Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1957-08-17

addition to this full-time college
enrolment, there were 226 vet
Grams enrolled in trades courses,
118 students in the Laboratory
School, and CAT persons in the eve
ming and Saturday classes. Accord
ing to these figures, the College
served a total of more than two
thousand students during the
Spring Quarter. The enrolment
for the First Summer Session of
1857 was LII summer teachers,
and 200 veterans in trades courses.
We expect an enrolment of more
than one thousand summer teachers
for the Second Summer Session.
The College granted the Degree
of Bachelor Of Science in Educa-
ton to 234 graduates in May, 1857.
The Degree of Master of Science
in Education was granted to two
Negro school principals for the
first time in the State of Missis-
sippi. A recent four-year study of
the graduates of State-supported
Colleges in the State shows that a
larger percentage of the graduates
of Jackson State College remain in
the State of Mississippi than any
other four-year State-supported
college. The above evidence tends
to prove that the College serves
the people of Mississippi"
Discussing the academic program
of the College, he stated: "The
academic program of Jackson State
College has three main detectives:
(1) Teacher Education, (2) Liberal
Arts Education, and (3) Graduate
Education for Teachers.
The Division of Teacher Educa-
ton is well developed in the Col
lege, since the program of Jack
son State College has been devoted
almost entirely to teacher training
during the II years of the States
administration. The graduates of
the College teach in every county
of the State. A large number of
the graduates of the College have
earned advanced degrees in many
of the leading graduate schools of
the nation. The Division of Teach
er Education offers majors in lang
uage arts, social science, art, mu-
sic, science and mathematics, in
dustrial arts and physical educa-
ton.
The Division of Liberal Arts is
just now being developed in the
College. The objective of the Di-
vision is to give a good general
education to those who do not plan
to teach school. The Division will
offer the BIS. and ALB. Degrees
with majors in literature, modern
language, mathematics, physics,
chemistry, biology, art, music, his
tory, sociology, economics, and Sec
retarial science. The Division will
offer pre-professional courses in
medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, law,
and the ministry.
The Division of Graduate Educa-
ton began in tn, summer of 1853
with an enrolment of 26 school
principals. The program is pres
emily limited to the training of
principals and supervisors for the
schools of the State. The program
is offered only during the summer
quarter at the present time. There
were Sc principals enrolled in the
program during the summer of
1866. The program should be ex-
panded into the regular College
year, and all teachers who are
qualified should be provided for.
If this program is opened to all
qualified Negro teachers in the
State, there is evidence to show
that the enrolment would approx
mate 400 teachers per year."
Concerning the Southern Asso-
citation rating of the 80 year old
institution, President Reddix ex-
planned: "For three years, Jack
son State College has had full rat
ing by the Southern Association of
Colleges and Secondary Schools.
In the spring of 1856, the Associa-
ton sent a survey committee to the