The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1882-03-11
"TmE CRADLE OF A REvoLUTION.''

"TnE CRADLE OF A REvOLUTION.''
We are in receipt Of formidable
| communication from Nfinticn. 1t ap-
pears that we have - unwittingly,
Heaven knows !--given offense in that
pretty and tiourishing town, and of
this unhappy circumstance We have
been reminded, in n manner which
fills us with concern.
On january lst new paper made Its
appearance In Miuden.3 The appari.
ton of a new paper Is not, per Sc,
startling event, but the fact that Min
den is the domiciie Of a somewhat
famous young ladies' college and that
the journalistic bantling was baptized
the Collegian, established n coincidence
which, we frankly confess, should have
impinecd upon our consciousness. That
1t did not do so, that we passed un-
noticed the appeal to our news editor
for an exchange; that, generally, we
overlooked the birth Of the blooming
young contemporary; these are short
cOmings for which We must simply
plead forgiveness. There are specific
conditions which VIC could urge as cx-
tenuating our ofrense, but to those we
scorn to resort. We prefer to throw
ourselves upon the clcmency Of tho
seven Young latais who edit the Collr-
CLAN, and who, as they accumulate OK.
perience of editorial life, its annoyan.
ces and tribulations, will find them
selves softening into indulgence toward
the errors and failings of their co'la-
6OrnfeW3,S. ..6
Having said thus much in frank nc
acknowledgement, and filed our applica-
tion for pordOn, we desire to congratu-
late the young ladies of tho Nlin.len
College upon their good sense and
wholesome aspiration as expressed In
this clever and promising little paper.
That they should have so much energy
In reserve constitutes an eloquent
tribute to the wise and intelligent pol
icy of the college; that they should
expend part of this exergy in serious
journalistic labor implies everything
that is honorable and crcditable to the
young ladies themselves. We cor,li-
ally admire and apiaude their declared
purpose to acquaint themselves with
the history, institutions and character
istics of their own country aud to keep
an co'ntMt with contenporaneous polit-
cal and social evolutions throughout
the civilized world. 1t Is to DO regret
ed that all the young ladies whose cdu-
cations are now being formed do not
entertain similar ambitions. We are
anxious to hail tho advent of M ora In
which tho, sweet girl graduates, cxtcu-
sivcly and laboriousIy certified to In
botany, astronomy, tho sciences nnd
arts, ancient history, hcNcS-ith,rs, etc,
shall bc able to tell us that Daniel
Webster did not write the dictionary,
and shall not be compelled to check
their flow Of conversation when tho
talk happens to drift into European
complications, The reconstruction pc
riod, or Eng'and's scientific frontier in
Asia. We quite agree with our fair
correspondent that girls are made to
waste II great deal OF their time in thor
oughIy worthless studies, in shallow
smattcrlngs which do them no good.
And we are proud and glad to know
that Louisiana college is to bc the
cradle of n revolution which, IL carried
to successful issue, will make women
the earnest and intelligent and helpful
companions OF men.
The Collegiap has our sincere well
come, and the rosebud hand Of editors
our warmest. encouragement. - Neo
Oyie0us Times Democrat. .ff..
Parncll has lately been visited In
kilmainham Jail, his present residence,
by an American newspaper man, who
describes him as follows: "The distin-
guishcd subject is II tall man, with Il
well-kn nit but thin frame; his head Is
| small, but we'll balanced, covered
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