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BAXTER SEMINARY OPENS (March, 10, 1910 - The Putnam County Herald) Baxter Seminary, a school to be run by the Methodist Church, has opened in Baxter. Photo: Baxter Seminary Highlander
BAXTER SEMINARY HAVING SUCCESSFULL TERM (April 13, 1911 - The Putnam County Herald) Rev. S. E. Ryan, principal of Baxter Seminary, was in the city, Saturday, and informed us that they were having a successful term, with large enrollment. BAXTER SEMINARY (April 20, 1911 - The Tennessean) Cookeville, Tenn., April 19. -- (Special.) -- The following faculty of instructors have been chosen for the Baxter Seminary, Baxter, this county: Dr. S. E. Ryan, President of New York; Miss Ryan; Dr. F. S. Ditto and Mrs. Ditto of Des Moines, Ia.; Prof. H. C. Coleman, of Baxter. This school has been established by the Central Tennessee Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church. The new buildings of the school, when completed, will be thoroughly modern and commodious. They will all be built of brick. BAXTER SEMINARY MAKING PROGRESS (April 22, 1911 - Nashville Banner)
Special to the Banner. The faculty consists of President S. E. Ryan and Miss Ruth Ryan of New York, Prof. and Mrs. F. S. Ditto of Des Moines, Ia, and Prof. H. C. Coleman of Baxter. Prof, Ditto had, for several years proceeding his present employment, had been President of a Methodist college in India, where his wife was associated with him. The new buildings for the school, which are now being erected, are of brick and will be modern and commodious in every particular. BAXTER SEMINARY CLOSES FIRST TERM (May 11, 1911 - The Putnam County Herald) Baxter Seminary will close its first term on Friday night, May 19th. CORNER STONE LAYING (June 22, 1911 - The Putnam County Herald) The corner stone of the Baxter Seminary being erected by the Methodist Episcopal Church at Baxter, Tenn., will be laid with appropriate ceremonies Sabbath, June 25th, at 2 p.m. The Rev. W. D. Agnew, D. D., of Chattanooga, will be the orator of the occasion, and the corner stone will be laid by President Ryan, assisted by the Masonic fraternity. The service used will be a combination of the Church and ritual for such occasions, and will be beautiful and impressing. All Masonic brethren are urged to be present and participate in the service. The general public is invited. Work on the Seminary building was resumed Wednesday, and will be pushed rapidly to completion. CORNER STONE OF BAXTER SEMINARY* (July 5, 1911 - The Nashville Banner)
Special to the Banner. Yesterday people from several miles distant began gathering in Baxter, and by 2 o'clock a large assembly had collected on the campus to participate in the exercises. President S. E. Ryan had arranged an excellent and fitting programme. Rev. W. D. Agnew, Dean of the University of Chattanooga, delivered a magnificent address, a strong and convincing appeal for a liberal education. Then the church officials, assisted by the order of Masons, conducted the ceremony of laying the cornerstone. The simple ritual of the church, combined with the more elaborate and beautiful ritual of the Masonic order, made a service at once dignified, solemn and impressive. many visiting Masons were present. The cornerstone is cut from Bowling Green limestone, and bears the inscription: "Baxter Seminary, 1911. The fear of the Lord is the beginning of Wisdom." In a receptacle cut in the stone are sealed copies of newspapers, the seminary catalogue, the Masonic emblems and other articles that may prove interesting to future generations. The Seminary expects to open the first semester of its second year in this new building, September 1.
BAXTER SEMINARY COMMENCEMENT (May 23, 1912 - The Putnam County Herald) The Baxter Seminary commencement is May 29th. BAXTER SEMINARY OPENS NEXT SEMESTER (December 12, 1912 - The Putnam County Herald) The next semester of Baxter Seminary will open January 1st, 1913, with a full corps of experienced and competent teachers. This institution has three excellent courses of study: a college preparatory, a normal, and a vocational course. Teachers will find in the Normal Course just what they need. Those desiring to teach cannot do better than to take this course. It is just such a course as is given at the State Normal School. The special pedagogical study pursued this semester will be School Management, using Dutton as a text book. Young men desiring to make a thorough study of farming would do well to spend the winter in the Seminary, as there is to be a special class in agriculture in connection with the vocational course. Those interested will do well to write the President, S. E. Ryan, Baxter, Tenn. for catalog and information about board.
