Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1869-08-14


that is twenty years ago, and fOl
aught Nc know the set may ho en-
tiroly changed. liut tho graduates
oOme t0 tho South, they enlor oul
preparatory Schools as critics, ana
they stand aghast at examinations
which Ia as are nero ohill's play
and by these fruits Ne sec that thor,
has not been any serious advance
since our iimo. What Princeton
holds out is promise, not perform
ance. A ''liVo President" Ia nss
their own slang, is 10 transform thc
whole institution. and bring il lnt0
harmony with tho spirit Of the ago,
lilo is 10 adopt now system, which
is nothing but an abandoned scheme
that has failed wherever tried, and
which is at best q miserable e0m-
promise between the old curriculum
and tho university method, lilo Is
10 show his dislike 10 SOulhornors
by treating eminent men of tho
South with distinguished rudoness,
aud lac Is TO mako use of tho South
by inviting TO his chairs Southern
Professors from institutions which
lac takes pains to ignore, and BY
getting up Alumni associations in
Southern cities. Under this omi-
nont leader they arc going TO do
wonders. But arc you going TO
elevate tho teachers work, and tho
scholars work toop Arc you go.
ing 10 raise your Professors above
the necessity Of selling their real
liio TO outside contractors, of giving
their working timo to tho booksol.
lcr, and fobbing OF their scholars
with their lcisurcr Arc you going
10 breathe honor into your students
by other means than tho prizes
which you oiior for gcntlcmanly be-
havior, very much as BGotia offered
prizes for plastic nrt? Then indeed
you will have life from tho dead,
and VIC shall congratulate you on
your success. But VIC are already
alive, and need not experiment.,
Our success is assured by long years
Of trial, and We point you to large
communities Of Southern young
men who live with their Professors
on terms of social equality, ofmutu-
al good feeling, mutual respect and
regard to colleges and universities
where hateful police is rendered
worse than useless by tho purity of
the moral atmosphere, just as car
bolic acid would be n nuisance on
the fresh breath Of spring; whcrc
an examination cheat would bo
ont Of college by his in
dignant fcllow-studdcnts#; where
tho standard ofattainmont is so high
that the graduates ofyour Northern
colleges cannot command in our
country, which they once
with teachers, half the sal
AIRY pressed upon those who receive
the honors of our best institutions.
Impoverished as the people Of the
South arc, there is no stint of mon
cy when the services of our young
teachers arc claimed, and success in
tho leading department. of such
schools as the University of Virginia
IS rewarded by salaries and posi-
Lions which ought long since to have
attracted to the South shoals of |
Northern students, who can at least
the argument of pccu-
mary cmolumont. In vciw of all
this, docs it not seem, to say tho
cast, cxcccdinly strange that any
iguro-hcad, however "typical" its
FORM should have tho hardihood
10 urge upon the patronage of tho
Southern people an untried expert
mont, not TO say Il proved failure
when we have within our own bord-
,rs schools of the highest character
Known to America, in admirable
order, with standards con-
,inually rising, with appliances
steadily increasing. crowded with
Jealous students, and conducted by
conscientious, laborious, and-Bos-
on, forgive us Learned Professors.
Certainly, whatever wo may want
If the North, wo do not want any
hing of Princeton. Her arms,
trctchcd out in cursing in 1861, are
still. 1t is a convon-
cnt attitudc-for dolo or for a
low. Oh! Alma Mater .Neo Casa
icnsiS, ,-wo of the South have rca-
on to rcmombor you. Your curses
ightcd on sorno noble Virginia
lcads. Thank God your maligni-
y did not withcr their generous
earts. You will have no moro
landolphs, or Harrisons, or Lees,
mong your alumni
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