The name was changed to Mississippi State College for Women in 1920. At the time Mississippi State was just men, and MSCW provided lots of dates and subsequently wives for students at Mississippi State. I have a few family members who are MSCW grads. Though it was never part of Mississippi State, the general public assumed it was; largely because of the single sex nature of both schools and the proximity of Starkville to Columbus.
As an additional aside, Columbus would be a pretty nice place to go to college, particularly for women, especially because of Columbus Air Force Base. It also happens to be a very good party town which attracts lots of weekend male visitors from MSU [26 mi] and Alabama [59 mi], both easy drives from Columbus.
Lol.... "S-E-C it just means more, needing help getting dates for over a 100 years"
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