BAXTER SEMINARY (May 1, 1913 - Putnam County Herald) The closing exercises of Baxter Seminary will be held on Tuesday, May 6, after a very successful year. The building is being rapidly pushed to completion and will be finished by July first. It is a splendid structure and will be free from debt when finished. The board of trustees will hold their annual meeting on the same day, beginning at 12:30. PASTOR BECOMES TEACHER (September 5, 1913 - The Howells Journal) Ohiowa. -- Rev. C. E.Austin, pastor of the M. E. Church this city, has announced that Bishop Bristol of Omsha and Bishop Henderson of Chattanooga, Tenn., have called him to a professorship in Baxter Seminary, Baxter, Tenn. Mr. Austin will leave for Baxter soon, as the institution opens September 1. HEATING PLANT INSTALLED (December 11, 1913 - Putnam County Herald) The steam heating plant is being installed in the new seminary at Baxter, and the next semester will open in the new building Jan. 1. The indications are for a large attendance. Young ladies are to have steam heated rooms an board in the building for $2.50 per week. At present prices that is about as cheap as staying home. Those desiring rooms had better write President Ryan at once, so that reservations can be made. Instructors will be provided for any grades required. A new set of first year academy classes will be started for those who have just finished the eight grade. Special attention will be given to the normal studies, with classes in the reading circle books. The vocational course will also be featured, with practical study of agriculture, accompanied with experimental work. Tuition $7.50, $10, $12, according to grade.
BAXTER SEMINARY (January 8, 1914 - Putnam County Herald) Baxter Seminary opened for the spring term last Thursday in the new building. The enrollment was nearly 100 on the first day and it is thought the attendance will reach 150. At the opening exercises speeches were made by several prominent citizens of Baxter and Dr. Ryan was congratulated for his completion of the building. The building is modern and meets the needs of an up-to-date school. It is two stories and basement, of poured concrete, electric lighted and steam heated throughout. The building will be dedicated later on. BAXTER SEMINARY SENIOR CLASS PLAY (May 7, 1914 - Putnam County Herald) "A Case of Suspension", as presented by the senior class of Baxter Seminary drew a crowd Tuesday night that more than filled every available seat at the Seminary building. A small admission fee was charged and the only comment on this fee was that it was much too small for the character of the entertainment provided. "A Case of Suspension" was the crowning feature of the work of the senior class in connection with the first annual commencement of the Seminary. The play is a rollicking two-act comedy depicting college life, and the parts played by the students reflected great credit on each one and showed in an exceptional manner the genius and ability of Prof. C. E. Austin, under whose direction the play was given. "The play sets forth the complications in which a set of college girls and boys find themselves upon having their plans for a little "spree" discovered by the faculty. Miss Douglas Nichols does exceptional work as Miss Ophelia Judkins, a member of the faculty, and Mr. George Parsley, as Prof. Edgerton, does his full duty in furnishing amusement. As to the other characters - Prof. Austin, who has had wide experience in staging plays and who has at other times put on "A Case of Suspension," declares that he has never before seen it so well interpreted. Long and careful training has left little room for improvement in any of the parts and as a result the first play has established a standard which it will be difficult for future classes of the Seminary to maintain. "The play Tuesday was augmented by an interesting musical program, the most effective number of which was probably the serenade introduced as a part of the plot of the play. Other musical numbers were rendered by student of the musical department and were well received. College songs introduced in the play are the sort that are whistled for days afterwards." BAXTER SEMINARY COMMENCEMENT WEEK (May 7, 1914 - Putnam County Herald) "Commencement exercises for the Seminary started on Friday when a capacity house witnessed a splendid program given by the students of the grades under the direction of Miss Leona Byrne and Miss Ova Boyd. On Sunday morning the baccalaureate sermon was delivered by President S. E. Ryan from the text found in Phil. 4:8. On Monday night, in spite of a downpour of rain, an audience of over two hundred heard an interesting and close declamatory contest for the president's prize of ten dollars. The prizes of five, three, and two dollars were awarded to Miss Berta Tallant, Miss Maud Jared and Miss Eula Maxwell. "On Wednesday night the commencement address was delivered by Prof. G. W. Dyer of Vanderbilt University. At that time