The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1884-03-07

history Of this period Of our land which
has now passed away ever be correct J
written without giving 70 the past South
srn female characters due and proper
prominence?
Looking at these defects in our past
female characters, looking at their pres
emit wants and necessities, deciding upon |
the demands Of the hour, looking the
future squarely In the face, considering !
the needs Of the future womanhood Of
our section, forming in our own minds
the true standard Of female education,
should we not be eager TO establish for
the daughters Of our State an Institute
that will educate them properly and in
manner that will fit them for the pres
ent changed state Of things-enable the
poor girls 10 gain an education, make
themselves proficient in the various
kinds Of work and light labor that can
be performed as well by our girls az from
boys, and thus enable them, when neces-
sary, to gain an honest living by honest
and honorable labor suited TO their con
dition and TO their sex.
Mississippi owes debt of gratitude
TO her women that she never can repay.
The women, the mothers OF our State,
are calling for the establishment Of this
school, and to the day of my death
my voice shall be mingled with
theirs in this just demand. The women
Of the State have stood by us in days Of
trouble, sorrow and danger. We should
build this institution as monument Of
gratitude 10 our true and noble woman
hood. The mothers, the daughters Of
our land have stood by us in the darkest
days Of our history, and our State should
do something Of the kind M an act Of
simple justice. Shall the women of
Mississippi, after their noble ACTORS in
all our times Of trouble, have no recog-
milton at the hands Of our State? / can
not believe it. will not. / say that
Mississippi to-day owes more to her
daughters than to her sons for the mem.
orable victory of 1876, and to the pres
ent order Of things. When the hearts
Of our men had almost failed them /;
when few years ago ,our only hope
seemed fiat dispair; when our men were
about to give up all as lost, it was then
woman--beautiful goddess, going before
beckoned us on to bright and a luni-
nous future. Our men we're discour-
aged, With hearts "bowed down by
weight of woe" they were Just ready to
bend the head and say, Thy will be done.
Did the daughters of our land allow
their hearts to sink within them-give
up all for lostY No, but ever faithful
and true they exerted themselves in
every conceivable way to save our coun-
try from the ruin towards which
she was tending. In those days,
our women were in advance of
our men in decision, stability and in
tegrity OF character. IL is a lamentSble,
but noticeable fact, that in those days
our men where changeable,and oscilating
in their views upon many questions re-
lating to our social and political welfare.
The men had cooled the ardor of their
enthusiasm by dabbling in the cold
waters Of policy. The ladies of our
State all the while were as fixed and as
true to Southern sentiment as our native
hills are fixed and true. Our women
never failed in the darkest days of our
country's history, whenever they tuned
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brush the cords that told of liber
ties lost and won. So steadfast did
they prove themselves to be in every
thing Southern in its nature during
these times that tried mems souls, that
their course and conduct in this regard
called forth from Jefferson Davis. our
late chief, these memorable words:
"That no matter how the men had gone
he had never yet seen reconstructed
Southern woman"
Mississippi, | contend, needs just such
a school for her girls as this bill seeks
to establish. These are the main features
of the Industrial School sought to be
created by the terms of this bill, 1t
provides; Industrial Institute and Col
lege for the education Of our girls
in the arts and sciences; trustees to be
selected, one from each Congressional
District and two from the State at large I;
Governor ex-officio mem Der of the Board
of Trustees and President thereof; what
to be taught in this school; Il thorough
normal school education; knowledge
of telegraphing; a knowledge of stem
ography; knowledge of photography;
a knowledge of drawing, painting, de-
signing and engraving in their industrial
applications; also, knowledge of fancy
practical and general needle work; also
practical knowledge of bookkeeping;
such practical industries as from time
to time may be suggested by experience
and which will tend to promote the gen.
eral object of said Misunderstanding
and preparing our girls for the practical
industries of the age. The Trustees
shall elect the President and Professors
and all other necessary officers, to put
the school in successful operation; said
trustees to govern it generally and to
shape its course and policy. The trus-
tees only allowed their actual expenses
incurred in the discharge of their
duties as such trustees. To build
the institution up gradually and only
to erect yearly, such houses and addi-
tons rs are actually necessary rs shown
by the patronage and the number of
students in actual attendance. It's loca-
ton to be central. Scholarships to be
apportioned among the different coun-
ties in the State according to the educa-
BILE children therein. Only $40, 900 ask
d,-$20,0O0 for lSS4,:.and $4,000 for
1885.
The time now is, and is upon us, in
which we need such an institution. The
United States is far behind many other
countries in this respect and MississiD-