The Mississippi Creole. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1841-1851, 1842-05-21
From the Southron.
To the friends and Patrons of the Cen.
tenaTy College.
DOW, JR.

10 the Arlehus ana FatronS OF the Gem
tenary College.
Having received numerous letters re,
questing information concerning thee
tenary College, | deem proper, throu
this medium, to communicate to the
friends and patrons of the Institution, my
views and opinions on every point on
which am almost daily interrogated.-
There isnow before me, "a note from aAhigh-
ly respectable gentleman, in am
requested to state my views on Goca-
ton Of our college. am asked, SIS it
healthy? Who is the Steward, and what
do you think of the boarding establish
ment2 What of the Professors? Can
your students be brought into order2-
VIII they submit TO rule? Do their pa
rents encourage you in the exercise of
discipline? What is the present condi-
ton of the college, and what the pros
pect of its Permanency? How do your
agents succeed in procuring, in these
hard times, the amount of money neces-
sary to meet the expense of your alter
atoms and improvements in the build
ings? What effect will Governor Tuck
erS Veto Message have on you?" These
questions, as far as am able, | will sue
cinctly answer:
1. am asked to state my views of
'the location" From the time of my
arrival at the college until now, have
had but one opinion on this subject.
consider the BRANDON SPRINGS, now the
location of our college, among the most
beautiful and interesting places that
have ever seen. 1t is laid out most taste
fully, and think will ever remain, an
evidence Of the great qualifications of
| Maj. Moss, the former owner and projec-
tor Of the plan, for such work. TheIar-
rangement aud preparation of its build
ings, are upon most extensive and con-
venient scale.
2. "The healthfulness of the loca-
tion'
So far as We are able to Judge, 'and this
is the opinion ofthe professor at the head
of the medical school, and other physi-
clans who have visited the college, there
are no local causes for the production of
disease, unless some dead wood in our
vicinity should occasion it, and this we
are constantly burning. If any such eau
SEES should be found TO exist, we shall use
every effort to have them removed. Two
or three Of our students have been sick.
One from cold, taken by imprudenee.-
One from improper diet, and one from
previous hillary arrangement, combined
with cold. These soon recovered, and
believe they are all the cases Of sickness
which we have had here, except that
some of the students, and some of our
children and servants. have had the
humps.
3. "The Steward and boarding estab-
lishment."
Mr. Gabriel Fielder is our Steward
who, | believe, gives satisfaction to his
boarders. If not, they can leave his
house at any time, and be accommodated
with board elsewhere, at the same price,
as we now have six boarding houses, and
several resident families in which board
ers are received
4. s'The P Rsors.''
am sure th his respect, the Cea
tenary College suffer much
comparison with most others,
ftssors are men of exalted stan pand
Of great literary attachments. were
esteemed such at home, and ey are
known abroad as men of re lation.-
They are SOUTHERNORS only IN
their feelings, but in their gand eun-
cation. In Professor Dod have one
among the best professQ mathema-
tics that know. He il ticGL ma
thematician, as we'll as hematlclan
in theory.
Professor Magrude who is at the head
of the school of an hit languages, is a
native Mississippis regularly educated.
the ancient langua,
&c aalighting in that
par Rork to him. To
this I'D, with sfncereity and truth,
that II bng the most laborious and
faithful lctors have ever seen en-
gagged in d ching the languages:
Of Doctor Thornton, the professor OF
naturx sciences, and the theory and
pracl " of medicine, it does not become
me to speak. He is my brother. Nor is
Unnecessary, as he is known to gentle
men in Mississippi Of exalted standings
as physician of twenty-five years prac-
ce and experience, in Virginia and
Washington City. He has been con
sly. Engaged in the Instruction.
emen in the cience OF
of VII eminen
- nc in his and the az ing
States. a Robinson is in &c of the
70 ory school He Aes here from
y College, of TINS State, recon-