the first class of the Seminary was formally graduated. The members of the class of the Seminary are Misses Etta Whitaker, Bertha Richardson, Elmo Nichols, Douglass Nichols, Electra Nichols, Edna Brassell and Messrs, Ernest Harris and George Parsley." REV. S. E. RYAN FILLED THE PULPIT IN COOKEVILLE (May 14, 1914 - Putnam County Herald) Rev. S. E. Ryan filled the pulpit at the Methodist church last Sunday morning and night, preaching interesting and powerful sermons. This was his first effort in Cookeville, and all who heard him hope to have the pleasure again and often. Mr. Ryan is president of Baxter Seminary, the fine building of that institution having been built and equipped through his efforts. FIRST GRADUATES BAXTER SEMINARY (May 19, 1914 - The Tennessean) COOKEVILLE, Tenn., May 18, - (Special) - The first annual commencement of Baxter Seminary, in which there was a graduating class, was attended by many friends of the institution. The Baccalaureate sermon was delivered today by President S. E. Ryan. The first graduating class was composed of Ernest Harris and George Parsley and Misses Etta Whitaker, Electra Nichols, Bertha Richardson, Elmo Nichols, Edna Braswell, and Douglass Nichols. The annual commencement address was delivered by Prof. G. W. Dyer of Vanderbilt University. The commencement exercises were most creditable. Baxter Seminary is conducted under the auspices of the Board of Education of the Methodist Episcopal church and it boasts of one of the most commodious and best-equipped college buildings in this section of the state. PROF. F. S. DITTO ELECTED PRESIDENT OF LOCAL SCHOOL (July 23, 1914 - Putnam County Herald) Prof. F. S. Ditto has been elected president of Baxter Seminary, succeeding Rev. S. E. Ryan, who goes to Arkansas. Prof. Ditto will soon arrive in Baxter. ELECT NEW HEAD OF BAXTER SEMINARY (July 26, 1914 - The Tennessean) COOKEVILLE, Tenn., July 25, - (Special.) - The Board of Trustees of Baxter seminary, located at Baxter, this county, has elected Prof. F. S. Ditto of Iowa, has been elected president of the institution to succeed President. S. E. Ryan, who recently tendered his resignation to accept the presidency of a college in Arkansas. Prof. Ditto was a member of the initial faculty of this school several years ago, and is one of the most capable and popular educators who ever taught in this section of the state. Baxter seminary is a Methodist school, conducted under the auspices of the Central Tennessee conference of the Methodist Episcopal church. It has commodious buildings, splendid equipment, and an able faculty of instructors. The enrollment of students during this past term represented all of the counties of this section of the state. DITTO'S TO TENN. (August 6, 1914 - The Perry Mirror) The Rev. F. S. Ditto and Mrs. Ditto and family left Thursday evening for Baxter, Tenn. The Rev. Ditto has accepted the Presidency of Baxter Seminary at a good salary. The people regretted to see this family leave as they were a valuable addition to Perry's citizenship. The Rev. Ditto was for a time the pastor of The Federated Churches of Perry and later accepted the Methodist pastorate. PANAMA CANAL OPENS (August 10, 1914 - Putnam County Herald) The Panama Canal has just opened, war is breaking out in Europe, and in Cookeville, Dixie College has combined with Putnam High School to create one school for students here to take them through their junior year of college without having to go away. An agriculture and domestic sciences department has been added at the school. BAXTER SEMINARY DOORS OPEN FOR FOURTH YEAR (August 13, 1914 - Putnam County Herald)
The doors of Baxter Seminary will be open for the beginning of the ensuing school year, which is the fourth in their history, next Monday morning at 8 o'clock. A strong faculty has been secured and the prospects are for a very successful year. The members of the faculty are: Rev. F. S. Ditto, M. A., S.T.B., president, and instructor in mathematics; Rev. C. E. Austin, A.B., B.D., vice-president, and instructor of history, english and elocution; Chas. W. Coleman, B.S., and Mrs. C. W. Coleman, normal and vocational studies; Miss Henrietta Brennecke, grammar department; Miss Idon Peters, primary. The Seminary offers a full college preparatory course and also excellent normal and vocational courses. It has many good points well worth considering--low expenses, high moral tone, thorough work, good location, etc.