The Hazlehurst signal. (Hazlehurst, Miss.) 1883-1885, 1884-01-24
wnoDo, AND WHO DO NOT. FAvOR A
STATE FEMALE COLLEGE.

The State Tcache,s' convention, ro-
Gently in session at Jackson, vo. Cd in
favor Of coedncalion OF the sexes Ia
pur University. e.d against n uuiver-
liiv for girls.
The State grange adopted q reso-
luti III which il to DO presented 10 the
Legislature, in iavor Of female
college in which tuition and board
shall DO furnished by tn, State free
Of expsnsr to pupils.
EDIT n CLARION: Tho two para
graphs above, from tho Summit S,n-
tinel, show in sharp o~ntrast, those
who do. and those who do not dc.
sire q s 40 Fema.e CJllegc in Mis-.
slssippi. The Teachers Convention
according to their Enrolling Com
mitto. Was composed Of forty.seven
men, and four or Eve lady-teachors
OF these, the faculty Of the A. & NJ.
College left Thursday afternoon to
meet tho intelligent and progressive
Farmers Cab OF Madison county;
oilers loft early Friday morning, so
that on the final vote on DR.. Whoat's
resolution, endorsing co-education
and opposing q Female College. very
few teaahers were presant. or this
number four or Ave voted against the
~ y6i yyon, uns tne1akjori,y OF those.
fss6ffng It wore neh ss'arisd by the
State, (it might be Judging unchar-
ity to say, that had direct interes,
in getting the sehool.fuud legislate d
into their own pockots) or clss were
Interested in private female schools
which they supposed perhaps State
Female College might injuro. Some
Of tho most eminent educators in
tho State have expressed them
.olvcu as opposed to co-oducatiou, and
tho small proportion which the 30.
| called Teachors' Association bears to
tho great number OF teachers in Ms
s;ssippiis apparent.
Tie Stale Grange. The representa-
tive association Of tho farmers, the
great body ofthe taxpayers Of the
State, at their seosion at Meridian
recommended TINT the Legislature
take steps 10 establish State In
dustrial and Normal School for the
white femsles Of Mississippi. The
women Of the State, too, who pay q
large proportion Of tho taxes, who
hayo passed their girlhood aud wo-
manhood in the trying timos OF The
history OF the State, those who have
only tho good Of their pox ut heart,
and NO selfish purposes 10 subsorve.
these ask for o sepersts State inssi-
tuition.
There ia no demand from the wo-
mon Of Mississippi for co-oducation.
They oppose il, not because they
rnistrust their sex. Thoy understand
better than any man can the capaci.
", the necessities, oil! the strength,
and the weaknesses OF women.
There is no necessity for co-educa.
tion, and il thore are dangers attend.
ing the System, and this reason teach.
| CO, and eminont educators and physi.
ologis. ai.osl, they would plead that
tha ,Shitc sorlad danShtfrs OF Tho
St.to be protected in their purity aud
shielded at their most impossible and
transporting ago from every breath
Of taint and contamination. Now,
in orr poverty, tho Only tonable ar
Gument for co-educatiou is its econo.
my, and whvlo is the man who wonld
save dollar to tue doiriment OF his
daughter? Ii there is not money
emo gh in the State Treasury TO ev-
on ",ako steps" toward establishing
q state institution for girls, what has
become of.he taxes which tue women
of Mississippi lave been paying Tor
years? Perhaps we need another
Tea bers Association to shape legis.
lation, or perhaps we need o few
more luna!ic aSyIums.
A MISSISSIPPI WoMAS.