Mississippi State University - Reveille Yearbook (Starkville, MS)

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? -..A--. l 11 . ■ ' -Vj ' - ltr- s I Reveille- ■■ ' ' . x JsSyx ' . Alma Mater Today we gladly sing the praise Of her who owns us as her sons; Our loyal voices let us raise And bless her with our benisons. Of all fair mothers, fairest she, Most wise of all that wisest be, Most true of all the true, say we, Is our dear Alma Mater. Her mighty learning we would tell, Tho ' life is something more than lore; She could not love her sons so well Lov ' d she not truth and honor more. We praise her breadth of chanty, Her faith that truth shall make men free, That right shall live eternally, We praise our Alma Mater. The City White hath fled the earth. But where the azure waters lie, A nobler city has its birth, The City Gray that ne ' er shall die. For decades and for centuries Her battlemented tow ' rs shall rise Beneath the hope-filled western skies, ' Tis our dear Alma Mater. — Edwin F. Lewis, ' 94. Page twenty-one

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THE PRESIDENT S HOME

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r Reveille-- - PRESIDENT W. H. SMITH HIS SERVICES TO MISSISSIPPI EGAN teaching in the public schools of Clay County, in 1 883. Worked his way through Iuka Normal College, graduating 1 889. Principal of high schools at Ackerman, Eupora, and Durant, successively, 1890-1903. Superintendent of Education, Holmes County, 1903-10. In 1907 he organized the Boys ' Corn Club movement, which has spread to every State in the Union, and has earned for him the nation-wide title of Corn Club Smith. State Rural School Supervisor, 1910 12, 1912-1-4. In this capacity he organized the first consolidated rural schools of the State, and helped to organize the first agricultural high schools. President State Normal College, 1912, but resigned to con- tinue work as Rural School Supervisor. Appointed by the Bureau of Education, Washington, D. C, a member of the commission to visit and study the schools and industrial system of Denmark, 1913. President State Teachers ' Association, 1912-13. State Superintendent of Education, 1914-16. President Southern Conference for Education and Industry, 1915-16. Appointed President Mississippi Agricultural and Mechanical College, 1916. The above record speaks for itself. The work he has done for the public school system of the State is known to everyone. That in his new field he will do a similar service for the institutions of higher education is the confident belief of the thousands who know him. By his fair-mindedness and square dealing with students, Presi- dent Smith has done much to promote discipline and foster a healthy college spirit here. Under his administration, the institu- tion seems likely to realize the prophecy: Three thousand stu- dents in 1920. Page IB ' e nty -iifo