New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-03-12

trade should receive such practical in.
struction IN it az the school was competent
to aft Jrd.
A coed solid education the boys can get
at Foxleigh; but this Mr.. McDon0gh
evidently intended to be subsidiary to the
two newer features Of his design-that of
giving them. practical and scientific instruc-
ton in agriculture and in mechanical in
dustries. Here is where, in these most i'm
portant particulars. the plan of organi1a'
ton has fallen far short of what it ought to
be, and until it is Hberalized and extended,
and the absurd practice Of only receiving
certain class O. boys and those exception.
ally good, is modified, the school must fail
in great degree to accomplish the purposes
of Mr.. McDonogh.
For that failure, from tho tenor of his
last report, it would seem Is IT Colonel
Allen il, in NO small degree, responsible.
He wants none put very ooeoient ooys'
and does not look forward to increasing
the few he has now for several years to
come. He does not want to admit even the
..worthy appiicsnte," of which he states
there are many even now s0licit0us to be re-
ceived. When the farm was bought there
was q spacious mansion already upon it..
Some fsrty Thousand dollars have since
been expeL ded in the construction OF ad-
ditional buildings. He wants more money
put into the buildings and school sppli-
ances, and is content to let the poor boys
wait. But bows can't wait. Three years
hence many Of the worthy 'spplicants''
now anxious for admission will be too old
to be received and consequently will be de-
prived of the advantages of the'school. II
the plan also, Of only taking picked boys is
to be followed, many poor boys who want
only training to become industrious citi-
zens will drop. meanwhile. into evil courses.
Care lie necessary, of course, but care may
be carried too far, and main and loop of
aims Of Mr.. MeDoncgh. 1t is the
function of teacher to train willful boys
to habits of order and obedience. and in q
farm school the idle ones to industry. The
loss, By dismissal or fight, of nearly one
third IF the scholars of the McDonORh
school in one year. is suggestive OF some.
thing else beside viciousness on the part OF
boys who we're appointed because they
were exceptionally good.
Two other and final inquiries suggest
themselves. The facts above have been
go far But not only have the reports not
been as full and detailed as on intelligent
understanding of the management Of the
trust requires, but there have been no re-
ports of the trustees for the last two years:
and the catalogue of the institution
is all that supplies information
upon the subject. Not only. do the
public desire to know what has
been done with this great charity in the
past, but also they may naturally inquire,
and very justly, what are the prospects fol-
the future' The McDonogh bequest pre-
sents an unfortunate contrast, just at this
time, to the John Hopkins legacy. OF the
latter the public, its beneficiary, knows
nearly everything, and the trustees take
pains to keep both what it has accomplished
and what it intends to accomplish spread
| abroad. OF the former an extent of ignO
rance prevails, and an apathy Is thereby
engendered which the trustees owe to thu
memory of Mr.. McDonogh. 10 themselves
| and to the great cause of charity to dimin
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