Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1946-12-14
Saw State Board Of Health Should Close
Institution As Dangerous To Health


crease over the appropriation of
around 100000 which prevailed
UP until a few years ago.
While in terms of the real
needs of an institution with such
a purpose as that of Alcorn Col
lege the $4,000 biennial appro-
priation may be regarded as
wholly inaleuate, its was pointed
out that the conditions found re-
suited from something other than
the amount of the college appro-
priation.
The increasing unfavorable re-
putation of the college is being
charged with causing students to
60 outside the state to ScholS ra-
Their than attend Alcorn.
With all of the emphasis placed
by the late Goxernor Thomas L..
Bailey upon the development Of
the agricultural and mechanical
arts it was pointed out that only
six boys were enrolled in the
division of agricultural from
where it is tbs expressed hope of
the state to supply teachers and
leaders the field of agricud-
tural in the state.
In describing the veterans train
ing program at Acorn, Harry
Wright the advisor on Negro Vet
Grams of the Southern Regional
Council said thai the training
opportunities available to veter-
ans at Alcorn were ever less than
makeShift and WE'RE I'M every
respect disgrace to the state.
Already there is said to have
developed Widespread dissatisfac-
ton among the Alcornn Alumni
over conditions existing at the
college. The Alcorn Alumni is
given credit with having exerted
a powerful influence in the af-
fairs of the institution upon num-
erous occasions.
Among negro leaders of the
state the conditions at Alcorn and
other inalequincies and innequali-
ties in negro education in the
state is being taken as an indi-
cation of the need for the mined
late filing of an equalization of
Education case.
With all this going on however,
there was another and very dis
tinct view regarding the college.
This view was expressed by f.
O. Emmerlech,. of McComb, chair
man of the Acorn Committee of
the state board for Institution of
Higher Learning. When the find
ings attributed to the committee
was brought to his attention Mr..
Emmerlech said that there could
be no condition now existing at
Alcorn as bad as those found a
few years ago when he first be-
came connected with the board.
He pointed out that much improv-
ment had already been made and
that the members of the Alcorn
Committee were giving a lot of
their time to bring about greater
Improvement.
Mr.. Emmerlech said that much
of the conditions at the college
was due to a kind of little politics
beinng played among negro lead
ers of the state with Alcorn as
the pawn.
Among certain quarters it was
pointed out that the present at
tacks on the college might be
the beginning of a movement to
Dust President Pipes whose con-
duct of the college has been wide.
ly critized throughout the state,
since he took ouer, to succeed
VIM. H. Bell, who was asked to
resign after his administration
had undergone almost constant
attack from the Alcorn Alumni
and other sources.
In some quarters it was being
freely predicted that the "B" ra-
ting given the college during the
Administration of President Bell
will be withdrawn at the meeting
in Memphis, Tenn. this week OF
the Southern Association of Col
leges and Secondary Schools.