PARRISH BUSINESS COLLEGE

EVENTS

1900's

THE PARRISH BUSINESS COLLEGE WILL CLOSE ITS THIRD YEAR JUNE 14, 1902 .

DURING THE THREE YEARS WE HAVE ENROLLED MORE THAN 250 STUDENTS ,

REPRESENTING NINE STATES . FEW PEOPLE IN OUR TOWN REALIZE THAT WE HAVE HERE

A SCHOOL THAT COMPARES FAVORABLY WITH SCHOOLS MUCH MORE FAMOUS , BOTH IN

ATTENDANCE , WORKS ACCOMPLISHED AND REAL BENEFITS BESTOWED UPON ITS PATRONS.

THE DAILY SOLIPHONE

I HOPE BY RESEARCHING THRU THE OLD NEWSPAPERS THIS WILL HELP TO

CREATE A RECORD FOR THE PARRISH BUSINESS COLLEGE . TO MY KNOWLEDGE THERE IS NO SURVIVING RECORDS.

RESEARCHED BY : TINA EASLEY

tina@grnco.net

http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ar/county/greene/

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PARRISH BUSINESS COLLEGE FOOTBALL TEAM 1911

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PARRISH COLLEGE NEWS

THE DAILY SOLIPHONE - NOVEMBER 13, 1909

SEVERAL NEW STUDENTS ENTERED THIS WEEK.

THE BEST WORK IN THE HISTORY OF THE COLLEGE IS BEING DONE NOW.

MISS DEETE McKELVEY SPENT PART OF THE WEEK AT HER HOME IN THE COUNTRY.

MISS IVA COURTNEY HAD TO CLOSE HER SCHOOL AT YOPPS ON ACCOUNT OF AN EPIDEMIC OF SICKNESS , AND SHE HAS ENTERED THE COLLEGE.

HENDERSON DOVER REFUSED A SCHOOL FOR THE WINTER , AND HAS ENTERED THE COLLEGE TO IMPROVE HIS TALENTS AND BROADEN HIS EDUCATION. HENDERSON WILL BE HEARD FROM IN THE FUTURE.

MISS LELA SMITHE WAS AMONG THOSE TO ENTER LAST MONDAY. MISS LELA WON THE STATE PRIZE AND DIPLOMA IN COMPOSITION LAST SPRING , AND WE ARE GLAD TO HAVE HER TO BE OF GREAT ASSISTANCE IN OUR LITERARY , SOCIETY.

MISS VIOLET MINITREE SPENT SUNDAY AT HOME NEAR BETHEL , AND NOT KNOWING OF THE CHANGE IN SCHEDULE ON THE COTTON BELT , MISSED THE MORNING TRAIN AND A DAY OF SCHOOL , AND THINKS OF SUING THE RAILROAD FOR DAMAGE.

J.C. DODSON ENTERED COLLEGE THIS WEEK AND IS AN EARNEST STUDENT . HE WAS A LITTLE SAD EARLY IN THE WEEK , BUT HE CAME IN WEDNESDAY AND IT WAS LEARNED HIS MAMA HAD RETURNED FROM AN EXTENDED VISIT TO THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE STATE.

MISS DONNIE FELLEATIEN HAS RE-ENTERED COLLEGE TO REVIEW SOME OF THE WORK AND TO EXTEND HER GENERAL EDUCATION. DONNIE HAS BEEN STENOGRAPHER AND TYPEWRITER IN THE OFFICE OF HUDDLESTON & TAYLOR SINCE LAST SPRING AND IS A GENERAL FAVORITE IN COLLEGE.

BELOW IS THE MEETING FOR THE 1ST LITERARY SOCIETY , WHICH MEETS IN THE COLLEGE BUILDING ON THE 19TH.

HOUSE CALLED TO ORDER BY THE PRESIDENT.

MUSIC BY AUDIENCE.

RECITATION BY MISS JESSIE BOLAND

SONG BY COLLEGE QUARTET.

DEBATE , " RESOLVED THAT WAR IS MORE DESTRUCTIVE TO LIFE AND PROPERTY THAN INTEMPERANCE ." AFFIRMATIVE , HENDERSON DOVER AND HARRY BAKER , NEGATIVE : C.F. DODSON AND SHELBY PATRICK

THE MISSION OF THE COLLEGE LITERARY SOCIETY , PROF. B.H. PARRISH

ADJOURNMENT

W.E. WARREN , ETHEL TATE , DEETE McKELVEY

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