Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1917-02-23
COLLEGE OPEN ALL YEAR
COURSE OF STUDY CHANGED IN
STATE COLLEGE AND FOUR
sEMEsTERs.
Great Benefit To Teachers, Enabling
Them To Take Summer Course
Recitation Periods Have Been
changed-24o Hour Study.

tHSW 10 Idkc summer Iour8c-
Recitation Periods Have Been
changed-24o Hour Study.
Agricultural College.-At a recent
meeting of the trustees, referred to as
epoch making by President w. H.
Smith. of the Mississippi A. e. M. coli
lege, the course of study committee
completely reorganized the work and
made the college year round institu-
tion, with four quarters of equal
length. Students will be allowed to
enter at any time of the year and by
adding quarters work each year can
complete the full college course in
three years. AS the summer quarter
will be about three months in length
the teachers OF the state who SO de-
sire can double the amount of work
and the credits they can secure in the
normal school This new order OF the
college affairs win go into effect with
the opening of the September term in
1917 and will not apply to the normal
for this summer. Hereafter a student
who has completed his work will be
graduated at the close of any quarter
instead of at the close of the spring
quarter only as formerly.
Another important Improvement
made by the trustees was the stand
ardization of courses, making 24o
course hours the requirement for grad
uation In all schools instead Of each
school making its own requirements
The recitation periods have been
changed from IS minutes to an hour
each, in conformity with the periods
at other higher educational fnstitu-
tions of the country.
Soldiers Returning Soon.
Although no official order has been
issued by the war department, It is
probable that the First Mississippi
regiment will be returned within the
next thirty days.
During the last few days several
members of the regiment who are at
home on furloughs have received in
structions not to return to Fort Sam
Houston, but to report in Jackson to
be mustered out, and this is taken to
mean that the regiment will be on the
border only few weeks longer, posi-
bly, less than month, for furloughs to
privates are usually for thirty-day
period.
Extra Session Idea Abandoned.
There will be no call issued for an
extraordinary session of the Missis-
sippi legislature, Gov. Bilbo announced
recently. A large majority of the
state lawmakers favor "bone dry"
law, 1t was said, and wish an extra
session called, but danger was seen
in this course because If the initiative
and referendum was invoked it would
suspend the operation of this law until
the next general election.
Delegates to Convention.
On request the secretary of the ma
tional child labor committee, Governor
Bilbo has named delegates to attend
the convention to be held at BaItt-
more, March 1925. These are Mrs C.
H. Alexander, Sr.. Miss Emily Butt,
D. r. Mcdowell and A. B. Hobbs. The
governor regrets he has no funds with
which to defray the expenses of the
trip to Baltimore, but urges them to
attend, If possible.
Charter For New Creamery.
The charter of the Hattiesburg
creamery and produce company has
been filed for record with the secre-
tary of state, the capital stock being
| $4,000. The incorporators are: d. e.
McInnis, c. z. Stevens, E. L. Robins,
I. v. Austin, George j. Hauenstem, J.
o. Rea, G. M. McWilliams, w. e. Bob0
and H Gillis.
Memorial For Jurist.
Memorial services for the late Judge
j. A. p. Campbell occupied the su.
preme court Monday. In accordance
with ruling of the court made three
| weeks ago the judges and members OF
the bar in attendance set aside legal
procedure while they paid tribute to
the memory OF Mississippi's foremost
juror.
Soldiers Having Measles.
Reports from Texas, where the First
regiment Mississippi troops has been
stationed the past three or four
months, are to the effect that measles
! are epidemic among the soldier boys,
some fifty or sixty of them being in
hospital. The disease is not OF q viru-
lent type.
oruanixing Another Battery.
Capt. Thomas M. Curtis. Mississippi
national guard. has announced his IN
tention OF beginning to sign up re-
cruits at once for battery Of artillery