The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-06-05
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FprroRs CLARION: Your CORES pohdeht
William seems inclined to make an a2fic"'-
turaI college as expensive TO the students a.
any other. Nv notion would be to outiu
mn home schools, common schools lo"hs"'P
schools for all the children, but In the ne"
college to admit no scholars under slAlee"
wears OF aye. 1t was decided that the o'l TN
so,,ian Fund was for '.the diffusion of knowl-
Give among men" and could not bc used Tor
schnols for children. | would suppose that
an agricultural college would imply expert
mental farms AMI persons old enough 10
operate them and appreciate the lessons
taught A mechanical college would Imply
machinery and persons old enough TO nan
die Il wagon wheel or sledge hammer
Such persons could by their labor do much
toward paving for board and tuition aud NJ
the same time pursue regular course oil
study | would NOT prescribe any particular
course OF preparatory studies,and would nave
no requirement but Industrious habits and
good moral character.
Asthe institution is to be for the whole
State | would allow each county, Dy us
Board of Supervisors, To select one SctoiaT
for each member of the Legislature from
that county.
students whose parents reside in the
naighborhood Of the college might De per
mitted TO commute their labor To a limited
extent. but all residents should be eNp'ctcu
labor one hour on Sunday,siX on saturday
and four on other days. An old planter had
a rule that his overseer must see every heid
at leaSt once every day. Some people thlhk
cattle enjoy their salt better on sunday thah
on auv other day, at any rate cattle ana peo,
pie must be fed and fences must be WA ched
~, sunday well aS o her DAYS.
| would have the work aud lrb n cooper
alive aud monitorial a far rs practlcaoIe
STUDENTS. who are qualitied, could De- fore-
men or monitors in such branches "a they
understand and be credited accordingly. As
I remarked in IA former communication. we
must not expect all the expenses 10 De palh
by the earnings of the students. IL, now
ever, arrangements are made TO accom- mo-
date Young working men bv having lee
lures, recitations and experiments at conve-
nient times, and employing such persons at
what they understand, much OF the expense
could re balanced by labor, and the sklltul
labor be Instructive to those not skilled In
any particular occupation. Frequently
vOunp men have some experience in house
building and could earn much more than
a field hand and yet might be anxious TO
improve in drawing, mensuraIon ana ar
chitecture Such could boss gang in fence
building or something OF that Kind IN labor
hours anT in study hours b. one of a class
at the black board. Some persons could teach
ppnmanshp who in other studies might be
at the foot of the class. In this way every
student could be utilized and alIO we'd Il fair
com pensaton for his time,skill and industry
(There might be a cooperate IN OF teachers,
scholars and neighbors as advantageous "a
old-tme log-rollings.) Boys under sixteen
could not be very efficient in agriculture or
mechanics. Men of thirty frequently learn
and put i'm practice very useful eSsonS, and
those of the latter age would give tone and
perseverance To the pursuits OF their class.
The course of labor would be modified
very much by the location. For instance
at Lluderdale Springs water power aud ir-
rgation cou.d be illustrated practically. n
grist mill, cotton gin or turning-lathe would
lecture upon water power and give employ
ment to some yOnng mechanics who wanted
to improve in drawing, geometry aud ny
draulics. No lecture would be so eloquent
upon irrigation as good field OF rice or
corn in IA Time of drouth. La another local
ity Artesan wells, steam mills, wlnd-mills.
etc, might be Illustrated practically and
other hydraulics and mechanical powers BE-
learned from the books.
Wnd-mills have been so often associated
with Don QuiXOte thai they seem rather TO
belong to romance than to the sober realities
of life. In some sugar countries however,
the cane is ground or pressed by wind-mlls.
These, it is true, are in the regular trade
winds of the tropics, but i'm Holland where
wind-mlls are Invariably part OF the
scenery, the winds are as variable as i'm
power can not be utilized here? Water
power can never be used in this State t.
much extent. Our streams have not cut
their way through solid rock as among the
granite hills and limestone lodges. Dams
here are soon undermined or left dry by a
washing ont of the bank. On Strong
river, there is stone, but | presume it is bur
two or three feet thick and easily under
mined The State could afford to try an
experiment with a windmill and not let
Don QuiXote get all the bruises.
The ratio OF labor to capital has to be set
tied occasionally. Sometimes this is done
by communists, and mObs and then the Ell
phering is in blood and cpuflagGatiOn. The
result may be q more nearly equal di>tribu-
ton of prosperity and a necessity for labor,
on the part Of some who were before priv
LEGGED to live in idleness. When old mon
opolieS are broken Up and il appears nee
cesSary for every one to have some protita
bic occupation and to study economy and
frugallty, then the community begins to
prosper When some are millionarrs and |
many are tramps, when wages are low and
many are out OF employment, there is dan
ger that ignorance and vice, Will seize the
reins of government, or upset all law and |
order.
In the South we have had change in the |
condition of lab3rers unprecedented in the |
annals OF the world. The labor question
has been partially solved, and indicates as
the final solution, that white folks must |
learn to work, to pow, to hoe, to mind |
stock, TO make and run machinery, to be |
independent of the negro. The boy who !
ciphers out of the problem with this result |
will stand good chance to be useful cit !
izeD. The young man who learns to whine |
over the lost cause and wait for something
20 turn up TO keep him from hard WoFs, will |
probably lIYe in ignorance ana die in pow
erty. Can the new college be so arranged |
as to train up our youth in habits of econo-
my, industry, TEN perance and the pursuit |
of knowledge and virtue O. FoGY