Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1877-09-29

wa ".'ioA SCHOOLS OF similar cha
'''cfer III other States to guide us. O
!. curse, as the school is to DO located :.
haton Rouge, the Asylum buildinr.
winch hnve been heretofore used bv H..
>'ate University can he used for all col.
'e-' purposes. such ~ professors, ounr-
'ers' students Quarters, mess hall, lec-
'"re rooms, etc. This building is not il.
the place where l would like it to l,c.
had my choice in the matter. 1 woulI
prefer its location y little further from,
the t"wn-say q mile or so AWAY f.: but q.
course we must do the best we can with
wlai we have. rs there is no money
available for building purposes, or a,
least for college buildings .--
III" 'soxt thing ta ha pnnsi.lerod :, +b..
farm. Baton Rouge pledges itself to
| give the college one hundred acres of
iHnd suitably located. and while this is
not enough for the purposes needed. st;u
f"r a he:sinniGg it will do for the present.
we have to provide then for salaries of
professors and employees, and for the
fencing, buildings, farm Implements and
stock. There will be work for aI least
five or 81 n professors, with several assist
the farm and another foreman of th.
sarden, who will have entire control.
under the direction of the professor OF
agriculture, of all the labor done by the
students or others upon the farm and in
TIE garden and orchard. The salaries of
these professors, Instructors and !oremen |
WEI am"nnt t" at least $4,000 ,,er an
mum. 40 fence the farm, erect the
proper and necessary bu. .ldngs, buy i'm
t'fe'liehts and stock, will require not less
thah $1,000. am Gnidc.l by what it has
cost in other States where such schools
are belt {, successfully conducted. No +
sl"nl'l be Thought Of or
"erafea; but everything should he "
sord and substantial, as in the end the
'est would be the cheapest. The an, omit
ieehett then ut once is not less than
$4,000.
LIT us see what we have Of available, ~,
ssefs. The L"ui>i:in" State University p
as ab"nt $4,000 in State bonds upon -
'hlch there is due quite Il large amount !.
interest; if I recollect Alright, about r
10000. But not IL doll ,r of this IL
vai'able ut present. The bonds will
| I
which there is SOM" 'lonht, Tam told. II
mt for present purposes these bonds II
'nst f'e lefj oat Of the question, though n
"ner ar later tho L:,.:islat,re will nj, ~. ~
'nbt place them and those of the 1, eri-
''tural and Mechanical College, lost by tn
aling both npon Il proper and lust ~,
isis. The honor Of the State is pledged
r this, if nothing more. \
TO the Agricultural and Mechanical =
'!lege then must we look for whatever r.
available ut present. The college has g
oj,e0O in new State consols, bearipr7 !.
+ cent interest, payable semi annual :.
amounting t." Sl;,7a4. This is the ,.l
l"le or the lnconc of the new nniver- ear
y anl Agricultural and Mechanical ut
llcgc. lea1
1t is clear, then, that the sclool with
necessary farm could not be organ II
Il ana conducted upon this amount of ~
'"eS. How arc we to get any money I
'ho!:t going to the Legislature as beg -
rs and with the ooor prospect of OBJ .u->,
ilnS amy relief: Ny phn would he Nc
defer the opening until Jan nary. 1879,
en the accrued interest OH the new i'ri
lSOlS would amount TO SS7 AIS, les; the -,
onnt necessary for paying the salaries SAN
the Secretary and Treasurer, and the
,enses of the Boaru of Supervisors, Jun
is wuni,l give us all the money we RI
uld need for the first year, at least, |
hout asking the tate for Il dollar =,
Ell with the regular yearly Income n
III the bonds. with sucl, help us wonld 81
demanded for incid eutal r
rposcs, and which the people of the
te wonld willingly give to- Il snccess- II
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49,. '"S w.; ", o ii ,c' :'l". oi tne Thu
i. .i'. e :" ',,'n s. Sooui might justly !eal
. farming year begins with us in an
", and this it seems to us would be a
per ti.lle for the college to begin; in
III of in October, as in the purely
mry institutions ...
t no very distant day we NAV hone
tate will ne III condition to make q
Il it's pledges nado in the act accent- EA
the donation from Congress of the E,2
is granted for the agricultural and kXS
,hanical colleges, and so to return -
forty per cent. lost 10y scaling the ~,
bonds held by the college. When IL
is done ANA the amount aided to the ~ HOS
vcrsity bombs and deferred interest l0ect
combined schools will have $3.50 900 70 Leh'i
bonds drawing twenty odd Thousand oPec
ars with which to organize the lit
v departments. All this, too, with
asking from the State anything more
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