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By Michael B. Ballard

Mississippi kingdom college was once based in 1878 and opened its doorways in 1880 as a land-grant university de-signed for educating agriculture and mechanical arts. construction upon the paintings of John ok. Bettersworth, Michael B. Ballard strains the evolution of this establishment. From the start, first president Stephen D. Lee desired to extend the university\'s vi-sion past agriculture and engineering. whereas admit-ting that those will be the focal issues, the college gra-dually brought reports within the humanities. The collage advanced round the expectation of being the \"People\'s Col-lege,\" drawing scholars from rural parts and negative back-grounds and giving them an opportunity to achieve larger schooling. There is still a vast cross-section within the pupil physique from many backgrounds, together with a considerable variety of African American and foreign scholars. this sort of combine, which extends to the school, has bolstered the examine features of the college and broadened the educational panorama in methods Lee by no means dreamed. the writer covers many different points of MSU, similar to the way it has been tormented by nationwide occasions over the years, together with the nice melancholy, global Wars I and II, and the civil rights circulation of the Nineteen Sixties. Michael B. Ballard is the collage archivist and coordinator of the Congressional and Political study heart at Mississippi kingdom collage. he's the writer of diverse books at the Civil struggle, together with Pemberton: the final Who misplaced Vicksburg and Civil conflict Mississippi: A advisor, either from collage Press of Mississippi.

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Whatever they did at commencement apparently did not go over well with college officials, for eventually their participation ceased. In 1897, a couple of members wrote articles critical of the Lee administration, which resulted not only in the dismissal of the students but the forced resignation of two professors and the outright firing of two others who leaked details of the faculty vote on the student dismissals. 20 The Young Men’s Christian Association (YMCA) organized a campus chapter in 1882, with future college president Buz Walker the first president.

If any vacancies still existed after September 1 of a given year, the college president could fill them, with special consideration given to the counties having the largest number of school-age children. The system cost A&M students, who, due to the apportionment, had to attend other institutions of higher learning. Very few out-of-state students were allowed in, for the board feared further ramifications. Burkitt championed the plan, because he said that previous enrollment had favored the wealthier counties in the state.

34 With such strong concerns for shaping high moral standards for students, Lee, the faculty, and community leaders, not surprisingly, also wrestled with the issue of dancing. Located deep in the so-called Bible Belt, the college was closely watched by religious leaders, the most fundamental of which thought dancing to be sinful. Local ministers encouraged the abolition of on-campus commencement dances or balls. They especially detested using chapel facilities for such events. The college board left that issue to be decided by faculty, which suggested defusing the controversy by changing the name of the chapel to College Hall.

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