1892 - 1912
现在的菠菜网比较大的平台最早起源于Poplarville, 密西西比州, when the noted educator W. I. 泰晤士河 opened Pearl River Boarding School in 1892. As did many institutions of its day, Pearl River Boarding School offered "elementary, 预备, 还有一些大学工作." A disastrous fire destroyed the school in 1905, 并努力争取支持,在Poplarville建立一所新学校,名为南密西西比学院. The efforts were not successful, and Professor 泰晤士河 moved to Hattiesburg where, with the backing of a group of New Orleans businessmen, he opened South 密西西比州 College in 1906. Little is known of Pearl River Boarding School, but South 密西西比州 College, under the leadership of Professor 泰晤士河 as its president, quickly gained a reputation for having a strong faculty, 尤其是在艺术方面, 音乐, 历史, 还有家政. After a fire destroyed the immense administration building, 包括教室, library and a 1500-seat auditorium, the young institution was forced to close.
1911年,W. S. F. 泰特姆, wealthy lumberman and Methodist layman, acquired the property and offered it as a gift to the Baptists. 他提出了两个条件:成功开办一所女子基督教学校五年,第一年至少招收一百名学生. 这处房产包括两栋幸存下来的框架建筑和十英亩的空地. 成立了一个公司来拥有和控制学院,从菠菜网比较大的平台的浸信会教堂中选出九名受托人. 9月, 1911, the school opened again with a new name, 密西西比州 Woman's College, under the leadership of 总统 W. W. 河流. 在11月, 1911, 这所没有债务的大学被提供给密西西比浸信会,并被接受了.