The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1917-09-14
GRENADA COLLEGE HAS
GREATEST OPENING,
Everything Very Nearly Filled. 9th
ers Still Coming In. One of the
Reasons for the Big Attendance is
Because Literary Standards are
Not Subordinated to Some Latter
Day Fads.

The doors of Grenada College OPP
ened Wednesday morning for the ut
ginning of it siXty-siXth session
There were more girls on hand than
ever before in the historI of the Col
lege at the opening and they continue
to come in on every train and viii
be arriving for perhaps week or
ten days longer. More girls are reg
istered than there has ever been at
any one time. This is accounted for
by its continually growing popularity
and the persistent and untning ef-
forts of its president, Dr.. j. R. Coun-
tlss, and the commissioner. Rev. 7. NJ.
Brownlee. The financial condition
and standing of the school have con-
tinually improved. and the equipmen-
Is being augmented each year. Dur
ING the past seven years the value
Of the properly ha, been increased
by more than $4,000. By improve
ments and purchase. adding two acre
to the campus and Increasing the
! dormitory room By onc-:hi1I. The
plans are already being made for the
erection of new doTmitory ard IL
brary building. which will enable the
College to care for an additional hun
dred girls. This space is badly need
ed right now. for the College author
tiles have to rent good size resi-
dence near the College where they
expect to be able to accommodate a
par, of the overflow from the doym-
tories. Commissioner Prownlee and
his family will live in thi. builGing,
also. The residence he FORMERLY oc-
oupled on the campus has been taken
! over by the Home Science Denar+-
!
main buildings for this department
, this year The Presidents home i
also accommodating about twenty
: hve girls. With the two new build
lngs. which will be completed before
the end of the present session. this
congestion will be greatly relieved.
!. With the two new buildings there
. Will be five buildings and they are
to be built 50 as to form a half moon
=, and the Grenada College will indeed
= present beautiful sight. for they
nave one Of TIE pretticSl campu~e.
:. | IN the entire South.
, There was nothing unusual about
= tnlS opening. President Countiss and
- commissioner Brownlee both mace
snort talks. followed by q selection
- ny the new music teacher Miss Mamie
Crutcher, and TWO vocal selections h,-
- the head Of :he voice department.
Miss Marie M,Cord.
h The following IS the faculty for
Il this year:
= DR.. J. r. Countiss. President. psv.
- choloey and Education: Misses Cor
q lnne Laney, Latin; Kate Lou Cour-
: tiss, English; Ruth Simmons. History
and Bible; Mary Katherine Smith
Mathematics; Elizabeth Dean. French
German and Spanish; Bertha VII
J. Iams. Science; Elizabeth Duncan
Piano and Pipe Organ; Mamie Crut-
cher. Piano. Theory and Harmony
i Marie McCord. Voice; Myrtilla McC
t Daniel, Art; Mamie Boykin: Expre,-
n SION; Elizabeth Cooper. Domestic
2 science; Louise Seaman. Stenogranh, Z
and Typewriting. The welfare of the
e girls IN the dormitories is looked after
y by MesdameS Edmonio Ford and Fn-
f ma 3. Hamer.
Inc preparatory department will
p be IN charge Of Misses Eta Turner
- and Eta Mae Jones. ~ - .
n Grenada Callege Is growing rapidlv
TACT that should be Il matter of in.
tense interest to north Mississippi
GRENADA Is highly pleased over tn.
prosperity and growing popularity OF
TINS SpIendld institution and is prouc
e OF the great work 1t is doing. From
II 1ne point OF standards, there is no
?, a girls college in the state higher
T. man It IS The President and tn,
It board of trustees are very wisel,
e not subordinating the literary stand
IS ards OF the college to some of the fad
r which seem to obsess some other col
leges for girls.