The Starkville news. (Starkville, Miss.) 1902-1960, 1920-07-30
DIR. D. c. HULL
PRESIDENT OF
A. 8 N. COLLEGE

DIR. D. C. Hull was elected presi-
dent of the A. and M. College at the
meeting of the Board of Trustees at
Jackson last Friday. While the citi-
zens of Starkville and Oktibbeha
County made a good fight for DR.. B.
M. Walker for the place, and lost,
they are rejoicing over the fact that
the mantle has fallen on the should
ers of such worthy man as DR.. Hull.
He is former Oktibbeha man and
well-known to most of our citizens,
having graduated from the A. and
M. College, and later being member
of the faculty for several years.
DR.. Hull started out as poor farm
boy and by his efforts secured an
education, and step by step blazed
his own trail and fought his own way
to success. 1t has been said that he
is probably the most highly educated
man that has yet been elected to the
presidency of the College. 1t was
no doubt DIR. Hull's educational at
tainments and known facts OF his ex-
perience as an educator and not "po-
litical pull" that caused his selection.
The Alumni of the College are re-
ioicing over the fact that DR.. Hull
is the first Alumnus OF the College
to be elected to the presidency OF
this great institution. .a
Long An Educator
DR.. David Carlisle Hull, OF Nerd
ian. who was elected president of the
A and M. College by the state, edu-
! -cational board, was born in Attala
Y County, Miss, the Son OF ev w. p.
Hull. local minister and WARMER re-
siding near McCool, in Attala Coun.
tv' His mother was daughter OF
Rev. James Glenn Carlisle, one OF the
pioneer preachers of the state. Dr,
Hull was married in Meridian IN l9oo
to Miss Madge Wilson, daughter OF
DIR. Cook Wilson and Mrs. E. wilson
They are the parents of three child
rem. two of whom are living, Will
liam Wilson Hull, age FL, and James
Roger Hull, age IL.
DR.. Hull attended the common
schools of his county until he entered
the high school at Sturgis, MISS.
Leaving high school he went to- the
A. and M. College, graduating tnere
in 1898 with the highest honors OF ms
having worked his way through the
College of which he is now the presl-
dent. He left college and taught
school for a number of years, the
last four as an active teacher, being
in the public schools of Meridian from
1898 to. 1900 He was then offered
q chair at the A. and M. and was
member of the faculty for eight years
During that time he organized ana
developed schools Of industrial tram
ing and training of young men TO
teach agriculture and manual tram
inc of teachers of industry and from
his efforts at that time has developed
the AGRICULTURAL schools of Mississippi
which is considered one OF the most
forward educational steps the state
has ever taken. ~
Tn 1910 DR.. Hull was elected to the
nresidency of Millsaps College OF
Jackson, which position he held Tor
a period of two years, when ne re-
signed to accept the position OF su-
nerintendent of the Meridian city
schools, which position he has held
for the past eight years. When ne
hecame the head of the Meridian
schools there was not single indus
trial course, while at the present
time manual training, household eco
Monies and commercial branches are
taught in the schools as a result OF
his indefatigable work for the greater
advancement of public school stu
dents. In addition to a postgraduate
course at the A. and M. College Dr'
Hull studied for two years at the
University of Chicago.