The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1876-03-05
HE Ed ucatiOaal and Literary I'm.
terests of Mississippi AT
tEse Centennial

OFFICE SECRETARY OF STATE BOARD
JACKSON. March ID. 1876.

I u pom the suggestion OF the United States
/ Commissioner of Education. the State Centen-
NAL Board earnestly invite the cooperation
/ of the educators authors and publishers of
Mississippi in preparing for entry at the In
ternational Exhibition, such publications, cat
alogues etc, as will indicate the educational.
literary and publishing interests of the State.
The collection, at the close Of the Exhibition
Will be transferred to- and remain perma-
nently IN the care of the Bureau of Education,
at W Washington, where they will be carefully
kept for public reference and use The collec-
| ton must be completed and forwarded by the
10th day of April.
lst. The Public School System of the State
WllI be exhibited In series of bound Volumes
and IN collection of the blanks and books
used by the Educational Department.
"a. Universities and CoLIeges-ThePresid
or Principal of each University or chartered
College, Seminary or High School is requested
to send the undersigneda as complete a collection
of their Annual Catalogues as possible 4
concise history of each institution is espec-
tally desired. These should be written on pa
per OF letter size, with one inch margin on left
or page, and may be written on each page of
the sheet These histories will be included in
the otlclal publications of the Government
and Will find their way into the principal pub
he libraries in this and other countries within
ter have occasion to refer to the information
therein contained.
Full credit Of authorship will be given to
these several summaries, and such generaliza-
tlons, statistical results, and illustration by
maps and diagrams will be made. as the sub
ject viii admit. 1t is highly desirable that
engravings of plans and views of buildings
and grounds should accompany these con-
densed histories, but this, if done must be at
the expense Of the institutions. The engra-
NJ O. tyTnp
be returned to those procuring them, with
view to their use in catalogues and other pub
LEGATIONS for which there may be occasion in
the future A limit to these summary histo-
rles will be stated after some preliminary in
quiries shall have been conpleted and we
are assured that every effort will be made to
secure perfectly fair and impartial opportu-
nifty to each institution, without prejudice or
preference
In the arrangement Of these summary his
tories, and in the deductions and generahza-
tons that may be drawn from them, the sub
ject will be distinctly and prominently pre-
scented by States, preceded by a general state
ment Of the policy and plan that have been
pursued in each for the encouragement and
regulation of its higher seminaries of learn
ing. A general summary Of general results
will also be prepared.
As to the subject-matter Of these summaries
they should show the general facts:
/. Name Of the college or university, and its
origin and changes, with the reasons there
for.
2. Date of organization and Incorporation !;
UNCONVENTIONAL or other control.
3. Location, and the reasons that 'determin-
ed it.
f. Brief notices of founders AMI patrons.
5. Description of buildings; extent of col
lege grounds and OF other lands and estates
e. General or special objects and original
plan of organization, with its subsequent mod
ifications and present status
7. Preliminaries of organization and brief
notice Of academic or other institutions from
which it may have sprung, with dates Of their
establishment, their changes, etc.
8. Summary of special legislation relating
to the institution, and of the decisions Of
courts affecting property or rights, with refer
ences to documentary and other authorities, in
which these can be studied in detail
g. Relation to or dependence upon the State
governments, and patronage or grants from
State or General government, with dates,
amounts received, or other information
concerning them.
TO- Extent and history of local. denOmina-
tional or other endOWments; their income,
investment and limitations. These may often
be most concisely stated in tabular forms.
H. Number of trustees, visitors, or other con-
trolling officers; their mode OF election ana
tenure or term.
u Organization of the faculty, their mode
Of election, tenure, powers, etc.
49, Course and plan Of study, with impor-
tant changes from time 20 time. Methods OF
instruction.
IA. Departments of professional, or special
study, with historical statement of formation
and changes.
Is. Libraries, cabinets, laboratories, obser
yatories apparatus, art-galleries gymnasiums,
and other accessories.
49, College societies, with facts and statis-
tics dates of formation, optinuance, con-
solicitations and changes. These may often be
concisely presented in tabular form.
II. Financial statements expenses to stu
dents; scholarships; prizes, etc.
Is. List of graduates, which will be sufficient
| ly presented in copies OF the lastgeneral cata-
| logue with supplement added.
10 Such statements as facts may justify in
relation to the work accomplished by the in
stitution, of course avoiding invidiOus COM
| parsons with other institutions.
3D. Humane and Charitable Institutions Of the
| State-The superintendent of the Humane
and Charitable Institutions of the State are
also requested to furnish brief history Of
each institution, with catalogues, and such
appropriate data as to the number of benefcl-
aries, method of instruction, employees, ex-
pense annual aid from State, etc.
4th Mississippi authors are requested to send
copy of each publication in book or pamphlet
| form.
9Th. Newspapers Each publisher in the State
is requested to send me one copy of each issue,
Daily. Weekly or Tri-W Weekly, published dur
ing the months of March and April.
g. BeneUoEent and ReEigious.-Clerks of Con-
ferences, Associations, Synods, Conventions
and Secretaries of all Benevolent or Frater-
nal Associations, are requested to send pam-
inlet copies of their last minutes or proceed
ings, bylaws, etc.
| Address, j. l.. POWER,
Acting Sec'y State Centennial Board.
~ The press of the State will oblige by
noticing the foregoing.
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