New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1860-02-27
MONDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY q, 1860.
PRACTICAL, AGRICULTURAL. MgoH s7zre.aY
AND COMMERCIAL RDUCgTToN -


We have now before us 4 eanv ~ 4 nm III; II,
has passed ~ second reading Il, die House II Ien
resentatives, and Il entitled d bill to promote |
practical, agricultural, mechanical and eop,mer-
ciai education in the State of Louisiana. h and I
which after proper preamble brieay mi fare,t1v /
setting forth the duty Of promoting the eausa II
nome edacation, proposes 70 appropriate Tic sum |
OF fifty thousand dollars to enable the trnstaas
g add me Agricultural and Mechanical Depart |
ments 70 "Dolbear Commercial College, Of New
ofeans as authorized IN The charter Of that nsti
tutloh' ana to place II - whole, on far1n and
and enduring bash one half of the money to be |
placed N the hands Of the Beard Of Trustees from
and after the passage Of the act, and lie other |
nan 70 be paid over whenever private subscrip.
tons 70 the amount Of fifty thousand dollars shan
nave peen paid IN. In re4uitaI for this bounty she
State shall have the privilege IN perpefuo Of send
lng student to the institution from ZACH sena |
toriaI District
mat ne state could not appropriate atty thous
and dollars more wisely wiIlbe the o III
earnest friends Of home education siaa we;o,, m
subject with due discretion. The moral AMI %.
terial encouragement Of an appropriation of fifty
Thousand dollars in aid Of the name and fame n
the well and long-established .Dolbear commer.
ciai College will at once make it as eminent ~
lnatitatlon OF strictly practical education al should
exist N New Orleans. For private subscriptions
70 larger amount will soon gather about the fifty
Thousand nucleus Of public subscription and ere
ate an ample fund for putting the College On a
wide basis OF usefulness. Expended under the di
rection Of q Boardtof Trustees animated by en-
| lightened views, such an amount Of money wnnld
| create in New Orleans powerful agency for far
therlng the cause Of home progress and education.
1tWonld qualify, every few years, thousands of yontb
| and adults for commercial, agricultural and me
ehanieal pursuits, and would be an institution ii
| Whch the state and city might well be proud
| Inc state has made several, and is now making
announcer attempt to establish in the interior proper
educational Institutions, when the chances Of their
success would be far better were tier location III
the metropolis where large immediate local pa
tronage would be ensured. Let It be tried now
when an already ,welllaid foundation for i frst-
class institution il nreadness to receive the bounty
ef the state, and by its aid become the desidertum
i which hundreds Of thousands have expended by ii
| to secure? We hope the bill Will pass. II il a
/ good one. Il viii enable the purchase of suita-
BILE site and the erection Of proper buildings. the
purchase Of apparatus and the requisite furnish-
4 ings and appointments for an educational estab-
iishment OF the kind contemplated The fifty thou
sand alone will not accomplish all this but It viii
ensure it for display Of the public spirit Of eiti-
zens is contingent upon the movement Of Legisla.
tive authorities and will promptly come to the sac-
cor Of what is endorsed by them in so decided and
/ material d manner
We say that this will be the case for we have
j much faith in the often-displayed devotion of tho
citizens Of New Orleans to home public interests
such faith that we believe if the bill should pass
the time would be very short ere the private sub
seription exceeded the public and tllsfsir walls o
/ the College would be rising to stand long anon,
the most ornamental as well as the most useful o
the public edifces Of the city. For over q quartz
4 Of q century Dolbear Commercial CoIlegef' ha
4 stood and prospefed, and how would it continue
flourish were it reorganized on tlse extensive seal
| contemplated under the bill, the curriculum Of il
studies enlarged, and the various departments COZ
dncted on scale commensurate with the dignit
and extent Of its improved status! The Sta1
could not better afford to expend fifty thousan
dollars than in behalf which would ensure sue
desirable results-results not for the present on
but for the futnre-resnlts in which the children
the children Of the men today have ayital interes
for permanent educational institutions are IL
grandest legacies which can be handed down to
i coming generation. Let us have an Institution
this kind in New Orleans. The work is alread
Il half accomplished, and such M one may be easil
reared on the groundwork OF .sDo1bear CONNIE
cial College,