Mississippi College - Tribesman Yearbook (Clinton, MS)

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Hugh N. Alexander M ISSISSIPPI COLLEGE may count itself fortunate in the selection of Mr. Hugh ; j N. Alexander as a member of its Board of d rustees. A native Mississippian of Scotch- Irish descent, that virile stock that has wrought so much for the upbuilding of the republic, and which has been made stronger by having taken on something of the independence of the Carolinas’ soil and climate. He first saw the light in good old Rankin, a county that has done as much, or more than any other, towards filling this and other states with sturdy men and women. He was born to Andrew J. and Elizabeth Ross Alexander in 1857, the time that tried women’s souls and tested the stuff of which men were made. When he could be spared from work he attended a county school, where he acquired the rudiments of an education and a character that has made him respected by all men. In 1885 he came to Greenville and there among strangers he set to work to win his way. Among the best and first things he did was to marry Miss Mary A. Nurse, a fine Englishwoman, who has blessed his home and added strength to his every worthy endeavor. The following indicate the wide range of his interests. He is president of the largest lumber concern in Western Mississippi; a director in one of the banks; a trustee in the city schools; a Delta planter; a citizen taking an active part in every- thing that pertains to the upbuilding of the Delta’s interest; a lover of hunting and a crack shot; the possessor of one of the handsomest and most Christian homes in the city and, to conclude, his philanthropic and church affiliations should be men- tioned. He, with a half dozen other determined souls, has built up in Greenville a church strong in zeal and energy for good works.

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The Board of Trustees W HAT grander spectacle has ever confronted human vision or invited human inquiry than that of this Republic in her present greatness, with happiness more generally distributed and more perfectly organized than under any other existing government, and firmly using her recently acquired world influence for humane and Christian ends ? It is a spectacle to attract the admiring gaze of every intelligent nation and of every thoughtful individual upon this restless, dis- contented globe. To whom are these gracious and mighty results due? To whom are we most indebted for all this beneficent and magnificent greatness? To those undying names who first conceived of it and partially hammered the spirit-thought into glorious institutional realization, who laid safe and broad foundation for future building, elastic enough for all desirable and legitimate expansion. Such a govern- ment, such organization for public welfare is the noblest conception and the highest achievement of the human mind. Like unto this is the creation of an Institution of Learning, and to its Trustees is committed its growth and future welfare, even if to them it does not owe its con- ception and existence. Preeminently is this true of Mississippi College. Only faithf ul and fearless men, thoughtless of self and ever thoughtful of the public welfare and of their debt to God and the State through their children, men who could hope against hope and conquer by refusing to believe they were defeated, only men of such sublime faith and patience could ever have brought Mississippi College success- full} through the breakers that assailed her as her part of the bitter dregs of Civil War. All honor to these noble men both living and dead. The honors of “the Old Guard” are secure. To those who have gone to their reward surely a part of their joy will be the share they had in labors and sacrifices for the College. To the new recruits, with those of the Old Guard who still remain, is committed the sacred and joyful trust of wisely fostering and developing her into Greater Miss- issippi College, an Institution fully adequate to the growing demands upon her. Her splendid growth only demands more growth, and it is a grave but glorious task which the present Board has assumed; but they are twenty-seven picked men, proven and chosen, embodying doubtless as much practical wisdom and successful experience as any like body in the State, and we have all confidence in their purpose and ability to measure fully up to the magnitude of the great needs they are set to meet. In this sublime work we pledge the material and moral support of Faculty and Student Body io

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J UDGE ANDERSON merits recognition as one of the representative legists and jurists of the State, being engaged in the practice of his profession in the City of Vicks- burg and being ex-judge of the Circuit Court of that district. He was born near Vaiden, Carroll County, Miss., September io, 1856, his father being of Scotch-Irish and his mother of Scotch lineage. He completed his more purely academic studies in Mississippi College, but before enter- ing this Institution he was matriculated in the Law Department of Cumberland University, Lebanon, Tenn., where he received his degree of Bachelor of Laws. In 1879 he entered upon the active practice of his profession at Vaiden. On November 17, 1885, he removed to Vicksburg, where he has built up a large and representative legal business. In 1901 he was appointed Circuit Judge, by Governor Longino, and he presided on the bench until February I, 1905, when he resigned the office to give his undivided attention to his private practice. In 1896 he was elected to represent Warren County in the State Legislature and was reelected in 1900, being made Chairman of the Judiciary Committee. He resigned his position in the House to accept the appointment to the Circuit Bench. He is now serving his second term as City Attorney of Vicksburg and is also Assistant Counsel for the Y. M. V. Railroad Company. He is affiliated with the Masonic Fraternity, the Knights of Pythias and the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. Judge George Anderson Be it ever said to the praise of Judge George Anderson that he needs no law to guide his course of conduct toward his fellow men or to compel him to treat them properly. Those who know him can rest assured of the fact that his enlightened conscience will deal justly with all persons with whom he comes in contact. He is among the foremost citizens of the State. 2