The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1899-07-15
-, 4. ANp NJ COLLEGE.

:" ...fuI commencement
,ts privilege Of this writer to
!. aIasfng exercises of the Ag.
Ind Mechanical college, near
ma. and as some notes of the
', nav interest the public, they
- Mbmitted'
Moe was established by act APP
Nh as 1878. The cornerstone
t.rel was laid Sept. %, 1879, and
~, ~.Is was opened, with $50 stu,
og 6. 1850, 1t owes its origin
If congress, 1862, ito encour.
Establishment OF industrial col
.,be states to benefit agricul-
ID mechanic arts. The land
Matted TO Mississippi represented
ceres. which was sold by Gov.
90 cents per acre, realizing
=. This, by good management,
,,o,sed to S227, 1850, which was
n in state bonds, placed to the
tlrorn and A. and NJ. colleges.
am of $4,000 of the amount to
Ar of the a. and NJ. was used in
.,b,se Of lands. The interest at
cent Yields an annual income OF
so,
general scope of the college is
.sd in tho act of congress donat,
n lands, and in the act of the
,nre accepting the scrip: THE
4 i,bment and maintenance of a
las. institution, at which the
n the State may acquire CON
Il school education and q scientific
(. tactical knowledge of agricultu' e,
,,,ture and the mechanic arts; also
rronqr growth and care of stock
nf however, excluding other
1tse and classical studies, includ-
Military tactics.
Nh selection of a faculty General
sn D. Lee was chosen president,
h. continued as such to May 1,
when he resigned for another, but
I,orq exalted sphere of usefulness.
emf the college within the sphere
creation. and it is recognized as
l. the very best of its class in the
Ii States All that is needed to
lIete its equipment is textile
II which it is hoped the next legis-
/ will establish. The mechanical
lrment has been substantially de-
he'd within the last few years, and
textile school added, its gradu-
Will not only be able to give in
Elton in scientific and practical
Eulmre and horticulture, and the
|anic arts, but many will be quail
10 direct the operations of great
|aiacturing plants to be hereafter
kished in our State.
/ session just closed, considering
Interruptions of last fall, was very
porous. The enrolment was 27I,
bom Is graduated in the agricul-
course and in the mechanical
se
le commencement exercises were
interesting throughout, and there
an unusually large attendance Of
bis, and from all sections of the
e commencement sermon was
ahed by Bishop Thomas f. Gailor,
emphis. lie measured fully up to
Ugh expectations that his reputa-
had created. His text, Matthew
And he saith unto him, Friend,
earnest thou in hither not having
adding garment? And he was
HESS, furnished him with a
e for a discourse that delighted all
heard it. This was not my priv.
but | heard him Sunday night,
he preached for the Y NJ. c. A.
Isaiah, 6:S: "Also | heard the
of the Lord saying, Whom shall |
and who viii go for us? Then
Here am l; send me, After
nsiTe exercise, and splendid music,
ishop calculated his text in dis
e OF thirty minutes. He spoke
)nt notes, and with such rapidity
no stenographer could possibly
pace with him. He is an original,
found thinker, but before you can
zone grand thought he gives you
in such rapid succession, you
J know, when he gets through,
You are. He is a man of com
ing presence born bishop.
Especial personal interest in see
ID hearing Bishop Gailor He was
ID Jackson the son of Frank NJ,
! who was printer and publisher
'kSon from 1858 to the war period,
he enlisted in the Confederate
e and was killed at the battle of
Vile Frank Gailor was foreman
True Witness" in the spring of
md 1t was in response to an inyi-
from him that left New Orleans
accepted cases under him. His
was Charlotte Moffatt. On the
OF her husband she removed to
his and educated her son for the
n.y. They are pleasantly remem-
by some of the older citizens of
ime,
regular program of commence
,-'ei Uses began MONDAY morning
'eloek. The chapel could not ac-
'date more than one-half the Wis
and the students simply entered
cor and passed out through an
Except those who took part in
'oates, essays and orations, the
us We're unable to witness any of
'erelses, or to hear either of the
as The necessity for a larger
e'ler arranged building is very
mt.
sophomores occupied the plat
Their orations were original,
L We're well acclaimed, and in
practical. The speakers and
Is were: H. l.. Winston, Ma