The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-06-14
PLANNING TO
BUILD BAPTIST
COLLEGE HERE
PROSPECTS OF THE ERECTION
FAvoRABLE-DEFINITE PLANs
FORMED BY PROMOTERS.
SUBSCRIPTION LIST STARTED
Prof. M. w. Rivers, of Conway, Ark,
Elected President-He is Expected
to Arrive in Few Days to Assist
in Raising the Needed Funds.

A Baptist Woman's College in Hat
tiesburg on the site of the old South
Mississippi College is among the list
of probabilities the future has in store
for this community.
The movement is backed by the
Baptist ministers of Hattiesburg and
has been endorsed by all the Baptist
churches OF this city and the CONNER
cial Club.
At the last melting of the CONNER
cial Club the committee on education
composed OF D. E. McInnis, f. q.
Woodley, w. R. Hardy, H. Katz, e. c.
Hearon and Rev. E. d. Solomon was
instructed TO assist in raising the
money necessary and to aid the move
ment in every other way possible.
Subscriptions are already being re-
ceived, the Merchants Grocery Com
pany, with its usual liberality, head
ing the list with $500.
churches last Sunday, trustees for the
proposed college we're elected as fol-
lows:
First Baptist church-S. E. Travis,
A. PolkSDr. T. e. Ross and Rev. I. r.
Trotter.
Columbia Street Baptist church,
M. P. l.. Love, Ellis Hickman and Rev.
E. D. Solomon.
Emmanuel Baptist church-Rev. A.
L. oBriant.
Fifth Avenue Baptist church-Judge
J. E. Davis.
This board met and elected DR.. T.
f. Ross, president; ]. f. Davis, secre
tary, and Ellis Hickman, treasurer.
Resolutions Adopted.
Resolutions were adopted by the
various Baptist churches as follows.
Resolved, that this church approve
and recommend the offer OF w. $. r
Tatum to the Baptists of Hattiesburg
, and vicinity, looking to the establish
ment and maintenance of Woman's
College in this city.
Resolved further, that this churcf
recommend the organization Of ths
; corporation referred to in said offer
>. with a capital stock of not less thai
- $4,000, divided into shares of $3.50
each, subscriptions to said capital t,
be made upon the condition that tn,
subscribers will hold the stock II
=, trust, with a view of final delivery O
the ownership and control of the Col
lege TO the Baptist denomination
through some of the associations O
. the state convention, until such dc
. livery, the directors or trustees O
said corporation to he chosen Rro1
the four Baptist churches of this city
four from the First church, thre
=, from Columbia Street church, on
:. from Emmanuel church and one fror
Fifth Avenue church.
Resolved, further, that while thi
., action of the church is advisory, oni,
the church is in perfect harmony wit
n the movement to establish and mali
= tain said college, and will lend to tn
college its most hearty cooperate
and moral support
Mr.. Tatum's Proposition.
4 Mr.. Tatum's formal proposition
IL the Baptists follows:
81, w. S. F. Tatum, of Hattiesbur
Mississippi. offer to the Baptists
st Hattiesburg and vicinity for a Bapti
at. Woman's College, the South Missi
Nh. sippl college site. frcnting 9
feet on Tuscan avenue, wi
depth of 700 feet al
ant all the improvements thereon Jon Il
the following conditions:
in First. That corporation will
ay. organized to own and control the c.
the lege to be governed by board OF MI
trustees.
lyn Second. That the Baptists OF HI
ons tiesburg and vicinity raise $3.50
the and when the said sum of $4,000 Il
ern been raised by them In cash, "
ndi- then, or so soon thereafter as said q
ala- poration Is organized. convey to 81
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