Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1893-05-25
UNIVERSITY or MISSISSIPPI
Impressions Made u91n 4 Visit
ia Stranger.

AL1D1 Hrrtf.
viii yen pardon me for AJAX
ing a little space ~ -uus talna-
bic paper 20 tell what an old 20
~ saw Iva Oxford at the recent
meeting OF the Ioung Mems
Christian Association. What i'm
pressed aud surprised your eor-
respondent more than anythin.
e ST.. was tie fact that ut the
home OF the gifted aud lameuted
Lamar, mississippi offers To the
yourg men aad women seeking
= thorough sud liberal eduea-
ton ous of, il not the finest in
stltu.ions of learning ia the
south Ia fact eGualled by few
and exeelled BY none, unless,
perhaps the University If Vir-
gina The writer went to Ok
fnTd thoroughly irabued with
the idea that the State Of Mls-
sissippi bad an Institution OF a
high Sounding nams but which
VAS anything e SO tnaH a Cniver
sity ia rts real work ia fIct 5a~e
about the same relation to "a
genuine University, as the m.
merous academies, dubbed col,
leges. does to "A real college. aud
various pedagCgues 0f "A i've
moGths public school, eaum1u-
" called professors. does 10 one
Who ~ his quaint alton aud
learning IL entitled 10 this dis
tiucfiOn. Bat the wti.er Is hap
.PT 20 say thu: the two days Oh
servati0n and inquiry convinced
him of bis mistake, and that tie
State of Mississippi has a real
University, which, it II cJB.ia
ues on the plan that is now con
templ4ted wiIl soon he to the
Gulf States and the Southwest
What the University Of virginia
has been to the entire south
The trustees, at their last meet
ir.. did a most wise thing; they
abolished the preparatory Ge
Dartment. Though Il has been
the opinion Of the Board for
some time that this department
shO ia be- discontinued, it has
been afraid to take this step be
cadse it was thought there
would be reduction ia The uum-
Der OF the students, and e0nse
qnently the legislature would
reduce the appropriation. While
the effect OF this action for one
or two years may De to reduce
the number of students, yet
when !. il known tina; when one
says that he has been to the
University of Mississippi tor
such and such a time, 1t means
that he has really received a lib
eral education then its walls
Will be crowded not only by the
sons of Mississippi. desiring a
higher education, bat also from
the neighboring States, and the
Legislature. If the matter i. pre-
scented TO them ia Its true hight.
Will not reduce the apprOprII-
but on tho contrary. il pos
si5le. shonld increase it Tie
faculty are men eEIminent ia
heir departments, aud could
and would command positions
in schools of the highest stand
ard in this country. The choice
OF Prot. f 3 Fulton, rs Chaneel
Tor, was most happy. for he com
hines with true learning what Is
most rare Gne executive ability
Prof. Hogue, while known to
the writer to be most modest.
has no superior as aGreek sehBl
ar IN the South.
The buildings and grounds are
all that could be desired The
grounds are spacious and bean
tIful. The Ebratory il most
complete. and a new telescope
is being put into the astr0nomi
cal department. All religious
denominations are represented
in the Faculty, and while not at
al, sectarian. there Is EervadingI
the University that religious
and moral influence so essential
TO the well educated man, and
without which higher educ ition
is moEe likely to become a curse
than a blessing.
To one desiring to send their
soEs and daughters TO a place
where they will receive u thor
ough education under the prop
er Influences, the writer knows
of no better place than the Uni
versity of Mississippi. To 4
man of means who desires to
move TO 4 place to educate his
boys and girls, Oxford offers al
vantages not exeelled by any
Southern town. q.
YazdO City, May Is. 1888
The Supreme Court of the
United States on April 10Th de