--by any one intending to send their children to school. BAXTER SEMINARY (September 2, 1914 - The Tennessean) The Fall season of Baxter Seminary of Baxter, this county, opened Monday with the largest enrollment of students in its history. This institution is conducted under the auspices of the Central Tennessee Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church. The newly elected President of the school, Dr. F. S. Ditto, of Iowa, is a well known educator and minister of his church. For several years he was superintendent of the church's mission and training schools in India, and he has at different times has been connected with well-known northern and western colleges. Doctor C. E. Austin on New York is vice-president of the school The other members of the faculty are Miss Peters of Kansas and Miss Bernnecke of Nashville. Miss Ova Boyd of Cookeville is in charge of the music department. BAXTER SEMINARY STARTS FOURTH YEAR (October 1, 1914 - Putnam County Herald) Baxter Seminary started off its fourth year in a thoroughly satisfactory manner, with a good enrollment and splendid prospects for a most successful and prosperous year. This excellent school was founded in 1910 by the joint action of the Central Tennessee Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church and the Board of Education of that church, and is under the direction and control of the Board of Education. It was located at Baxter because of the great need of a good educational institution in that section. The Seminary is chartered by the State of Tennessee. Much praise and credit is due Rev. S. E. Ryan, who for three long and strenuous years as President of the institution has labored patiently in erecting the excellent building that now adorns the beautiful campus, which consists of about 13 acres of beautifully wooded land just on the edge of town. This large building is thoroughly modern in design and construction and is equipped with all the appointments that go to make a strictly up-to-date school plant. It is of poured concrete, hollow construction laid off in V shaped joints, which insures a building that will be warm and dry and practically fire proof. It is steam heated throughout; it has a 96 foot font and a depth of 75 ft., and is two full stories in height with eight foot basement. The basement contains the dining department; on the ground floor are located the living rooms for the president and his family, the seminary office, a large chapel, a reception room, a library room, and four classrooms; the entire upper story is given to dormitory purposes and will take care of 52 young ladies. The primary rooms will especially be a lasting memorial to their builder Dr. Ryan as they are the best equipped and most convenient to be found. Special emphasis is being placed on normal training, the management purposing to make the primary department a school of methods for the practical training of teachers there being a great demand in this section for equipped instructors. The Seminary building is burdened with some debt at present and the school should have the hearty co-operation and support of each and every one interested in the cause of education. The school has adopted a course of study that is exceptionally high for a school of its kind, being patterned after the best. Taken all in all this school is on a par with the very best anywhere. The management has adopted a policy that means strictly business in its discipline and thoroughness of work so that all can be assured that their children will be under careful and efficient supervision if attending Baxter Seminary. Dr. Ryan having resigned as president this year, those in authority called Rev. F. S. Ditto to take up the work he being kindly disposed toward the people and enjoys the work in this section and he has taken up the work at great personal sacrifice. Bro. Ditto is thoroughly equipped as an educator having obtained two degrees from DePaul University, and holds a teachers professional certificate from the state of Tennessee besides he has had considerable practical experience in school work. He was for quite a while president of a strong college in India and was president of the Methodist school at Red Boiling Springs at the time it was closed out and Baxter Seminary built in its stead, he going to Baxter as president of the new school. The past two years he has been pastor of the M. E. Church at Perry, KS. The Vice-president of the Seminary, Rev. C. E. Austin came to Baxter last year from Lincoln, NB, and is a man well-prepared for the work in which he is engaged, having had all around practical experience in school and church work. He has had good university training, having secured the A. B. degree at Nebraska Wesleyan University besides doing post graduate work at Drew Theological Seminary, graduating from the school of expression. He has done considerable work on the lecture platform being highly praised wherever appearing. During the fifteen years as pastor he took active interest in educational matters and kept in close touch with schools and school work. He has a Tennessee state teachers certificate. Bro. Austin grew up on the western plains where school advantages during his early life were very meager, but he kept up his study of the elementary branches while herding his father’s cattle, attending school only occasionally when one would be open for a short time; worked his way through high school by engaging in the printer’s trade and doing some reporting at Beatrice, NB.
