The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1876-03-04
casionai and Literary I'm.
terests OF mississippi AT
the Centennial.
OFFICE SECRETARY OF STArr RON,

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commissioner OF Education, the State Centen
N a Do"i" earnestly invite the cooperation
VI the educators authors and publishers Of
'iiSSlsslPpl In preparing for entry at the In
ternatonal Exhibition, such publications. cat
| alogues, ETC., as will indicate the educational
literary and publishing interests of the State
Inc collection at the close of the Exhibition
Will be transferred to, and remain nermo
nently IN the care of the Bureau Of Edncatiop
at Washington, where they win be earefulIv
Kept for public reference and use. The colIec-
ton must be completed and forwarded nv the
10th day of April
iSt. The Public School SyStem of the Stote
VIII De exhibited in a series of bound Volumes
n nol1 IL IA d coliecuon OF the blanks and books
used by the Educational Department
"a. Universities and Coueqes-TbePresid
or Principal of each University or chartered
OoLege, Seminary or High School is requested
10 sehd the underslgneda as complete collection
OF their Annual Catalogues as possible. 4
concise history or each institution is espec-
lally desired. These should be written on pa
per OF letter size, with one inch margin on left
OF page, and may be written on each page of
the sheet. These histories will be incIuded in
the oticial publications of the Government.
and Will lind their way into the principal pub
lie libraries IN this and other countries. within
reaGh OF any person who may now or hereaf-
ter nave occasion to refer to the information
therein contained
Full credit of authorship will be given to
these several summaries, and such generaliza-
lions, statistical results, and illustration bv
maps and diagrams will be made as the sub
Ject will admit. 1t is highly desirable that
engravlngs 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-
wings, or an electrotype copy, will, however
be returned to those procuring them, with a
view to their use n catalogues and other pub
LEGATIONS for which there may be occasion in
the future. limit to these summary histo-
rIes Will be stated after some preliminary in
qulrles shall have been completed; 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 generaliza-
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:
l. Name of the college 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.
T. Brief notices of founders AMI patrons
s. Description Of buildings; extent of col
lege grounds and of other lands and estates.
6. General or special objects and original
plan of organization, with its subsequent mod
lhcatiOnS and present Status.
Z. 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.
10. 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
IL. Number of trustees, visitors, or other con-
trolling officers their mode of election and
tenure or term.
Il. Organization of the faculty, their mode
of election, tenure, powers, etc.
- Course and plan of study, with lmpOr-
tant changes from time Co 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.
10. College societies, with facts and 'statis-
tics. dates of formation, discontinuance, con-
! solicitations and changes. These may often be
| conciseIy 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 last general 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 lnYld1ous com
parsons with other institutions
Sd. Humane and Charitable Institutions Of the
| State. The superintendent of the Humane
and Charitable Institutions of the State are
also requested to furnish n brief history OF
each institution with catalogues, and such
appropriate data as to the number of benetcl-
aries, method of instruction, employees, e&-
! pense annual aid from State, etc.
| 4th. Mississippi authors are requested to send
n conv of each publication in book orpamphlet
form. O.
is requested to send me one copy Oh , each issue
Daily. Weekly, or Tri-Weekly, published dur
inc the months of March and April
& BeneyoEeat and Religious.-Clerks of Con
ferences. Associations, Synods, Conventions
and Secretaries of all Benevolent or Frater
nal Associations, are requested to send pam
phlet copies of ehelr last minutes OF proceeu
ings, bylaws, etc. oupp
Address, j. l.. row En-,
Acting Sec'y State Centennial Board
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