The weekly clarion., 1880-05-26
THE 1. & N. COLLEGE.
ADDRESS
OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THH
AGRICULTURAL AND MECHANT-
CAL COLLEGE OF MISSISSIPPI.

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j The College building is now nearly compile
ted, and Is deemed to be ample, even shoult
7 the number of students reach i've hundred
/ We have 8 contract for the erection OF g dor
/ mitory-embrseing kitchen, dining room, stor
/ room. laundry and bath rooms sufnclent 10 &C
| commodate two hundred pupils; also con
tract for the erection Of three cottages, Tor tn
President and professors. The dormItory an
1 cottages are TO be completed BY the lst o
/ November Of the current year. The Collegt
( also owns about 600 acres of land, on which
! an experimental farm is to be esta blsolshed
/ The community surrounding the Colege Il
among the best in the State; marked for III
I good morals, general culture and public spirit
! We do not know of q single locality IN th'
State, in which boys attending school would OF
less exposed TO improper associations, or more
( stimulated to study and good conduct.
The law of the State providing for the Col
{ Iege. prescribes that the Board of Irusteei
/ shall have power for the establishment anl
maintenance of first class institution, a.
/ which the youth Of the State may acuqIre Q
I common school education; and a sclentlnc ano
practical know ledge Of agriculture, horticul
lure and the mechanic arts also OF the proper
growth and care of stock, without, however
excluding other scientific and classical
studies Including military tactics, and that
the Trustees shall regulate the course OF study
and the management of the experiments lar
manner of performing labor, and the KIND OF
labor to be performed by the students Ihe
law of Congress donating the fund for the
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College shall teach such branches OF learning
as apDertain 10 agriculture and the mechanlc
arts in in order TO promote the liberal ana
practical education of the Industrial classes,
in the several pursuits and professions OF
life''
The Board mean to carry out these objects of
the college so far as lies in their power.
The educational requirement for admI ion
into the freshman or the lowest class IN the
college, will be a proficiency in the studies
taught in the second grade, of common schools,
viz arithmetic, geography, English grammar,
spelling, reading and writing: Applicants
not having this proficiency VIII be received
into the preparatory class
In the College will be taught, Verne's Eng
lish literature, mental and moral philosophy,
logic rhetoric and constitutional law-those
science which bear directly upon agriculture
and the mechanic arts, including practical
application of those stddies to agriculture, IN
all its various branches, and mechanics,
Agriculture includes horticulture, pomology;
the cultivation of vineyards, the raising and
care Of live stock. A general school OF these
studies is Chemistry, Botany, Physics, Ami
NAL and Vegetable Physiology, Entomology,
Geology Veterinary Science, sanitary
Surgery and Civil Engineering, commercial
and business course, including drawing.
Students will be required to labor on the
farm (or in the shops when established at
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
they learn; but it is also intended to enable
them, far practicable, TO earn nearly
enough to pay for their board. 1t is probable
that in the course of few years, the labor
will fully pay the board. Experiments will
be made on the farm and the results given to
the public. The experiments will not only in
clude new means Of preparation and culture,
and the daptability of new plants to our eli
mate but also will test the adaptability of
different kinds of soil to the various produc-
tions of the South.
1t is the aim of the Trustees to bring the
benefits of the institution TO every young man
in the State who has desire to be educated.
To this end the Trustees have determined that
all attendants of the College shall wear with
in five miles of 1t only the prescribed uniform.
This uniform will be of such material will
be both neat and economical 1t will be made
in large quantities, paid for by the Trustees,
and then re-sold to the students at actual cost,
which it is expected Will not be more than
$25 per annum.
The provisions for the boarding department
will, far possible, be raised on the farm.
and such must be bought will be purchased
at wholesale prices and the cOst-added to
the cost of steward and cooks, and fair per
centage on table and kitchen furniture, to sup
ply loss by breakage-will constitute the cost
of board. Text books will be purchased by the
Board and sold to the student at cost, and if
well taken care of they may be re-sold by the
students, as they advance, at a small loss
Bedsteads viii be furnished at the dormitories
the other furniture will be furnished by the
students. A matrlCuIatlOn lee OF % VIII De
will be for the whole course.
During the second, or sophomore year, chemi !
Gals for the use of each student will cost
about $40. After careful calculation, we feel |
justified n stating that the whole cost of at |
tending the College, including books, cloth |
ing, board washing and lights, need not ex-
,ecd 800 per annum, exclusive of the earnings !
Of the students by their labor.
Tuition will be free to students who are citi- |
,ens of the State. Students from other States
vii! be charged for tuition $50 per annum
One of the modern languages will be included
II the course of study.
Latin and Greek will also be taught to snoh
Students as desire to study them, but they will
lot be allowed to interfere with the regular
harge for teaching these languages will be
made so as TO cover the cost to the College of
he instructors in them. 1t is not expected
hat this charge will exceed $50 per annum.
The labor of those students boarding in the
ormitory, will be compensated, ranging from
our to eight cents per hour, according to
fficiency.
Students will be allowed to board outside of I
he dormitory if they and their parents or
uans desire it.
The College will be opened on the 1st Mon
ay in October At that time the dormitory
ill not be finished and all students entering
efore the lst of November will be obliged to
oard temporarily elsewhere.
j. NJ. STONE. 8
D. L. PHAREs,
J. NJ. CAUsEY,
L. c. DOCKERY,
L. B. Brown,
c. L. GILMER,
FRANK BURKE
W. B. MONTGOMERY.
w. B. AUGUSTUS,
J. 2. GEORGE. |