The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-03-13

. | Professor OF NATURAL bfstory sHu agriculture
PENNSYLVANIA STATE Coy.LEaE, J
Centre Oounsy. Pa.
November Ii, 1874
D, r. BOYD, Superintendent:
Dear Sir- Your letter Of the 9th inst. came tt
hand last night.
an agricultural and mechanical college In oonnee
, ton with an institution Of general literary ant
seienii iio culture" s....
auch an org anisstion will be most economical
will be beneficial to the agricultural and meehan
! zeal students, intellectually and socially. viii
tend to remove prejudice against labor and la.
borers. and chiefly ID essential to tho fall carry
ing out OF tho idea of the law OF sga
Yours. truly, JAMES CALDER,
President Pennrylvana state College.
4 This institution Is one, of the com.
paratively fen separate" agricultural
and mechanical colleges.
STATE AGRICULTURAL CoIIEGn,
Corvallis, Oregon, Dec. l. 1874 !
President ID. =. Boyd. Louisiana State University,
| Baton Rouge La:
Dear Str-Yours Of November 10 received.
In reply please allow me to state that am de-.
Gidedly OF the opinion that tan agricultural and
mechanical college" may DO in connection with,
and one Of the schools OF, university with ad..
vantage TO both.
Very respectfully, b. Z. ARNOLD,
UNIVERSITY or VERMONT AND ]
| STATE AGRICULTURAL CoLLEaE.
"a .a Burlington, VT, Nov. 40, 1874.
Col. d. +. Boyd, Superintendent:
Dear Sir-It ID my decided conviction that the
industrial colleges should be connected with uni
versities, for the following rea sons:
1. To prevent the multiplication Of higher in
q. TO ecenomize the national fund by associa-
ting II With other funds in partnership for nutual
advantage. ..-
Q. That industry and learning may grow up to-
ruf hapa md In
each other.
You will, of course, understand that there are
difficulties In the way OF success Of this plsn. the
greatest of which Ia The jealousy Of tho Industrial
claims of general literary and scientific instiu-
tons. The Importance of this objection depends
on tho intellectual tone of your community.
|. am, cir, yours, very respectfully,
M. Fl. BUCKHAM, President
The following letter from Hon. Justin
s. Morrill,, United States Senator from
Vermont, the distinguished author Of
the Agricultural and Mechanical Col
lege bill, Of 1862, should be read with in
terest:
WASHINGTON, D. O., January 20, 1874.
To D. T.. Boyd Esq.
Dear sr'-In reply TO your favor Of the 18th
instant, / have TO say that there Ia no difficulty
in adding or joining the land grant endowment to
an existing institution, provided l. shall be made
10 comply with the conditions OF the grant. Leg
islatien would OF course be necessary upon the
part Of the State to that end, and also the legal
acceptance upon the part OF the existing insttt-
ton. In Vermont tho endowment was gixen to
the Vermont University, and It's name changed to
that Of Vermont University snd State AgricuI-
tural College,"
JUSTIN 8. MORRILL,
Is it not little remarkable that the
State-Vermont--in which resided the
author of the Congressional act pro-
viding for the endowment of these agri-
and mechanical colleges,
should have given her fund to the
University OF the State, and that Mr..
Morrill, himself should have assented
to 1t, IL he did not approve it, IL such
procedure--as 10 charged by the Times
and DR.. Ryland, the master Of the State
contrary to the letter and
spirit of the Federal law?
Who knows that la,s best? Who best
what, Mr.. Morrill, meantp
The Times and DR.. Ryland, the master
81 the Louisiana State Grange, or Mr..
Morrill, himself? =
Let Mr.. Morrill,, in his own words,
ell us exactly what he did mean by his
bill ito promote the liberal and practical
Of the industrial classes IN, the
several pursuits and professions in Hfe."
He says
"The bill proposes to establish at least one
'ollege in every State upon cure and perpetual
accessible to al, but especially to the
IONS OF toll where all the needful science for the
PRACTICAL avocatons OF life shall be taught, where
leither the higher grsces OF cassical studies ner
hat military drill our country now SO greatly APP
'reciates, will be entirely ignored, and where
gricuture, the foundation Of all present {
nd future prosperity, may look for troops Of {
arrest friends, studying It's familiar and recon-
lite economies, and at last elevssing 1t to that !
igher level where IL may fearlesslJ invoke COM !
arison with the most advanced standards Of the
,orld.
The bill fixes the leading objects, but properly, 8
q think leaves to the States considerable lati- c
lde in carrying out the practical details" '
Now, it is respectfully submitted that |
be Louisiana youth can never attain to
1r. MorrilPs ideal Of liberal and I
tactical education in these branches OF /
tudy relating to agriculture and the l.
arts il he be not ''helsard- o
anded and soSt-besnaedred delcer IN the
round or manure heap.";a
Such manual work is all we'll enough,
/ Its time and in its place, c
nd no educated man, but an educated t
Dol, will sneer at it. But the school that 81
caches little else than the manual part
Farming is a very poor school for a [
Dung farmer. wz ... Z
Gov. Seymour, OF New York, says that J
the main thing in agricultural educa- n
on Is TO make agricultural pursuits at /
active" b
Yes, let US Of Louisiana elevate agri- p
allure othe dignity OF learned pro- u
ssion, and the object of Mr.. Morrill, p
nd OF the Federal agricultural law will 3
!. attained. s
But IF the farmer or mechan-
must go TO an institution OF
part from students fitting them- q
Ives for other callings his educa- W
on will always be looked upon ais a bt
,rt OF half education, or at least as be- fo
& OF an inferior grade. Give these E
udents a position OF honor equal to 81
ly other, ana for an equal amount Of I'll
,od study Ia any chosen course award ".
ID same credit. Contact OF mind with ca
ind pIays b decided part Id education. iii