The Hattiesburg news., 1914-10-08
HAT11ESBI.. \
EDUCATIONAL HUB
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r Oimai College, at Hattiesbnra. .,
sOlrest sos County Agriculture, u,ns the
s;.s;n., a. ourrie, Miss; and the MI
burg. eee' al Hatties
n,s,t lac mississippi Normal College ,s
4 ,.y ap'o'y bomins the leading esuoa 1u 10
slisssa ,ss ut S,loa me of the state It was
nissis,,srj sIsas,. ineed and the teachers of
An.ase t,as a.a of the splendid opportupi.
.ies oitered by this institution =, -.
\ ow a cost. With liberal appronris' nO
.'ons by the Legislature and dona,,on.
oy he citizens of Hattiesbury ox
penses OF tuition at this school b.va
~. ieuuced TO a minimum. This was
Ao' aone' however, by cutting down tbe
standard Of education; on the otbor
nano educators in all parts of the
state generally admit that the Mis-
sissippi Normal College is doing more
ior higher education within the hord
ers OF this state than any other insti.
tuition in it. 'A''''
Inc normal College is growing and
growing fast. 1t was a success from
the start and each year Il bacoro.
oiseer success. A new dormitorv.
costing $4,000, is nearing connie.
ton, affording room for severs, hrn
ored more students than the already
magnificent plant was able to accom-.
modate. This year more than ooo
teachers and young men and young
women who are preparing to teach
Will attend this college, and eacb will
receive instruction in the fundamen.
tals OF education and the methods of
Ppresenting education to Younger stu.
uents that is not afforded at any other
college N Mississippi.
Agricultural High School.
Another splendid success is the For.
rest County Agricultural High School.
This school is located in this county.
and when it came time to select a
name for the station nearest the
school, the name of Currie was appro-
priately selected, for 1t was largely
through the untiring and unselfish eff.
forts OF Rev. E. ]. Currie, superintend.
ent Of public instruction of Forrest
county, that the school was founded
This school provides excellent instruc-
tion In the usual literary courses, but
II oners more. 1t has a home depart
ment, in which domestic science and
sewing are taught by competent in.
structors; it has a manual training de-.
partment, with a splendid workshop,
designed to give the student the ad.
vantage of scientific training for prac.
tical work in the home and on the
farm; 1t is, in short, an institution
where boys and girls who expect to
spend their lives on the farms may OBJ
tain literary education as good as
that provided in any high school and
may, st the same time, be educated
aloD H(hQse lines specially desirable
for NlSs'eountry home-makers.
The. Forrest county agricultural
high school is DR.. Currie's pride. Next
} to them, the consolidated schools,
which are increasing in number each
year, are closest to his heart. DR.. Cur
rie and other educational leaders in
this county have been quick to realize
the advantage that may be obtained by
consolidating several small country
schools into one, and wherever this
experiment if it may still be called
SUCH has been tried in this county it
has proved a success.
The Womans College.
The Mississippi Woman's College,
located in the suburbs of Hattiesburg,
: is second to no other institution in
the state for the education of young
women. Supported literally by the
Baptist Church and efficiently man
aged by Prof. ]. L. Johnson, this in
stitution has had remarkable growth
, within the past three years. 1t offers
higher catiOn to Young, young women We men,
but stuSM are also accepted in low
Not 'Only fre the literary courses
here complete, but the art, expression
and music departments are excellent
Yet a girl can attend this school for
whole session for as little as s1S5. A
d. new $4,000 administration building
= has just been completed and the schoo
looks forward to the best year In its