The Ripley advertiser. [volume] (Ripley, Miss.) 1843-1897, 1882-12-02
COMMUNICATED,
AN EFFORT To PRESCRIBE GER
TAN SCHOOLS.

CaltOu ioi su0 FSoPAS VI AApP@A
County, in which they have freely
discussed questions pertaining to
their rights and general welfare. L
ask your indulgence in a brief des-
cussiOn involving a matter of In
ierest to many citizens. In your
paper Of the 25th nit, l see in the
list of public schools established by
the Board OF Supervisors under the
advice of Prof. Prewitt the County
superintendent of Education, that
conditions were imposed on i've
schools that were not imposed on
the other eighty-fEO. l extract
from that Pape: the following: THE
following Schools on condition that
no extra charge be made during
the four months Of free term, and
mat public notice be given of the
fact before commencing said free
term: Blue Mountain Female Col
.lege, Blue Mountain Academy,
Ripley Institute, S;OneWall Female
College, and Camp Ground Acade-
nv" Ihold that this action is both
illegal and unjust. But | do not
blame the Boar3 of Supervisors
They did not know the facts, and
am informed that they were gov
erned entirely by the recommends
ton of Prof. Prewiit. AsI am con-
nected with one of these schools, |
desire to show the lllsgality and in
Justice of this action.
Paragraph 721 OF the school law
reads as follows: "The regulations
prescribed in the foregoing sections
shall not prohibit cities or towns,
districts or private parties from
giving teachers of free schools ad'
ditional compensation" Now note
the reading Of the act of the Board
Of Supervisors above quoted: "No
extra charge shall be made, and
public notice shall be given before.
&C." If they had added, "excepi
what the patrons agree to pay" il
would have been more reasonable
Blue Mountain Female College has
heretofore charged regular rates o
tuition, but given patrons credi'
for all that was received from thu
public fund. This has been done
by mutual agreement between the
patrons of the school and the pro
prietors. We have acted strictly
in conformity to the law of tht
State above quoted, and it has beer
perfectly satisfactory TO all parties
Not one patron, SO far as l know
has objected or complained. The!
desire to continue this arrange
ment, the County Superintendent
of Education says it shall not b
done. Capt. 7. B. Winston, Capt
c. L. Harris and Hon. q. j. Fredel
lex found no objection to the al
rangement while they held the Of
5 fee, and Prof. Prewitt found non.
} until recently. The facts that shoN
, the injustice OF the action of thi
, man are as follows: The proprle
' toys of Blue Mountain Female Co.
: lege own a school building, whic
| has a study hall rs feet long, wit
good light and ventilation. Til
room is supplied with good seal
e and desks, aud with three iarg
6 stoves, so that pupils al be con
Portable in any part of it the colo
g est day. In addition to this, th
building has a n ce, comiOrlabI
room for a preparatory department
l. Also, four nice recitation room
each having a good stove. And
also contains a good reading rOor
j. and a separate room for a cabine
d This reading room contains a libr.
b nv worth about six hundred dollar
d the cabinet contains apparatus f
1t experiment and illustration, and
considerable variety of natur
,; specimens that have been gathert
at considerable cost of labor al