The Neshoba Democrat., 1921-06-02
lows every entrants exit to see
II he has left anything.

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business man had left 10000
worth OF securities which he had tab
en- from his safety b"x. IL later CO.
cured to him that he had not pu,
Them back In she box. He rushed
back to the bank to find the securi.
ties safely In the hands of the keeper
Columbia. Missouri Is gem. 1t Ia
a clean little town. and in addition
to q rich agricultural country sur
rounding it, three colleges are locat.
cd there. or rather two G lleges. and
the University of Missouri. The
University Of Missouri ts much lar
ger, OF course, than either Of our
state institutions because Missouri
has pretty well combined her state
insti buttons all In one. Her law
school, medical school, agricultural
college, school Of engineering. and
school Of journalism are concentrat-
cd. The University IL coeducational,
and, therefore, there is no need for q
state women's college ~ we have at
Columbus. The other two colleges at
Columbia are Christ an and Steph-
ems. both for girls, exclusively.
These old colleges with the many
traditions and Institutions that usu-
ally gro = up around old universities
and colleges. have given Columbia
an atmosphere that one frequently
finds in old New England villages.
Her residences are well built aud
shade trees line her streets.
Five large stone columns stand near
the gateway of tho old campus. These
stood originally before the oldsscade-
mic building. When the building
burned the debris was cleared away.
these columns we're left to stand.
They 10 k like bit Of old Greek ar
chitscture that We have seen 30 fro.
quently pictured. With wide YER
dant lawn SURROUNDING these columns,
and ivy partially covering them 1t is
no wonder that the alumni Of that
most wonderful institution revere
these columns. aud that they hang
pictured and fEam I'd about their walls
and are reproduced In miniature to
adorn their mantels.
The wide stfees that leafs South
from these columns pressnts another
picture worth while. for four other
columns lie in the g ,uth. of similar
stone, and massive size, and these
were preserved from the old county
court house that also burned. But
for the trees one could look north
and south, and see both land marks,
which have been 30 srtistically pre-
served. These columned ruins have
m Jre than sentimental significance;
they add o touch Of the classical to Q
city the very atmosphere of which IL
culture aud refinement.
The college farm covers 800 acres,
and the state experiment station 10
located there just as ours is at A. q
M. The annual enrolment ut the
University is about 4.67S; about QUE
forth Of whom are girls.
SCHOOL Of JOURNALISM
A new building has been erected
at the University to house tho School
of Journalism. The building was
given by . 1918 graduate in honor of
his father, J. II. Neff. The building
cost si26. 600. il 10 the oldest school
of journalism and was founded In
1908. 478 students are enrolled In
courses. this year, and 1859 Of these are
women.
A daily paper Ia published by the
students within the School OF Journ-
alism, aud it3servss 90 q labratory
wherein the students get real expert
ence In the machinery of editing and
publishing a paper.
The wonderful work being done by
this school was . revelation to me
The graduates have In few shor'
years scattered over the world. Nine
graduates alonesars on the staff Of tht
Advertiser published In Toxic. Japan
On the authority of the editor ant
publisher Of the Toxic ADVERTISE
and Alexander III nme Ford, Sscreta
~ Of the Pam Pacific Union Of Homo
lulu, Hawaii, the Columbia Schoo
Of Journalism Is doing more to mouls
Journalistic thought In the Far East
than any other force or influence.
The advantage Of School o
Journalism. aud tho necessity TO
training our journalists should b
dear to every southerner for IL wa
NO less q persoti, than our reveret
Robert e. Lee Who had the foresigh
to establish the rdrst school Of jour
nalism In the &6r1d. II was In 1856
At what waa then Washington Col
lage at LexingtpR. Virginia. Con
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