The Tupelo journal., 1903-07-24
MATTERS.
Executive Committee of the Board of
Trustees Of the University of Mis-
sissipni HID lnnortant Meefino.

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sissippi Hold Important Meeting.
The Executive Committee of the
of Trustees of the University
Of Mississippi met at the University
and transacted business of great i'm.
portance, with the settlement of which
the committee had been charged by
the Board of Trustees. The commit
tee completed the organization of the
of Medicine in the Uni
of Mississippi. This depart
will undertake a course cover
ing the first two of a full four years
course in medicine. 1t does not now
to grant degrees in medi-
cine, but by arrangements made with
the Medical Association of the South
ern States and the American Associ-
alton, the completion of the course
Of two years at the University Of Mis-
will entitle a student to full
credit for two years work in any med
ical college in the country. That the
work done at the University of Mis-
sissippi will be most thorough is
shown by the preparations which have
been made and the personnel of the
Instruction will be given in
luooC tJplC WHICH are lunudIuSHJdl
in the study of medicine. Special at
tention will be given to the study
of anatomy. Provision has been made
for the erection Immediately of a dis
secting laboratory and for the equip
ment of a meteorological laboratory.
To the faculty has been added DR..
James B. Bullitt, who has for six
years been connected with the medical
faculty of the University of Virginia.
DR.. Bullitt is a native of Kentucky.
He is an A. B. and a graduate of Wash
ington and Lee University, and an
M. d. graduate of the University of
Virginia. From the faculty of the Uni
versity of Virginia he brings the high
est ccmmendation. He has made a
most favorable impression personally
upon the authorities of the University
of Mississippi. He is sure to win for
his work in the important field of bac-
teriology high distinction. DR.. Bullitt
will have charge also of the work of
anatomy, He had the position of dem
onstrator of anatomy in the Univer-
sity of Virginia for several years. The
work in the department of medicine
calls for enlargement of the work be-
longing to the chairs of chemistry and
biology. The Executive Committee
appointed Messrs. w. A. Stevens and
II. R. Fulton, graduates of the Uni
versity of Mississippi, assistants to
the professor of chemistry and the
professor of biology, respectively.
The archaeological and ~dissecting
laboratories will be at once fitted with
all needful appliances, and all ar.
rappomontc proIimjnarv IN tho oman
ing of the school of medicine for stu
dents will be Immediately completed.
This department will be open for the
reception of students at the beginning
of next session. Work in this depart
ment will continue through nine
months of each year.
The Executive Committee also com.
pleted the organization of the Depart
ment of Education, by the election of
three additional officers. The COM
mittee established a chair of Psycholo-
gy, Character Study and Culture His
tory, and elected to this chair Prof.
Thos. Pearce Bailey, Jr., A. M, Phi. D.
Prof. Bailey is a native of South
Carolina, a graduate of South Caro-
lima College, and was formerly fellow
in Clark University. He has served
in several'positions in his native State,
was professor in the Department of
Education in the University of Cali
fornia, and at the time of his cleo
ton to the University of Mississippi
he held a position in the Department
of Education in the University of Chi
cago. Prof. Bailey has done pedago-
gical work in the summer term of the
University of Mississippi during the
present summer, and his instruction
has been most profitable. The an
nouncement of his election was re-
ceived with great enthusiasm by those
now attending the summer term on
the University. He is thoroughly
equipped. enthusiastic and earnest.
The Executive Committee elected
as associate professor in the Depart
ment of Education Prof. ]. w. Bell,
a native of Mississippi, a distinguished
of 1898, and Prof. Bell has had a large
and successful experience as teacher
and manager of schools in this State.
He is enthusiastic and earnest, and
his large acquaintance with educa-
tional conditions in Mississippi will
be of great value to the department.
The Executive Committee elected
Miss Eula Deaton, M. A, to the posi-
ton of Dean of Women. Miss Deaton
is n of the most talented daughters
of Mississippi. After graduating at
the Industrial Institute and College,
she entered the University, and in
1895 received from this institution the
degree of Master of Arts, being the
first woman to take this degree from
the University of Mississippi. She
has held various positions as teacher
in the Industrial Institute and College
at Columbus, in Agnes Scott Insti-
tute, Decatur, Ca, and in several in
stitutions in the Northwest. Miss Dea-
ton will have charge of some classes
to be assigned, and she will be spe-
cially charged with the moral and So
cial interests of the young women at
tending the University. Her splendid
character, her refinement and culture,
and her tact and ability give every as
surance that, without welding author
ity, she will influence and direct to-
wards every noble aim the lives of the
young ladies attending the University.
With the election of the officers
above shown, and the completion of
LILY w" puiluihSS now III pioCeSS Vi
erection, and which will be ready
within a few weeks. the University
of Mississippi has begun a broader
course of instruction and a larger cs-
reer of usefulness, and the beginning
has been made under most favorable
auspices. A special bulletin making
announcement regarding the new
course offered will shortly be issued.
MISCELLANEOUS MENTION.