The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1883-06-28

THE CLARION sensibly suggests
that the Trustees of the A. and M.
College, at the coming June meeting,
fill existing vacancies with native
Mississippians, known to the people,
and thus patronage will be secured
to it that otherwise will not be. 1t
is intimated that this is a reason why
so few boys from central Mississippi
have been attracted to it.-Merididat
Mercury.
The suggestion originated with the
Canton Citizen; but it is endorsed by
The Clarion.-Jdc&son Clarion.
1t has been the policy of Mississip-
pi from the earliest period of her
history to avail herself of the very
best educators for her youth that she
could obtain, regardless of their ma
tivity; and this rule has found favor
in every other progressive State in
the Union.
We think it quite likely that there
is not college or high school in the
State to day that is presided over by
native Mississippian, and yet our
educational establishments can boast
as able complement of teachers as
those of any of our sister Common
wealths.
Remember that in the Faculty of
the State University before the war
we had such men as Judge Long
street, of Georgia; /. @. G. Lamar
who was a native of the same State;
Geo. G. Carter, the eloquent and
learned Virginian; Prof. Hilgarde,
the scientists,-now President Of the
Agricultural and Mechanical College
of Calfforna-who is a German, and
others of like calibre.
Mississippi numbered among her
school teachers before the war such
men as DR.. Holland-one of the
noblest men New England gave to
literature-at Vicksburg; and S. S.
Permissible brightest boy that the
State of Maine ever sent forth as u
cripple to find fellowship in moro
congenial clime-at Natchez; while
Bacon, and Marfee, and Greene, and
hundreds of other excellent teachers
came to us from other States and
foreign lands and met with hearty
welcome. Kentucky early showed
her appreciation of brilliant young
| Pennsylvanian, when she made James
G. Blaine one of her school teacher
a teacher who has at least on,
pupil in the U. S. Senate, Genera
Gibson, OF Louisiana. Georgia ha'
penetration enough to discern tn
latent ability possessed by the younl
New Yorker, VIM. II. Seward, whe
, she honorod him with an invitation t
assist in the education other children
t Pshaw-MississipPi proposes to CT
trust the education of her youth t
p the. best talent in that line that ca
!, be obtained, and she does not care
+ snap where her teachers first. DIRE
:. breath if they are competent to sery
her. If Mississippians by birth, s
much the better, but Mississippi is
c the market seeking the best educ
o tional talent she can command, al
# is prepared to bid against the wor
: for it in the market Of letters whe
q all her sister States are among Il
/. bidders; and expects to boast in Il
d future as she always has in the pas
,> as good teachers and as good schoc
= as can be found elsewhere.
y If you are to apply this test
'e nativity to teachers why not apply
ie to Congressman, State and coun
n officers, and all along the line ''dov
y to fifth corporal, 'and rule us all ou
's The A. and M. College is fortuna
u in having all the patronage that
d can provide for; its dormitories a
j. full and its classes are full, and so
10 as we know all the pupils and (
their parents are perfectly content
;. and happy, and the Faculty is
- competent as the best friend Of t
- school could desire. We do II
=. know how many of these teachers a
., natives nor do we care-we do n
or believe that single Trustee is
80 native of the State-but we do knC
q, that all of them are earnest, zealo
ut Nississippians, and "doing their lev
of best"
'g Or course we should rejoice to S
Hon. Ohio R, Singleton of Missi
vo sippi elected to the Speakership
- the House of Representatives ne