The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1883-12-26
a Mississippi Woman's Interroga.
tf0ns Answered


EDT1oEs crARIcS yery cordially do ] (
undertake to crafty my reviewer, i Mis-.
sissippi Woman. s. answering her inter
rogatious. But I nasist say that would
feel better i she had written oyer her own
name, for don't relish the thought q
crossing swords with an unknown perscn.
I know not how giant-like, intellectually
o. physically, shs may be, and capable Of
crushing an Observation-Disclosures David
killed giant with q stone! am, earnest
/ ", rather suspicious thai she L 4 certain
| lawyer friend Of mine Of the msscaline
gender, hsno0 the legal Issue frSs 70 be
made.
AZ 70 tha enthusiastically Of the plan
suggested IN my article, am persuaded,
/ though not . lawyer, there is no difficulty
on this line in the way OF carrying Into
effect this plan. However, the wise heads
/ who represent the peoples interests In the
legislative halls, aud who regard the letter
i and spirit Of the Constitution with a pro-
found reverence, would, before enacting
such Law, determine this. Our sister
state, Alabama, has done the Identical
thing in one instance that suggested.
know We are 10 Be governed by our own
be 50 governed.
In referring to the aid the State should
give to the girls she asks, Why Suggest
compromises? Why propose an annex e
the University, or an unconstitutiona
scheme, or any other shifIy" am at
. loss To know what she calls "compro
mises.p For / can't see the least shade Q
compromise in the plan l suggest; nor d.
[ see any in the annex TO the University
Il the girls will avail themselves Of tn
advantages rendered them here. Ever
particle OF benefit in the way of free tui
!. ton, kind and degree Of instructions giver
. 1, as much for the girl as for the boy 9
!. the University, ii am rightly intornies
!, Where have our daughters hitherto n
i ceiyed their education? The fine scholar
] Of Mississippi women, who to-day eonst
: tute such an intellectual and religious Ia
Tor in our commonwealth for good, whei
did they, mostly, receive their education
: Certainly in our private schools and co
: ,eges. These institutions Of higher trai
I " for girls, in which men OF philanthr
pic views have invested their hard ear
,ngs, aud to which they have given tbs
life-labors. have been the scholastic HON
Of these accomplished and gifted wome
" Now, would il be q compromise, or me
be ,chenle, or still worse, shift, for the Sta
e | 20 send her daughters TO these colleges?
~ must the State 90 to the enormous exper
al Of erecting so many leagues of brick a
e. mortar in some one favored spot Of
- many inviting communities, and ado
r aud embeilish in and out with the ri
ht styles Of the age, and equipit as Wand
ed | tilt, before an Institution suited to th
!. he women needs" is had? Where is
ghly educated mother OF our State v
" / unable by her own means to put
b, | laughter at college, that would feel tina
=, would be compromise" or "shitt'
- the State would pay her daughters TUT
or in her own alma mater2 Where?
I'D She says that fear the establishment
nc a State institution for girls would I'M
< existing colleges. And then says, 81
'ro would not be the case" Why2 She
ey CUES, wherever a sentiment is created
pc favor of education all schools reap
. benefit" THIS is true, bat she uses
NJ thunder. How is this sentiment Great
ro' Who have been most effective and cog
,rs in working up this sentiment already
!, the State2 The State schools, or the /
he gate schools? The instructors OF the 81
lr colleges. or those of the other colleg
an Evidently the latter, because, notwi
,tanding the two State schools for
boys, there are more girls Of Mississil
Is attending college than there are BE-
nd These men who have invested money, q
-, whose soul is on fire with zeal in the cat
" OF education, go from town 10 town, ha
let to hamlet, house to house, and as I'll
q they talk education, they press il up
the poor and rich alike; they advise a
&C suggest WAYS and means by which 4 >
zion or two, or more may be had in SOL
one of cur colleges. Here lies the secret
much excitement on the subject of edus
ton in our State to-day. Let the ST.
ne usurp the throne, take mastery Of the fie
a and my good sister will see what becom
= Of "created sentiment
e She says, again, The more schools
E. have, the more we want" This is tr
re again. But unfortunately she wants OF
a, and but one, where poor girls can recei
: free tuition. This is contradictory Til
she illustrates her point by reference
is railroads. Now, suppose Mississippi won
h construct one gigantic, fine, expensive
is equipped railroad through her terrific
i and open free transportation to her ov
a citizens, would this multiply the numb
! Of roads in the State2 What would !
d come of private enterprises? Would the
II railroad men and corporations who ha
the money to build railroads be found ]
; vesting their money very freely in CO
strucling new roads in the State or in tr
ing TO keep up the old ones ? What b
comes of my sisters logic?
anu informed that the University is n
|, sustained by State aid, but by what II
State actually owes the institution. TIL
institution is not strictly the gift OF Il
State to the boys, but of the General Go
eminent, and yet the State has generous
e opened those classic halls to the gentl
I sex.
The A. & NJ. College Is ono Of the be
e conceptions of our statesmen II carrie
e out strictly to the letter, az | believe is b.
a ing done by its able managers and officer
e the idea is going to tell immensely upo
= the material interests OF our State. Ii tak'
5 hold upon the main material resource {
g the State, the grand occupation OF hi
: people, and proposes to Tighten the burde
: Of the calling by the introduction Of SC
g ence in agriculture, horticulture, dairyini
! stock-railing etc.
: Mississippi College, at Clinton, is In
: prosperous condition, to be sure. Tn.
prosperity is easily to be accounted fol
/, There are seventy thousand Baptists j
: the State who feel that this is their col
$ lege. They feel religious devotion I
I, this college. This is big host OF one fra
ternity to rally around one school ]
ought to prosper more than it does. An
there are q set Of noble, self-sacrihciug mel
who give their prayers and labors 10 thi
: school at a comparatively small salary.
L. NJ. STONE.
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