The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1870-03-23
The Educational Facilities of this City.

The want of home facilities for the education of
the young has been very seriously felt in this section
since the cessation of hostites. The efectually
broke up nearly all institutions of learning in the South
existing at its commencement, and general poverty
superinduced by it left US without the means once
of beginning again. We happy now to say, that
with the increase of prosperity, there has been cor
responding increase in city in educational advan
tages and to add further that have not only
sufficient number of schools, but schools well con-
Quoted. For boys, besides the college, two miles
from town under the direction of the Baptist Church
and under the able management of Prof Thatcher,
an excellent school for youths from twelve to eighteen
years of age and already numbering sixty scholars
Prof Williamson has good school for boys, and
Father Pierre has literally met public want by estab-
fishing one that has about forty scholars; and in
addition to these there several good schools in diff
ferent localities, of whose merits do not speak,
only because cannot itemize them in detail. In
the way Of female schools, are equally well fur
nshed, for Prof Williamson's has decided repu-
taton, and the loss of the Ford Institute will soon be
supplied by the Institute of Prof. bod. Our Catholic
friends, too have here enterprised with just success
for besides the original convent in town. they have
| tablished convent-and beautiful place it is
at Fairfield three miles from the city. And besides
these there other schools for smaller children,
| really deserving of special notice. But our
object not to particularze different schools but to
call public attention ability to provide every
thing needul for good education except only those
advantages for young men to be found in colleges of
established character
Shreveport is often objected to the of its
unheahuness. Now, the statistics show that it is
healthy any place in the South. The prevailing
diseases the epidemic diseases of the South and
fined to the summer months during which the vaca
tons occur. So the children from a distance would
escape any liability from local causes by being at home.
In addition to these considerations it is quite probable
the present Legislature will mir all public schools. II
this is done it will simply destroy all public schools
located in the country for there few neghborhoods
capable Of sustaining good white schools.
Our interest in this subject has carried US beyond
our intended limits and shall conclude by assuring
our readers in the country that can provide the
facilities we have mentioned, and we hope to see a
patronage of home institutions that will enable
| them to grow to greater usefulness.
bill was introduced in the Senate, the llth by
Mr.. Ray (this gentleman, it seems always has eye
to busness) providing for the expenses of the extra
session-$75, 900, much thereof as may be nee
essary-which was, Of course, passed. Mr.. Ogden
moved to strike out the word mileage urging that
nasmuch members had not left the city, they could
not be entitled to mileage. Mr.. Ray stoutly conended
that he had right to mileage and claimed it. Mr..
Bacon moved to amend by adding land that each
Senator shall draw mileage from the parish of Caddo
presume for the that this parish is of the
"magnfcent distance" of any in the State. The
members evidently too intent business to pay
any attention to this iacetious amendment, and the
motion got no second Mr.. Pinchback tested, as he
called it, the generosity of the country members by
moving that $1,000 each should be allowed city
bers-contendng that they were much entitled to
constructive mileage as country members. This
amendment subsequently Withdrawn.
This nice and characteristic style of legislation
by the august body misrepresenting the State As a
matter of course Lowell draws his mileage regularly
as clock-work, q representative from Caddo al
though the rascal has been here since he
badly beaten for the position he has been holding
nearly two years.