Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1867-12-03
PROM THE USsyERsErY OF MIssIs-
Correspondence Of the Appeal
UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI.
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Correspondence Of the Appeal
UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI,
UNFGHD, November ., 1881
As one Of the sentineIs on the watch
tower, / am happy to speak out for the
dear old University Of Mississippi, and
say, more than two months Of the SIX
tesutb session is passed, and a. all is well. y
Indeed, never in the annals Of this Uni
versity have two months winged their
flight into the misty haze OF the forgot
ten past, bearing with them gladder
tidings from her students; and never hss
the opening Of a session pOrtended
brighter prospects.
On the 9th Of September the session
opened and again these classic
shades " were Illuminated by faces still
redOlent with the yigor of youth and
with buoyant spirits warming with the
I noble feeling If emulation, upon enter
ing with mpatieuJ zeal upon the grand lit
ersry arena. Then, indeed, was happy
meeting. such as none but the soldier or
student can know. Then was reunion
of hearts whose affections had been
b0unden together by the noblest, truest
and purest feelings OF the human breast
friends more dear to each other Ro1O
than ever, whose attachment was formed
by no motives Of policy, no alliance OF
interest, nor any object Of seitishness,
but purely the offspring Of generous and
noble feelings and the result Of disinter-
ested regard. Such attachment is only
strengthened by adversity and sweetened
by sorrow.
Here s host Of manly hearts have met
together, not to lUEuriate ia ease and
/ idleness-n0t to Join in pleasures reck-
! less tTain-but coming up to the dear old
7 alma Mater, feeling the responsibility
that Mississippi places upon them by
sending them forth as the corner stones
upon which the proud fabric Of her fallen
. glory shall again be raised; and 2ppre-
! ciatiug the anxious yearDlug, the fond
/ hopes ami the high expectations Of those
. whose declining years are hastened, and
] the scene of v hose earthly existence is
. being closed by the dark veil of univer-
sal gloom, and whose dirge Is sung by
. the crashing Of q falling country and the
mOurnful TeqGien of departed joys; and
/ considering, as becomes, men their posi-
I tiOns and the general circumstances sur
rounding them, they hsve prudently di-
/ rected their course accordingly, and With
moral tirmness are carrying forward
their designs.
As matter Of economy in boarding,
the students. in ciuCs of ten to twenty,
have converted the lower rooms in the
|dormitories into kitchens, employed 3
( few cooks and purchased cooking uten-
sis and are boarding themselves. Each
club appoints q steward alternately from
[ their number, and the students superin-
! tend the purchasing Of their own mar
keting and arranging their own meals,
and thus they are boarding themselves
: at about one half the ordinary expense.
1t Is true that the plan is attended with
some Inconvenience and the fair is but
ordinary. yet this is an example Of econ
Omv, supported by moral courage and
conlnendable resolution too firm for the
ridicuie of the vain and silly. Nearly
ali the students in College (which now
uumber two hundred and seven) are
boarding in this manner. 1t IS really
amusing to hear the dinner bells and
horns announcing meals at the several
young "GayosOs, " st. Chareses, etc.
DO Mississippians doubt that their sons
are preparing TO meet and to surmOunt
obstacles? II You do, l have yet a
brighter page to unfold to you?
D0ring the past two weeks all the
Churches OF Oxford have assembled
around a common altar, like brothers in
Christ, united in one holy cause, like pill
grims on a common journey, and in h8r-
moniOus unison they have started the
% wheels of Zion on its heavenly
march, and doubtless death and hell have
stood aQhast and shuddered at the re-
snlts. whilst angels and the sacrsmental
hosts Of heaven have rejoiced. Such q
glorious revival of religion as was never
psralieled IN the annals of this town as
hiss been going bravely on in its heaven
4 born and irresistible course until more
than one hundred and twenty-five pro-
I fessiOns OF religion have been made, and
until nearly every student IN the Univer-
sity Of Mississippi has enlisted in the
cause Of Christ, under the sacred banner
of the Cross, and stand up as witnesses
/ for Jesus-as new pillars in the church
militant-as new stars in the glorious
constellation that shall join the heavenly
throng. The whole meeting has been
characterized by good department and
/ the exercise of sober reason and calm re-
| Election, and the genulneness and SINGER
ity OF the results is to be credited, for
no excitement or fanaticism pervaded
/ the meetings. Such great feeling and
sincerity have been manifested for the
great subject Of " eternal life, % that even
the College exercises have been suspended
for several days, and all have for sea-
son abandoned their daily avocaUiOns and
come up to the house of God, and there
in the midst OF the students stood our be-
loved Chancellor, DR. Waddell, and be
really seemed during the whole meeting
to be TO bis devoted pupils what Moses
was to the Israelites. And there, too,
were our esteemed professors, Rev Drs.
Burney and Wheat, rendering them
selves more dear to US by teaching us
with impassioned eloquence our best and
greatest lesson, "tbe beginnipgof knows
edge" Rev. Mr.. Bell, Mem shen, White
head and Inge were the other ministers
present, and they were jealous in the
good work. II the education of our
youth is established upon such founda-
tion ~ the glorious Christian religion,
oh may not our wounded country see
oright hopes yet cleaning through the
dark mantle Of adversely, =" like glorious
consultations upon an evening sky.u
Nav God build this institution up, the
nursery Of secular knowledge and divine
truth, and give each
New strength OF SOUL
a Erander scope OF thought
His mind 50 nobler purpose would be wFOughs
And fee ana own, IN TINS calm, solemn mood.
That his nAas highest glory 70 be good
oCTAVIUs.
Convention Probably Defeated in his
sfssippi.
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