The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1885-03-05

an equitable adjustment Of its admin
, listration utterly impracticable. It il
Therefore a dead letter-a useless
remnant of Constitutional law. Ii
the administration of this constiJu-
tional mandate you restrict 1t to one
youth from each county by taking it
away from thousands of others, who
are unable to pay their board and
clothe themselves away from home.
who yet are equally entitled to its
benefits and probably far more cligi-
bic to its app location, Where is the
business Of this? You have the law ;
where is the equity? Common sense
and the practical experience of ac>
curing collegiate educati ion with all
its expensive details, however eco>
nomically applied. should convince
every thoughtful business man Of
even ordinary capacity that the par
ents and friends ct every young man,
who are able to pay his necessary ex-
penses and board and clothe him
away from home whilst attending
such ali institution will prove them
selves sufficiently independent to pay
his tuition fees also.
Young men known to be st ruggling
with poverty, ambitious of advance
ment. who are endeavoring earnestly
and nobly to work their way up IN
life should he recognized. 10 such
alone the doors of the University
should be thrown open. rhls would
be legitimate. and what every great
institution of learning SHOULD grant
to meritorious youth in adversely.
Of these there would be few indeed
to trouble either the faculty or trus-
tees. For most OF Cut young men OF
pluck and perseverance in this pros
gressive age are found branching Oil
into trades and occupations more re-
muneratiye than knocking ct the
doors of Universities for free tuition,
and adventurous applicants in search
OF c .assic lore would fail to fill the
bill.
The friends of the different demon
national colleges liz the State, seem
very much exercised over this Gues-
ton of free tuition at the University,
and to some extent justly so. but
neither the injury ncr qaugeF Of their
schools l., so great as they imagine or
suppose. The remedy lies safely
within reach of themselves and ether
friends and we'll wishers Of tie Uni
versity. All this controversy and
pickering about free tuition at the
greatest institution of the State. is
demorali@lng to Say ting least Of it.
and to be deprecated. Amy
man or set Of me.i who deliberately
undertake to pull down the Universe
ty by converting it into a colossal
and unwieldly free school, or others
wise undermine and destroy its char
acter for usefulness as a first class
Institution Of learning and repnte,
should be ostracised and driven from
the State. Whenever and wherever
there i: will to do right, there is al.
ways a way. Now gentlemen of
North Carolina unite yonr forces
The way Out of this difficulty is clear
and open.Let all the friends. ministers
and laymen, of the different denoml
national colleges and schools through
out the State. and all others who are
DESTROYS of promoting the interests
and efficiency Of this hallowed and
sacred institution-the alma mater
of the living and the dsad-join. to-
gether in campaign Of harmony to
bring about a reorganization of the
grand old school upon more salts
factory and enduring basis. For in.
stance adopt the University of Vir-
ginia as your model. You might go
further and fare worse. That institu-
ton was founded by Thomas Jefer-
son, the Apostle of Democracy in
America. His idea of government is
to-day the salvation Of the South, if
not the whole country. Let Us 90.
knowledge his profound wisdom in
organizing and perfecting this mon-
ument Of educational facilities and
learning by adopting and building
upon his model in all its comprehen-
siveness. Whatever mode of reo1.
ganization adopted, the professorships
in the University shoul d be endowed
with sufficient salary to raise them to
the dignity of position equaled only
by those Gf the first institutions of
learning in the land. The standard
of education in all the deDartmonts