical laboratory, the gift of Mr. Stanley
McCormick, adjoining the kitchen, enables the pupils to perform
simple illustrative experiments.
the Mccormick chapel school.
The McCormick Chapel is in a part of Jackson separated by the
river from the main body of the town, and occupied chiefly by a
mining population. The building is used for a free day school,
as well as for Sunday-school and other religious services. The in-
struction comprises the elements of a common school education.
It is hoped that the school will foster educational ambition in
this part of the town, to which its patronage is now limited, and
that it will open the way to many for the more advanced work of
the Institute.
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Boarding Department.
This department is under the able management of Mrs. M. L.
Girton. .The building is known as "Little Hall," named in honor
of Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Little. The rooms are of ample size, lighted
by electricity and heated by hot air. They are comfortably fur-
nished by churches throughout the State. The Principal and his
family and the ladies of the faculty live in the hall. Every effort
is put forth to surround the pupils with the influences of a Chris-
tian home. Each student inmate is expected to share in the do-
mestic duties of the family. These tasks occupy but little time and
tend to stimulate interest in the affairs of he household. The
lessons thus learned will be of great value in the after duties of life.
The charge for room, board, heat and light is two dollars a week.
Library.
The Institute has a library and reading room, to which students
have free access. The library contains a nucleus of works of refer-
ence, but needs greatly additional volumes for general reading.
Through the kindness of friends, contributions are made from
time to time.
Literary Societies.
There is in connection with the Institute a debating club to
which all members of the Normal and Collegiate courses are
eligible for membership. Meetings are held weekly. The work is
under the direction of the normal instructor, who acts as critic
on all productions and aids in parliamentary practice.
Scholarships.
The following persons having contributed $1,000 each, are en-
titled to perpetual scholarships in the Institute
:
Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Little, Mr. J. J. Harbison,
Mrs. Mary McFatridge, Mrs. William S. Culbertson,
Mr. John Steele.
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In addition to these, various friends of the school and societies
throughout Kentucky contribute each year a sum to help worthy
and ambitious students. Those who would avail themselves of this
help must meet the following requirements: 1. Good scholarship;
2. High personal character; 3. The need of pecuniary aid; 4. Punc-
tuality and respect for law and order in student life; 5. Habits of
economy in the use of both time and money.
Should any scholarship pupil fail to meet these requirements,
the full amount of tuition will be required for the time he was
in attendance.
Every holder of a scholarship may be called upon to render some
service to the Institute. So far as possible it will be of such nature
as to have some educational value in itself.
Actions of Synod.
The following recommendations are submitted to Synod for
approval
:
The death of Mrs. Lees and the consequent loss of support makes
it necessary that the Lees Memorial Institute at Jackson receive
large support from the Synod. We, therefore, commend it to the
liberality of our people.
Minute of report of Standing Committee on Synod's Evangel-
istic Labor. Adopted at meeting of Synod held at Cynthiana,
October 17, 1903.
Kesolved, That the Synod hereby expresses its deep interest in
the welfare and work of the Lees Collegiate Institute at Jackson,
Ky., and commend this institution and its representatives to the
consideration of our churches and our Synodical Evangelistic Com-
mittee in connection with our mission work in the mountains of
Kentucky.
Adopted at the meeting of Synod held at Shelbyville, October
16, 1904.
Expenses.
The session is divided into two terms, beginning September 3d
and December 31st. All fees are payable in advance. Charges are
as follows:
From Sept. From Jan.
Primary $10.00 $ 6.00
Intermediate 15.00 9.00
Collegiate * 20.00 12.00
Normal 20.00 12.00
Manual Training 4.00 2.00
Domestic Science 4.00 2.00
Music, $3.00 per month, eight lessons.
Board, $2,00 per week.
Diploma at graduation, $2.00
For further information apply to either
L. H. Blanton, D. D.,
Danville, Ky.
or Lees Collegiate Institute,
Jackson, Ky.