The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1879-03-08


Df the INDECENT youthsof the State
can but rejoice that l am devisins
a plan by which 50 beneficial re-
suit eau be obtained. l have now
at Oxford twenty i've young men
boarding on the Mess Plan,"
that is two or three in room with
rations furnished, principally do
ing their own cooking. II is true
I have warm bread furnished every |
morning at their rooms before
breakfast, the residue being served
BY themselves, as their appetite
requires. The best articles l can
buy in st. Louis and New Orleans
are supplied, with a commissary in
charge to Issue to each without
limit or restriction. lam assured
by these young men, they conld
not be better fed or better satisfied
at any boarding house, especially
as they count on indemnifying mo
in my expenditures when able.
The articles furnished are sugar
cured hams, sweet bread. warm
from the bakers oven fresh butter
rice, syrup, sugar aud coffee. In
evidence Of my success quite o
number Of regular boarders have
adopted this mode Of living anu
when the fathers and mothers OF
Others will divcst themselves OF
false pride and encourasetheir soas
likewise to divest themselves OF II
and adopt this plan and be-edu-
Gated, rather than grow up IN
Ignorance aud bc able only to com-
/ pete with the common laborer OF
the coutry, who can only boast OF
his muscular powers. There is an
inexhaus,ible mine Of brains in
Mississippi, which like the marble
of rough exterior can with the
sculptors chi.el be developed III
great beauty, usefulness aud good
| have twenty-five of that class OF
Young men, and seven boarding onl
making 32 at my own expense, and
whether get help or not ffcn
Others, IL shall be, II | live, DC
largely Increased another year. i
our next legislature will appro'
pirate $1,000, will guarantee Il
shall carry from that source lo'
young men. independent OF tn
number send. Can the Leslsli
: turc show evidences of statesman
ship greater than educating 1t
youths, male and female! we az
, GENEROUSLY taxed every year 10
educational purposes, and hail o
II is wasted from lack ot cohlp'
! tent teachers. To obviatc this la
e there be an annual appropriate
$ to educate 100 young men VINO Ut
:. too poor to educate themselves
i and in a few years our race viii .
/ supplied. with 'eachesr from u
:" manner born" in full suiiiclehc.
e My plan of educating the class I
&c Young men lam striving to do W.
laughed at and ridiculed and
failure predicted. II was snggcs
,f ed that they would be stunned
10 tha regular students and but lit
a respect shown them by Professor
: Let me say there are no better b
~ haved young men in college, moi
- striving harder to be educated AZ
- none command moro respect iro
~ Professors and students than III
~ do.
=, If this system of Messing "
h. generally knownto cost So ht
It would cause many ayodng III
'" to save his hard earnings ana
~ to Oxford and be educate
eu W Young men can do this with'
,'s -, appealing to charity. A you
IN laboring man, twenty two ye
NJ rid. in boots and tine cloth, OWN
'oe horse and watch, recently Cal
y" on me tor help. 1 urged him
~ dress plain, go sell his horse
n' ~. watch. for money, join my u
l"' at oxford, pay his way the Il
"r' year, and 1 would the second
wonld guarantee the morse
watch would sutRce. MY "
o a missary keeps a resular set
.ett hooks. cha,sing each With wha'
at ge,x md ut the end Of every mo
der makes his report TO mt. l ID
me. The reports OF January and Dec
rds her before me making all aver
uld of hardly "a each. 1t is true
= ~ for the goods ut wholesale pl
and furnish u tho same. Ihis
~. !. / clusively for board. Every yo'
- man furnishes bed clothing
= : with that Twenty-Five dollars y
~ for his iucl andincideutsI exPel
-, be being exempt from certain
~" ~ o. others are subject to.
Inst would gladly see : tsx Of NO
In per year levied, and pay my
vuit chssrfully, 70 have from on
liant lwo hundled young men sduc'
Z. 90 vho could not otherwise y ed
Y ~ You have Rre(eoogss
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