The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1867-08-14
State Seminary.

n State Seminary, -
We have recently paid q visit to the
The building has been put
order sco,uedhnd whitewas-
he'd from basement to attic, and awaits
most snillingly the reopening of the
session on the first Monday in Septem-
Der.
From present indications the number
of Cadets in attendance next session
will be larger than ever before. The
State alone will have ninety eight ben
eGciaries in attendance, and many pri-
vate students have already made APP
plication for adm ission. This is as it
should be. We are sure that there is
no good reason why a Louisiana youth
should leave his State in searchsof an
education. The, faculty Of the Semi
nary is fully competent and the course
of study very extensive. The student
Gin pursue what studies he may select,
and we are glad to see that a CONNER
cial Course has also been added to the
curriculum for next year. No one then
can object to the "Course Of Study, "
and that the professors are not only
able in their respective chairs, but ca
pableo Of imparting instruction, the rapid
and thorough progress Of the Cadets in
their studies heretofore, sufficiently at
tests. But the Board of Supervisors
have in contemplation another sattrac-
ton for the Seminary, to establish two
regular Chaplaincies, one a Roman
Catholic, the other Protestant, The
Chaplains will reside at the Semina-
ry and also be Professors. So desira-
bly, feature secured, we presume that
no parent could object to sending bis
son to the Seminary, because it does
not throw sufficient religious influences
around him. We predict then for the
Seminary a large number Of students
next session; and to those who send
their sons out Of Louisiana to be edu-
Gated, we beg leave to commend what
the Caddo Gazette has lately said in
speaking of the Seminary: "Io sustain
home institutions, should be the firm
resolve of every Southern man. You
must not send your children or YOU
money out of the State, ifyou wish tt
be independent in future" Nothing
could be truer. Why, people Of onisia'
ma, send your sons North and East t.
be educatedq Yale and Harvard ant
Princeton are venerable with time ant
usefulness, and even the great Lee pre-
sides at Lexington, and it is worth fv'
Hundred dollars a year to look at him
But that does not release you from
the obligation to do what you can, a
a citizen of Louisiana to build up he
schools, to build her railroads, to i'm
prove the navigation Of her rivers AM
in every way to help deyelope her re
sources and make her a great State
Do you suppose that Massachusett
would haveher Harvard and Virgin
her great University, if the people 9
those States had not had enough Stat
pride to support their own schools
Give us. then Louisiana pride lava
with the idea that Louisiana is only 4
to make money in and not fit to liy
in. Such is the language of a foreru1
ner or a fool, and he ought to be kicke
out. We have a fine country-natural
Inv the richest on earth-and let l
strive to make her something MOI
than red spotch on Mitchell's Map
the United States. Let us all go
work ourselves first and then inyit
among us the honest and industriot
, people Of the North and Europe, let
J check our country with railroads an
dot it with Churches and school house
> let us quit crying over what is now I
i business of ours politics and the eve
lasting Niger, and all work cheerful
D together, each one for the good ofa
: and finally for the good fand glory,
Louisiana! One Of the main pillars {
4 which the greatness Of any State mu
: depend is Public Education. The Sen
;. mary is peculiarly the State School
: Louisiana, and if it receives proper SUI
g port from our own people, it will SOC
: be the great school of the South-W
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Hail (,nlnmhia!