Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1900-12-06

by President Hardy the young mer
unanimously pledged themselves "a
qui, IL; aud II there is q cigarette
smoked on the grounds OF in the rooms
IL Is in violation o. . promise tina,
means discipline. and expulsion IL per.
sisted IN. The students were reminded
tia, the mission u the college was Ia
train mem for the business Of life; that
many Of the great corporations will not
employ cigarette smokers. and no guar.
anty company will make q bond for an
applicant where this question has been
answered in the Affirmative.
In the afternoon IL was our privilege
TO give the students Eight Years %
Mississippi History aud felt eompli-
mentsd By the appreciative attention
from start 90 finish A. night tn.
chapel was filed 10 s~e rad hear Ralph
BinRham-the first % a lecture cor-.e
lie "a An elocutiooist. violinist. pianist
~ vocaiis;-a w.sole show in himself.
We were placed ,o 80 many evil
deDces % prosperity in starkviile. no,a-
by = new >ebooihoas~. that cost SIA-
~ % which Prof. J. H. woodarI Is
principal. with six teacher aud al en-
rOlim~nt Of az 4 new olrrthons~ IL
TO b erected. nj a cn.t Of : kea Th.
pr-s>nt baildinx Wa erected a. late as
i>-i. bot Il = badly cracked. ana. like
the cd capitol IL .ieaks even to the
grUund for T. j. really dangerous
and Il gill nS BE palled down any too
sSon MaEy nov ant hand~,un~ resi-
asa% ave ScsE erected since cor la,
-rEI Wat~r~ork~ an oiiHiil. and
other improvements have o~~u mac.
and electro lights will come Ia lie
tine The Tim-S And I.anner seem 20
b. P~ro~p>ring. and our frieui Ward
saFs h- y rr4dy for the nex; press ex-
earsion-to the Par American ExpSi-
tSpn. Niagara FAli. and other points Of
interes; eastward.
The hospitality of orr good friend.
Simon Fried. aud his interesting family.
added immensely 10 the pleasure Of our
brief visit.
leaving ssarkvill- a; go p m. Sa,ur-
day We were ia Columbus. va Artesia.
al 80 We certainly felt greatly hon
ored in finding Mrs Gen. =. D. Lee in
her carriage waiting 10 take us To her
huspitable home. The General had gone
20 Ntcksburg 30 military park business
our frst buslness a visit % con.
d~Olence to President A A. Kincannon
and his good wife on ,he death Of their
little son. Barksdale. who was a most
promising child. aud " h was taken
from them after a few days sickness
lie was the idol of his parents. and the
universal i4vorite Of the entire college.
for the little fellow seemed TO think
that the college was Ia his special keep
ing. He rang the bell for chapel exer.
eises every morning. and did many
other little acts OF service to endear him
To the students and faculty. His fun
eral took place from the college chapel
and many tender tributes were paid to
the memory of the precious child. The
bereaved ones can take some comfort
from the fact that while he cannot come
back To them, they can 90 10 him.
Most OF the improvements for which
the legislature made special a~ppropria.
lions ave been completed. The anne,
To Columbus has f~orty-seven rooms. and
they are all o~ccupied-two to eael
room. The infrmary Is a handsom.
building, admirably constructed for tn.
purpose, and will accommodate fifty o,
more patients The annex and infirm
airy cost $4,000. and the cost of light
ing, heating and plumbing will b,
about 5000 more. There are AS girl,
now in the collage. and 900 OF thes.
have rooms in the dormitorieS II tn.
accommodations WERE doubled so wouls
be the attendance We heard a sympa
theiic young miss express the wish
that every girl in the State could b,
in the Girls College"
Liberal a. were the appropriations I,
the l. l. and {. at the last session, the,
were not sufficient To supply othe
pressing needs, the most urgent o
which Is a new laundry. the one now II
operation being in n low cellar, will
a~ntiquated and badly worn machinery
More than GOO pieces 90 TO the colleg,
laundry each week.
A library building and a music hal
are also needed There are IS piano
in the buildings. and 1855 music pupil.
A nice start has been made for
library, some 1000 volumes having bee,
purchased.
:, The industrial departments are full
TO o~veraowing. There 10 in the sew
ing class, i5a in stenography. type
writing and teIegr4phy. and 50 in al
|, the Others
The kitchen and dining rooms ar
among the most important and inter
esting features of the college. Alarg,
bakery furnishes the best Of bread
They were baking biscuits for dinner
IL takes just s,ooo to go round. and n,
surplus School girls usually obey tn,
i, seriptural injunction To cat what /
! set before them Those at the colleg
have specially good appetites. which /
the best evidence ~ good health.
!. The health % the college is in goo.
i hands In ~ large a number there ar
always a few sick, but at the eolIeS,
they have the best medical atten,io,
and nursing. Three were quite sic. /.
the date OF our visit
II was . special privilege to s.ten.
the chapel exercises on sabbath morn
. ing. and to see nearly 500 young some,
unite in the services.
The Industrial Institute and Coles
Is the first and greatest school Of !,
kind on this continent
90 Monday n~ornir- we dropped IL
on the white public SecooI Fransli,
Academy. of which Prof J. " R.rro,
has been principal for t-wenty-seve,
/, years This is the Oldest. and rreoy
y nized among the bcs= public school, 1
: Mississippi 1t has an enrollneu. >
about 800, with IA teacher We vi,it-
some OF the class rooms n wer
specially pleased with the performance
of the little tots of the frs, grade.
Columbus is steadily improving CON
merciAlly and otherwise. She ha.