A Special Short Course at the Nashville Agricultural and Normal Institute
By E. A. SUTHERLAND
THERE will be held at the Nashville Agricultural and Normal Institute, at Madison, Tenn., a six weeks’ institute beginning September 2 and closing October 13. This six weeks will be spent in a prayerful study of problems to be met by the self-supporting worker in the South, with a view to preparing a number of persons to engage in such work. 1. A Bible and Testimony study on self-supporting missionary work. 2. The South—its climatic conditions; the soil and productions; natural resources; means of self-support in this section. 3. Social conditions—the spirit of hospitality to be met; adaptability required; diet; manner of life in different localities. 4. The need of workers—among the colored people; among the Highlanders; in the cities; in factory districts. 5. Kinds of work required—medical missionary, teaching, evangelical, canvassing. 6. Some mission stations already in operation. 7. Testimonies relating to the South. We have been told that many schools after the order of the Madison School should be started in the South. A rich harvest of souls awaits the earnest, self-sacrificing workers in this section. Spend six weeks studying the situation, and you may find there is a place awaiting you. How to Reach Madison.— Madison is on the Louisville and Nashville Railroad seven miles from Nashville. On reaching Nashville, telephone the Nashville Agricultural and Normal Institute, and we will arrange for23a conveyance to meet you at Madison station. What to Bring.— Students are required to provide sheets, all bedclothes, pillows and cases, towels, napkins, and whatever they may desire in the way of curtains, table scarfs, and rugs. For the institute bring also the Testimonies and any books you may have on the South. Expense.— Board is served on the European plan, and costs the average student from $5 to $7 a month. Rooms rent for $2 a month. The six weeks’ course will cost a student about $15. Each student works two hours a day. Those desiring to work in part payment of expenses should mention this fact in their correspondence. This six-weeks’ course will be followed by the first conference of self-supporting workers of the South, a two-weeks’ meeting which promises to be one of the most interesting occasions in the history of the Nashville Agricultural and Normal Institute. The school will be prepared to accommodate twenty-five or thirty young men and women. All who attend the special six-weeks’ course and the conference should be mature in mind, possessed of a fair education, and desirous of entering a needy field. Consider the matter carefully and prepare to come. Address the undersigned at Madison, Tenn.