The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-09-01
Two Great Southern Schools.
BIZ MOSES FOLSOM, II THE new YORK
GRAPHIC.

No state ia the South is doing NOR
for education than Mississippi. Sine
me war, during twenty Of as dark year
as ever clOuded the pathway Of an.
white people, the free common sehuu
was domesticated In the South and j .isti
tutious for higher education rebuilt up
on broader foundations .Georgi.. claim
ing 60 be the Empire State Of the SOuth
vita quarter more people and twic
the wealth, expended $i50,000 less 70
educational purposes ia 1855 than Mi.
si.sippi, aud comparisons equally credit
able 10 Mississippi can be made will
every other SDutIern Stale. Elsewher
I'm tnis issue will be found an illustration
OF the
INDUSTRIAL ISsTITCrE AND COLLLGl
Of Mississippi, the first institution unde
State auspices IN the Union, where girL
eau wOrA Jner way through college. auC
acquire lJtnJ education OF head, hear
ana uAud. Three hundred 2ud forty
QUE students, representing xty three
counties, were in attendance during TIA,
hrst year, whica closed July /, under a
facuj.y composed entirely ot women
Win the exception OF the schOlarl ,
President, Or. X. w. jones, all getting
mems pay for mems work. The eOurss
OF study is divided into four depart
meuLs - collegiate, normal, industria
aud music and line arts. Lively Interest
il manifested IN the industrial depart
ment, nearly every pupil Studying one
or more OF the eighteen trades taught
which include telegraphy, phonography
type wiring, book KeepiDg, drawing, d.
uguing, modelling, carving on wood, eu-
craving. AIT needlework, repousse, work
ing ia leather, photography, pharmacy
cutting aud making garments, millinery
cooking aud printing. Forty i've glri,
learned 10 set u pc during the past term
each having quali1ed herself IT, wage
worker, aud not a few expect TO spend
the vacation III home printing offices
Deslgus made by the girls have been &c
cepL,d and paid for by wall paper and
calico printers. la every department
the aptness OF the female mind was ap
parent, and the vim aud earnestness dis
played by each IN her self selected task
Indicated determination TO qualify in
some useful employment, and overcome
the pre- IudIce which excluded her from
engaging IN honest labor, ignorance oi
whicu too often compelled her to learn
from experience That no food Is so bit
ter as the bread of dependence, and nc
ascent 70 painful as the staircase Of d
patron" Untll recent years the sphere oi
woman was limited, but now SHE enters
and .ompetes IN the race OF life with
Man, who hath daily work Of body or mind
Appointed which declares his dignity.
As shown by the illustration the strue-
ture Is double one OF Gothic architect
ure, the dOrmItory having a frontage vi
l70 ieet and deptu ot lfU Ieet. joined
TO II by covered passages Is the chapel
building, which CONTAINS the offices aud
recitation rooms. Both buildings are ol
bricG aud present a handsome appear
suce. the Iudustrial. departments uccu
py buildings ia the rear. The buildings
were erected at cost If $4,000.
Everything is arranged with IA full re-
gard 10 convenience, health aud ethcienl
work. The buildings are heated Win
steam and supplied with eieetrlc lights,
g = and water. Tue pupils do much Ol
the work Ia the dormILOry, din ny room,
kitchen aud Laundry, tOr which they
received payment at The rate o. elght
Ceu.s au nOur, aud sUverai have paId
their eutire expenses by work. Each
girl Is required To cut aad make heI
navy blue flannel uniform. The tX-
peusv9 Ut each pupil curing he sessions
las averaged s9 - a month or n lIltle
over eIgutS uUnHis Tor The school yeaI.
Ia aduILiun 10 Tie household duties he
glrls uurlug the tprlng cultivated q large
vegetable garden. LUTON In ali depart
nieuts, except music, Is Tree To the glris
OF Mlsrlssippl, and applications now Oh
lie exceed uUubie The capacity OF the
Institution, aud not ii week passes with
OuJ applications coming iron Other
States, IL this noble Institution Mlssls
slppl has set an example iOr all the
States IN the Union. 4 his benehcent
work was born Ia the heart aud brain oi
Mrs. Annie &. Peytou, whose eloquent
tongue aud pen led the way TO success Ia
the establishment Of the school, which
recognizes the broadening sphere Ot
woman and aids IN preparing her for
lofty duties as we'll rs tor the practical
responsibilities of lite. Columbus, the
location OF the Industrial Institute and
College, is city OF 5000 population,
aud WAS very well known even before
the war tor Is wealth and culture. 1t Is
handsomely lald out, with wide streets,
iiue drainage being afforded by Its high
position above the Iombigbee River.
IL has all of the advantages-wa
works, gas, fire department., school,
social aud church privileges, market &C
commodatiOns, &c.-ol large city. 1t
enjoys railroad facilities through the
Mobile x Ohio and the Georgia Pacific
systems. The Tombig bee River is navi
gable to the Gulf, and at this place
forms the eastern boundary OF the
famous prairie region of the north east
Mississippi, which in the anteb bellum
days boOmed with plenty. Lands
worth 300 an acre before the war are
offered now at $40.
Another us, full educational institution
OF Mississippi is the
AGRICULTURAL AND MECHANICAL COLI
LEGE,
which during the six years of its exist
euce has pushed itself TO the front, and
ranks in its accomplishments with siml
lar and older schools in its peculiar aud
Important field of work. The college
has its origin in an act of Congress
which granted lands, the sale OF winch
brought fund now exceeding S23o,0 ,0ou
which the Legislature divided equally
bet. cen this school aud the Alcorn onl
yersity, an Agricultural Collegefor col
ored students. The Agricultural and
Mechanical College for whites, the prin
cipal bui dings for which are shown ~
the illustration elsewhere, is located on
farm Of 1850 acres, old, worn out
| nc when first occupied, but now in .
high state of cultivation by reason ol
scientific aud sensible treatment. -Four
only, OF the twenty or more buildings
on the farm are shown in the illustra
tion, the dormitory, college hall, ent
laboratory aud mess hall, the track IL
front being that of the Mobile aud Ohi'
railroad. fhe College i oBiy aoou'
twenty FIVE miles distant from Colum-
bus, thus bringing two fine schools clo-'
together. The year just closed showet
an at 'endance of 4l6, with 2U0 appii
cants refused for want OF room. lhs
properly of the College is now valued a
$203, 600. The work of The farm i don'
mainly by students, who are paid reason
able COMPENSATION for their labor, ane
not lew have been able TO meet all tn,
expense of the year. The colleg'
affords instruction which provides I
good, liberal education, supplementee
by theoretical and practical training II
agriculture. The class room INSTRUCTION
goes hand in hand With industrial train
Ing given by labor or the farm, IN rais
ing and cultivating all kinds OF crops
breeding, caring Tor and feeding pur'
bred, graded aud native cattle tor dair.
and beef and cream and butter; In m
garden,s vineyard, orchard, small frul
culture, nursery, Horticulture; in hand
ling tools aud improved machinery
The faculty is an able. enthusiastic ant
harmnnions one The President. Gen