The Columbus dispatch., 1920-02-22
Sixty Members of Both Houses Inspect States
Great College Friday and Yesterday BAN
quet Friday Night Fine Addresses by
Students and Legislators
HELON BILL PROBABLY KILLED BY VISIT
EXHIBITION IN GYMNASIUM-CHAPEL EXERCISES-IN-
SPECTION OF BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS-RECEP-
TION AT WOMAN'S CLUB AND VISIT TO COLLEGE
FARM FILL IN FINE DAYS PROGRAM

Escorted by the delegation of
Lowndes County Legislators, Senator
j. 3. Johnston and Representative T
w. Lewis, Jr., and T. G. Blewett, and
escorted from Starkville to this city
by committee composed of Messrs
\ X. E. Johnston, James I. Searcy, Sgd
ney J. Loeb and j. l.. Cox, the legis-
lative delegation composing the men,
bers of the Senate Finance Committee
the House Appropriation Committee
and the Committee on Universities
and Colleges of both bodies, as well
as other prominent members of both
houses, reached Columbus Friday and
Saturday on a visit of inspection to
the State College for Women. The
lawmakers came to Columbus upon
the invitation Of the Chamber of Com
merce, and their visit here followed a
like visit to the A. and NJ. College
where they spent Thursday and Fri
day. The delegation, some sixty mem-
bers in all, came in a special train Of
three Pullman sleepers, which were
parked in the college yard, and they
left last night at eleven o'clock, via
the NJ. & O., for Jackson to resume
their deliberations on Monday.
The special train reached the college
grounds at six o'clock. The legisla-
tors were met by q reception commit
tee, headed by President Whitfield
college teachers and attaches and the
Committee of Twelve, headed by Mr..
T. J. Locke, representing the Chamber
of Commerce, charged with the re-
sponsibility of handling the college
matter, and were escorted to the din
ing room, where the college students
and family were assembled. AS the
lawmakers entered the dining room
they were greeted by the college songs
and special songs written and sung by
the entire student body in honor Of the
distinguished guests of the evening
Miss Pohl was in charge of this fea-
ture, and it was rendered with fine
enthusiasm.
President Whitfield presented Rev,
J. H. Felts, pastor of the First Meth
odist Church, for the invocation, after
which the banquet was one of the de-
lightful features, faultlessly served by
the girls themselves.
Mr.. Whitfield presented Miss
Kern, dean of the faculty, who made
as fine a plea for the college as ever
came from its defenders and friends
She spoke of its splendid ideals, the
part it is playing in broadening and
strengthening the attributes of good
citizenship of the state, and the pecul-
lar field it is occupying in the educa-
tional needs of the state. Miss Kern
with fine poise and dignity, made a
splendid appeal for its preservation
and was accorded an ovation as she
finished. Miss FAINT, head of the ed
ucational department, told what the
college has done and is doing for the
womanhood of Mississippi. Miss Mar
tha Eckford spoke for the Alumnae-
and then came the girls.
Miss Eleanor Robin, of Jackson,
president of the Senior Class was the
toastmistress for the student body
and she introduced her splendid ad-
dress by saying that she was from
Jackson, and she would be an migrate
not to defend the institution from
which she would soon receive her di-
ploma, a sentiment which brought
forth thunderous applause. She was
followed by Miss Josie Campbell, OF
Harrison County, president Of the
Civic Association, who stressed the
needs of the institution to make the
student body clean and beautiful
Then came Miss Annie Rec Johnston
business manager of the college pa
per, "The Spectator who in a splen-
did talk told of the imperative needs
of the college in new buildings and
grounds, and other needed facilities
which the college has outgrown. Miss
/ Nell Lawler, president Of the Student
Government, made strong plea fol-
the college needs, as did Miss Marga-
ret Holiday, president of the !. W
/ C. A. The college could have present
ed no finer advocate Of its cause than
the students themselves, and if the
whole Legislature could have heard
these inspiring and eloquent pleas, the