The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-12-23
e0 eOl,sgs ss e one OF the grandest institutions

experiment that has ever been made
anus It's success or failure will be :
pfactical and conclusive answer 10 til,
eseu question of woman's ability t.
accept higher education.
us state Institution is free 10 tn,
: "hlte girls of Mississippi. ANY cir
! oter niteen years of age, of good mora
yer, VINO can pass the necessary
pasiiealihary examinations, can have tn.
oements OF this college. That Is, ever,
@pPs,icaht must stand examinations il
hf;auhg' spelling, writing, geography
history OF the United States, practica
1iu mental arithmetic and English
'aiiliilar- The college furnishes board
ns accommodations for about 220 girls
apiis are charged with only the actua
Go5t Oh thsr board, fuel, washing and
suieS Inc housekeeper, at the end oil
Ftscn In month, adds up the expenses oil
ee7e' ana divides it by the total number
" pupils and teachers living in the
1oiiege. The school has not been open
e"o months as yet, but the cost for each
pupii ior the first month reached the as
'oI1lishlngiy small sum of S10.20.
Each county in the State is entitled
" sehd certain number of girls to the
coiiege, the number being fixed pro rata
according to the total of educahle white
children In each county. Some counties,
therefore, may send more girls than
| others, aud these girls are entitled to
| board IN the college; but the number of
day pupils who may board with families
IN Columbus is unlimited. Every girl
attending the college and taking the
collegiate course is required to also take
any one industrial branch she may have
a preference or talent for; but any girl
may enter college and devote all her
time to any industrial study, and need
not take the collegiate course at all. In
this case she Is not required to pass an
examination. Instrumental music and
painting are the only accomplishments
for which charge is made. Almost all
pupils are taking the regular collegiate
course. The course of study is divided
into four epartments-the collegiate
normal industrial and music and fine arts
In the industrial branches the girls
| have a wide range to select from They
may perfect themselves in telegraphy,
stenography, typewriting, bookkeeping,
drawing, designing, modelling, wood
carving, engraving, needlework, re-
pousse, leather work, photography,
! pharmacy, dressmaking, millinery, cook
ing and printing. Whether taking the
| dressmaking course or not each girl is
required to cut and make her own navy
blue flannel uniform und er the direction
of the teachers of this industry.
The President of this college is DR.. r.
! w. Jones, one Of the most eminent edu-
Gators and scholarly men in the South,
and who abandoned the chair of chemis-
! try at the Oxford State University to
assume control of this work All of the
other professors of the college are
women, and they represent the very
| flower of culture, refinement and distin-
| guished ability in their various depart
ments.
j think that every woman who is truly
| interested in the cause of women, who
desires this nation of working women TO
be taught to honor labor and be more
proud of it than of anything else, will
] feel little thrill of enthusiasm when
she learns that it is the benefcent plan at
this great school to allow women to work
| their way through college.
In order to inculate a proper respect
for the home duties of women, each girl
is required to assist in the dining room
work, in the serving of meals and wash
ing of dishes, and must take care of her
own room; but, in addition to this, any
household work that she chooses TO do
she is paid for by the housekeeper, at
| the rate of eight and ten cents an hour.
Last month, many of the girls who had
ironed, and washed paint, and scrubbed
| floors, and swept and busted, and per
! formed other services, earned as much
as eight dollars each and | write it tC
the everlasting honor of my sex and tC
the pride of the noble girls of Columbu:
College, that these brave young bread
winners suffered not a jot or little in the
| estimation of that army of girls, but
that every girl seemed the more 20 honor
and respect that one who had the grI
and patience TO make her first effort a
WON anly independence.
All, this first flight in among the
worlds workers who that has never
made it can tell how hard it is, how
sweet its certain triumph May all tn,
Old and Successful, and the Young anC
Prosperous, have ever a kindly wore
and kindly thought for that great, sh!
army, the Young and Struggling.
Accompanied by Judge Harrison
whose enthusiastic efforts have beer
dedicated to the college, and by Mrs
Jones, the wife of the honorable Presi
dent, | paid Il long and delightful v1si
of exploration to the college. Enterin:
by the chapel doors, we found ourselve
in wide hall where a handsome youn!
woman was experimenting the unpack
ing of a number of type-writing AM
sewing machines that had been donate'
) to the college by the manufacturers
President Jones was not in the college
but frhen we entered the charming
apartments, daintiiy furnished, that g
by the ponderous name of 1.-The office,
: we found the bonny faced young secre
tary, Miss Louise Harris. Miss Harri
is native of Como, Miss, and is an eS
pert book-keeper and capable secrt
tary. Her duties are multifarious, an
! are performed as well as any man coul
! perform them. 1t is gratifying to kno'
that this young lady gets mans pa
: for a mans work. The same may b
e said of most of the professors, who's
e salaries are one thousand dollars per yea
. just across the hall in large lecture
/ room Miss Ruth Roudebush was holdln
!. a class in bookkeeping. Miss Roudebus
4 haf l25 Young women who have selecte
:, this for their future profession, and VIII
4 are studying, she tells me, in the braves
way. aud most of whom will complies
$ the study and be ready to accept pos
l. tions in one year OF the 800 gir
t attending college, the majority are tal
ing bookkeeping as an industrial cours
This preference is probably not ii
e result of consideration, since most I
: the girls who entered college had bin
e desire simply to be armed for the world
u fray. and did not particularly ca
i whether the weapon was pen, chist
q a brush, or needle. A large numb
e are also taking the normal course al
n fitting themselves to be teachers.
= Miss Sallie McLaurin, Mistress of
= dustrial and Decorative Art, has abo
i thirty girls who have wisely determin
10 become adopts at designing for carp
factories. cloth mills, etc. 1t will ia
10 these girls from two to three years
oomnlete the course, and when th
= have graduated from Columbus Cole
- thew will be enabled to get regular e
:. nlovment in factories, making deslg
l. for wall pauer. calico, oil cloth and G.
. . nets. For good pattern the design
is rets all the way from fifteen dollars
eo 5ftv The work is properly home wor
% % it is easy and agreeable, ana Moli
al | with artistic taieht taAc W
q. Miss McLaurin is a native OF Brand'
~ ~ but studied in New York.
Gu In the Departments of TELEGRAPH
u Type writing and Stenography, Miss
Rush is the professor and has charge
= - large classes, telegraphy ranking 10
ra school next TO bookkeeping in popular
-. AZ an ssiBdustry."
est Mis-. Mary Bacon. of Winona, v
.he handsome and intelligent young WON
les - u. - e I.4in also of Snanl