The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1870-06-10
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THE SORHaIsBOARDINa HOUSES.


ing the arena, armed cap pie with
lance at rest. Justice is ready for the
encounter, sand diyil take him who
first cries hold, enough" In your reply
to INV, communication in last weeks
paper, Won say il there is no better rea-
son than that contained in my former
communication, all you have to say is
..rote the bonds.n You call an appeal
in behalf of those who have by dint of
hard word and saving, scraped up a
little money and invested it in lot and
then by partly running in debt, put up
a small l1ouse with an additional room
or two more than their necessities re-
quire, to. enable them to take few
boarders, frivolous arguments" and
then in the same breath appeal to the
cupidity of the people by saying that
.'thfs school disburses in our midst
$4,000 year. In the past five years
$4,000 have been spent here on account
of the school,. It appears to me, gem
tlemen, that what You desire to make
the people believe is disinterestedness,
has rather . metallic ring. But enough
of this kind of argument. The writer
of this article is somewhat familiar
with the working of Normal, School,
having as member of an Eastern Leg
islature in the year 1856, helped get an
appropriation of $1,000 per year for
the support of such an Institution and
contributed $1,000 out of his own pock-
ct towards building it. The same ar
guments that are now used by your
selves in favor of cheap boarding, was
then used, but the people of that city
never for one minute imagined or de-
sired that the city should enter into
competition with the citizens. 1t is
establishing a bad precedent, even
though it be in good cause. The
writer, in all legitimate ways, will go
as far as any one towards furnishing
means for educating the people, and as
a proof if the necessity of such build
ings are demonstrated, will be one of
80 to take $500 worth of stock towards
putting up such buildings, which shall
be donated to the city free of interest
for five years. No selfish motive
prompts this, no desire to make part
of the $1,000 yearly expended in our
midst, so SYSTEMATICALLY paraded in
your reply to my last article.
And now, Messrs. Editors, did it
never occur to you that there is a sort
of maudlin sentiment growing up in
our midst on the subject of education.
By and by, if it is not checked, prope-
sitions will be submitted to board and
clothe all applicants for schools. The
young men and young women instead
of being made to rely partly on their
own exertions for an education will
demand too much. 4 reaction will
take place, and all propositions for
educational purposes will be too close-
ly scanned and needed ones perhaps
voted down. Do not let us oyerdo the
matter. In the city of Ann ArborS in
the State of Michigan, are some 400
students now being educated at the ex-
pense of the people. Quite number
of the citizens of this place are gradu-
ates of that University. Those 14O0
students are there accommodated with
out boarding houses built at the expense
of the people. At least four-fifths are
poor young men, quite q number of
whom work on farms or anything they
can get TO do during vacation, and are
thus enabled to maintain partly at least
a spirit of independence; and to these
and such as these is our country to look
forward to for ifs ftIture prosUePitv
Do not remove this incentive to exer-
ton. Let our young men and women
know that to the industrious and
deserving our schools are open. To
such will education be blessing, and
the people through such will be amply
repaid for their outlay. So mote it be.
JUSTICE