Talk:Jefferson College (Mississippi)

Name of article
I moved this article from "Jefferson College (Mississippi)" to "Jefferson College (Washington, Mississippi)". My partially incorrect edit label was: "use more common (City, State) disambiguation. also separate from other Jefferson College, a 2 year one, in Mississippi".

This engendered comment at my Talk page: Allstarecho notes "...there is no other Jefferson College in Mississippi. There's a 2 year Jefferson College in Missouri, but there are no others in Mississippi. Therefore, you should undo the move. - ✰ ALLST☆R ✰ echo 22:09, 16 April 2009 (UTC)"

My response: It was my mistake in the move description. I had misunderstood the 2 year college was in Missouri rather than Mississippi, which i noticed afterward while further editing Jefferson College disambiguation. However, I still prefer the (City, State) style disambiguation for the Mississippi one. The (City, State) style of disambiguation in article titles is clear and is the most commonly used in NRHP article names. There may be no other Jefferson College in Mississippi, but (Washington, Mississippi) is not wrong. It is easier to refer to and doesn't require excessive explanation about whether it is in state of Washington or what. For example consider usage in the disambiguation page Jefferson College as: rather than: which looks like a possible mistake, and versus which is kind of extra redundant.
 * Jefferson College (Washington, Mississippi), listed on the NRHP in Mississippi
 * Jefferson College (Mississippi), Washington, listed on the NRHP in Mississippi
 * Jefferson College (Mississippi), Washington, Mississippi, listed on the NRHP in Mississippi

All that said, I don't care terribly much. But, why not keep it at (Washington, Mississippi)? doncram (talk) 22:33, 16 April 2009 (UTC)
 * it just seems a terribly long name when it's unnecessary since it's the only one in the state. - &#10032; ALLST☆R &#10032; echo 00:43, 17 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Well, it's not that long! It does help those of us who are a little unclear on geography of mississippi / missouri anyhow.  Again, i don't care so much about the name though.  Especially if anyone else agrees with you, i'd be fine if you wanted to move it back, though leaving a redirect from the (Washington, Mississippi) version. doncram (talk) 19:41, 17 April 2009 (UTC)

Reasons for Closure?
The article states: “Due to falling enrollment and financial difficulties associated with negative public attitudes towards the Vietnam War, the last classes were held in 1964.”  Negative public attitudes toward the Vietnam War? In 1964? In Mississippi?

I find this explanation most unlikely. In 1964, a large scale anti-war sentiment was still in the future…and far away from Dixie. I suppose declining enrollment seems likely, though one wonders why. This was during the heigth of the baby boom generation for age-appropriate boys, and why would this particularly venerable Southern military academy fail while others survived even in the North? There was insufficient interest in the military academy located in the Deep South that Jefferson Davis graduated from?

As recently as 1958, the school’s cadets appeared in a memorable scene from the Civil War movie The Horse Soldiers in which there seemed to be no shortage of cadets, and I assume the older boys were excluded (those in the movie ranged from age nine to sixteen) due to the time period of the movie when the older cadets would have been off to war. (By the way, shouldn’t their appearance in the noted John Ford movie be mentioned in the article?):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZKxXNzjfPk

http://mmiarchivist.blogspot.com/2009/12/horse-soldiers-1959.html

https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/EAmjJVcxyFXHX0cjFIjsXw?feat=embedwebsite:HistoryBuff14 (talk) 13:01, 16 October 2013 (UTC)

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