Hinds Community College - Eagle Yearbook (Raymond, MS)

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Original Hinds business office. Original home economics laboratory. Girls ' basketball became a popular sport. Yell leaders backed the Eagle team. A Hinds orchestra of long years ago. 10 The complete Hinds library at the time seemed sufficient.

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r.; ' .;.;.- ,.? };? ■.;-: ■ ;-»; An acquired modern advance, a Fordson tractor. The College Begins Slowly To Evolve The first year of college work was added to the cur- riculum in 1922, and the first year of high school was dis- continued. That first freshman class had 30 members. Just four years later — in 1926 — the county decided it would do well to add the second year of college work to the curriculum, so it was in 1926 that Hinds Junior College was officially born. That year, also, a new Administration Building was constructed at a cost of $100,000. That same building stands today as the old library building, now called the Audi- torium Building. The fall of ' 26 saw the enrollment pass the 400 mark, with 74 of those registered being college students. The college department grew up in 1928, when it was ad- mitted to membership in the Southern Association of Col- leges and Secondary Schools. President Southerland resigned to accept a position as president of Mississippi College for Women, and G. J. Cain became president in 1930. Two faculty homes were con- structed and the enrollment passed 550. The original college herd, consisting of five milk cows. The campus look when military training was required.

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THE BEGINNING OF A NEW AWAKENING The growing school had really begun to expand by 1937 when a well-equipped gymnasium, and a second dorm- itory for boys were erected. President Cain resigned to accept a position in the Mississippi State Department of Education, and President G. M. McLendon came as president in 1938. The following year campus driveways were paved; a lighted football field was added; additional shops were constructed; the Civilian Pilot Training program was ap- proved; and the Meat Curing and Cold Storage Plant was constructed as an added service to Hinds County farmers. The commercial department was expanded to increase opportunities in secretarial and commercial sciences in keeping with the college ' s policy of having course offerings to meet the needs of students. The fall of 1940 found over 700 students at Hinds ' portals. An NYA Workshop and a duplex dwelling were built. More recreational facilities were added, and a motion picture machine for visual education was purchased. Meanwhile, the students themselves were wasting no time. State championships in athletic, dramatic and literary events came to the campus each year. Oscar Glaze, chief cook and beloved campus character in 1929, ever-present dispenser of GRITS. The original college dining hall. ■ ' - ' • ' ■ ■v; ■: ' [ .pH ■ - The first Hinds auditorium was deemed stupendous. 11