The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-07-07
A. and NJ. College.

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THE "second Decennial Catalogue of
.,e mississippi Agricultural and Me-
ssarical College gives the result of a
Sar7 successful year-the twentieth OF
.si,soe history. The total enrolment
Gov the session was 3se.
rho Philotechnic and Dialectic Liter
r societles had their exercises on the
ns,;nos of the 18th and 18th, and were
attended by a~ppreciative audience.
The commencement sermon and the
uor before the Y. NJ. G. A. were
uraacbed in the college chapel on the
mornipe and night of Sunday, the 18th,
hv Rev. DR.. Alexander Gilchrist of
p%ittsburg, Pa. 1t was not our pleasure
En- hear either discourse, but we heard
tbem universally spoken of as elo-
ouent. edifying and instructive. The
chapel was crowded on both occasions.
Monday, the 18th, was military
nav" and the day on which the sopho-
mores acclaimed for the Magruder
medal. The following practical sub
iects were discussed by the contestants:
s.The relation of the farm to the State;''
manufacturing the need of the
SOUTH 1.-THE value of a Textile School
TO Mississippi "Dairying;" ''The ne
c.ssity for the restoration and preser-
vation of our soil;" Sorghum and its
products;" "a garden of beauty THE
present state of electrical science"
The medal was won by G.. E. Estes, of
Enterprise, whose subject was: MAN
ufacturing the need of the South"
The sham battle and dress parade
took place in the afternoon, and drew
great crowds from town and surround
ing country.
At $50 pm. the Juniors entered on
their debate for the Alumni medal.
The question for discussion: Resolved,
That the annexation of the Philippines
would prove beneficial to the United
States government. Judges; Hon. Writ
Adams, Hon. E. +. Noel, Rev. DIR. Gill
christ. For affirmative: Joseph d.
Guyton, Leslie ellis. For negative:
Richard w. Barrett, John NJ. Kimbrough.
Tuesday, the 10th, was Industrial
Dav. There was an exhibition and sale
of beef cattle, both pure bred and
grades. The exhibition was generally
complimented, and a good many sales
were made.
The delivery Of graduating addresses
commenced at II o'clock and continued
until the dinner hour. The addresse.
were all on practical and appropriate
TOPICS. One of the addresses was b.
Miss E. b. Galloway, whose subjec
was, women in the professions"
Senator Money had offered a prize o
fifty dollars to the member of the grad
uating class delivering the best ORATOR
aud presenting the strongest paper
The judges were: Superintendent II
L.. Whitfield, Hon, James +. McCoo
and Hon. D. A. Tompkins, of Nortl
Carolina. They awarded the prize t
Mr.. E. l.. Dukate, of Biloxi, whose sub
ject was THE industrial expression q
the South" The second place was wo
-. by Mr.. 1. G. Thompson, of Louisiana
whose subject was 1.-THE dawn OF tn
twentieth century" and favorable mel
The exhibition shop practice in tn
afternoon was very creditable, an
greatly enjoyed by the visitors.
The Alumni exercises closed the pre-
gram of a most interesting day. Their
was a large audience. Mr.. Magrude
an alumnus, and a member of the loo;
bar, introduced speakers in f~elicitor
terms. Mr.. p. K. Whitney, editor Fa,
cite Chronicle, discussed ''Charactei
in a short but well-written paper, an
DIR. E. NJ. Holder, of Memphis, discus
cd in alearned and entertaining way G
The sovereignty of the mind"
Wednesday, thesaQth, was Commenc
ment Day. The weather was not vel
promising, but there vas a great ar
expectant audience, for Hon. w. J
Cox. of Prentiss, was on the program
orator of the day. When Introduce
the greeting that he received amount'
to an ovation. The presentation of b
subject, THE twentieth century al
the South" held the audience spe
bound to the close. Mr.. Cox more tn;
sustained his reputation as an accol
plished orator and profound thinke
His grafton was the event of the wee
The presentation of medals followe
Mr.. Whitehead delivered the Soph
more medal to Mr.. c. E. Estes; DIR. G
christ, the junior medal to Mr.. E.
Dukate; Lieut.-Gov. Harrison, t
money prize a
President Hardy presented the Geor
scholarship, which was won by Mr..
l.. Muldrow, Of the Freshman class.
Both Mr.. Cox and Judge Harrist
after paying beautiful tributes to G'
Stone, the former president, referred
most complimentary terms to Pre-
dent Hardy, who has met the expec
lions of his friends in the manner
which he has taken hold of cole
affairs. He at once won the conidei
and respect of the students; and
conviction is decided and general Il
the college is under competent and S
direction, so far as the president is c
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