Millsaps College - Bobashela Yearbook (Jackson, MS)

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BOBASHELA. Published by the Galloway and Lamar Literary Societies of Millsaps College, Jackson, Mississippi. ■w- 7m i A. P. HAND, L. E. PRICE, EdiUir-in-Chief. L. F. BARRIER, Art Editors. E. B. ALLEN. J. N. HALL, Literary Editors. J. B. RICKETTS. - Buitlmss Manager. J. L. NEILL. J. L. SUMRALL, Assistant Business Managers. I Volume I, 1905. i6

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HISTORY OF MILLSAPS COLLEGE. Millsaps College, located in Jackson, Alississippi, is the property of the Meth- odist Episcopal Cnurch South. It is owned and controlled jointly by tne Missis- sippi and North Mississippi Conferences. It was estabLshed under a charter is- sued by the Mississippi Legislature m the year 1S90. The terms of the charter prescribe that the incorporators mav accept donations of real and personal property for the benefit of the College hereafter to be established by them, and contributions of monev or negotiable securities of every kind in aid of the en- dowment of such College, and may confer degrees and giye certificates of scholar- ship, and do and perform all other acts for the benefit of said institution and the promotion of its welfare that are not repugnant to the Constitution and By-Laws of this State or of the UnUed States, subject, however, to the approval of the said two Conferences. The College has its remote origin in the general policy of the iMethodist Church to maintain institutions under its own control for higher learning in the arts and sciences, as well as for special training of voung m.n iters. At the annual session of the Mississippi Conference of V cksburg, on December 7, 1888, the foll ' )wing reiolutions were adopted bv a large majority of the Confer- ence: I. That a College for males, under the auspices and control of the iNIethodist Episcopal Church South, ought to be established at some central and accessible point in the State of Mississippi ; 2. That a committee of three laymen and three preachers be appointed to confer With a Lke committee to be appointed by the North iMississipp; Conference to formulate jjlans and to receive offers of donations of lands, buildings, or money for that purpo:;e, and to report to the next session of th.s conference. In accordance with this action, the President of the Conference, Bishop R. K. Hargrove, appointed the follow.ng committee: Rev. T. L. i Ielleii, Rev. W. C. Black, Rev. A. F. Watkins, Maj. R. W. Millsaps, Col. ' . L. Nugent, and Dr. Luther vSexton. On December 12, 1888, the North Mississippi Conference met in vStarksville, Mississippi, Bishop C. B. Galloway presiding. The Rev. T. L. Mellen appeared and reported the action taken by the Mississippi Conference. The following tran- script from the North Mississippi Conference Journal gives the response made bv that body : Resolved, 1. That a College for the education of bo ■s and young men should be established in the State of Mississippi under the auspices of the Methodist Epis- 18