Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1900-12-06
MISSISSIPPI MATTERS.
NOTES OF PAST AND CURRENT EVENTS .
By ]. L. POWER.
NOTES OF A WEEKS OUTING.

NOTES OF A WEEKS OUTING.
The editor % this department left
Jackson on Thursday afternoon. No
vember the I'D. and reached Meridian
Just In time to take in the Mystic
shrine. Hamasa Temple has 4 national
reputation. and candidates who receive
the finishing touches st the hands %
sirs buchanan. Whit. RUBBISH. How
sri. waddell aud other experts % that
noble order are To 6e congratulated.
There Is nothing like H. There were
fourteen candidates. and they were be-
ing put through in t.yle when we had
take the 1000 train northward. Just
before retiring. the temple. by unani-
nous and enthusiastic vote. appropri-
ated 800 To the Natch-x Protestant
Orphan Asylum OF eourSr this gener-
ous act made them all feel better. and
better qualified them TO enjoy the fes-
Invites ~ the night
4 ride % four hour, over the splen-
aidly equipped " a ~ ta-Sk us 10 West
Point. where We rested aud brcakfas,ed
and Jeff for ~S,arkviiie at so West
Point has wonderfully improved since
our last visit. The little city has al air
- prosperity and push thai; Is decidedly
western. We were especially aRxioas
10 visit it, splendid public school and
southern Female College and t. ssri-
ouS industries We had the pleasure
- meeting oar newspaper frirnd. L. T.
Carlisle. editor % thr Leater. who's
paper has beca a great force IN the up
building % the city.
A. $50 - suand ourselves a. starr
silie. s4d an hour later President , -
Hardy had us ia his buggy g. a dnF,
10 the
Asns ~ csiIes.
We spent the morning ia going over
the grounds aad buildings. aud taking
note, ~ recent improvements We
found Prof. Mckay in a v-ry small
greenhouse with . very large elaSs CIV
ing them practical Instruction ia igri-
culture. lie then took them To- lettuce.
mustard and celery beds. and hts pu-
pills were evidently much interested.
Several had their pads and pencils, and
and were making notes of what the
professor said.
The new dormitory. 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 il ssO, and would b1 twice
that number IL the capacity was equal
To the demand for admission.
Among the mast noticeable Improve
ments is a reservoir that will hold go,
900 gallons that will be- supplied from
several artesian wells one a thousand
feet deep. A complete system OF sew
erage Is being constructed. 80 that with
wholesome water and up-to-date SAM.
tation the health will be greatly i'm.
proved.
Many inquiries have been made about
n 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 u d present session. The site
Is very commanding; they are now n,
work ON the first story. The machinery
has been ordered. aud. in view OF the
insufficient appropriation FOR equip
ment. 1t is very fortunate thai some
$4,000 worth Of machinery has already
been donated by Eastern manufactur
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 arr
to be erected all over our Southern
country. This is one substantial bene
ut that amply ~compensates for the de
lay 80 far. Had the buildings beer
rushed, these donations would not hav,
been secured. The Textile Schoo
building, when completed, will b,
two stories-s37 feet long and -
feet wide and will have tw,
towers In the meantime. theoretica
instruction is being given students VIII,
have entered tina, department, 80 tina
no time is being lost. One OF the spe
cial needs of the college is m infrm
AIRY. where fifty or more can be com
fortably provided for in case Of unusua
sickness of any kind. The chapel, OF
assembly hall. is entirely too small. L
should be converted into offices for tn,
president, secretary and other business
departments, and a building erected
that would answer for a chapel, Ii
brary n museum There are publi
OCCASIONS at the college when e000 q
more people desire TO attend all the ex
e~rcises. The State cannot afford (,
stint this college. II cannot stop wher,
1t is. IL must go ahead. Since it wa
established twenty years ago-th
population Of the State has Increase
nearly half q million. and the colleg,
must be expanded so as to mount tn
wave of Industrial progress il has beef
a mos, potent factor in creating.
The college lands embrace about 200
acres. much of il \ high state of expert
mental cultivation The hay crop yield
n surplus of 900 tom for market, sellinl
at % per ton. In the barus we sa,
some splendid Jerseys, Herefords. Hol
stems aud Aberdeen-AnguS The barn
are very primitive and unsightly a
fairs, and should be torn down, an,
others more suitable erected. Every
thing about q college Of this ella.
should be n model for Others to copy
None will copy the barns
There are very few students IN tn
college from other States and ro,,
tries. Those admitted pay tuition, tn
fees going to the campus fund. Their
are three students from Mexico Thei
parents stopped here a few days sine
on their way TO New York and wer
thoroughly delighted All matriculs
ton fees go the library.
On the campus is handsome NOM
ment erected by the Mississippi Stat
orange 10 the memorv Of Cant u '