Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-09-19
PUBLISHED DAILY AND TaI-WEEKLY BY
HDC AZ; SCJ CIV DENs
EEIDAY EVEN'o., SEPTEMBER 10. 1879.
The STATE AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE Tho

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public herd coed deal duticg the last SESSION
Of the Legislature, gre ssain uoaer discussion
10 tbs newspapers.
The Lycchbu!g Vraioiao, Ct recan: date,
has c leading editorial Of Two columns on the
SUI Jet, which affords sOno entertaining read
ing. As the editor Ct this vel! Known and 10
hu ,n,ial jourDa! is a member Of the Board Of
Visitors The ACCURACY Of h!a statements is, Ct
c'nrea. teyoad question:, and the views he
expresses Of Pc 1liar Interest.
The special cc,ssicn lor public discussion Of
the sf.i.s Ct III. Bigcktu,g College now is the
Eprooineut Of committee at the August
ueelics OF tic Bosri 10 prepare plan for the
complete 1868 aniZ alton Of the Institution On q
strictly military basis to provide FIR the ap.
Doiutmant Of . superintendent to whom the
professors and students alike shall bs sui ,c.;
TO put he studeuts iolo barracks; and, 10 short,
to nSk, Gu; Of Is second State Military L.
s'l;u:e. "a taxpayer" ic tie columns of tho
K chnoDd Dispatch week or Two since lin
80 article since Copied into Cur own columns,
sid quoted With approval by Inc Vireiniau |
makes strong protest agaisst the change ca The
ground OF tztravsgGnce. and maintains that ore
Slate military scbcCl is enough. He winds up
Eg saying that i! he Visitors really believe
complete military Organization indispensable 10
train farmers ED ntchan;ca, aud want the 10.
ccme at their disposal economically used 10
that behalf, they ought to call CO the Logisa-
ture to dissolve the school at BlGcksbpr ard
re establish il a! Lexington ia connection with
The Military Iostiu:e.
The Virginia. edn.its thet tie working OF
the coeCe hiss been lts3 harmonious ard sue.
cessiu Of late than Il night hive beer, Tut
says it would lave beef cthtrWi:e If every
member Of tie Faculty had cooperated hear,i.
y With the Presidtn'." Tie iLfuarce Of two
or thr:e Of tie professors, With The msj3ii;y OF
the Board, i: Is t';b.e3, has been potent 10 be-
halt ct the proposed chs02e, aod the hostility
ct these professors towards the President pain.
- declared 10 be th:ir motive.
The Virginia ssyJ that thtso gentlemen
could almost 90 snJihrg to procure the Gu.
perscdu!e Ct the present very csupoteot head
ct the college, who, 10 our certain Knowledge
has been q badly used man" d.. Minor, no:
being military nau, c5uld lot Of course &c
the Superintendent uoder the new regime.
The editor Of the Virginau Bs5sthat the full
truth Of he troubles at Blscksburs has never
yet been koown to the outside world. and that
some day he cay write up the whole affair." "
just nov he would perhaps not have said any
Thing, AID IL whs! he does say there is spe.
oal disclaimer If any reflection 90 any Of bis
fellow visitors, DC! utterarc, has been slinu.
lated BY The publications Of others
Mr.. Conrad Ike editor Of tbs hlcuigomcry
Messerge VINO !s 40 a6iuact professor Of the
college aud secretary CT the Board Of Visitors,
(whose proceedings ct The August meeting
w,r1 old,red to be kept strictly secrct) has
written 20 the L7rchhurg News letter pu,,
ptr,lug 70 SIT forth what was done which was
so full Of oyrcrs" ns 70 demard correction.
Nor is This all. la the September number OF
the Southern Planter aud Farmer edited 10
part by Dt. El!z,y. enoiher professor. there is
30 scscunt Of the len Ct the Board 50 icac'
curs!e as to provoke emphatic criticism.
The F;rgiliaD. notwithstanding the assertion
OF the Journal last quoted. tia. tho board
"uasrimously' favored tho proposed change,
vigorously opposed ii. This is chiefly o. tie
ground that the &C: Of Congress ulder which
the school exists does Lot warrant such O
cbaH1c The college must be oue, The l1W
says, "wherc the leading o}gsctsh be. without
excluding Other scientific end classical studies,
and Including military tactics, TO teach such
branches of learning as aie Telatire to dgricul-
tTre and the mechanical arts, in order 10 pro-
mote the liberal aud practical education of the
industrial classes for the several pursuits and
professions an Gfe" This VIrliuan thinks this
does not contemplate. AID still less does it id
init ct, q complete military organization, ard CT
so large occupation Of "the Time tf the young
men who might be more rroGtab!y employed
90 the firm, 10 The workshop, or 10 their room:
thar 10 iily drills 10 The school of the so,der."
|! advocates enough OF the military 10 secure
good carriage. subordioati0n AID dcterercs 10
s1pcrIors. bu. thinks two or three drills q week
ebough fer that pGroose
For Ourselves. without Eatius ye. had zine
to give The subject much atcn,ion, We do not,
hesitate, 50 far, to indorsc the views Of cur
contemporary Us 70 express the hope that tie
change 10 question mhy not te made. The
college, urdsr its present centro has Sctieved
too handsome SUCCESS to invite u resolution
Ct lis system. lis organization may doubtless
he improved, bu: iis head osn lie clothed with
sufficient authority over students end prcfes-
sors. too. without being msds inlo military
superintendent.
Notwithstanding the iusuperabIe objections
to Mr.. Jefferson DAvis's candidacy for the
United States Senste-bis posiliv, and emphat
10 refusal to be candidate. and bis political
disabilities, the future removal of which is by
no ADS certaln-soms of the mos. ultra radi