Letter from W. W. Marshall to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; June 13, 1860

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Letter from W. W. Marshall to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; June 13, 1860

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Crump, William Douglas, William K.Goodman, Walter, active 1862-1868 Green, William Mercer, 1798-1887 Hackelton, Unknown Hawks, Francis L. (Francis Lister), 1798-1866 Ingraham, J. H. (Joseph Holt), 1809-1860 Mills, William Nelms, C. G.Pettus, John Jones, 1813-1867 Walthall, B. W.Willis, P. A.

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Holly Springs. June 13. 1860
To
His Excellency Governor Pettus,
D Sir,

St Thomas' Hall, a copy of the charter of which I have the honor to Enclose has been for fifteen years a male school of high character. Long experience has showed me that the discipline in Institutions composed of high-spirited South-ern boys should be military.

We have decide to place this

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Collegiate School on that plan in September next.

In 1831 when I was Professor in Jeff. College, Adams Co, a military college. No arms were loaned by the State; & on the suspension of the college were returned to Jackson. I think one hundred of them were muskets & fifty yagers, or the old Mississippi rifle.

If you have the authority vested in you, to ^will you^ loan our college a stand of arms say sixty muskets & twenty Miss: rifles? They shall be well taken care of and our Board will be res-ponsible for them to the State.

I have the honor to be
Your ObtSevt

J H Ingraham

ST. THOMAS' HALL.

Holly Springs, Miss., August, 1859.
TO PARENTS AND GUARDIANS:

This Institution will re-open on the first Monday in September, for Day scholars, and October first for Boarding pupils.

Chartered in 1846, it has the power of conferring degrees, the reception of which entitles the pupil to admission to the Junior Class of Universities.

The Alumni of St. Thomas' Hall are now among the most prominent men in the State.

The course of Education is thorough and practical.

A student can graduate either with a Diploma for a University course, or as an Agriculturalist, Chemist, Surveyor, Civil Engineer, Planter, or Book-keeper.

The pupil, with the consent of his parents, can choose his course of study.

There are to be neither Commons nor Dormitories. The pupils will board either with the President or Professors, or in private families, as the parents or guardians may select.

No boys received as Boarders (unless Orphans, for whom a home is required) under ten years, nor over seventeen. At this age requiring a mother's care, they will be here always under the maternal control and influence of a lady.

No more than two boys will room together.

The discipline of the School will be military, under the supervision of a Professor from West Point.

A suitable and neat uniform will be worn by the pupils.

There will be for the present, two session a year: the First commencing the first Monday in September, and ending January 31st, the Second commending February 1st and ending the last week in June.

Vacations August and September, and twelve days for Christmas holydays.

The Hall Buildings are not only undergoing thorough repair, but two extensive wings, with every desirable accommodation, are to be added to them.

The beauty of the grounds is unparalleled. The salubrity of Holly Springs is proverbial. By means of railroads it is accessible from every point.

Pupils are solicited from Mobile, Montgomery, New-Orleans, Texas, Natchez, and Southern Mississippi, and Louisiana, and from Arkansas and Tennessee.

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Those parents who desire to send their sons and daughter to the same town, where they can be near each other, will find in Holly Springs two Female Colleges of the highest character under Presidents Douglas and Hackelton.

The discipline of the school, being military, guarantees its efficiency.

Pupils to be sent here will come with letters addressed to the Rector, who will receive them at his house; and always, while here, will have over them a parental care.

Terms for Board and Tuition, including the Classics, French, Spanish and German, and the complete English coarse, $300, payable half yearly in advance. Deductions from this general amount in the ratio of the branches pursed.

No extras for fires or lights, and no Matriculation Fees.

This school, originally founded by the Rev. Dr. Francis L. Hawks, LL. D., has for several years borne a high character.

The enlarged accommodations proposed, and the learned Corps of Teachers which is to be engaged, will render it the leading Grammar School for boys in the Southwest.

Refer to the Rt. Rev. Bishop Green of the Diocese of Mississippi, and to the Clergy of the Diocese.

Although this Collegiate School is under the control of the Diocese of Mississippi, and its religious discipline in accordance with the Episcopal Church, yet lads of all denominations are to be numbered among its pupils, who, while within its walls, will conform to the rules of the School.

This Institution will be furnished with all the appliances for a thorough education, such as a Library, Chemical Laboratory, and Scientific Apparatus, Philosophical and Astronomical Instruments, and whatever is required to make our Southern boys as good scholars and well instructed as they would be in Northern schools. A gymnasium will also be appended.

The Yellow Fever, Cholera, nor any epidemic, was ever known in this place, which is 710 feet in altitude above the Gulf of Mexico. The society is refined, wealthy, and intelligent.

After the present year the vacations will be in December and January. This will enable the pupils to be at home during Christmas holydays, and detain them at school in the summer, when their parents are either touring or at watering places, and prefer their boys should then be at school.

In a word, this is to be a truly Southern School, for Southern boys, and looks to the South for its patronage, and is intended to supersede the necessity of sending Southern boys to the North.

Address, for full catalogue and information,

Rev. J. H. INGRAHAM, LL. D.,
Rector of the Hall, and President of the Board of Trustees.

BOARD OF TRUSTEES.
HON. WILLIAM MILLS, [gap] GEN. C. G. NELMS, [gap] P. A. WILLIS, M. D.,
WILLIAM CRUMP, ESQ, [gap] B. W. WALTHALL, ESQ., [gap] HON. WALTER GOODMAN

VISITOR AND COUNSELLOR.
The RT. REV. WILLIAM MERCER GREEN, D. D., BISHOP OF MISSISSIPPI.

Honorary Board of Trustees, ex-officio, the Clergy and Lay Delegates of the Diocesan Convention of Mississippi.