Hinds Community College - Eagle Yearbook (Raymond, MS)

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This is a book about a school: a remembering of yesterday, a seeing of the present, a looking forward to tomorrow. Forty-four years ago there was no school: only the rolling, tree-studded hills — that, and a dream of a pro- gressive educational institution which would someday take its place among the nation ' s outstanding colleges. Forty- four historical years have passed and that dream has be- come a reality. Hinds Junior College has had four outstanding presi- dents, W. N. Taylor, R. E. L. Southerland, G. J. Cain and G. M. McLendon. But the past twenty-four years have be- come known as the McLendon era, the years of constant progress, of a campus jarred with the movement of con- struction and changing of scenes. Under the McLendon administration the old has been replaced by the new. The campus has grown from an original few buildings to more than thirty, and construc- tion is now undergoing a remarkably rapid pace. It is for these reason that the 1962 EAGLE respect- fully dedicates this forty-fourth anniversary edition to President George M. McLendon, a foresighted chief execu- tive whose administration represents an unending caval- cade of great teachers, great visions, and great realizations.

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PROGRESS REPORT

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Superintendent ' s home, 1917 In The Beginning 1917-1918 Founded as a County Agricultural High School in 1917 with the expressed purpose of providing educational op- portunities at low cost to students willing to work, the school was built on the old home site of J. R. Eggleston, captain of the Merrimac of Merrimac and Monitor fame. W. N. Taylor was elected as the first superintendent. The campus that first year consisted of the Administration Building, two dormitories, then later a power plant, one barn and 74 acres of land — all valued at $86,663.69. The original board consisted of H. V. Watkins, Jack- son, president during his tenure of office from 1918 until his death in 1944; C. S. Spann, Raymond (1918-1923); F. M. Coleman, Jackson, secretary by virture of his position as county superintendent of education (1918-1936) ; D. C. Simmons, Utica (1918-1936); and D. W. Graham, Bolton (1918-1936). The school had an enrollment of 118 students, taught by a staff of eight faculty members, and was admitted to membership in the Southern Association of Secondary Schools during the first year of its existence. First campus building — Administration Building — built at a cost of $21,434.54. This building later became known as the old science building.