The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1923-09-13
Agricultural High
Has Great Opening
For New Term
Enrolment Larger Than
any Former Session; Ex-
cellent Faculty Engaged

With Superintendent I5uff's face
beaming like a big sunflower, and
his voice ringing IN trumpet tones
equal to the general Of gree
army; with ali the members of the
faculty Glad ] am Here" with
encouraging speeches by members Of
the Board OF Trustees and Of The
Board of Supervisors, and other
friends. and with bright-taced girls,
and staiwart boys IN evidence
everywhere, the Pearl River County
Agricultural A High School con,-
menced the 1923-z4 session on Tues
day morning IN q saappy, business
Ike way presagiag d great session.
The exercises opened at nine
o'clock with Scripture reading and q
short taik by Prot BQff. and Rev.
r. j. Williams, pastor OF the Meth
odisg church, I'D q prayer The
, enti.e body joined N . senool song,
and talks were made by each mem
ber Of the faculty. }. Sol Moody,
president ot the Board OF Supervi-
sors spoke and stated that the
Board would back the school to the
limit. John A Bilbo, OF the
(. Board OF Trustees, declared this to
be among the best OF the A. =.
Schools in the state, and counseled
the student body to avail themselves
of the golden opportunity presented
to them at this institution and to
thoroughly equip Themselves for
| their life work Dr. W. L. Arledge,
County Health Officer, made an ad-
dress relating TO health and santa
ton. T. A Rawls spoke for few
| minutes and aroused considerable
enthusiasm by offering another gold
medal to the already goodly num-
Der. The conditions upon which 1t
is to be awarded will be named by
the faculty. Rev. j. E. Williams also
offered gold medal 70 be awarded
! in the College course, conditions to
he decided By the faculty.
i One OF the highly interesting ad-
dresses OF the hour was made by
Rev. j. P. Culpepper, head of the
History department. Dr.. Culpepper
has just returned from the Holy
Land and other. portions Of the Old
world. where he made study of Bib
lical History and is the better quall-
fled for teaching in that particular
line of study.
An enjoyable feature of the
opening was vocal solo rendered by
Miss Lee Moody, the accomplished
head fthe Music Department Of
the school.
3 The enrolment of pupils runs over
two hundred and fifty, largely
more than at any previous session,
and it has been necessary to put
them three and four to the room,
The management of the institution
say that it is becoming absolutely
certain that another building must
be added to accommodate the con-
stantly growing numbers.
The athletic department of the
school mas started with vim, and
Coach Goat" Hale is already
whipping ! promising fooU bah team
into shape.
The Agricultural High School has
q superior faculty signed up for the
session and the work promises to be
better than at any previous year
of the schools life Following are
the faculty members:
j. A. Huff principal; Mrs. J. A.
Huff, head matron; L. A, Hurst,
agriculturist; Mrs. Mabel Scott
Locks, study hall and spelling; j. P.
Culpepper, head of history depart
ment; f. W Goat Hale, athletic,
and assistance in history; Mrs
Florence Coker, matron; Miss Cora
Bilbo, assistant matron; Miss Aileen
/ Miller, head of English department;
/ Miss Mary Lomax, assistant in Eng
I hsh; c. R. Stark, head of mathe-
matics department.; J. c. Harden,
assistant in mathematics; Miss
Dixie Pigott, home science, cooking;
+. Miss Estelle E. Brahan, home
Science, cooking; j. W. Ford, head
of science department.; Miss Matte
Lee Moody, piano and voice; AIRS.
E. w. Hale, expression and physi-
cal education; Mrs. Estelle Carver,
commercial course; Miss Vada Co
ker, office secretary and Miss Mary
Ruth CottreIl, foreign languages.