The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-11-24

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( sentative. Next we visited the room
/ where the teacher of repousse and art
needlework, Mrs. A. E. Crusoe, was seen
/ la these branches OF instruction there
are fortv-six scholars. Then DR.. Jones
escorted US TO
THE LAUNDRY.
I sfw the immense washing machine
/ that runs by steam, the steam dryer and
wringer. Tney iron by steam, but this
| /. NOT 2 success for fiuer work. Mrs. A.
| ID. Whitfield is the superintendent OF
the laundry. There are forty five young
| ladies learning the important lessons ol
| this department. They work III the
afternoon so as not TO interfere with
their other studies, aud many of them
earn considerable money in this way.
Then went TO see Mrs. NJ a. Ell
| wards, the housekeeper. The styory
odors from the kitchen reached me
from afar, and in my organism sym
pathetic and yearnIng set OF nerves
lea ped for Joy. II was near dinner time
/ and early iu the plan of interview | had
determined 10 know how the students
| Jared. Bat the hospitality of Mrs.
Edwards and Dr.. Jones dispensed with
any necessity for diplomacy, and /
received aud accepted an invitation 10
dinner. Meanwhile | walked around (;
saw the larder wish it's stores of whitest
sugars and finest four; saw the large
/ tea chest and the rich milk and beauti-
| full butter.
The bill of fare Is two meats every
dav, soup three times week, and
vegetables in season; dessert twice Il
week
| ate at the teachers table. At q
| given signal the ladies' marched in and
occupied seats. What a clatter of plates
and merriment of manners. There are
sixteen tables. -Four girls wait at eact
table week, taking the service in rota
lion. The day | was there we missed
soup, but roast beef, roast pork, sweet
potatoes, Irish potatoes, butter beans
and tomatoes, and luscious bread and
butler were on the table. All share
aiike-teachers and scholars. Tue meal
was not made to deceive. l. was a
bounteous, wholesome, we'll cooked,
savory meal. There is most excellent
attention paid TO this most important
matter of food in the college.
In some occult way, Mrs. Edwards,
who occupied tue heal of the table, dis
covered that the ladies' were all through
eating. A bell taps, the chairs are
hustled, and the students file out two
abreast as they had filed in. Then a
number of ladies begin to gather up the
dishes aud to carry them out into a
room where they are washed. Prepara
tory to carrying them in, any fragments
| are deposited on the scrap-table tOr the
pigs, fifty in number-for be it under
stood, this institution leans to self
sustanment, aud is practical as we'll as
estheticsl. There II monitor Tor the
scrap table too The ladies take their
turn at cleaning table and washing
dishes, a certain number for given
period. [ step into the wash-ro0m end
there the thirty or more ladies make
quick work. Near BY is plenty of hot
aud cold water. Then | step into the
room where the dishes are stored, and
; mere presides student for the time OF
placing tableware. Coming back tc
the dining room, / fud the walter'
3 taking their dinner, seated where the
5 teachers were little before.
now leave the dining room and &c
, to the presidents Off 3e and am intro
duced 10 Miss Agnes Bisbee, the assist
: anu TO the president. and shorthand
writer. Then | meet Miss Louise
/ Harris, the secretary and book keeper
} aud through whose hands all tue money
passes. Here is met an oid acquaintance
IA Mr.. G. III. Cooke, lately elected proc
J tor of The institution.
/ Discoursing with Miss Harris - or
j whom | am sure l don't intrude il
i seeking information-n item:
6 are gathered.
l. ,,t,st h,a understood that
TUITION Is FREE
. to Mississippi girls in the collegiate
normal aud industrial departments. Il
E the catalogue issued last spring tin
+ price Of board, including Furnished
room, fuel, light, washing, water, etc.
has averaged - 56 per calendar month
I This session it is a tfitle less-S9 20
E Each student must furnish one pair o
/ sheets, one pair of pillow cases, one pal
/ OF blankets. one bed-spread, six towels
t two clothes bags, 4 teaspoon, tablespoon
I knife aud fork. \ uniform of navy blu
must be worn on the streets and at pub
&c gatherings.
{ Parents outside of Mississippi will b
4 glad to know that they can send thei
daughters to this institution. OF cours
they cannot put them into the dormitc
ries TO the exclusion of Mississlpp
! girls, Dut the educational advantage
u they can have for very moderate sum
( and can find board in the town. lt J
I said that some one will erect boardIn
halls near the college so that :he girl
= can be near aud get cheaper board. lh
u college is nov taxed beyond It's capacity
the dormitories only accommodatln
e about 200 there are 2l2 boarding In th
Z college) aud there are 33S matrlculatet
II a student enters the college regularl,
(. she must rigidly adhere To the curricl
, lum-which demands one industrial al
L and three regular studies. But if a
W industrial education be sought, one ca
take The industrial department strictl
% and can assume "a much in the way {
u study as she can carry.
This college is immense in the scope {
its education, and with such breadth hs
D. has great thoroughness. No girl ca
y laze and go through the institution.
has
Te FOUR DEPARTMENTS
collegiate, normal, industrial, and Il
a. department of music aud fiue arts. The
~ there is post graduate course for IL
u benefit of professional students.
50 formed in telegraphy. phonograph
in type writing, book keeping, cutting an
making garments, free hand-drawin
a designing, printing, repousse and a
IL needle work.
n The normal department is a mo
IL important one, and its studies hig
". Several ladies are there who have bee
oil teaching, but who have larger ambitis
u now.
ld The normal style of recitation is pu
"a sued throughout the whole schot
ly Some pupil or pupils take the class
CT hand and bear recitations, while Z
Iss teacher has supervisory or revise
Up relation.
The college is an ornament to L
;. town. Tne chapel is really beautiful
* one of the hand somest rooms have Sc
xt in the South. did not, on this oes
er sion, get peep at the dormitori
iw which are ia charge of Mrs. A. L. Sho
8, matron; but on another occasion
u did. aud they are the sweetest lit
nests in the world--wonders of ii,
lic ness.
nd The only places did not visit (s7he
'ul recitations we're conducted) were I
iss rooms of Miss Mollie Z. Hopkins. d
tie ssor of vocal music, and 3liss Bette
of Clay. mistress of music and teacher
lso instrumental music.
or have studiously endeavored to absts
ass from anv attempt at particalariziBg I
OF merits Of any Of this most distinguish
corps of teachers, who are such orr
of ents to this institution. l should
pg- ashamed to say that did not higt
ats esteem them. / should be ashamed
ng ayow that am presumptious enough
tnx.s~o +, le irstiea tn their cfains mn