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

mas 10 the eighteen graduates, as fol-
lows; t. H. Afford Pike; j, W. Armis-
tead, Madison; q. NJ. Bacot. Pike; j.
W. tassell, Madison; W. /, Cole Jas.
per' L, II, Conner, Calhoun; A. b. Cow.
den itawamhai r. G, Hand, Clarke; Il.
I, Nlekle, Panolai " W Rogers, Lau.
derdale; !, d, Sessums. Lowndes; c. r.
stnekard, Lowndes; W. /. Stone. Car
roIii j. W, Whitaker, Wilkinson; A. p.
i Watson, Oktibbeha; W. 4. Gladnev,
oktibbehai W, L. Goronllo, II. NJ.
/ Ihayer, Lellore.
The college has a strong faculty
most of them of the alumni The
trustees made no change in the force
except to fill vacancy by electiug W.
r. Hand assistant in chemistry, to the
full professorship. The announcement
] oil his promotion, and the arrival Of
nine,pound boy on the campus came to
hun all at about the same moment, and
was quite overpowering. He is a grad
uate OF tho college, and has been as
sistant professor of chemistry for sew
eral years. He is the son in-law of
Attorney-General Nash, and the gem
eral is so happy in being grandpa he
may not be able to investigate any
/ legal questions for a week or two.
Including the last class, the college
has turned out 1856 graduates, and with
out exception their record thus far is
one that the college and the State may
well be proud of. They rank high as
scientists, farmers, physicians, lawyers,
teachers, merchants, etc.
The new president, Elk Governor j.
NJ. Stone, is rapidly getting familiar
with his new duties. He has the en-
thusiastic cooperation of faculty and
| students, and under him the college
will be kept on the high and practical
plane maintained by his distinguished
predecessor.
am specially indebted to the profess
sors of agriculture and horticulture,
Messrs. W. c. Welborn and A. b.
Mckay, for drives over the broad acres
of field and garden crops in cultivation
/ by them; but the space already occu-
pied by these notes forbids extended
mention.
The college lands embrace about
1000 acres; and when | first saw them
in September, 1879, they gave little
promise of their present beautiful and
productive appearance. The majestic
trees and luXuriant grass that shade
and carpet the campus elicit express
sions of delight from all visitors. Prof.
| Welborn has 500 acres in cultivation
every species of field crop, vegetable,
grass, etc, and by system of rotation
makes two or three crops a year, He
is quite enthusiastic over the hairyvetch
grass, which enriches the land in win
ter as much as peas do in summer.
| The mellilotus, or honey clover, is also
one of his favorites.
Prof. McKay's garden and orchard
work occupies about 100 acres. What
| he doesn't know about Strawberries,
tomatoes, cabbage, beans, peas, onions,
asparagus, peaches, apples, plums and
the entire range of vegetables and
fruit it would not be worth while to at
tempt to learn. He drove me through
young peach orchard of 1000 trees
that would have made its first crop this
year but for the freeze. He pointed out
one asparagus patch that netted $3.50,
and sweet potato patch that Melted
$500. Al the crops on all the lands
amount to about $40, 600 year, most of
which is consumed in subsistence for
students and stock or expended in inn
provements. We counted seventy milch
COWS in one field. The butter is en-
gagged in advance in Birmingham, Mo.
bile and other cities.
The distance from the courthouse to
the college campus is a good long mile,
over a grayeled road. Agricultural
College is the express and postofice for
the students, and all letters should be
so addressed.
The next session will open Sept. 20.
On the college campus is handsome
monumental shaft, about 20 feet high,
bearing these inscriptions:
Capt. Put Darden Born March 10, 1896
Died July II, 1883. Age s. years, 4months,
days.
Erected as loving tribute by the Patrons
of Husbandry of the United States
Master of the State Grange and Master
Of the National Grange.
true patriot devout Christian.
Whether on the scanoId high
Or in the battles front,
The noblest place for man to die
Is where he dies for man.
This concludes our school notes fol
the year Ammo Domini 1899.
j. J.. P.
A package Of Hair-Netch grass seed
will be sent to any farmer by the secres