The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1888-09-20
THE LARGEST OPENING IN
ALL ITS HISTORY,
And Better Equipped for Work
Than Ever Before.
President Fitzhugh Has Proven
Himself the Right Man in
the Right Place.
Over 100 Boarding Pupils the
First Day.

ry. Over one hundred boarding pu-
pills answered to roll call at the open
ing, and others have been coming by
every train. If there have ever been
prophets of evil who predicted that
the College would so down under the
administration of the new President,
all such have lived to see themselves
more miserable failures than jobs
comforters.
Aside from the hattcring opening
just noted, there are also other facts
which presage bright future for the
College. Its Faculty, Curriculum and
general equipment are unsurpassed
by any College in the South.
The Faculty will consist of four
teen accomplished teachers, five of
whom are College-hrcd male Profess
SOra.
In organizing the various depart
ments of instruction. the utmost care
has been used, and only teachers who
have proven their fitness for the posi-
tons they fill, have been employed.
THE LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC De
PARTMENTS
Will furnish every facility for acquir-
ing Il thorough English and classical
education. Special attention will be
given to the instruction of pupils in
the lower classes, with view of cor
recting defects of preparatory train
ing which so often mar the education
of College graduates.
1t will be gratifying to the friends
of the College to know that Miss Ma
riOn Brown, who was formerly CON
nccted with the Faculty of iustruc-
ton; will again be employed in the
Literary Department. Miss Brown
has inst completed IA st-graduate
course at the famous National Nor
NAL School at Oswego, n. Y, and in
addition to her rare requirements in
English branches, speaks and writes
the French and German languages
with the greatest tluency.
The teacher of elOcution this ses-
sion will be Miss Lulah Ragsdale, of
Brookhaven, who has distinguished
herself as writer, and won wide
reputation as an elocutiOniSt, besides
possessing the highest qualities for a
teacher
THE MUSIC DEPARTMENT.,
under the direction of Prof VIM.
Hcnnings, Il graduate of the Royal
Conservatory of Dresden, will afford
advantages of the highest order.
Prof. Hennings will have associated
with him five accomplished music
teachers, and a thorough Conservato-
~ course will be arranged for those
who desire to perfect themselves in
this department. 1t would he we'll
for young ladies who wish to qualify
themselves for teaching music, to
avail themselves of the CXtraordina-
ny advantages to be enjoyed at Whit
worth College.
THE SCHOOL. OF ART
will be in charge of Miss Carrie G..
Lewis, one OF the most accomplished
artists and successful teachers in the
South. Her success in this depart
mcnt in Tuscaloosa, Ma, and at Mar
tina Washington College, Va, was so
marked as to call forth the highest
concentrations from eminent critics.
TIE BOARDING DEPARTMENT
this session will be under the imme-
date superintendent of the Presi-
dent and his wife. A representative
of the LEADER visited the College
last Monday afternoon by invitation
of President Fitzhugh, and was
shown through all the buildings and
grounds. We had expected to note
improvements, but nothing so thor
ough, neat and convenient as we real
~ found. During the vacation the
Boarding Department has been thor
oughly overhaulcd and renovated
" from pit to dome" Margaret Hall,
capable of comfortably rooming 1874
boarders, has been put in thorough
repair and reprinted, and every room
refurnished with new furniture and
upholstery and made to look as coy
as a parlor. Water is now carried to
to this building by pipe from large
overground cistern, IA convenience
never enjoyed before, and the an
rangement for heating each room by
steam is complete. The large col
lege building has also been freshened
up by the kalsomine and paint brush,
and Vice President Murrah and his
charming wife, now occupy the two
large front rooms.
The culinary and laundry depart
ments were also visited and found to
be in perfect keeping with the rest
everything new and neat and in the
best of order. An immense new cook
ing range, of improved pattern,
adorns the large neat kitchen and
guarantees ample cooking capacity
to the President and his largely in
creased family. In short, no pains or