The Yazoo City Whig. [volume] (Yazoo, Miss.) 1844-1851, 1845-04-25
General Intelligence.
The Cause OfHOTne Education.

M NSN~ASO VI AAOAAAC 6OuACdNIOaAs
An Abstract Of the Proceedings, at a large
and highly respectable meeting Of citi-
aEens Of Mississippi, cOnDened at the Oak.
land College.
OAKLAND COLLEGE, Claiborne Co., Mi. }
Thursday, April 4, 1916.
AT very large meeting Of the friends of
Home Education, convened in the College
Hall, at o'clock, p. NJ, pursuant to a Cir.
cular issued by the Faculty OF said College
which Circular bears date the oath of
February last
OE motion of Thomas Freeland, Esq,
of Claiborne, Secretary of the Board Of
Trustees, the Hon. EDWARD TURNER,
of Franklin, was called to the Chair; DR..
WIN. L. BALFoUR, Of Madison, and ALIVE.
REF FISK, Esq, OF Natchez, were appoint.
ed Vice Presidents; and NATHANIEL G.
North, Of Kinds, and THOMAS HENDERSON,
Of Natchez, Secretaries.
The Chair then read the Circular, in pur.
suance of which the present meeting had
been convened.
AT the suggestion of the Chair, PRESS
DENT CHAMBERLAIN read historical state,
ment, concerning the operations Of the Col
lege, from its commencement to the pres
sent time, So far as the Faculty is concerns
ed.
| Abstract Of the Stament made By the Fac
ulty.]
The origin of the College is traced back
@ meeting in Baton Rouge, La, sixteen
years ago.
ls29.-In April Of this year, the Presby.
terry of Mississippi met at Baton Rouge,
consisting of all the Presbyterian Ministers
within the bounds of Louisiana, Mississippi
and the Territory of Arkansas. There be-
ing then no Institution within those limits,
at WhichOne indiViduaThad ever been known
g be graduated, the Presbytery. deeply i'm.
pressed with the wants Of this region, de-
teFmined after full discussion, to appoint
COMMITTEES Of correspondence. The com.
mittee having been appointed, the result OF
their labors was meeting at Bethel Church,
in Claiborne county, about 8 miles northeast
from Rodney.
1s3O.-On the l4th day Of January OF
this year, the meeting above referred to con.
vened at Bethel Church, composed of gem
tlemen from East Baton Rouge, East and
West Feliciana, La, and from the counties
of Amite, Wilkinson, Kinds and Madison,
Miss. The committee submitted the fol-
lowing resolution to the meeting, viz: -
"That it is expedient to establish anC
IendOw an institution of learning withlA GU
bounds, which, when complete, shall EN-
brace the usual branches of science ant
literature taught in the colleges of our coun
TRY, together with Preparatory, EnglsI
land Grammar School, and Theological
Protessorship or Seminary"
After discussion of three days, thi
resolution was adopted without dissentin
voice. Twelve thousand five hundred do
lars were subscribed for the erection {
buildings, payable in three yearly install
ments. A committee was appointed to pre-
pare Constitution-to view the propose
sites-to present the whole subject TO th
lPresbytery-and to request that body to vi
dertake the work. This meeting lasted 81
+. days, and was the most numerous assembling
ever held in this region up to that time, f
such purpose.
-. in April Of the same year, 1873
the Presbytery, at its stated meeting, r
ceived the prOposal-adOpted the Constit
tiOn-appOinted the Board of Trustees al
the President-and located the institute
within three miles of Bethel Church.
-. On the 14th of May, the Scho
was opened with three pupils, who had a
companied the President from Jackson, [
-. June 18th. Seven ether YOU
men, following the President from Louisar
joined the School. The building-whi
was house on a tract Of land called sWo
ly's Mound belonging to Mrs. Drumgoo
was found to be too small for the ten pupi
and the School was removed to Bell
Church.
-. June 26th. Mr.. John Chamb
lain, who is now and has been 70. IA yea
ed Professor Of Mathematics, was appoint
ne with the President as assistant.
July 2. Several Of the Trust,
!, andsneighboTs met on the College groun
M with their hands; and after clearing wi
PEE ground was necessary, fixed the sites Of |
I'm first six cottages.
list -. Sept. The number Of pupils
-of whom, we're studying the languag
and the remainder were in the Engl
t. School. The tract Of land on which
College was located, and which is still
Its possessions was given by Mr.. Rob
t Cochran. It consists Of $50 acres, m