. Annual catalogue of the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Mississippi . s from that of the old manuallabor school in this: There, the important matter was towork enough to pay all expenses ; the education receivedwas of secondary consideration compared with earningenough money to pay ones way. The hoy who labors mostof his time is physically too tired to accomplish much in hisstudies; whereas, moderate labor facilitates study. It isdesirable that this feature should be understood in connec-tion with the College. It must not bethought that a boycan work his way through by his labor, and
. Annual catalogue of the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Mississippi . s from that of the old manuallabor school in this: There, the important matter was towork enough to pay all expenses ; the education receivedwas of secondary consideration compared with earningenough money to pay ones way. The hoy who labors mostof his time is physically too tired to accomplish much in hisstudies; whereas, moderate labor facilitates study. It isdesirable that this feature should be understood in connec-tion with the College. It must not bethought that a boycan work his way through by his labor, and also get afirst-cdass education. It is impossible to do both. He could notaccomplish both if he had a school at his very door. Astudent here has many advantages: he not only gets histuition free; but he has an opportunity to work and pay forpart of his board by his own labor. At home he would stillhave to incur the expense of board and clothing—an expenseunavoidable in attending school under any conditions. I f 50 A. & M. COLLEGE OF MISSISSIPPI, vSL. rst ~5Te; ®>-. ^•guilding§ and grounds^ The College build-ings arc situated onboth sides of thebranch of the Mobileand Ohio Railroad,which extends fromArtesia to Stark-ville, one and a halt*miles from the lat-ter }» 1 a e e. T li egrounds abfut thebuildings are as attract-ive as possible bythe laying out ofdrives and the plant-ing of grass and or-namental and shadetrees. The Academic building, 127 by 70 feet, has three storiesand a basement. The upper story consists of six rooms w^vdas classrooms by the Professors of Agriculture and Horticul-ture, the Instructors in the Preparatory Department, and theInstructor in Drawing. The second story consists also of sixrooms lor the Professors of English and Mathematics, exceptone reserved for the safekeeping of the mathematical instru-ments. The first floor contains the Chapel, or assemblyroom, and the offices of the President and Secretary. In thebasement the Horti
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