The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1916-09-17
NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS
RECEIVED INDICATES
A VERY LARGE
ATTENDANCE
LITTLE ROOM TO SPARE
Many Will Be Forced to Seek
Quarters in Nearby Board
ing Houses.
SEVERAL FACULTY
CHANGES OCCUR
Formal Opening Takes Place
Tuesday, and Lessons Begin
on Thursday.

Preparations are complete for the
opening of the thirty-second annual
session of the Mississippi Industrial
Institute and College which occurs
Tuesday, and President Whitfield is
exceedingly sanguine regarding the
outlook for the new year. An un-
usually large number of applications
have been received from prospective
students, and the attendance prom
ises to be so large that additional
dormitory room is imperative. On
this account many teachers who have
heretofore occupied apartments in
the dormitories will be forced to seek
quarters elsewhere. One instructor
will be retained on each floor OF
every building occupied by the
young ladies as sleeping quarters,
but the remaining members of the
faculty, will be required to seek dc
mage in the numerous boarding
houses which surround the college
campus.
Several designations have recently
been rendered, and the new session
will witness a number of changes in
the faculty. Miss Ella Lou Terry
has been engaged to succeed Miss
BESSIE Newsome, who for the past
two years has been an instructor in
the department of English. Miss
Newsome has obtained leave of
absence for one year and will spend
the coming winter with relatives in
Washington. Miss Terry has been
a member of the faculty Of the local
public schools for several years past
and is in every way competent to
fill the position for which she has
been elected. Another resignation
in the English department is that of
Miss Bessie Huddleston, who is to be
succeeded by Miss Mary Galloway
of Pontotoc Miss Galloway is an
alumnae of the local institution, and
her presence will add materially to
the efficiency of the English depart
ment. Miss Bessie Heath, who has
for the past year been taking a post
graduate course at Columbia Uni
versity, resumes her position as an
assistant in history. During Miss
Heath's absence her duties were ac-
ceptably performed by Miss Lottie
Howard, of this city. Miss Helen
Hutchcraft, who for several years
has been secretary of the Young
Women's Christian Association, OF
the College, has rendered her resig-
ration to accept similar position
at Oberlin University, 0berlin, Ohio
Miss Hutchcraft's successor has not
yet been selected, but the Y. w. c..
A. forms an important factor in the
lives of college students, and an ex-
perieneed and thoroughly competent
secretary will be secured. There
has been two designations in the ath-
letic department. Misses Mary
Roudebush and Edna Wiswell have
accepted positions elsewhere. Miss
Roudebush goes to the Peabody Nor
n al in Nashville, while Miss Wiswell
will be assistant directress of athle-
ties in the State Normal College in
Kansas. These ladies will be sue
ceeded by Miss Dick Fitzgerald, of
Crenshaw, and Miss Grace Massen.
gale, of Hattiesburg, both of whom
are graduates of the local institu-
ton. Miss Emma Ody Phol was of
fered the place of directress of the
athletic department of the Peabody
Normal in Nashville, and while the
position carries much larger salary
than that received here, she decided
not to accept the offer.
While the formal opening of the
college does not occur until Tues
day, students have already begun to
arrive, and it is expected that with
in the next few days the dormitories
win be filled to capacity. Tuesday
and Wednesday will be devoted to
the examination and classification
of students, and the hearing of
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