The Port Gibson reveille. (Port Gibson, Miss.) 185?-1857, 1854-07-05
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Northern and Southern Colleges.


Mn. EDrroR In a conversation recently
with one of the Directors Of Oakland College,
I learn that active exertions are being made
TO raise fund Of s5O,OOO. the interest Of
which, It is contemplated. viii be sufficient.
iudiciously invested, to secure for the differ
ent PrOfessorsbips salaries not only perme-
cut because uninfuenced by extraneous or
accidental circumstances, but which, from
their suficiency in amount, will induce men
~ the highest talents end scholastic attain
monts to accept and discharge their several
duties. No college, which mas not an inde-
pendent fund Of this kind, can long maintain
itself Men Of known ability and recognized
talents can not be found 10 take charge of an
institution. when the faithful diguifed and
impartial discharge Of its duties is not encour-
aged, maintained. and amply provided Tor py
respectable salaries, not precarious aud IN
certain, las they have heretofore been at Oak
laud,) but independent and secure.
Does Mississippi need ably conducted and
well.endowed Colleges If she does then
let her citizens, instead Of sending her sons
to Northern colleges. unite in support Of ono
here in our own State, where the student may
not only receive as good an education as can
be conferred upon him at Yale or Cambridge,
but escape also the impOsitiOns, insults ana
indimities, to which the cupidity and inso'
lcnce Of a politically hostile people often SUD
iect him. have seen il estimated that MIS-
sissippi alone sends to Northern and Western
colleges 800 students. If this is fact then
she expends in support Of Northern insiiIu'
tions the sum Of slO5,OOO annually. exclu-
ave Of the thousands more which the students
themselves spend in wasteful extrayagance'
Thus the tuition and board Of 900 Students
at 5000 per student. will amount TO soVOVo !
clothing and necessary expenses al SloO
each $4,000 more; and, presumlng toa'
each student spends $50 more, (which Is
very small estimate.) we would find the large
sum Of $4,000 paid annually BY the c''l-
1ens Of this State to Northern colleges lot cd
ucation
What advantage would Yale or Cambridge
possess over Oakland College, we're tho ia''eI
enabled to call to her support the ability ano
lo,rr;rr which an endowed fund Of Sl2,OOV
would command! viii the people Of this
s,ats continue to spend annually this I'M, p,
mems. sum at the North. while they permit
their own colleges to laDguish and oio i0'
want Of support
We may rave and threaten when southern =
srs in the peaceful pursuit Of their properly
arc murdered in cold blood; but DO We 's'''
en- The danger when we drive even our 's''
physicians to receive their professional e0u
cation within sight, almost, Of the cities where
such outraees are committed with impunity
We imprecate tho fsnaticism which wou''
break down every barrier the law has erected
for the protection Of our rights, and 70 aver
the evil. we pay annually $4,000 iSr iS in' %
privilege Of educating our sOus withio the m u,
auepee Of political atmosphere laden WIZ
disease and death to US Suppose thar ou
Of ,his sI2OOOo which the citizens Of sn'