The Oxford falcon. [volume] (Oxford, Miss.) 1865-18??, 1880-03-11
Report Of cdpA4tss Appointed
by the BOar Trustees Of
University ON ississipPr

TO thc Honorable the Senate and
Hoses II Representatives.
Tie undersigned Commits
tee appointed by the Board
uf Trustees OF the University
/ Of Mississippi. .Df the purpose
beg leave respectfully to pre-
seat briefly the condition,
/, wants ard necessities of that
1 Instit asi0a, <-~
w, congratulate you in
l'eo6imon wsth q 1.-THE citizens
7 of our State TO whom the
University of Mississippi br-
longs. upon it's success. its
splendid history. ITS present
prosperity aud its hopeful
/ future.
Tie University Al Nissis- :
sippi, chartered bs "a Legis-
iarure in 1914. 90 -ilized ia
November, 1913, has 5eeu in
continued and successful op-
Grafton ever since, except du-
ring the war, IL has been
steadily increasing IN pros !.
peritv. ia rstfnllr.ss and in
pabIio favor. Aad although
il is now only In its twenty
eighth session 10 has number
ed among its Farulties some
of the most distibg Aished
meu known to literature and
science Ia America. About
| iive thousand students in all
| have received instruction in
her. halls aud she has grad
uafed six Iimndresi assi twenty
-four hundred an1l seventy
two in the Department oi
Arr. Literature ard ScIene..
and one hundred aud ioriy>
eight in Law. Among her
A um i are C1ngrrssmen,
Judges, ciergym~n, planters,
teachers. ply slcians. and
prussiin~sst ssssss Useful ciiiz~Fs
throughout aaf StatsS iielu-
|. dug. as she IS lQna,l % claim
Iarge mumapvF uf our uwn
distinguished body, Til
Faculty j. compnsetl If gen
slsmeu OF le srning, skill aud
heightened morality, the in
strucfi0m inspartrd is of n
high order The curriculum
is complete. the standard OF
scholarship is unusually high
Her student body nnmberin.
this sessions 31I, are stutlious
aud their manly bearing and
orderly conduct, whilst an
honor 10 themselves are n
guarantee of the excellent
discipline of the University,
The Institution is we'll
equipped in chemical. phil
osophical and astronomical
apparatus, Her library. iu~
Gliding the Snciety libraries,
number about 5000 volumes.
She has cabinets of shells
minerals, fossils, collection of
soils and other geological ap-
paratus, including q separate
collection of geological speci-
mems representing the various
counties in Mississippi. She
has superior instruments to
illustrate mathematics and
engineering. and The means
and appliances Tor acquiring
a ledge of the physical
sciences are unsurpassed The
invested resources of the Uni
yesrity are about saSG 900.
consisting chiefly of twelve
brick edifices and some nine
buildings, n section of land.
IN the center of which Is a
beautiful campus and ornate
grounds tastefully laid off in
handsome walks, ornamented
with evergreens and shrubs
hery aud shaded BY native
forest oaks.
but whilst we ara gratifled
thus favorably TO report to
yon your State University it
. our duty further to report
mat the Institution needs an
increase of revenue for her
proper support, Ii is true
.nat sue has subsisted since
.ne war npon the appropria-
,lon made by the State, chief.
=, ~ varying from $4,000 to
s0u,oOO yearly, yet these
sums have teen almost ex-
sa.'se'y s.. expended for cur
sent expenses, aud there has
,. zen; zen scarcely anything done
since 1860 fo~ ~x.
'nenss' additional build.