The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1876-08-23
Letter from Rev. N. H. Job SO IN
President eff WhitWOrth
College.

EDS. CLARION: While in Philadelphia q
short time ago, examined, among other
things, improved apparatus for heating
public bindings, with a view to the use of
I the very best in Whitworth College. A
| Philadelphian of some prominence was
| kind enough to show me through the
| Franklin Institute and explain to me the
/ method of heating aud ventilatipg the
| building In answer to his question, told
him that | desired to use something of the
! kind i'll college in Mississippi. He expressed
great surprise to hear that there was col
lege in the state, aud said that he had sup
posed that our children VINO received Sn ed
ucation obtained it in Eastern colleges.
! gave him the names of some of our promi-
| nent sckools and spoke especially of the
| State University. / am not sure that he
| fully believed my statements.
1 Before the war, many of our people of
means patronizcd schools beyond the State
| Our State schools were not built up as they
! should have been. Since the war, few
! persons have llbored earnestly for our home
| schools. 1t seemed at one time that they
! would greatly prosper and that our State
would be blessed with tiourishing schools.
But several have declined recently, anu
Others may soon be in the same cohdI-
/ ton This is owing largely TO the number
| of pupils sent out OF the state Ihey go TO
! Tennessee. kentucky and Virginia, and
vet the schools in those States are no better
and no cheaper. Drum merS sometimes
come down and make special bids for pu-
! pills, and sometimes uh4er-otd our nome
! schools and thus draw away patronage.
As long rs ] am in charge OF school
will in every Instance take pupils at AS low
a figure "a any school OF equal grade De-
vond the stato may propose to do; not that
| / approve OF drumming or 4nder-blddlnS'
but | am in favor of maintaining hom c
The patronage that goes from Mississippi
| would make all orr schools Hourishing, ana
enable them to enlarge and more flIily equip
| them selves Sending pupils in large NUM-
| hers beyond the State, discourage the home
schools Teachers of enterprise will be IN
clined to go elsewhere or engage IN other
II Won purpose sending your sons or
daughters beyond the State, think mo-
ment Suppose all others do the same. In
\ short time there will not be first eltss
| school in the State. / do not mean To say
that one should never send TO school Beyond
his State. but say this with emphasl% that
if the people of State desert the SENIORS
that are worthy and enterPrising. they are
inficting an injury upon themselves
| We invite Immigrants. One OF the hrst
questions asked by an Intelligent person
| will be .What Kind of schools have you
mof ~, Now. If we have to make the humfl
iating Confession that We have TO SEND our
children 10 Tennessee, Kentucky, virgins
and elsewhere to get an education, will not
the immigrant go there too!
| Mr.. Editor, l am waiting for the tram
and | have penned you these few, hasty
lines hoping they may do some GOOD As
the school. which / have the honor TO pre-
side over. has been largely patronized, am
sure that no one will charge me with writ
ing in a complaining spirit. l have TO
thank hundreds of persons for their sym
patty and support. Y,,
Whitworth College, August IL, 1876