The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1923-10-04

mississippi "A. q. M. COllege well
under way on it's forty-fifth year
Of collegiate work. The number of
students enrolled ranged around the
twelve hundred mark. More regular
students are on the list than there
were last year, however, the number
of government rehabilitation men
has dropped, many of them going
out on placement training.
The main feature of the opening
rogram which took place Wednesday
morning was an address by DR.. TAFT
Butler, famous southern agricultural
expert and editor of the Progress
sive Farmer. He spoke at length on
the problems confronting Mississippi
as an agricultural state, and what the
younger generation is doing to COM
bat with. He deplored the present
credit system that farmers are forced
to borrow under and emphasized the
necessity of the proper merchan-
dizing of farm products. He espec-
tally stressed the Importance of in
creasing the production Of the acre.
age of the farms by improving the
soils.
Glasses began Friday morning in
full force. The students staged
a college Night" program Friday
evening in the college chapel which
was one of the peppiest sessions
ever conducted in Aggie history.
A high spirit of optimism prevails.
There is every indication for ban
ner year.
The Importance of the correlation
of every agency in Mississippi for
the development of the natural
resources of the state is stressed in
the call the President D. C. Hull of
Mississippi A. & M. College is pre-
pairing to issue for the mammoth
agricultural and industrial confer
ence which is to be held at the
college in early December.
The Importance of cooperation
In order to meet the emergency
that exists in the state today as a
result of, exhaustion of the once
magnificent timber resources, the
disastrous ravages of the weather
and the insect pests on cotton the
major cash crop of the state was
the cause of the decision to call
this meeting. The invitation will
be sent to all of the leading indus
trail, agricultural and business or
CARNATIONS of the state, urging
them to send representatives to the
meeting.
Demonstrating more clarly that
the name Of Mississippi Agricultural
and Mechanical College and that Of
leadership are SYNONYMOUS terms,
the Department of Geology of the
College has just returned from an
extensive lobratory field trip that is
the first venture of its kind ever
attempted.
Under the leadership of Professor
w. C. Moore and Associate Profess
sor F. E. Vestal, both of the Depart
ment of Geology, the advanced class
in that science traversed approx
mately 5000 miles in direct travel
in automobiles along route that
extended over wide range of terri
tory following the Appalachian chain
up it's eastern side and down its
western side. The territory covered
presented wonderful opportunities for
the study of all phases and conditions
Of geology.
The part-time self help course at
Mississippi A. &. M. College got
under way today with 46 students
workers enrolled. The plan which was
evolved by President D. G. Hull, is
an innovation in agricultural educa-
ton and the first Of it's kind ever
established, providing practical OPP
portunities for needy young Missls-
sippians who are DESTROYS and quail
flied for college education entirely
through their own efforts. This IS
the first and experimental year OF
the venture.
"Plant oats more oats and plant
them now." is the slogan adopted
by the agricultural experts OF the
college in an attempt to get ehe
farmers of the state to plant large
acreage of this crop TO avoid 1he
feed crisis that is approaching.
Be sure to plant seed freely as
MANY oat crops are failures because
of an attempt on the part OF the