Old YMCA & POST OFFICE at MISSISSIPPI STATE in STARKVILLE by TRACIE GRACE LYONS

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Old YMCA & POST OFFICE at MISSISSIPPI STATE in STARKVILLE by TRACIE GRACE LYONS
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FROM AN OLD AND PROMINENT SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI ESTATE, THIS CUSTOM MATTED AND FRAMED PRINT MEASURES A LARGE 18 x 15.5" TO THE SIMPLE BLACK WOOD FRAME, WITH A SIGHT OF 9 x 11" TO THE PRINT.
ARTWORK BY
TRACIE GRACE LYONS
, AND SO NOTED BY THE PRINTED SIGNATURE AT THE LOWER LEFT MARGIN.
THIS ILLUSTRATION WAS PART OF A SERIES BY THE ARTIST FOR MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY WHILE SHE WAS A STUDENT THERE.  MSU PRODUCED PRINTS WHICH WERE GIFTED TO MAJOR DONORS OF THE UNIVERSITY.
THE STRUCTURE WAS ONCE THE YMCA, AND THE CAMPUS POST OFFICE WAS ONCE LOCATED ON THE BASEMENT FLOOR. THE POST OFFICE HAS SINCE RELOCATED AND THE BUILDING RENOVATED, WITH THE FIRST FLOOR NOW THE DEAN OF STUDENTS OFFICE.
TO THE REAR, THE LABEL OF THE FRAMER READS
CHALET ARTS
~ 1975-2010 ~ 44 YEARS
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CONDITION REPORT
> NO OVERT ISSUES ~ OVERALL SUPERB, VINTAGE CONDITION, BEST NOTED BY EXAMINING THE IMAGES OFFERED.
HISTORY ~ MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY
Mississippi State University for Agriculture and Applied Science, commonly known as Mississippi State University (MSU), is a public land-grant research university adjacent to Starkville, Mississippi. It is classified among "R1: Doctoral Universities - Very High Research Activity" and has a total research and development budget of 9.4 million, the largest in Mississippi.
The university was chartered as Mississippi Agricultural & Mechanical College on February 28, 1878 and admitted its first students in 1880. Organized into 12 colleges and schools, the university offers over 180 baccalaureate, graduate, and professional degree programs, and is home to Mississippi's only accredited programs in architecture and veterinary medicine. Mississippi State participates in the National Sea Grant College Program and National Space Grant College and Fellowship Program. The university's main campus in Starkville is supplemented by auxiliary campuses in Meridian, Biloxi, and Vicksburg. The 19th and current president of Mississippi State is Mark E. Keenum, a former United States Under Secretary of Agriculture.
Mississippi State's intercollegiate sports teams, the Mississippi State Bulldogs, compete in NCAA Division I athletics as members of the Southeastern Conference's western division. Mississippi State was a founding member of the SEC in 1932. In their more-than 120-year history, the Bulldogs have won 21 individual national championships and 30 regular season conference championships. The school is noted for a pervasive baseball fan culture, with Dudy Noble Field holding 17 of the top 25 all-time NCAA attendance records and the school's Left Field Lounge being described as an epicenter of college baseball.
The university began as The Agricultural and Mechanical College of the State of Mississippi (or Mississippi A&M), one of the national land-grant colleges established after Congress passed the Morrill Act in 1862. It was created by the Mississippi Legislature on February 28, 1878, to fulfill the mission of offering training in "agriculture, horticulture and the mechanical arts ... without excluding other scientific and classical studies, including military tactics." The university received its first students in the fall of 1880 in the presidency of General Stephen D. Lee.
In 1887 Congress passed the Hatch Act, which provided for the establishment of the Agricultural Experiment Station in 1888. The Cooperative Extension Service was established in 1914 by the Smith-Lever Act. The university has since had its mission expanded and redefined by the Legislature. In 1932, the Legislature renamed the university as Mississippi State College.
In 1958 the Legislature renamed the university Mississippi State University in recognition of its academic development and addition of graduate programs. The Graduate School had been organized (1936), doctoral degree programs had begun (1951), the School of Forest Resources had been established (1954), and the College of Arts and Sciences had replaced the General Science School (1956).
The university was uneventfully desegregated in July 1965, when Richard E. Holmes, a graduate of Henderson High School in Starkville, became the first African-American student to enroll. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was passed by Congress the year before, the Voting Rights Act of 1965 was being debated, and the United States Supreme Court had ruled in Brown v. Board of Education (1954) that segregation of public schools was unconstitutional.
The School of Architecture admitted its first students in 1973, the College of Veterinary Medicine admitted its first class in 1977. The MSU Vet school (commonly referred to as the CVM) is the largest veterinary school under one roof in the nation. The School of Accountancy was established in 1979.
The University Honors Program was founded in 1968 to provide more rigorous course curricula for academically talented students and support guest lecture series, forums, and distinguished external scholarships. The program has been vastly expanded and has a separate college. This was made possible by funding by Bobby Shackouls, an MSU alumnus and retired CEO, who donated US million to found the Judy and Bobby Shackouls Honors College in April 2006.
MSU also started a joint Ph.D. program in engineering with San Jose State University in California, allowing an increase in research for both universities, as well as enhancing the stature of both engineering colleges.
In March 2009, Mississippi State announced the conclusion of the university's seven-year capital campaign, with more than 2 million received in private gifts and pledges.
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