The Columbus dispatch., 1920-02-22

future of the Institution would be
secure.
Mr. Whitfield spoke Of Columbus
loyalty to the college; her generous
grants to secure its location here and
how her people had responded in her
defense whenever her honor was
sssailed. He presented Mr.. Maer as
POSTMASTER, who in turn introduced
Mr.. r. +. Johnston to voice a wei
come from the business men Of Colum.
bus who had made possible the occa-
sion. He was followed by Mr. c. l.
Garnett, graduate of both the A. and
NJ. and the University, who eloquently
defended all three of the states great
schools.
Then followed the legislators. The
aged and venerable Senator Kyle, Of
Pamela, was called upon. He is the
chairman of the Senate Finance Com.
mittee, and towering and infucn-
tial figure in the upper house. Mr.
Kyle spoke of his love and loyalty foI
the school; how he had befriended it
all these years, and how he would
serve it now. He was tired from his
long trip, but was received with great
honor by the assembly, which rose
when he pledged anew his fealty tc
the college. Senator Stockstel, Of
Pearl River, made a happy talk, saying
the Sheldon bill was dead and in its
grave; and Senator Morgan, of At
talla, was greeted with great applause
when he said tlie~a l!ege would get his
unreserved support. Representative
Glass, chairman of the House Com
mittee on Colleges and Universities
began by saying that he had never at.
tended the |. l. and c., bat that he
took four-year correspondence
course, and as a result he was now
specializing in Domestic Science. He
pledged their support to the
institution.
Representative Sheldon, of Wash
ington County, co-author of the
Sheldon-Zeller bill, was called upon
Mr.. Sheldon has been governor Of Ne
braska in his time, and he replied &c
some of the arguments Of Hon. c. l.
Garnett. The motive of his bill was
that every boy and girl in the state
should have opportunity for collegiate
training; subsequent phases of his
address indicated that he would be II
favor of caring for the State College
for Women on as liberal scale as
that proposed by its defenders. He
was followed by Representative Blew
EFT, of this county, who told an appro-
pirate story and sat down.
President Whitfield's remarks
brought an end to the banquet, after
which the crowd went to the gym
nasium, where the student body, un-
der the direction of Miss Pohl, gave
an exhibition of exercises in the
Physical Training Department.
A gathering Of the visiting law
makers, students, faculty and prom
inent citizens Of Columbus was held
in the chapel at the college yesterday
morning, beginning at eleven O'Clock
and lasting until after the noon hour
The session was one round Of happy
and short speeches, with decided Sc
rious and busiucss-like trend to each
Throughout it all there predomlnated
a decided fsyorableness and earnest
ness on the part of the legislators
present oseek liberal appropriations
for the maintenance and permanent
upbuilding of the Mississippi State
College for Women--in Columbus.
AS far as the bill providing for the
removal of the college is concerned
it was considered a dead issue after
the tour of inspection by the commit.
tee of seventy-fiye members to the
three state institutions, which was
completed yesterday afternoon after
the committee was entertained at the
Woman's Club and visited Jones
Jones Farm, a part of the college
here.
The program at the chapel began
with the more than nine hundr =
silyery, clear, full-throated voices of
the finest womauhood on earth filling
the hall with sweet music, singing the
old |. |. and c. songs.
President Whitfield then in a brief
but pointed address, outlined the pres.