The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-07-21
THE A. AND NJ. COLLEGE.
ADDRESS
OF the Board OF Trustees of the Agrfcul-
tural and Mechanical College OF the
State Of Mississippi.

In order that the people Of the State may be
| informed of the progress and aims OF he A.
! x NJ College, we deem it proper to issue this
| address:
/ The College building i now nearly com
| p}etsd. and Is deemed To be ample even should
/ The number of students reach i've hundred
/ We have contract for the erection of u dor
/ mit1ry-embracIug kitchen, dining room,
/ store room. laundry and bath rooms sufficient
! 10 accomOiate TWO hundred pupils; also u
contract for the erection OF three cottages, Tor
! the President and Professors The dormitory
/ and cottages are to be completed by the lst of
| November, of the current year The College
( also owns about 900 acres OF land on which an
| experimental farm is TO be established The
| community surrounding the College Is among
| the best IN the State. marked for ITS good
morals general culture and public spirit. We
do not know of "A single locality IN the State,
| IL which boys attending school would be less
exposed To improper associations, or more
Stimulated o study ami good conduct.
The law of the State rovidng for the Col
lege prcscribes that the Board OF Trustees
shall have power for the establishment and
maintenance of first class institution, at
" hich the youth Of the State may acquire
common school education; aud scientific
and practical knowledge OF agriculture, hor-
ticulture and the mechanic arts; also OF the
proper growth and care OF stock, without how
ever, excluding other scientific and classical
studies Gncludiug military tactics and that
the Trustees shall regulate the course Of study
and the management of the experimental
farm. manner OF performing labor, and the
kind of labor 10 be performad by the students.
The law OF of Congress donating the fund for
the establishment of he College requires that
the College shall teach such branches of learn
ing As uppertain To agriculture and the me-
chunic arts n order 10 promote the liberal and
practical education of the industrial classes,
in the several purs uiys and professions of life
The Board mean TO carry out these objects
Of the College so far as lies in their power.
The educational requirements for admission
into che Freshman or the lowest class IN the
College Will be proficiency in the studies
taught in the second grade of common schools
viz: arithmetic, geogra rhY, English gram
mar, spelling, reading and writing. AppH-
cants not having this proficiency will be re
ceived IN the Prepaor,ory class
In the College will he taught: English liter
ature. mental and moral philosophy, logic,
rhetoric and constitutional law - those
sciences which bear directly upon agriculture
and the mechanic arts incluiing Il practical
application of tho studies TO agriculture. in
all its various branches, ana mechanics. Ag-
ricuiture includes horticulture pom0logy, the
cultivation Of vineyards; the IA sing and care
Of live stock. A general school o. these
studies is Chemistry, Botany, PHYSICS, Ami
NAL and Vegetable Physiology, Entomology
Geology, Veterinary Science, Sanitary
Science, Algebra, Geometry, Trigonometry
Surgery, and Civil Engineering. commercial
and business course, Including drawing.
Stu dents viii be required to labor on the
farm Tor in the shops when established ut
least three hours for five or SIX days IN the
week. This labor will be mainly directed to
enabling the students to put in practice what
hey learn; but it is also intended to enable
them as far as practicable to earn nearly
enough to pay for their board. 1t IS probable
that in the course Of a few years, the labor
will fully pay the board. Experiments will
he made on the farm, and the results given to
the public. The experiments VIII not only in
clude new meanspf preparation and culture,
and the aiapta biTity OF new plants eli
I'M nj wi II aiInfabIIITy O
different kinds Of soil to the various produc-
lions Of the South.
II is the aim of the Trustees to bring the
benefits OF the institution within the reach OF
everv Young man in the State VINO has a desire
to BE- educated. To this end the Trustees have
determined that all attendants of the College |
shall wear within five miles Of it. only the |
prescribed uniform. THis uniform Will be of
such material as viii be both neat and econo-
meal. 1t win be made in large quantities, !
paid for by the Trustees, and then re sold to |
the students IT actual cost, which it Is expected
will not be more than 50 per annum.
The provisions for the boarding department
will a far possible, be raised on the farm |
aud such must be bought will be purchased |
At wholesale prices. and the cOst-added to the |
cost of steward and cooks and 4 fair per |
age on table and kitchen furniture, to supply |
loss by breaka ge-WllI c0nStIt ute the cost of |
board. Text books viii be purchased by the |
Board aud sold TO the students At cost, and II |
well taken care of they may be re-sold by the |
students, they advance, at a small loss |
Bed-teads Will b. tuTnlShe at the dOrmItOrles; |
the other furniture viii be furnished BY the |
students. A matriculation fee of 50 win be |
viii be for the whole course.
During the second, or Sophomore year, chemi-
Gals tor the use of each student Will cost about |
SO. After careful calculation. we feel justi-
is in stating that the whole cost of attend |
ing the College, Including books, clothing,
board, washing and lights need not exceed |
500 per anuum, exclusive of the earnings of
the students by their labor.
Tuition viii be free to students who are cit
liens of the State; students from other States
viii be charged for tuition $50 per annum.
One of the modern languages will be included
in the course of study.
Latin aud Greek viii also be taught to such
students as desire to study them but they viii
not be allowed to interfere with the regular
studies prescribed in the curriculum, and a
charge for teaching these languages will be
tae Instructors in them. 1t is not expected
thai this charge viii exceed $50 per annum
The labor of those students boarding in the
viii be compensated. ranging from
four to eight cents per hour according TO eff
cheney.
Students win be allowed 10 board outside the
if they and their parents or guardi-
ans so desire 1t.
The College will be opened on the 1st We'd
nesday n October. At that time the dormitory
viii not be finished and all students entering
before the lst OF November will be obliged. to
board temporarily else where.
j. NJ STONE. c. L. GILMER
D. L. PHAREs, FRANK BURKITT.
J. NJ CAUsEr, ". B. MONTGOMERY,
I. C. DOCRERY. W. B. AUGUSTUS