The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1881-10-06
A state Female cOlleea

Mississippi has provided handsom.l
The education Of her SOILS, both VIA, %
colored, in the liberal support am
given the University at Oxford T
University, the A. and NJ. CoDsra
Starkville, and the Normal School J, q
aloo. Indeed, in the last mentiopsS
tuition the State provides to some .s a''
for the education of colored female. "a
not dollar has she expended for n. =,
cation of the young females of the Cauo..'
race, outside of the moneys appropriate,
the common (very eommon) schools of TO-,
villages, and neighborhoods
The question of establishing an ip,s.
ton for the higher cultivation Of "
daughters at the expense of the G.
government was propounded more ~
three years ago by the author OF this AM
in letter to THE CLARION; but ,t.'
consultation with some of our LEADING ;.
ators and Representatives and a brief ~.
versation with Gov. Stone, the frjsn5.
the measure deemed it best to postnoD..
agitation TO more propitious time n
seeds that were then sown have, bny.-
begun to terminate, and We notice Ill.,
many of our most influential journal, -,
some of our most eloquent speakers b,r
from time to time advocated the scbar.
while the friends of Whitworth Coll.
seeing the direction public opinion NJ,
likely to take in the near future, some tim
ago widely circulated petition to ii.
Legislature asking that the Brookbsr.,
College be made a State school. TIKI
petition, we believe, was never presented !,
the body for which it was intended beesp,.
the Methodist Conference, in effect, retp,.,
to relinquish control of Whitwortb /,
being denominational school, its Preside,
member of that Conference, and its bpil5
ings, etc, the property of that body.
The time has now come when the peoD,.
are ready for thorough discussion of "A.
propriety of establishing at the expeps a
the Stale an ms titution of a high order "a,
the education of our girls, and Prot Rouja
push, of the A. and NJ, College ha. been
making speeches during his vacation !,
different parts of the State with a view ii
arouse the people upon this subject, veR
knowing that Legislators are never in s5
vance of their constituencies. With wbs,
success DR.. Roudebush met we are No,
informed; but his effort deserves the thank,
of every mother and father of a daupble,
who is yet to be educated,
However, it seems that the injustice IA
our girls is patent to every one, and that
there are many who are not only wIlla,
but anxious to make reparation. The nm
for the establishment of this State FemaA
College which was introduced into our las,
Legislature, will, with some notifications
be again brought forward, and will he
championed by some OF the best talent in
the State; our mothers, our wives. our
sisters, and our daughters will petition our
legislators to do them Justice and every
man who desires To see the future molbes
of Mississippi refined and educated women
Iully competent 10 discharge the holy duties
of motherhood, will urge his own members
of the Legislature 10 vote for the measure
Just what shall be the grade and charac,
ter of this college future discussion will
develop; but we are inclined to believe
that free tuition To all that are eligible, and
a scholarship for each Congressional District
worth two hundred dollars annually for
term OF years the same liz number as The
term necessary to complete the course and
to be awarded by competitive examination
these would be features that would largely
conduce To the development of a rapid
intellectual growth among those whom
nature has made the earliest tutors OF our
race. Though few could enjoy the emolu.
ments to accrue from so limited number
of scholarships, there would be many com.
petitors, aud the stimulus thus given TO
education would be immense, The mental
labor expended in the effort TO obtain one
of these scholarships, even if the applicant
failed, would be AMPLY repaid by the in
creased mental growth of the defeated can
didate; for knowledge is its own exceeding
great reward,
Hoping that others may give their views
either for or against this measure and that
the holy cause OF Progress, which all should
have at heart, may be benefited by the dis
cussion, we leave the scheme in the hands
OF the good and true women of Mississippi
who are DESTROYS of elevating the STANDARD
OF education among their sex, suggesting
that some energetic lady in every city
town, village, and neighborhood circulate
a petition to our Legislators, asking the
of State Female COLLEGE,
and setting forth in their petition the just
and reasonable grounds upon which their
request is based, w. Ii. MAGRUDER
Canton Female Institute, October 3, 1851,