The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1914-05-02
new BUILDING AT
WOMAy'S COLLEGE
S7lHED AT ONCE.
FIRsT-NArIoNAL BANK OF CON-
MERGE BUYS ENTIRE BOND
ISSUE REQUIRED.
c. 0. EURE AWARDED CONTRACT
FOR S5o,0O0 STRUCTURE
Will Be The Main And Administration
Building at This Important Institu
tion-compIetely Equipped Gymna
sium-Thirty Private Music Rooms

Will every CchI VI shO AOSocSoAJ
$4,000 on hand, the building commit |
tee of the Mississippi Woman's Col
| lege last night awarded contract for
the new Administration building to
C. o. Eure of this city. 1t is conf
IDENTIFY expected the building will be
completed by October-almost in
time for the opening of school.
Today is red letter day among the
225 girls at the Woman's College.
When members of the building COM
mittee told the student body today
that work on the splendid new build
ing is to commence without delay,
spontaneous celebration at once was
begun and has continued throughout
the day.
The building committee has been
forced to delay letting the contract
for several months, because upon this
committee devolved not only the duty
of selecting plans and contractors but
also of financing the building. About
: 10000 was subscribed by local Bap,
lists, but some difficulty was found in
raising the rest of the $4,000 until
the First-National Bank Of Commerce
came TO the rescue and bought the
entire $4,000 bond issue.
Careful investigation of the prog
ress and financial condition of the in
stitution convinced officials of this
), bank that Mississippi Woman's Col
:. lege bonds are gilt edge securities
The building committee is composed
of DR.. T. E. Ross, chairman; S. E
;, Travis, T. s. Jackson, A. Polk and M
n p. l.. Love.
Y. Modern In Detail.
e The new building will be one OF tn
r finest in this section Of the state. X
q. Lee, Of this city, architect for tn
building, has modelled the structur
on most modern lines and only tn
finest material will go into 1t.
1t will be constructed of presse
brick. trimmed with stone, and wi
contain all the college rooms excep
r the dormitories. By removing tn
class rooms from the two dormitor
- buildings now at the college, pr
vision will be made for about sevent
five more girls, and there is scarcel
a doubt that the institution Will nous
800 young Mississippi women ne'
year.
The new structure will be tW
stories and basement in height, but II
basement will be Of the English tyl
- and but little of it will be below Il
-. ground line.
." A feature of this basement Will
~ a complete gymnasium, well equ1pp'
~ with the latest apparati for women.
,w Splendid Music Rooms.
in The main floor will be devoted
]. class rooms, the presidents office, Il
library and chapel large enough
all seat 700 persons.
we The third floor will be devoted
In tirely to music. In addition to t
ne necessary instructors rooms, the
he will be twenty-five to thirty individr
ion music rooms. This will be undou
ent edly one of the most splendio
,ed equipped music departments OF a
hat college in the South.
the That the Mississippi Woman's c
lege will be unable to take care OF
of the applicants again next year is In
it Gated by the fact that already the
of are a large number of applicable
.eg. and remittances filed away. T.
ON year every possible space is being
or cupied and even with the increas
tut facilities next year 1t is believed
re- college again will be crowded.