Inasmuch as Brothers Ditto and Austin have both had to struggle for their education, anyone in like circumstances will find a friend in each who can sympathize and who is willing to help and encourage. Prof. Chas. W. Coleman, who graduated from Dayton University with the B. S. degree will together with Mrs. Coleman have charge of the normal and vocational departments. Both have had practical experience and have proven their capabilities as instructors. They made the highest grades in the state examination at Cookeville. The instructor in the grammar department Miss Henrietta Brennecke is thoroughly qualified for the work and was elected as a teacher in the city schools of Nashville, but resigned to come to Baxter. Miss Idon Peters is a well trained teacher for the primary department and comes to Baxter from OH. BAXTER SEMINARY RAPIDLY GROWING (October 17, 1914 - Nashville Banner)
Special to the Banner. This school was founded in 1910 by the joint action of the Central Tennessee Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church and the General Board of Education of that church. It was located at Baxter on account of the splendid inducements offered by that enterprising town, a portion of which was a beautiful thirteen-acre campus. The school is chartered by the State of Tennessee. A great deal of the credit for the establishment and success of the school is due Dr. S. E. Ryan, formerly of Ohio, who for three years served as its President and under whose administration the splendid concrete main building of the institution was erected, one of the largest and most commodious school buildings between Nashville and Knoxville. This large building is thoroughly modern in design and construction, and is equipped with all of the appointments that go to make a strictly up-to-date school plant. It is constructed of poured concrete, hollow construction, and is a "V" shaped design, which insures a building of lasting durability and entirely fire-proof. It is steam heated. It has a ninety-six-foot front and a depth of seventy-five feet. It is two full stories in height with a full-sized basement. The basement contains the dining department. On the ground floor are located the living rooms for the President and his family, reception rooms and four large classrooms. The entire upper story is given up to dormitory purposes. with ample accommodations for about sixty young ladies. The primary rooms are as well equipped and conveniently arranged as any in the state, and they have received the most complimentary mention in a number of educational journals. There is a special department for the training of teachers, this work being emphasized by the institution. The primary department has been made a school of methods for the practical training of teachers. Dr. S. E. Ryan having recently tendered his resignation as President of this school in order to accept the presidency of another Methodist school of similar character in Arkansas, he has been succeeded as President of Baxter Seminary by Dr. F. S. Ditto, who was formerly head of the Methodist College in India. Dr. C. E. Austin of Lincoln Neb., who has been connected with several western Methodist colleges, is Vice-President of the school. Prof. and Mrs. Charles W. Coleman, formerly of Dayton University; Miss Henrietta Brennecke of Nashville and Miss Idon Peters of Cincinnati are the other teachers in the literary department of the school. Miss Ova Boyd of Cookeville has charge of the Department of Music. The splendid work which is being done by this school is attracting favorable attention throughout the state and its enrollment of students is rapidly increasing. While the school is conducted under the auspices of the Methodist Church, it is in no sense sectarian and several members of its faculty of instructors are affiliated with other denominations.
BAXTER INCORPORATES (May 23, 1915 - The Putnam County Herald) The town of Baxter has incorporated.
PUTNAM COUNTY SCHOOL SYSTEM (February 24, 1916 - The Putnam County Herald) Putnam County has a splendid school system. In addition to the common schools it has three county high schools, located at Cookeville, Monterey and Gentry. The Episcopal church maintains St. Raphael's School at Monterey, and the Methodist church Baxter Seminary at Baxter. And the Tennessee Polytechnic Institute at Cookeville next September. These schools together offer as favorable opportunities for securing a good education at a minimum cost as any county in the state.
BAXTER SEMINARY (July 19, 1917 - The Putnam County Herald) The catalogs for Baxter Seminary are being distributed. This school was successful last year under the direction of President Patton Broyles and has bright prospects for an even better year than ever. May it grow and grow, and accomplish a great work among our people. WAR DECLARED ON GERMANY (April 5, 1917 - The Putnam County Herald) President Woodrow Wilson has declared war on Germany. Congress has approved $3 million to raise an army of 750,000. Recruiting is under way. Terms of service will be for the duration of the war. "Strenuous" efforts are under way to put the Navy on a war basis.
