The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1884-02-27
! $500 school Tor white CRIB y
Needed.


$3.50 n, .nrov: About tbs year 1879 |
Iady IN Mississippi employees. = w ~
pacity of nurse, an orphan ~nasS d,,;s ,irI
c callls s = and was taught to write. sne
0 O,.....sd Cor one in her circumstances, q
Poss S-. sa.sl ;nharitsnce rare beauty
I, 800 ~ IRE Aat.erer was soon mol
s - q make her dissatisfied W1tn ns.
-, msA' Nj viahfnc to east her ont upon tne
.-.s-,a her employer found her Ptaee e
49, 49, 4, ahont The only opening toR PooL
, lie e-trls ia Mississippi, the taepory
vN,.-s Tor Eatchez). After WORKING ne.o
s,~hiIa she married Her successor, q
49,, Sc. vas q WONG quadroon VINO Posse-aso
horesty. industry, and fair tntstng -
sha too. was taught at odd times, an0
ronra0ed to save her wages % SdeG4es ~.
sss4 After two ysars she entered AogAloo
TT,,iVarsity and by working some, ana ~,
inc - .ioIors a month she acquired gOoe
sa5,dation for an education. and u now
....cassf,I teacher of her race In the county
g s;,nrson Another. orphan white girl
..;5ad nv n gentleman of limited means,
=, This state. When about grown she hS1
-, cfFa- of marriage from man VINO couIu
oefar her a home. Feeling that she ought MOI
Ir-,,,a. 10 ranain a burden upon Fer Dehe-
fscfor. who had q large family OF nus own,
and being unable to support herself, sue
accented this offer, though In bitter teels'
sha remarked to friend the nignt DeIOrs
she married, Il wish were dead. nS =,
almost rather die than marry tnat "an.
Rnt she married him. Other cases esen
more touching, might be clted' Ous sue
above serve to show, better perhaps snon :
wonan's argument, the necessity ION SOM
opening for the white women OF MlsSlSp
nj The id "a of State schools Tor girls anu
| industrial schools is not new one IN - -,
ern civilization. Europe Is oo1er ~ ~
such institutions The Int ,aoo ~.
cstional Congress at Brussels in 1851 de.
vo.ad mornings sitting to the question o.
.fs best method of education, and the Des'
conrse of studies in secondary schools foi
rrirIs If gave to several women, whose
names are we'll known, the opportunity OF
proving how well they deserve their rePu,
tstion. II sras BIZ commoa consent Recognises
that secondary schools for girls are aosCt y
Indispensable and that the establishment o me"
4 = Inn, Of he 1Slate.". This Congress also
} agreed that 1.-THE growing Importance o
J industrial training for women Suggest
the necessity of giving 1t an olhcla
organization. Institutions for the Pur
nose would train pupils for the trades
fitted to the strength and special aPtituoe
of their sex" On the I'D of November
1880. the French Senate passed the oli
authorizing the government TO estaolsi
secondary State schools for girls. The ne'
! institutions will be situated at faris, Lyons
Lille. Marseilles, andIseven other cities.
, course of pedagogy is to be attached .
each school for such pupils as desire 70 pre-
pare themselves for the school SERVES
The teaching staff consists OF male an
female teachers, but whenever lesson
given by male teacher the presence OF
. female teacher is obligatory.
Vienna has one of the best industrl'
: schools for young women. 1t Is diVioe
a into eleven departments, viz Comnerc4
: French, English, stenography, drawing
: artistic sewing. plain sewing cntHng gu
$ point-lace work, telegraphy, and genera
t Improvement. The fees range from $50
to $4,000 year. For those who desire
n situations are found at the end Of tn
: course.
We are told that State institution 10
white girls is not needed in Mississippi, an
L are reminded that the State University
g open to women. But the opening OF II
J university does not answer the demand
II for besides the objection to co-education,
]: doet not furnish that training in Practic'
e pursuits whereby women may become sell
l. supporting if necessary. And this Persls
u ent effort to force co-education upon tt
white women of Mississippi nOtens roteH
reminds one of the old-fashioned way
giving a refractory child dose OF caste
oil-hotd his nose and pour Il dorm.
The arguments heretofore advanced Il
L. the establishment of separate State II
r. stitution for white girls, have been uPo
strong conviction of the necessity for sue
institution, and if these arguments ha'
! possessed the elements of truth and soun
logic, no unprecedented person OF INTEL
gence will hesitate to receive them.
II Sir Waiter Scott makes one OF his cha
T" acters to say AYE, the truth, ia the trut
" though the dell himself spake it, an
r sensible people recognize that "a fact
p none the less true, though feeble woman
:, hand dragged at the bottom of the well an
h brought it to light, and a feeble woman
e voice was the first to shout Eureka?
" There are some subjects about which wone
IS are competent to speak, and surely one Z
% these should be the wants and capabihtI'
Il of women. And in conclusion, Messr
n Editors, permit the remark that sneers,
a regard to ''female advice" and the inf
i riority of women generally, have never bee
thought to characterize, in any emlnel
;. degree. a gentleman.
II A MISSISSIPPI WOMAN.