Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1921-08-18
OXFORD WANTS
STATE HOSPITAL
"0le Miss" Would Be Given Institu-
tiOn Under Boyett Plan Next
Legislature Meet.

Hoa.. w. G. Boyett, member of the
Legislature from Lafayette County, is
preparing bill to be introduced when
the Legislature convenes in January
for state charity hospital for North
Mississippi, to be located at Oxford
and to be contiguous to the Univer-
fsity Of Mississippi for it's benefit as
we'll as the public generally.
While there are five hospitals in
Mississippi supported in whole or in
part by the state, and located at Jack
son, Vicksburg, Meridian, Laure land
Natchez, the state has established no
hospital facilities in that sectino of
Mississippi north of the Alabama &
Vicksburg railroad, which section is
the most, thickly populated rural dis
trict in the state by white people and
has one-third more population than
that section lying south of the A. d
". railroad. Oxford is centrally and
well located for the location of state
charcity hospital. The state of Mis-
sissippi already owns GAO acres of
land contiguous to Oxford, on which
the State University is located. There
is plenty of room and beautiful loca-
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only medical school in the state is the
medical department of the University
Of Mississippi, located here. The med
ical school would be great aid to the
hospital and the hospital would be
most valuable aid to the boys and
girls of Mississippi who come to their
own state university to study medi-
cine. The medical school of the Uni
versity of Mississippi, due to the
splendid records its students make at
other schools, has the enviable repu-
tation of being one of the best med
ical schools in the county, with living
expenses at the minimum. But on ac-
count, of the lack of clinical facilities
it is able to give o1ly two years of
the four year course. As a result
students are forced to go elsewhere
for their last two years of instruc-
ton.
A big charity hospital built here
would eventually supply the clinics
necessary to enable the boys and girls
of Mississippi to finish their course of
training without having to change
schools and at much less expense.
North Mississippi has stood in need
of hospital for many years, but due
to the fact that no location could be
definitely decided upon, its construc-
tion has been postponed from time TO
tir.ie. To a ca sEal observer it is az :
parent that the need of charity hos
pital in North Mississippi was never
greater than it is today.
With the fast development of good
roads in North Mississippi, which are
now in process of construction, a hos
pital located at Oxford would be ac-
cessible by means of motor vehicles
to more people than if located at any
other place in North Mississippi.
A bill of this character was intro
duced by Mr.. Boyett at the last meet
| ing of the Legislature and met with
universal Endorsement and was favor
ably reported on the floor of the
house by the committee to which it
was referred. Apparently the bill was
crowded out at the last Legislature
/ by what was thought to be more
pressing legislation.
Now, if the people of Oxford can
be aroused to the proper point OF in
terest, the hospital can be landed in
Oxford. 1t would be good thing for
the town as well as great help to
the people of North Mississippi. Every
institution of any note for the past
ten years has been located south OF
Jackson. The northern part OF the
state has received nothing, and it does
seem that if the people of this commu-
nifty will get together and exert con-
certed effort, this institution can be
LANDED here.