The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-02-13

| The committee on rules and regulations
! were allowed until the next regular meeting to
prepare a system Of rules for the government
! of the cadets. and was requested to furnish
each member Of the board a COPY OF same IA
| early as possible In advance of said meeting.
At the request of the board Gen. G. Mason
Graham then read the following paper em-
bodying the views expressed before the board
by him yesterday relative to the bill now pend.
Ing before the Senate. and proposing to re-
organize this ipstitq,ion., ;.
RESOLVED That THE board deems the passage
OF senator Leake's bill es unwise. aud that the
views expressed In the paper read by Con.
The board then adjourned until tomorrow
at II O'Clock,
Gen. Graham said. .-@@
Mr.. Leake's bill would be very good one II
intended for an institution abort TO be put into
operation. but is mferlg Wnteeded by the Louisi.
qua, State, University ,nnd Agricultural and
Mechanical h College Which under It's various
of 1859. aud IN u fairly Hourishing condition.
except during period Of the wnr., when profee,,
during the subsequent financial prostration OF
the State when Its people we're not able to send
their sons to school aud it's government not
able to pay Its Indebtedness to the institution.
during which latter period 1t and its large 40
c,untldtion Of peraona and educational prop
erty would have gone ont Of existence but for
the uptirlng energy, perseverance,, zeal and
elf-sacraclng devotion of Dol. Boyd. who
throughout the most personally impoverished
watched over and protected Its interests. and to
whose wonderful efforts and struggles alone
aud uuatded, we are all, the State and tts PEG.
pie indebted for the life that now anlmatef
our chief seminary OF learn ng. which. II let
alone. and allowed to pursue the even tenor OF
To bscome what Ws al e ada tn
the erowninR blessing OF the State. In whose
halls oil who pass that probationary and pre-
ate and reverence the motto inscribed In golden
le ters on Parian marble above, the great door
e he IT. a
mept-the Unionl Esto perpetual But the
shades Of learning should not be disturbed by
Change OF any kind Il. disturbing, exciting.
Obstructive. Most especially Is frequent inter
ference by the political Legislative power to be
original style aud title Of this school been
changed three times. causing II to grow np on
ine to University s Of Which i does not
possess one single attribute proper. and
will be most fortunate H. IN this yast
In a hundred years to come Festina Lente-
make haste .slowly-is maxim Of much wis
dom. properly understood and acted on; but TO
utterly TO pervert Its meaning. aud such will he
the effect on this institution If the General As
its name. its organization and It's government.
When Ia Its incipiency 1t fell to my lot TO work
the laborina oar ln the creation and organiza-
Judge Henry A. Ballard, then Justice Of the
Supr enc Court OF the State. was very despon-
dent OF any success for It, and said to me that.
In compiling his digest OF the laws OF the
State. he found that the State OF Louisi-
ana had. up. to that time-a period.
think. OF only about thirty. Eve years-ex-
pended over half a million OF dollars In edu-
cational efforts. of which not vestige OF evil
dence reu aimed to be seen except the college
buildings at Jackson. given to the Methodist
Church; the buildings Of Jefferson College on
the coast now. / think In the possession OF a |
society OF the Roman Catholic Church. and the
hen unoccupied and deeaying wooden build |
inRs OF Franklin College. at Opelousas. This
set me to thinking as to what could be the cause
OF such constant and lnvariable failure. and l |
thought found 1t In the want of proper home |
government. creating as 1t would naturally and
Inevitably do an Inherent antipathy and oppo-
siton to authority Then saw that we had to |
educ 4te the parents before we could educate the
children. How was this to be done?
Those who are already parents We could |
exercise no influence over But the boy Ia |
father to the man." and by making him part |
his pride. his honor, his spirit. his manhood |
would all be aroused excited. enlisted way
might be found through the difficulty and the |
gloom and dependency OF my good friend
Judge Billiard be changed Into joy and glad |
ness.
Looking back then. to my brief experience Ia
the United States Academy at West Point-un.
appreciated when 1t would have been of value
to mel saw that the system Of discipline and
Mt exercised there was the only mode
that | could think OF, by which to accomplish
the idea-and this with no purpose OF making
soldiers OF tham, or teaching military science. |
out simply with view to securing more GER
tainly and pleasantly submissive Discipline
But at the same time. as they must necessarily