Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1903-04-25
Laying Of the Corner Stone Of
the A. & N. COLLEGE.


the A. & N. College
The LAYING o. the Corner stone az n
g new $40. 600 Science Hall tthe A an
: ST. College marks sn ssg ia fBs EI1e.
aoazl History 5f the state -s Miss.
appi. over 300 people were present
A special train came ever from Colun
"a bos bearing the entire stuisrt body
% the ]. l. and G., something ofer s..
girls Ths representative az Tn
Beacon happened 10 be "a tits train
The girls were assisted from the eoac
u by the A5iutsnt and Sergeant Major
p and formed &c the walk leading 70 Is
Chapel in front Of the calets. who's
guests they were The students Of bed
colleges then marched into the CHara
followed by the crowd 81 visitors b,
the rosuum were seated Secretary Wtl
son aud Gen stephen 2. Lee. bis
Lipscomb and Saunders from the Uni
versity. President Kircauuou from the
l. I and c.. Gov Lonsino. State
Superintendent Whitfield and the mem
bsrs Of the Board Of Trustees
The presidents address % welcome
was hearty and cordial, bearing I'M
pres Of strength Of purpose and Of char.
acter President Eincau1ou. repre-
ssntinz the sister school, st the close of
well chosen remarks, said, tha. with.
ont hesitation, for TIL. iav. he would
trust the hands Of tbs blue in the hands
Of the grey, confident Of q victory for
The blue Dr.. LiPscomb bespoke the
sympathy coed viii aud cooperation
Ct the Coiyersi,y with the grand work
o. the a and II. Our Cong sssuan.
Nj Ca1dlsr gave a sitting introduction
to the Secretary q Agriculture Mr..
Wilson spoke highly ot the welcome *.
tended by the people Of the South. told
as Of the work Of similar Institutions in
the other states, thea opening the main
body e his discourse be t5l3 Of the
great work being done by the Depar.
me1t Of Agriculture, embracing .b=
following The United State: is Tie
only nation that could develop the
science Of Meteorolosy, because Europe
is divided into 50 many sspara.. gov
ernmeuts that harmony is impossible
and our territory is such in s1taa. That
we can study the changes and make
forecasts Of weather tina. viii warn The
farmer and assist in saving many a. a.s
crops The science Is new, rrc,s sam
is pouring in money and tits c5uanual-
ly becoming more exact. Many ot the
colleges are beginning 70 teach il. ana
there il a demand in this ael5 fox men
who know. From the islands where
We get our Sea Island cotton. and
where we must continually Sand ID -s.
new and healthy ses3, came the com
plant that the cotton was all diving ID
.le fields from a cause 11ascar.sira5,a.
4 scientis. was sent, be came back AMI
ePorted that 10 method Of spraying
.ould save, that the cotton was 5eisg
oiled by fungus growth under the
oil, He was sent back with iced
very variety grown in the United
states and told to try hybri3izing to see
any Of the varieties would resis.:.e
angus growth Thi: succeeded AMI
he SEA Island Cotton was saved We
re getting much OF our sugar ont az
be Union The A and N. Colleges
re analyzing soils all over the Union
nd these are arranged The Secretary Y
cut scientists vino found 0ut the soils 2
I'd the climatic conditions where the
7Sar beet grew, and it was found =
ncte Sam had some Of the same soil g
nd conditions, and the sugar bes. il. Z
astry was started The question came y
P, why is one cigar worth 81 cents and ~
mother 5 cents Scientists were san, 3
Samatra and elsewhere. where the y
De wrappipgs were made, and the fine :
baccos for filters, and the United :
.ates has 'oms Of the same soils. and
.s experiments il glowing are now
ling on Our corn has not sBo1gb
oteln, or muscle-giying matter, to
sold as food product in Europe. and
is now going On 10 grow
'rieties with a sufficiently large Der
mt Of protein When a crop il in.
sted by any insect scientists are sent
once to Try to devise methods Of ex-
rminating. Large salaries are now
Tered for men who know thyss things
ID the demand is growing, there is
mand for The student Of the AgricnI.
raj College
After the address the crowd a3j9urp-
to look over the new Science Hall
at is four story building facing the
i'll ground on the east After the in.
ection, the Corner Stone was laid by
e Masonic Lodge, and the speech was
ads by Mr.. Thomas, Of GreenyilIa
ISIS. The students of the a and "
tertained at dinner thu girls Of the
/, and c and the faculty entertained
e faculties Of the l I. and c. and Of
3 University, and the Trustees.
After dinner the Lee Guards the
.ack Company, gave an exhibition
ILL., then the crowd went over to the
W Textile Department building
here they saw the students, on sepa.
tie machines, making as many as %
rieties of cloth, This building cost
., OOO' and offers an opportunity 10
e youth Of Mississippi to become pro.
lent in the manufacture Of cotton
DDS and promises to the State Of
ssissippi place in the near fptnra