BAXTER SEMINARY (January 17, 1918 - Putnam County Herald) Baxter Seminary is having one of the most successful terms in the history of the school. This year's total enrollment is 290 to date. It will run above the three hundred mark. Prof. Emmet S. Walden, principal, has just completed plans for putting in a course in military tactics. A former Canadian and United States soldier has been secured as commandant of the drill work. There will be no uniforms required except the Boy Scouts. All boys above twelve are expected to take these drills daily. Prof. Walden had military training in the university. He is scoutmaster of the Baxter Troop B. S. A. He is a good leader for boys and has done a great work in Baxter. The Baxter Dramatic Club has just published a bulletin which gives the different club works of the school and also a yell book. They will give an entertainment again Wednesday and Saturday afternoons at 6:30 for the benefit of the school. They have already raised a great deal of money for the improvement of the school. The school building and campus has been greatly improved. Under the supervision of President Patton R. Broyles, the Seminary debt of $4,800 one year ago has all been paid except $500. He has plans to pay that in the next six months. BAXTER SEMINARY DEBT PAID (April 4, 1918 - The Putnam County Herald) The indebtedness of Baxter Seminary has all been paid except a real small amount that has been pledged. This is good news, indeed, and this educational institution can now go ahead and achieve greater results. We also learn that an endowment fund has been started for the school. COMMENCEMENT AT BAXTER (April 11, 1918 - The Putnam County Herald) State Supt. Sherrill to Deliver Address. Next Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, April 17, 18, and 19, are commencement days at Baxter Seminary, with entertainments each night at 7:30 in the Seminary auditorium. Friday morning, April 19, at 10:30 o'clock State Superintendent S. W. Sherrill, will deliver and address to the graduating class and deliver the diplomas. The public is invited to attend. LOCAL M. E. PASTOR TO GO TO KANSAS CITY (November 15, 1918 - Arkansas Democrat) The Rev. S. E. Ryan transferred to the St. Louis Conference and advanced. The Rev. S. E. Ryan, for the last three years pastor of the Scott Street Methodist Church, has been transferred to the St. Louis Methodist Episcopal Conference, and has been appointed pastor of the Slavens Memorial Church at Kansas, City, Mo., one of the largest Methodist Churches of that city. The Rev. Mr. Ryan will leave next week to take up his new work, but his family probably will not leave for three weeks. The transfer, a considerable advancement for the Rev. Mr. Ryan, was made by Bishop (William A.) Quayle. The Rev. Mr. Ryan came to Arkansas from Tennessee to take the presidency of the Arkansas Conference College at Siloam Springs. After serving in that capacity for one year he came to Little Rock to accept the pastorship of the Scott Street Methodist Church. He has been actively engaged in various religious activities while here. His is president of the City Federation of Churches.
