The Chickasaw messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1880-1900, 1888-04-12


where, complains that the editor
Of this paper had said con tho
floor ofths House during the ses-
sion of the Legislature, that the
heads Of departments Of the A. 4
NJ. College of Mississippi perform
ed very little labor, leaving the
work of instruction to their subor-
dinates." The Professor com
plains also that, we have made the
same statement from time to time
in the MESSENGER, "without max
ing an exception Of any depart
ment." We don't remember that
we ever made any direct inquiry
concerning the work in this De-
partment, and certainly we never
made any specific charges against
it, but perhaps in using the gener-
al term "Heads Of departments"
we did the Professor Of English an
injustice, if 50, we sincerely re-
gret it. 1t is possible also, if a
strict construction is to be placed
upon the language attributed to us,
that we ms,y have done other de-
partments at the College a similar
injustice at some time, and If we
have, we will make suitable
amende, but we are confident that
in the speech referred to by Prof.
Magruder, we mentioned the de-
partments to which we alluded,
specially, and IN so doing, we ae-
quilted ourselves Of any purpose
to make the charge general on
that occasion
We submit, by way of paliation
or excuse, for the error into which
the Professor says we have FALLEN,
(and he is supported by the certi6
Gates of three gentlemen, who
have been his "adiunots" at the Col
loge, which we also publish in this
issue that the knowledge we had
Of the early m9nagehent Of the
: Institution anu the information
we received, from what we re
garded as reliable sources, woulC
have justified the inference tha
= the same cred tape" system prac
? ticed in one department, prevaile,
in all, for the students in atten
Q dance at the College in 1880
+ numbered 354, and the Professo
e OF English had no Assistant, wbei
Y in 1867 the attendance was onl'
2 276, and the State was payin
+ $4,000 per annum for an adjunct
e to the present head of the depart
+ mont. We know also, that whe
1 we were a member Of the Board q
Trustees, complaint was made b
some of the faculty that, because q
the large number of students, the
were compelled to labor more tina
S "four hours a day" TO keep u
+ with their work. In view of thi
fact, it would n OF seem an unre;
! sonable deduction, when the nun
e Der of students to instruct wa
{ greatly diminished, and an ASST
4 tant was employed, who claims {
e have devoted "seven hours" of hi
; time daily to the work, that ther
n was little left for the Principal {
] do, unless, indeed, the former hoa
s of the department was endowe
n with more capacity for work tina
e the present incumbent and his ga,
e junct" combined. Ii may be il
a sisted, that the work now performe
e is more thorough and efficient, an
4 thus two Professors are proftabl
e employed with smaller and bette
h disciplined classes than the Pril
T cipal alone presided over at tn
n organization OF the College, bi
how the duties of the departmel
could be more laborious now tha
L then, we confess our inability /
IS comprehend. And how the "a,
II juncts" certifying to Prof. Magrl
II der's energy could arrive at IL
o conclusion that he did more wor
4 than any other Professor oceup,
9 ing a similar position in any 9th,
e institution, unless they themselv,
ot have served under other professor
y in a similar capacity, is anoth,