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A FEW CLOSE-UPS
BILOXI
The Brothers of the Sacred Heart first came to the United States in 1846, landing at Mobile, Ala. In 1854, at the request of Father Buteux, the brotherhood sent representatives to found the present college. The institution is accredited by the State Department of Education. Among its enrollment of 200 students, a number are from Central America, Mexico, and Cuba.
5.	The CEDAR REST CEMETERY, S. Second St. at end of Court St., has raised tombs to prevent seepage of water into the graves. The cemetery, shaded by cedar trees, is more than 100 years old.
6.	ST. AUGUSTINE?S SEMINARY, half block E. of Ulman St. on Second St., the only seminary in the United States for training Negroes to priesthood, was removed here from Greenville in 1923. It was established in 1920 by the Society of the Divine Word, for the purpose of training young Negroes either for the priesthood or for religious brotherhood among their own people. The complete clerical schedule of studies comprises fourteen years and includes all branches of high school, college, and seminary. Financial requirements for admission are few and the age limit is flexible. There is a well-landscaped campus of 32 acres with tennis, baseball, volley ball, croquet, and basketball courts. The major seminary, a two-story building of Spanish Colonial style, is placed apart from the other buildings. The students and the Prefect of Discipline live in the main building, a modern three-story fireproof structure. There are 60 students, 13 brothers, 13 fathers, and 1 lay-professor (1938).
7.	ELMWOOD MANOR (private), NW. cor. Broadman St. and N. Beach Blvd., a square, white brick house with a green tile roof and double-deck galleries, was built in the early 1800?s by Jesse Cowan. It is said that the War of 1812 caused Cowan to cease construction, which he did not resume for nearly 17 years. Bricks used were brought from Andalusia, Spain; sills were constructed of cypress logs. All work was done by slave labor. Set back among oak, magnolia, and cedar trees, the house is on a land grant made to the Cowan family by the Crown of Spain. Payments on the grant amounted to 10 percent of the annual cotton yield.
MODERN RESORT IN AN OLD WORLI
City: 22 alt., 14,850 pop.
Railroad Station: Reynoir and Railroad Sts. for L ville.
Bus Station: 204 E.. Beach Blvd. for Teche-Greyh< Airport: Municipal, W. Howard and Glennan Aves service.
Local Busses:	Busses	hourly	to	Gulfport	and	Pas:
25c. Half-hour schedule to all parts of the city, f; Taxis: Fare 10c within city.
Traffic Regulations:	Speed	limit	20	m.p.h.	busin
m.p.h. other districts. See signs for one-way strec
Accommodations:	Nine	hotels, rooming: houses, c
camps.
Information Service:	Chamber of Commerce, Bui
noir St.
Motion Picture Houses: Two.
Swimming:	Municipal	Pier, free; beach front, free
Tennis:	Community	House,	E.	Beach	Blvd.;	Whit
New Hotel Biloxi; Tivoli Hotel; Back Bay Commun; Bay; High School, E. Howard Ave.
Golf:	Country Club, Pass Rd. (reasonable greens f
Gulf Course, W. Beach Blvd., 10 minute drive from fare (reasonable greens fee).
Riding: Edgewater Gulf Stables, W. Beach Blvd., Boating and Fishing:	Yacht	Club	and	hotel	piers;
chartered, $15 a day and up; sailboats (skipper inch
Annual Events: Mardi Gras, Twelfth Night to Lei ments, Feb. and March; Spring Pageant, March; ! Carnival, 10 days beginning Saturday before July 4 4; Blessing of Fleet, two ceremonies in middle of A
If age, exoticism, and romantic tradition ponents of fascination, then Biloxi is Missi fascinating city. Along its sandy beach an giant live oaks, the Biloxi Indians had t; camping ground. In 1721 Fort Louis was 1 garrison was moved from Fort de Maureps bay to New Biloxi. Here was the capita Louisiana until it was moved in 1722 to I Through a century of shifting sovereignties natives kept under their influence the san that is thrust like a slender finger betweei Biloxi and the Sound; even when annexed to Mississippi, in 1812, they clung to their hex


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