The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1884-03-26
The State Female Colege-Where
Shall It be Located.

YAzoo CITY, Mss, Mar h II, 1884.
DEAR CLARION: l am truly glad that
a Female College for our white girls was
created by oar late Leg stature. Ii prop
erly located and wisely ruled, it will be
worth more to the people OF this State, and
especially the girls, than 5000 supervi sion
bills or laws aud 500 commissioners, about
which so much parade and fuss has been
made; indeed think the latter measure
most uuwise and suicidal, and will prove
like Jordan, ga hard road to travel"
But now "a to the location of the college
Too much Importance cannot be attached
Ia this feature. 1t should not be located
It any point or place ever visited by yel-
low fever or cholera or where malarial ard
pcrulcIous fcvcrs are very common, nor
where the wat r is bad or the supply scarce
,r inconvcnicnt, nor where the cost of good
living and the real comforts of life are
high; nor on or near any State boundary,
nor in any limestone or muddy locality nor
in any populous or immoral town or city
nor where the floating contagious diseases
ui the land are most likely to enter, but
should be located near the geographical
center Of the State, possessing railroad
facilities and free from the above Objec-
tiuus. | have been a resident of this State
since 1885 have lived many years in the
counties of Oktihbeha, Winston, Attala
and azOo each and but few men, if any,
ar. more familiar with the State at large,
in all its essentials than | am. Since the
construction Of the Canton and Aberdeen
railway. | have no hesitation in saying
that kosciusko is prG-eminently and geo
graphically the place for its location, free
from all the objections | have mentioned
and many others | could name, and pos
sessrs in an eminent degree ev. r; opposite
element and virtue. Attala is more than
good average county of the State in
lands, pr, duction. health, intelligence,
morality, religion, churches, ministe. 5, fine
water, timbers, fruits, vegetables, meats,
domestic industry, and all that We now
need, should have and do, and more
kind and hospitable, provident and gcner-
Gus people don't live, and while they live
Il home, they live plentifully, checrfnily
and happily. kosciusko partakcs of and
Is 4 genuine representative OF all these
grIces and rcdeemng virtues. For sub
stnutial, good and most comfortable board
in most excellent private families and at
cheap rates. Kosciusko cannot be excelled.
To the average State it is now most con-
venicnt and easy of ingress and egress oi
any point in the State, since its lights and
treasures are no longer hidden for the want
of railway travel or facilities, linking
through the center of the State, east and
west, the Chicago, St. Louis and New Or
leans, and the Mobile and Ohio road, and
TorIing connection through them with
ev r. other railway and water transporta-
ton in the State. Kosciusko has never
had any government pap, and while 1t Is
moved by no greed, but rather that its
light and the light of Mississippi girls
should shine, they would not scorn either
the money or the honor, upon just quid
proqDo. Let the college be located in the
Beautiful suburbs, on her beautiful forest
and table eminences of sandy lands, where
the girls can unlock the hidden mysteries
OF nature. drink copiously at the grand
emporium of knowledge and science, and
OF the pure and delightful health-giving
air and water abounding there, and all
will say long live and flourish the college
and girls and give hearty, amen.
Truly. ROBERT S. HUpsoN.