The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1920-02-01


first place. Now is the time to cor
rect a serious mistake. If the remov.
al is not authorized by this legisla-
ture it is certain to be done in the
future, and we may as well do it now
thus saving the state about four mil
lion dollars"
DIR. Julius c. Zeller, state senator
from YaEoo county. made a magnif.
cent fifteen minute speech setting
forth the main details of his plan He
is an eloquent speaker, easy, fluent
and graceful, profound scholar, and
a man of most pleasing personality.
DR.. Zeller declared that if the state
of Mississippi would say goodbye to
its educational plants at Oxford
Starkville and Columbus, and start
anew in Jackson with the building Of
a State University, 25 years hence the
state would be an actual gamer in
dollars and cents However, no plan
so radical as that is proposed, nor will
Oxford, Starkville, or Columbus suffer
greatly if the measure to be introduc-
ed Is carried into effect. 1t is mod
flied plan, and eontemplates the use
of the plant at Oxford for other cd
ucational purposes, and the removal
from Starkville and Columbus of work
that properly belongs in University
Time of All Times
This is the time Of all tsAies for the
legislature TO consider the plan, said
DIR. Zeller, for the reason that the
needs of the institutions are urgent,
and if the large sums they asked are
to be spent at Oxford, Stsrkville and
Columbus, hten it should be definitely
decided, but if the legislature re-
CARDS the removal to Jackson as the
proper thing to do, then many of the
new buildings sought for those places
will not be needed.
II want it plainly understood, both
by the legislature and tho people Of
Mississippi generally, that this is not
Jackson proposition declared Sen
ator Zeller | did not discuss it with
a single citizens Of the community. II
originated in my own mind, and the
capital city is secondary both in
thought and purpose. have propos-
ed Jackson simply because this city
happens TO be the ideal site for a
greater University. If any other city
offered the same or better advantages,
it would receive my favorable con-
sideration. But, as see it, no other
city in the state offers these advan-
tages, and, while | do not think that
as matter of plain justice, Jackson
ought to be required TO put up sim
gle cent, | realize at the same time
that Jackson must offer a substantial
inducement in the way of bonus.
Suggests Offer of $500,000
DR.. Zeller suggested that the offer
of the capital city should be not less
than half million dollars, and at the
executive meeting following the lun-
cheon this sum was readily agreed
upon. Messrs. Zeller and Sheldon re-
mained at the meeting to confer with
the committee.
Provisions of Bill
The Zellcr-S Sheldon bill, now pend
ing on the calendars of the two
houses, provides in detail how the
University of Mississippi shall be re-
moved from Oxford to Jackson, and
how certain portions of the work be-
ing done at the A. and M. College
at Starkville, and the Industrial In
stitute and College at Columbus, shall
be hereafter transferred to the Uni
versity.
The bill declares that the purpose is
to organize and conduct an institution
of higher learning that will be COM
posed of a College of Liberal Arts, a
College of Women, q Graduate School,
a School of Agriculture, School of
Engineering, School Of Mechanical
Science and Art, School of Law, q
School of Fine Arts, a School of Medi-
cine, School of Pharmacy, a School
Of Veterinary Science, and such other
schools or departments as the Board
of Regents may see fit TO create from
time to time. 1t is stipulated that the
curricula of all the various schools
and departments shall be of college
and not of acadch,y grade, and every
student who matriculates into the
University at least fourteen Carnegie
units Of secondary work or their
equivalent.
The bill defines what portion
of the work shall be continued at
Starkville and Columbus, the latter t.
be hereafter known as efhe College
Of Women" and these two institutions
shall be for junior grade work.
A Board of Regents Is created
composed of thirteen members, OF
whom the Governor shall be ex-of-
ficion chairman, and all members must