The Chickasaw messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1880-1900, 1888-09-13
otRcoNGRNruLArIoNs.

The Board Of rris~tce, of thcLL6
G.. has elected M. Chas. II. Cooke. q
real estate agent Of Columbus. 10 thc
presidency of that Institution. maa,
vacant by The resignation Of Dr. o.
W. Jones. Mr. Cooke j., an elegant
gentleman, and it Is believed hi. ap-
poiuimeut {. about the best thing the
Board could have done, unless they
had chosen 70 make their selection
from the list Of eight or nine distiu
guished educators whose names worr
presented. Il is conceded too. thai
Mr. CockeS appointment is appropri-
ate both in view OF his experience in
the real estate business and the fat
that Lowndcs county has in great
measure monopolized the school. Mr..
Cooke lives in Columbus and is said
10 constitute the tenth member Of o
faculty (consistingwc believe, of TWEEN
ty-six in ALL hailing nom Lowudcs-
a county boasting lcs, than 800 white
girls Of educablc age, as shown by MI
Preston's latest report, and enjoying
the privilege OF furnishing 50 student,
in the Cpllege-about one-third the tu-
tai average attendance. To make th,
College a success on such basis. VIII
require great tact and skill in liking
the price ofreal estate in otherportious
Of the State, and so arranging the pay
mcnts that all Lowndes' ''tirst clas-
citizens may obtain a place in the fac
ulty Of the Gilded Elephant and all
her girls may receive % tony education
before the farm lands now in cultiya-
tion become exhausted, and the own
ors thereof bc compelled to abandon
| them TO the scientific hand of ihr
"tombstono agent" supplied by twin
educational Institution. That Ma
Cooke viii prove equal to such an
emergency nobody can doubt, WHOM
Il is remembered that his superior i,-
telligence, his former occupation md
/ his landable sympathy for his imm-
diate uciehbors and friends to whom
he mu-i feel greatly indebted for his
recer elevation, all conspifS to the
+ TcomrHshmtnt oflhat end.y w V5Ia
OF our wool hat in the luminous pres
encc of the Board of Trustees, aud
stand IN awe and admiration at the
wonderful ease and facility with
which It's members till vacanrie. OF
such magnitude
But recently it had been heralded
all over the State that the parsimoui-
business ot a wool hat Legislature
would drive from Mississippi able ed
ucators, whose places could not be sup-
piled, and yet when vacancy does or-
cur, nine experienced educators and a
real estate agent are "ready, willing
and a waiting to take his place. and
the professor Of real estate is chosen
by a large majority. And it catae
to pass too, that the worthy successor
of one Of the aforesaid incOmparabl
educators resided under the very shade
ow Of the College, where he only had
to glance at the tan tower, with the
= big clock attachment, to know how
= swiftly the hours glided by. Thu,
p demonstrating the fact for which we
have always contended, that great uiet
capable Of becoming great educator,
are not scarce IN Mississippi
We congratulate Columbus, thai an-
other one Of her eminent citizen, ba,
/ been placed an the States pension r..
we congratulate Lowudes county, that
+ in the progress of human events, lt
, has gained another point tending lo-
ward more perfect monopoly OF tht
school in future; we congratulate the
Board Of Trustees that the supposed
e arduous labor deyolviug upon them
to find a lit successor for Dr. Jones.
was so simplitied boy the united effort
of4he good people OF Columbus, q. g
render the selection a real pleasure
E and we congratulate the real estate
fraternity everywhere that so long
State Institutions are to be fostefet
for the benefit of ~the rich and we'll
horned" the chances are that higher
honors and more profitable employ
ment are in store for them, no matter
who competes, provided always tae>
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