The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-11-11
To the People of Mississinr;

i1t ~7NdtC iliQuHkIidI tuSfftu.z
College is now in successful oper.,; ald
Its superb structures, its eonsI'
arrangements, are all wd5.s
of the highest recommendation. S. Sl'ay
material perfection goes, it stand- lar a
ahead Of all the publ;o Pre-
ihgs IN the State. Its outer forn, ' ~
is all that yoa could desire. il. sueh
life-its soul, "a il WERE, va, uhef
developed bv the care Of cultiva,;oso &c
upceasing solicitude The facnI,- aaa
chosen carefully and discreefIx' va
State may rest satisfied as 10 tina; 10 oe
this is To be a mutual thing-lhe f,I bs'
ing charge of the welfare Of thi. Jne.;'f
ton. 1t Is to lie shared bv the -.
the entire people of this State. Who p
work with the Board of TRUSTEE nus
the teachers in every good thing -. alg
for the College. | write now to w.,
ask that each of you consider yoDrss5"
as special evangeiists for this collaa
Search where You viii, and you can ~
no worthier mission nor more Iap5aG
object. Three hundred girls nov
attendance at this College means o..
deal. | saw them to-day. a noble 80
ing crowd of girls, with the bloom :,
health upon their cheeks and the E,S,
of youthful hope beaming upon t5.;.
countenances and | syas glad as looLa5
upon this attractive picture. that eve,-
Girl there would some dav have =
independent living in what She baS
learned in this school. Higher edues
ton, higher industrial knowledge. higbe,
ambitious, higher successes aud bisbs.
ends are all to be brought about by H.
| Industrial Institute and College for ill.,
white girls of Mississippi.
Women of Mississippi, the problem. of
| woman's work and womans field he.
been solved for your daughters. r.
clad that light has been set on biH
| which will dispel the darkn s. of poverty
and dependent living for your daugb.
tiers. Like good, kind parent, Missi,
sippi has opened door for her girls In
come in, and partake freely of a blessing.
the rarest in her power to give.
1 Dear friends, throughout this State
if YOU are not thoroughly alive to the
need of this Industrial College, awake
nor. Put your shoulder to the wheel and
help us push the car of its progrtss
along. There will be rough places ahead.
that we will have to pass; there will be
croakings to discourage and fault-6nd.
ings to vex us; but We must not be hin
dered in our grand enterprise. We
must help this noble College TO grow.
and grow in useful lustre, till its exam
pie will be emulated by other States
How can you help? Why, in
many, many ways. Get up Loan
Asso, iatioDs in your county for the pur-
pose of sending girls here who have
bright minds, but are too poor to ply
their expenses. If you want to find out
all about the Loan Association, write to
DR.. Il. w. Jones, President, or Mis-,
Ellen Martin, of this place, who will
: send YOU the plans and constitution
Warren county has sent four girls this
session, paying all of their expenses.
! This requires just mite from each Of
vou-iust a mite, but 1t Will be a mite
: as potent as the ,osdoiD mite, that struck
: a wave If influence in our Saviour
/, time, whose ripple has not yet touched
the final shore of eternity. VIII YOU
: not put aside this small sum for this
purpose? ! know you will, if you will
think about it. Then having decided
: to do this much, talk with your friends
get them interested, work up YOU
: neighborhood, and by unity of action
: ere many months, every county in tn,
= State will have its girls here sent by th'
: divine charity OF It's Loan Association
E / ask the people to move in this; it vii
: cost lust a little effort, and bring suct
! immense good.
: There is another way III which y0l
: can help, and help nor. The Colleg
y needs library. These three huudre,
girls must have food for thought, foo,
that can only be obtained from prope
books. The people should send thes
6 8 books Immediately. DIR. X. w. Jone
= will pay charges of shipment. Please
= verybody who reads this, 60 to you
, book-shelves and take down n0'r tn
: books you are willing to give to the Co
!. lege. Send them aiOng-do not delay
y Be glad there is something you can d
: without waiting to plan or think abou
- it, If you have only one book you ca
spare, send tiff you have a hundre
:. YOU can give, why, send them. W
= want to open this Library just as 500
= as possible. As one specially intereste
= in this department of the College, be
: the people to heed this request. Ii 20
= all respond, we can have good l5rar
: established here in two weeks. Let 1
: hear from every town in the whole sta
. as to this.
Before 1 leave this subject ! woul
love to say few words to the Press q
i Mississippi-that noble, faithful frien
: of women. Editors are proverbial IL
II kind hearts, and for being the leaders
:, :, good deeds. Help advertise this nee
!, of books for the College. Send yor
i paper, Mr.. Editor, to grace the readir
!, table of this library room. Your CO
= umns will never be read by fdjTer critit
:, or more appreciative readers. Sci
the books that come to you from pu
" fishing houses. Send some of the ma
azines you get. If you have Fl
ished the October number of the &c
= fury, Harper, etc, send them aloI
. to the girls. The girls will be 50 ge
to get them. A list of the kind dono
will be given THE CLARION for pub
cation. Col. Power will be glad, | kno'
to publish it, no matter how long 1t Is
| might go on and tell you of man
Z other things you could do to help Il
College, but these two are enough
talk about in this letter. l have fat
to believe you will not be deaf to II
plea / send you.
Columbus already loves the Cole!
dearly. We have done splendid pa
: by it in the past, and we are going
n keep it up. We have in charge q
priceless Jewels of your hearts al
l. homes. They are as sacred to us as Of
own children. The girls here now see
n to be as merry-hearted as it is natur
for girls to be.
g Their guardians are the tenderest
friends. To-day | saw about fifty of Il
IL A. w Tapa
"a enjoying the golden beauty of the Oct
Der afternoon. In Mrs. Jones, the CIR
7 have a friend, adviser and compaHiO
as valuable as could have been found
the entire South. Knowing Mrs. Jone
;, as | have the honor to know her,
esteem her one of the very create
y attractions about this College. There
: a magnetic charm about her, that il
spires to active work the best part Of
|, girls nature. | am sure if | we're ava
u from Columbus, and had the good 70
tune of having daughter in the Colleg
1t would be source of the create
2 comfort to know she was associated wit
6 Mrs. Jones. To the mothers of Missi
: sippi, who are naturally so careful OF
daughters welfare, / would say, re
assured your children are in the Yel
safest, tenderest keeping.
With so many families intimatel
: connected with this College, it necessaI
r ly must be under the protection Of Il
, whole State. Let there be united pc
: pie on all questions of interest concer
ing this institution. Be active in sc
r vice for this College, and let your sc
, vice send in its fruits. Work up Il
Loan Associations and in the meantim
send your books. Very truly.