The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1891-10-03


a captivating style, commanding
the closest attention. and evident
| ~ made a deep impression on the
young men for whom it was
specially intended. He was re-
quested, by vote of the audience,
TO write out the address for publ.
cation IN pamphlet form.
Several gentlemen were then
called upon, when State Treasurer
kvans Rev. Dr.. Christian, J. l..
Power aHd DIR. j. b. Gambrell
responded in complimentary and
cpngratulatOry terms. DIR. Gam.
brell's talk was quite amusing,
pathetic and practical. Until he
was twenty years of age, he had
never seen man who had been
ut College, and his first visit to a
UnWernlty was during war times,
when his command was near
Charlottesville, Va. He realized
what he had lost IN earlier years,
but he was laborng now that
Others might huve opportunities
denied to INN; and when his work
Is done, be wished no better
ep taph on the the slab that may
mark h,s resting place than this,
'.Here hrs one who loved the
young men of Mississippi"
About one hundred students
had registered before the exer-
clses commenced and there were
fifty or sixty Others enrolled dur
ing the afternoon. The indications
are that the session will number
two hundred and fifty students.
The question of the removal Of
Mississippi College to Jackson,
Meridian, or some other railroad
center, is one that Is now agliat-
ing the denomination; and the
settlement Of this question, It has
been well said, sis OF infinite
moment to its present and future
well-being." Herce the Baptist
State Convention, at its session IN
July last, appointed committee
of nine to consider the whole sub
ject, and report to the next Con.
venil0n, when that body will
finally and forever settle tie col
lege location. The committee
consists Of John Powell, of
Grenada; b. w. Griffith, Of
jackson; w. II. Tribette, of
Terry; b. L. Kimbrough. Of
Oxford; 5. d. Lee, of 5 SarkyilIe,
u. d. Davis, of Brookhaven; r.
b. Boner, of Sandersville; II. w.
Holland, of Canton, and +. r.
Num-, of Shuqualak. These gentle
man will meet at Starkville on the
first Tuesday in October; at d
will adopt some plan for carry
ing out effectuhlly the object Of
their appointment. They will, at
any time previous to the meeting
Of next Convention, receive pro-
positions from any place IN the
State, or from individuals, as to
Lands or gifts IN money. upon com
dltlon that the College remains at
Clinton, Or is removed TO some
other locality.
Until the question of permanent
location Is finally determined E,
there will be few, il any improve
ments, made on present property !:
but should the College remain at
Clinton, there will be another
story added to the college chapel.
and other needed buildings will
be erected. Ia the meantime
communities tLat may desire to
secure The removal OF Mississippi
College to their midst, should take
note of the foregoing. The city of
jackson is becoming quite an ed
ucatlonai center, hnd the addition
of an institution like this would
mean much more to the prosperI-
ty of the city than the thousands
of dollars that would be annually
spent here bY the faculty and
students. The College, where it Is
hls glorious history of success,
and the Conyention will deliberate
long and carefully before it con-
sents TO removal bat the SUBJ
stantial inducements may be such
as to justify such a conclusion.
In the meantime, the work of In
creasIng the endowment will be
vigorously pushed, and the in.
dIcations are that the high-watel
mark of one hundred THOUSAND
dollars will be reached before tn,
Convention meets 10 1s92.-Jack
son Clarlon-Ledger.
Children Cry for Pitchers Castoria.