The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1884-06-18
state Female College.
Iorrzv.11r. MS. june 9, 1854.

EprroR CLARIoN: As an ardent rlend
{ The movement to improve the methods
{ educating our girls, / beg to make =
trough your valuable paper, some sug-
,estions in regard to the location OF me : :
tate Female College. :
. consider this College the most impOr-
ant public enterprise that has been under b
.aken in Mississippi, in many years, Every q
me must agree that il it succeeds ana = y
hall oualify our girls who are helpies
and deuendent to earn the means Of nfl-
hood and independence In pursuits ana ID,
durtries from which they are exciudeu
nnder the present system OF education us
BENEFITS to the whole State cannot De est-
mated. In more respects than one tne !
location of the college may affect It's Wel J
fare and success
II The success of the college and the pup G
lie good are kept in view, the plan 70 locate $
r central part OF the State, cE- /
n some part of the State where no pup
lie institution has before been estao- |
I;shad il worthy of but little consideration {
such plea has no foundation IN INC !
statnte, or in the necessities OF the college
Mississippi is not so large, and us uieans
a. travel are not so limited, but that aif
point in the State located on q raliToau'
NAV be reached with small expense, anu
| in a few hours run, from any othef POM
| on or near established lines Oh FaFei
rail. And what has the tact thAt soule
mart of the State has or has not become vac
| location of one or more pubic lhs.i,u' ~.
- A. With the efforts to provide with I'm
| tied means. and under great diineniues'
| 4. f,f
nd ssf,tino and preparing them, as the
statute creating the college, declares us
General object to be, s'for the practical m
dustrics of the age?'' Why shall tins iact
influence the location OF the college any
more than the consideration that anothet
mart OF the State, is not now, and mas ho'
s-en for wears the abode Of U. >. seha
tor or Judge OF the Supreme Court OF VI
any other State officer! u
2 The Legislature manifested us goou
sense. by striking from the Female Col'ese
hill nroyision contained in the act oil
1873 establishing the A. and NJ. College,
t which required It TO be located with refer
epce to prox unity to other State instlt
and with the view OF giving preference
To localities which before that Tune n"'
heen most favored. Shall tue maiiiles'
interest and sound judgment oil the Lfg 81 !.
lature be disregarded ON TINS poiii' IL IL
d boao-for the benefit OF the pubic gehet"ly
d or for the College, or some mere locai as
Of pirations? :, :. : ,la;p that
~ No. i vet ore serious obstacle IN the way
re af The success of the college. 1t does NOT
e. arise however, from the difficulty oil hno'
80 inc q healthy locality or moral or fells,
IONS locality. or a locality with cheap ano
so ,,,anient facilities from going to and
from II but in the want OF buildings, gen
m al enn;nments and money to buy them
0anositiou TO the college and the low con
~ d,tion Of the public revenue, limited TN
is, REORGANIZATION for the college, and mao
ny donations for its location the exPedient 10
on supplying this deficiency. Positively, the.
,,o Is no trouble in naming many iocaillies 4
~ :" the State which. have all that Is necessar
=, or that can reasonably be desired III pom
- OF health, accessibility, and moral anu -
~ ciaI conditions for the location OF the col
Gh laoa Init what locality, having tn &c, offer
~. n .,'?tahIa buildines in which the college ca
l'n ba onaned without delay, and none
ep- onondb besides. when added to the amour
~ aIrosdv appropriated by the state, 10 pl
ny tbo cnlIeoe ON a sound basis alter II
llls "naned / know it to be fact that Colun
y" bps does. Some may affect to regard lori
On thousand doll ars in land and buildings al
,1y' 6ftv Thousand dollars in money as sma
the - moan things. but it is nevertheie
~ true that they are important consl
o;s erations to poor man or Ppoi
~ nroyided college. More schools, coliege
=, rs, , in nv observation, have Jailed Tor Wahs
no material aid, than from want oil va,
80 convenient location or from any o.ii
III eauses combined. Ii suitable Duiidlli
atts and equipments can be obtained lol =, !
- he
IL started and operated on the twenty tho'
TUX and dollars a wear. for two years, app
you" nriated by the State, it will be mary
W. 81 financial management; and IL sncn
Jul suIts we're possible, how long would II
oiu- miro tn accomplish them, how long eV
PR ~ construct necessary buildings and ma
.,I them ready for use? Do the friends OF
college consider it matter oil no I'M
nd lance for it to commence operation az
' M earlyday and under such pecunlary auSpl
II az as will silence opposition and inspire G
6denee in its success Is nothing TO
ia gained by locating the college IN u
80 muuity otherwise eligible which Is deNo
III 10 the enterprise. and which demehSIra
in a practical way that It's aollity anu :
niger position TO sappois AM in the St.
IN. " I'D not even the State itself. has done!
M, .ne The face of re 4son and the law, Is the
I"s Iage 10 he located on the principle oil lc
ano ton first, and to satisfy local ambition,
!. ness NOR money afterwards from the .pu.l
R. treas treasury if it can be obtained Or is
he located on the rule prescribed oy
Con legislature, Of more means first BY
of donations. II they can be obtained
that way. and location afterwards, and 5
'rivi as to promote the success OF the college
inter- relieve as far as possible the pubic
N at chequer? -. =
: you The town in which | 1--we Is not
ntion ,,a,;tor for the location OF the college,
pres / submit the foregoing, as the views
also one who has no other interest in the m
: each than any other Mississippiaan who
The The father or husband, aud who earnestly
oasr - .ires that an experiment SO important,
'anar forty thousand dollars OF public mo
, sgo.; sbalI not be geopardized on local or
Ino issues. OHAhti+Es As.Nitt :.