The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 1905-1908, 1907-08-29
Two New Teachers Have Been Sc
cured, Prof. HI. z. Hughes Hay-
ing Been Appointed Dean
0f the Department.


of the Department.
Hon. H L Whitfield, who recently
succeeded Hon. A A. Kincannon as
president OF the Industrial Institute
and College, Is making active prep
arations for the opening Of the TWEEN
tx-third annual session of that insti-
tuition, which will take place Wednes-
day, September 25th. In conversa-
ton with a Dispatch reporter Prof.
Whitfield said that though as State
superintendent of education he had
been an ex officio member of the
board Of trustees of the institution
for nearly ten years, he had no idea
of its magnitude until he was elected
president and made a thorough ex-
animation of the plant. He says that
it is undoubtedly one of the largest
educational institutions in the South,
and one of which the people of the
State may well feel proud.
The college, as every one knows,
is in a most prosperous condition,
and for several years past has receiv-
ed applications from larger number
of young ladies than could possibly
be accommodated. This summer the
number of applications has been IN
usually large, and when the school
opens in September the dormitories
will be crowded to theih utmost ca
pacity. In a school as great as this
quite a large sum is needed each year
to make the necessary repairs, and
Prof. Whitfield thinks that when the
magnitude of the school is taken into
consideration the expenditures of
past years have been exceedingly
small. In addition to some neces-
sary. repairs there are many improve
ments to be made during the next
twelve months, and the friends of the
institution throughout the State sin
cerely hope that the next Legislature
will provide for these repairs and i'm
provements by making a very liberal
appropriation. In addition to another
dormitory, the institution is badly in
need of modern, scientific apparatus.
A magnificent science hall has re-
Gently been erected, but there was no
appropriation made for equipment,
and the work in this department is
seriously hampered by lack of proper
apparatus.
The institution was established
with a view to furnishing the white
girls of Mississippi an opportunity to
obtain a thorough education, and
three courses-normal, industrial and
literary - were provided for. AS
State superintendent of education,
Prof. Whitfield has been brought face
to face with the urgent demand for
competent teachers in our public
schools, and in order to supply this
demand he has determined to en-
large and perfect the normal depart
ment of the college. With this end
in view two new teachers, Prof. H.
P. Hughes and Miss Annie I. Hearst,
have been secured. Prof. Hughes,
who for several years past has been
superintendent of public schools at
McComb City, will be dean of the
department, and viii have as his as
sistants Miss Hearst and Miss Annie
L. Fant. who for a number of years
past has been mistress of pedagogy
at the college.
When asked about the lyeeum at
fractions to appear at the college,
Prof. Whitfield said that h7 had not
had time to devote much thought to
the matter, but would likely follow
the same course so successfully pur-
sued by Mr.. Kincannon, which was,
in addition to maintaining a regular
Iyceum course, to give the students
and the people of Columbus an oppor-
tunity to hear two or three artists of
international reputation during the
progress of each session. Madame
schuman Heink has already been
booked for an appearance next win
ter. and other equally celebrated at
fractions will be secured later.
The Burris Reunion.