AT BAXTER SEMINARY (May 1, 1919 - Putnam County Herald)
April 18 brought to a close the most successful year in the history of Baxter Seminary. In many respects the year was a success. The exercises of Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday evenings showed hard work on the part of both pupil and teacher. Large appreciative crowds were present. Friday morning Rev. J. M. Emert of Maryville, Tenn., gave a great lecture on the Power of Christian Education. He showed how the nations that were educated without Christian education had been and are a failure. Christian Education is the hope of the world today. Those who failed to hear him missed a treat. Twelve bright young people received eighth grade certificates from the Seminary. The Seminary requires a little more work than does the county. Their names are: Messrs. Victor Holladay, Arthur Stewart, Leonard Crawford, Pennock Maxwell, Robert Harris, Byrd Puckett, Misses Margaret Carr, Ota Anderson, Jimmie Du, Catherine Nichols, Eugenia Boyd and Vera Puckett. It is hoped all these young people will enter High School next fall. The time demands education as never before. There is a two year high school connected with Baxter Seminary. Four young ladies completed the two years course and received their certificates from the state. It is hoped they will continue their work and finish the two remaining years work in the Seminary as soon as possible. They are Misses Berchia Austin, Estelle Crownover, Lena Nichols, and Vivian Patton. There were no graduates from the Seminary this year. There were three persons in the junior year. The enrollment for the year was 309, eleven more than last year. The Boarding Department was the largest in the history of the school. FInancially the year has been a great success. The balance of the old debt of about $4800, has been paid. The chapel piano in addition to the music room piano has been paid for. New curtains costing about $50 have been bought. So the school is growing. Let's make it the best school in the country. The faculty elected for next year are: Patton R. Broyles, A, B., S. T. B, President; C. W. Coleman,, B. S., Principal; Luther Puckett, 6-8 Grade Room; Nellie Nitzschke, 4-5 Grade Room; Gretchen Boyd, 3-4 Grade Room; Eura Givens, First Grade Room; Mrs. Broyles, Matron. Music Teacher to be secured. ; All the above have worked here before and have made good. We are thankful for the success of the past year and look forward with hope for the future. BAXTER SEMINARY (July 31, 1919 - Putnam County Herald) Baxter Seminary will open the school year on Monday, Aug. 4, with splendid prospects for a large attendance. The management announces that a boarding hall for boys will be erected this fall, and conducted on the co-operation plan, by which students may furnish their own supplies in part of in whole. Those interested should write P. R. Broyles, president, for a catalog. BAXTER SEMINARY FIELD DAY (November 13, 1919 - Putnam County Herald) Finally, at last, we had our field day here at Baxter and came out with four prizes and one tie, winning the game of basketball against Hopewell. The score was 3 to 8 in favor of Baxter. Supt. J. M. Hatfield, Dean Rogers of T. P. I., and Pres. P. R. Broyles of Baxter Seminary each gave an interesting talk concerning the importance of the schools. We had three more pupils to enter school here last Monday; Misses Lula Belle Brown and Minnie and Mattie Pippin of Double Springs. James Kater, magician, and entertainer, will be at Baxter Seminary, Saturday evening, Nov. 22, at 7 o'clock and everyone that is not here will miss something. So let's everybody come to hear him. BAXTER SEMINARY SOCIAL EVENTS (November 27, 1919 - Putnam County Herald) James Kater, the magician, was here last Saturday night and gave a splendid entertainment. There was quite a crowd out to hear him, and those who did not come sure did miss something. This is the second number of the lyceum course, the next one being Dec. 12. The school is still progressing, there being two more pupils to enter school last Monday, and still looking forward for more next week. A Thanksgiving program is to be given here at the Seminary Thursday morning and after the program Bro. Blessing will preach the Thanksgiving sermon. The Ladies’ Air will give a social at the parsonage of Rev. J. D. Harris next Saturday night. Every person, little, big, old and young is invited to come. The matron, Mrs. Broyles, is chairman of the entertainment committee. THE HOME GIRL. BAXTER SEMINARY (December 4, 1919 - Putnam County Herald) The Ladies Air gave a tacky party last Saturday night and prizes were given to the tackiest ones there. The first prize given was to Mr. John Young; and Mr. Bounds. Second was give to Mr. Virgil York, and Miss Verna Richardson. So everybody enjoyed themselves. The admission of 10 cents was charged. This went on a new piano for the church. The first team of basketball boys have their new basket ball and new goals ready for some one to come to play with them. The second team of boys, has their new basket ball and court ready for playing also. The intermediate girls have a new volley ball and net up, ready at any time for playing. So you see we believe in athletics down here at Baxter. Robert Bowman, one of the great impersonators of the Lyceum course, will be here for the third number, December 12th. Let everybody come, as this is a very interesting number. Next Saturday night, which will be the 6th, we are going to have a box supper at the Seminary, the proceeds going to our concrete walks. Let every girl come and bring a box; and every boy or man that wants to buy a box, come. We are still having new pupils to enter school every week. Mr. Cecil Brown of Bloomington Springs entered this week, and there are still lots more to come in yet. Several families have moved to town for the purpose of sending their children to school. THE HOME GIRL.
* Charlene McClain sent in a copy of this article printed in the July 5th, 1911 edition of the Nashville Banner Ad Photos: Putnam County Herald
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