. The Mississippi agricultural and mechanical college war record: the civil war; the Spanish-American war; the world war . there will be great need for laboratories such asthose of the Mississippi Agricultural and Mechanical College. Accordingly, when the immediate need for such facilities arose, theMississippi Agricultural and Mechanical College was transformed into [12] a military training camp. The personnel of the College staff, thelaboratories and equipment were placed at the disposal of the WarDepartment. In every way the tender of services on the part of theMississippi Agricultural and
. The Mississippi agricultural and mechanical college war record: the civil war; the Spanish-American war; the world war . there will be great need for laboratories such asthose of the Mississippi Agricultural and Mechanical College. Accordingly, when the immediate need for such facilities arose, theMississippi Agricultural and Mechanical College was transformed into [12] a military training camp. The personnel of the College staff, thelaboratories and equipment were placed at the disposal of the WarDepartment. In every way the tender of services on the part of theMississippi Agricultural and Mechanical College was made in goodfaith. She did her part to preserve freedom from destruction and tomake possible the perpetuity of liberty. Throughout the war she triedin every way. and with all her resources, to aid in bringing victory tothe cause of democracy. Now that victory is ours, and its history hasbeen written in every language known to man, we feel confident thatour commonwealth has every reason to be proud of the devotion andservice to the cause rendered by her State Agricultural and 13] The Mississippi A. and M. Collegeand The World War il%HEN the war cloud was drawn over the United States of America,VXx on tne second day of April, 1917, and we had entered into themost destructive war ever known to mankind, one of the foremostthoughts upon the American mind was, what place will the universitiesand colleges of the country take in the crisis? Would their entirestudent bodies enlist, or would they, the students, remain in college?Would the work of the institution stop, or would they be convertedinto great war machines and tendered to the Federal Government? By nightfall on the day that the President of the United Statesof America declared this nation to be in a state of war with the ImperialGovernment of Germany, the Mississippi A. and M. College had begunpeacefully and quietly to remould its work to suit the needs of thenation. This accomplishme
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