The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1912-09-22
OPENING OF COLLEGE
OCCURS ON TUESDAY
MANY STUDENTS EXPECTED
Opening of the Twenty-Seventh
Annual Session Of Industrial
Institute and College is
Close At Hand

Tuesday will mark the OPEN
ing of the twenty-seventh annual
session of the Mississippi Indus
trial Institute and College. and
everything is in readiness for the
reception of the hundreds Of
young ladies who will come here
from every section of the state to
embrace the opportunities offered
them by this splendid institution
to secure a liberal education.
President Whitfield has been en-
joying a brief vacation at Bris-
tol, Va, but returned several
days ago, and since reaching the
city has been busy superintend-
ing the final details preparatory
to the opening.
No formal exercises will mark
the opening of the institution, it
having been learned by the ex-
perience of former years that
these exercises take up a great
deal of time, while nothing con-
ducive to the interests of the
institution is accomplished. The
work of classifying the students
and assigning them to their
rooms will be undertaken i'm
mediately, and as soon as this
has been completed the hearing
of lessons will begin.
While no new structures have
been erected during the past
summer, the old buildings have
been thoroughly overhauled and
repaired and are now in first
class condition. Special care has
been taken to ward off disease
and to safeguard the health of
the students. Ever since the
college was established it has
been singularly free from cpl
denies or protracted sickness of
any character among the stu
dents, and this is largely due to
the precautions which have been
taken to prevent the incursion of
contagious diseases. President
Whitfield has always maintained
that the bodies of the students
should be looked after as well as
their minds, and their physical
and mental training are prosecu-
ted with equal zeaIousness. The
athletic department is thorough
ly equipped, and not only are the
muscles of the students properly
developed but steps are taken to
correct any minor deformities OF
physical imperfections which
they may be so unfortunate as tc
possess.
Not only have the buildings
been thoroughly overhauled anG
repaired but the campus has
been materially improved and
beautifed. On the campus are
tennis courts, basket ball fields
running track and other ap-
purtenances for physical culture,
and all these have been put in {
thoroughly first-class condition
For the first time since the col
lege was established practical in
struction in housekeeping anc
the care of a home will be given
and each girl who intends t,
graduate will be required to tak'
a course in housekeeping sons
time during her stay at the col
lege. All the routine work o
the home will be gone through
with in this department, and eacl
student will therefore receiv
practical instruction in house
keeping in all its branches.
The students will begin to al
rive tomorrow, and representa-
tives of the college will be sen
to Tupelo, Meridian. Winona an
other transfer points to NEE
them and see that they al
properly cared for on the trains
Practically all of them will reac
the city by Monday night, an
the school is expected to ope
with a full attendance Tuesda
morning.