The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-11-11

So 'Sio tue unsuccessful competitors TO
tne position IN question last year, whicl
position he won In debate. The vote o
ms society on it was four to one agains
the change, when it takes two-thirds o.
the house TO make the change. Thii
i WAS the sentiment ia one Society, whiIt
\ !. mas never been suggested in the other
ne makes a statement that ] have never
seen exemplified in the two Societies
Every man holds the honor and repu-
tation OF his Society paramount to the
bonds OF friendship" The most of them
mold the Society subserYient to their
fraternities, and channel to some Gov
eted honor.
NOW these secfet organizations foment
rivalry, jealousy, envy aud create bad
,eeilng between the members of the
dinerent clubs every time there is a
contest. Whenever there is an honor
won, or medal gained by student, his
Club Is honored and all his club-mate=
ln proportion, and il is perfectly natural
that each one would do all he could to
help his friends by fair means and
sometimes by those that are not so fair.
NOW the writer in the Magazine said
that there We're some good men in the
4 traternities and heartily agree with him.
! nave reason to believe that | have
friends In every club in school-men
that wouldn't do mean action for any
club ties, or any other kind--men OF
pure lives, noble impulses, with whom
!. would be an honor to be bound by the
ties OF friendship; but when / find such
men 1t Is not necessary for me to
take solemn oath to be true to them.
haven't written this in any pSrtizan
spirit, have no ill-will for any boy or
fraternity of this institution; but being
an outsider and perfectly neutral on all
questions, can see the evil results, and
not being within the sacred pale, of
course cannot see the benefits of these
systems. If the boys must have some
outlet for their tender feelings, let them
I'LL their heart with love for their
mothers, their country and their God.
Let them fll their bosoms with State
pride, regard for their Alma Meter
kindly feelings for all mankind, and
their minds with their textbooks, and
there will be little room left for this
gush and twaddie There is an organi
zation established here. whose founder
is the Ruler of the Universe, whose
membership extends to the limits of
the earth, whose mission is higher,
nobler, purer, grander, more ele
waiting, more satisfying, whose cement
ing element is the love that binds
the earth, Gods footstool to heaven,
His throne. The youngest and most
vigorous child of christianity, it walks
hand in hand with its mother; it stands
out simple in its granduer sublime in
its beauty; vet the Young Mems Chris
tian Association is made to take back
seat by the votaries of the mystic circle.
Just suppose all the energy, all the self
sacrifice, all the work, all the faith, all
the love that is here expended upon a
mere abstract idea, were devoted to the
service of the God to whom they are
justly due, what a great good could be
accomplished.
There is another institution more
hurtful to the University than the one |
have just assailed; and in this opinion,
unlike the other, | am supported by the
great majority of the boys.
THIS sYsrEM Is Co-EDUoaTIoN.
Now | an not going to bring down
blessing upon my devoted head by say
ing anything against this wave of
popular opinion. 1t is delicate ques-
ton; the trouble is that the best argu-
ments against it are such as can not be
fully developed. A student wrote an
article against it last session, with not a
single indelicate allusion in it; still /
have heard girls say since then that no
gentleman would have written it. Now
this is hard. All have to say is, that
| it is failure in this University. There
were fifteen girls here last year, and
only eight this year, in spite of the first
honor graduate of last year being q
woman. Nearly half the boys that are
here are new ones, and god many
said last year that they were going
where there were only boys. Now
this may sound selfish; but this i.
the University for the young men of the
State, and as there is similar institu
ton for the young ladies, under good
management, with as high curriculum
as this, it seems to me that it is nothing
but right that the privilege of attending
the University should be taken from
them. The most of the boys object t.
it. and | believe that it is iljuring th'
| school.
Now this questionis sorter-like woman
suffrage-there is really no plausitl
argument against it; but we must b.
educated differently before we car
believe in it. We must be willing t,
see our girls raised like boys, thrust upol
the world to shift for themselves as sool
as they reach certain age. to fight th
battles of life alone, before We cal
believe that the same education is neces
sary for both sexes. AMLER.