The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1948-08-21
Alcorn College Prepares For
'4S-49 Session; Main Objective
"To Do Better Job OF Serving
The People OF State
Show Many improvements
Expecting A Record
Breaking Enrolment


ebbing away and September / APP
preaching, every available resource
at the College is being drawn upon
in preparation for one of the largest
expected enrollments in the history
of the school The one major OBJ
jective OF the administration and
those responsible for the College
is to see to it that "Alcorn does a
better job of serving the people of
Mississippi" To this end, much
stronger faculty and staff has been
employed; a broader program of
work has been outlined and an ac-
CELEBRATED program of redecorating
building and identifying the entire
campus is being carried on
This promises to be a great year.
Early in the spring of 1913, DIR.
Pipes began planning for this years
work. The first on this program
was the organization of the Faculty
Institute" with the primary objec-
tive of Improving the Alocrn Pro-
gram in the light of Southern Asso~
citation Standards" The primary
motive behind this is to study the
program and find its weaknesses
and improve them, in order to meet
the Southern Association Standards.
In order that superior piece of
work might be done, several out
standing educators have accepted
the invitation to serve as consult
ants during the two-day session on
September ID Among them are:
DR.. w. r. Banks. President Emeri-
tusp Of Prairie View College, Prai-
RE View, Texas; DR.. Fred T. Nit
chell, President, Mississippi State
College. Dean M. c. D'Argonne, Xa-.
vier University of New Orleans; DR..
P. H. Easom, Supervisor of Negro
Education of the State of MissN&p-
pi; Dean Herbert Drennon of Mis-
sissippi State College; Honorable j.
Oliver Emmerich and E. R. Jobe of
the Board of Trustees for Institu-
tons of Higher Learning in the
State Of Mississippi.
T further grid themselves for a
bigger job and to render a broader
service, the leaders of Alcorn Col
lege have .reorganized the college
into three schools: School of Agri-
culture anr Science, the School of
Education and the School of Mech
anical Industries, each school with
its various divisions.
In order to further extend her
services to the people of the State,
and especially to the in-service tea
cheers, Alcorn has organized a Divis-
ion of Extension Education. This
division consecrates itself to the es-
tablishing of an extension center
for in-service teachers at each of
the strategic points in the State
which will best serve them.
A Division of Health and Physical
Education also has been added for
the year 1948-49. With this division
young men and women will find il
possible to receive training leading
to a degree in that field.
Improvement Underway
Within the last thirty days an ac-
CELEBRATED program of improvements
to the College building and campus
has begun. At this moment a num-
Der of men are working at top
speed in an effort to have buildings
redecorated, many needed repairs
made, and the campus made the OBJ
ject of beauty and attraction.
Let us mention here few of the
improvements being made:
l. R. E. A. for loghts over the en-
tire campus within the next sixty
days has been assured.
2. The installation of am additional
boiler for the improvement OF
heating and to furnish sufficient
hot water for all dormitories is
expected to be completed within
the next few days.
3.The guest quarters and Council
Room of Rowan Administration
building is being redecorated.
4. General improvements and reno
vations are being made in dormi.
tories and other buildings in order