University of Mississippi - Ole Miss Yearbook (Oxford, MS)

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'UQ t -rg. 2' THE SCIENCE BUILDING AND THE CONFEDERATE MEMORIAL onorary M.A. Degrees were conferred on disfinguished graduafes from I848 unfil I870g and courses of graduafe level were firsf offered in I870. The Graduafe School was esfablished in I927. ln fhe reorganizafion plan of I870, fhere were six courses of sfudy from which fhe sfudenf could choose. Included in fhese were fwo fhaf led fo posf gracluafe degrees, one fhe degree of Masfer of Arfs and fhe ofher fhaf of Docfor of Philosophy. Wifh fhe larger variefy of sfudies offered by fhis reshuffling plan of I870. more sfudenfs were affracfed fo fhe universify and consequenfly fhere were more who were desirous of fairing pos? graduafe courses. A definife program of graduafe sfudy wifh minimum residence requiremenfs of one academic year was sef up in I890. Fellow- ships in fhis deparfmenf began fo be awarded af fhis fimeg and since l909 fhe number fhaf has received fhe Masfers Degree has increased ouf of all proporfions fo fhe number in fhe fhirfy nine years before. Before fhe official esfablishmenf of fhe school in I927 graduafe worlr was clone under fhe direcfion of fhe general faculfy acfing fhru a graduafe commiffee, buf fhe Board of Trusfees elecfed a Dean charged wifh fhe responsibilify for fhis worlc. While The sfudenf doing graduafe level worlr from I870 for a considerable period was hindered by a field sfudy rafher limifed in scope, Ihe sfudenf of foday has an almosf unlimifed field of sfudies from which fo choose. The Graduafe School confers 'rhe degree: of Masfer of Arfs, Masler of Science and Masfer of Business Adminisfrafion. The cenfer of graduafe sfudies is fhe Alexander L. Bonduranf Graduafe Building which was consfrucfed soon affer The school was officially esfablished. The Graduafe School is headed by Dean Dudley R. Hufcherson. SINCE I92 DEAN D. R. Huron-mason vs f '3s- pu YM 1.

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S I N C E I 9 I 7 DEAN I-1. B. BROWN, JR. .qi i THE LYCEUM BUILDING he BSC School was The nexf To The lasf professional school founded on This campus, in I9I7. ITs origin may be Traced To courses in bookkeeping Taughf aT fhe universify beginning wiTh The session of I87I-72. This division did noi af Thai' Time play a significeni' role in The universify curriculm buf was as The cafalogue for Thaf session nofed considered a highly imporfani' branch of knowledge in which a course of insTrucTion lwasl given in all The various deparTmenTs of commerical science . This deparTmenT did noT really come info iTs own unfil iT was esfablished as a separafe school wiTh iTs purpose The Turning ouf of broadly Trained men who would be capable of meefing The increasing demands of The more modern business world. As The business world has become more involved and The necessify of business educafion has become more evidenf, so has The school broadened nfs field of sTudy. In The beginning a general course only was offered in banking, Transporfafion, and merchandising: while noi' affempiing To differenfiaTe in These separafe subiecfs. The group of courses also included The subiecfs of polifical science, economics, shorfhand and Typing, accounfing, and filing. These subiecfs were covered in sixfeen courses. Today over six Times as many courses are offered in The business school. AfTer The preliminary degree has been obfained in This de- parlmeni' following four years work, The degree of MasTer of Business Adminisfrafion may be had wifh an addiTional year of sfudy. The school is accredifed wifh The American AssociaTion of Collegiaie Schools of Business and The Nafional Conference of Sfafe Universify Schools of Business: being a full member of each, The School of Commerce and Business AdminisTraTion has, since iTs founding, experienced The largesf growlh of any universify deparTmenT. This school's enrollmenf Today is second only To Thai of fhe College of Liberal ArTs. Dean Horace B. Brown, Jr., is in charge of This school.

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GEORGE FREDERICK HOLMES The first presidenf of Ole Miss UNVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI 94 'if' ng . L 534254 -xii Ga-N.: The Lyceum Building in l860 Q 0 Q 0 If was on a brighf, brisk, Monday morning in November, in fhe year I848, fha? fhe Universify of Mississippi, now affecfionafely known as Ole Miss came info exisfence. Sfanding on fhe sfeps of fhe Lyceum Building a Mr. Thompson delivered an address on behalf of fhe Board of Trusfees followed by Presidenf George Frederick Holmes who spoke for fhe faculfy. Thereupon fhe Uni- versify was declared officially open and ready fo receive sfudenfs. The firsf session found some eighfy Soufhern genfIemen enrolled. There has probably never been in fhe hisfory of a Universify such an assemblage of sfudenl's . None of fhem had any back ground whafsoever for college work and being fhe scions of fhe soufhern heiarchy fhey were nafurally nof inclined fowards discipline. No more crude and disorderly sef of young men ever assembled in any colIege. These were fhe words of fhe Reverend John N. Wadell who Iafer be- came Chancellor. They came fo fhe Universify affended by fheir slaves and carrying fheir hunfing dogs and guns. Noi' a man on fhe campus wenf abou? wifhouf his pisfol or af leasf a dirk and fhere is acfually a case of an affair of honor fhe cause of which was fhe love of a young maiden of fhe village of Oxford. Pisfols, by 'Ihe way, had fo be checked wifh fhe Dean of Men before going fo class. The sale of infoxicafing beverages wifhin five miles of fhe universify was nafurally prohibifed by law, and five miles being five miles in fhose days of fhe horse and buggy insfead of five minufes was nafurally fough on fhe boys. Buf fhese fellows were no more daunfed from having a sociable drink before breakfasf fhan fhose fhaf followed fhem. The long wagon frains bearing hay or coffon fhrough 'Ihe village of Oxford were more offen fhan nof carrying confraband liquor hid- den under fheir innocenf looking loads. Such acfivifies were nafurally very much frowned on by fhe faculfy and every efforf was made Io curb fhis debauchry, buf fhe sfraw fhaf broke fhe camels back was laid on when one of fhese eager scholars was found keeping a lewd woman in his room. He was severely reprimanded and dismissed from fhe school. Presidenf Holmes foughf fhe good fighf, always opfimisfic, remembering fhaf you'lh musf have ifs fling: buf, in fhe spring of I849, a liffle over a year from fhe fime he came info office, he resigned: and Ieff fhe campus fo regain his heaIfh . Following fhe deparfure of Mr. Holmes, 'Ihe presidency of fhe college was Taken over by Dr. Augusfus B. Longsfreef of Georgia. He was considered somewhaf of a characfer buf was liked by all fhe boys. The aufhor of Georgia Scenes , a series of humorous skefches depicfing early I9fh cenfury life in Georgia, he became fhe fafher of fhe modern American comic sfrip. If was under fhe benevolenf despofism of Judge Longsfreel fhaf discipline of a sorf was inforced on fhe campus and a greaf measure of scholasfic progress gained. 1 I, I I