Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1900-12-08
NOTES OF A WEEKS OUTING.

ing put through in ,;vle when we ha
take the 1850 train northwari. Ju
before retiring, the temple, by unan
nous and enthusiastic vote. appropr
ated 500 to the Natehez ProteStar
/ Orphan Asylum. OF course this gene,
/ Gus act made them all feel better, an
better qualified them 10 enjoy the fet
tiyities of the night
A ride OF four hours over the spler
didly equipped NJ. Il O. took US to Yves
/ Point, where we rested and breakfasts
and left for Starkyile at $50. Yves
Point has wonderfully improved sine
our last visit. The little city has an al
Of prosperity and push that is decided,
western. We were especially anxiou
to visit its splendid public school an,
southern Female College and its vari
Gus industries. We had the pleasure
Of meeting our newspaper friend, L. 7
Carlisle, editor of the Leader, whost
paper has been great force in the up
building Of the city.
At $3.50 we found ourselves at Stark
Vile and an hour later President j. {
Hardy had us in his buggy FOR driy,
to the
A. and NJ College.
We spent the morning in going over
the grounds and buildings. and taking
notes OF recent Improvements. We
found Prof. Mckay in a very small
greenhouse with q very large class Civ
ing them practical instruction in AJri,
culture, lie then took them to lettuce
mustard and celery beds, and his pu,
pills We're evidently much interested
Several had their pads and pencils, and
and were making notes of what the
professor said.
The new iormitory, which is nearly
finished, will have forty rooms, and will
accommodate eighty students. The
college will need two or three more
buildings Of same capacity. The en-
rollment is 40, and would be twice
that number if the capacity was equal
to the demand for admission.
Among the most noticeable improve.
ments is a reservoir that will hold $50
600 gallons that will be supplied from
several artesian wells, one a thousand
feet deep. a complete system of sew
erage is being constructed, so that with
wholesome water and up-,o-date saui-
tation the health will be greatly i'm
proved.
Many inquiries have been made about
The Textile school,
And Impotence expressed at the delay
in erecting the buildings, The build
ings will be completed and the Textile
School will be in full operation by the
close Of the present session. The site
is very commanding; they are now at
work on the first story The machinery
has been ordered, and, in view of the
insufficient appropriation for equip
ment, it is very fortunate that some
$4,000 worth of machinery has already
been donated by Eastern manufacture.
ers, who in this way advertise their
business, aud keep it before the young
men who are to be trained in our Tex
tile School to operate the mills that are
to be erected all over our Southern
country. This is one substantial bene-
fit that amply compensates for the de.
lay so far. Had the buildings been
rushed, these donations would not have
been secured The Textile School
building, when completed, will be
two stories-257 feet long and IS
feet wide and will have two
towers, In the meantime, theoretical
instruction is being given students who
have entered that department, so that
no time is being lost One of the spe.
cial needs of the college is an infirm-
airy, where fifty or more can be com
fortably provided for in case of unusual
sickness of any kind. The chapel, or
assembly hall, is entirely too small. 1t
should be converted into offices for the
president, secretary and other business
apartments, and building erected
that would answer for chapel, H.
orary and museum, There are public
occasions at the college when 1000 or
more people desire to attend all the ex-
ercises. The State cannot afford to
stint this college, 1t cannot stop where
t IS. 1t must go ahead Since it was
established - twenty years ago the
population of the State has increased
nearly half million, and the college
must be expanded so as to mount the
wave of industrial progress it has been
most potent factor in creating.
The college lands embrace about 1000
lcres, much of it high state of expert.
mental cultivation. The hay crop yields
surplus of 900 tons for market, selling
1t 50 per ton. In the barns we saw
'ome splendid Jerseys, Herefords, Hol-
'teins and Aberdeen-Angus. The barns
ire very primitive and unsightly af-
airs, and should be torn down, and
'thers more suitable erected. Every.
hing about college of this class
hould be model for others to copy.
None will copy the barns.
There are very few students in the
college from other States and coun-
ries. Those admitted pay tuition, the
ees going to the campus fund. There
ire three students from Mexico. Their
parents stopped here few days since
IN their way to New York and were
thoroughly delighted. All mat.tcula-
ion fees go the library.
On the campus is a handsome monu-
nent erected by the Mississippi State
irange to the memory of Capt. Put
)arden; born March 10, 1896; died July
Z, 1888. Age SO years, months, Z
lays. A true patricia devout Chris
ian. -
On one of the sides is this sentiment:
Whether on the scalIold high,
Or In the battles front,
The noblest place for man to die
Is where he dies for man."
No mistake was made in the appoint
nent OF Prot. j. c. Hardy to the presi-
Iency of the A. and NJ. College. He
measures fully and squarely up to all
he requirements of the position; and
% far as l could observe, or inquire, he
las won the confidence, love and re-
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