The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-12-09
For THE CLARros-l
The School Fund Is It Wisely Ad
ministeredg"
NuMBEs IN.

ministered"
NUMBEa III.
1t Il mistake for THE Gu. RToN to
IMPOSE that | am not advocating an
lmen dment of our State Constitution.
m regard 10 public schools That in
,trument was framed bv strangers and
sliens, who came among W. tn despoil us
# sour good" and not With anv view
% our prosperity and Welfare; for as it
came from the hands IF its authors, il
contained SD MANY Objectionable fea-
tnre~, that even Republican Congress
struck out several o the worst; bur the
provision quoted nv The CI.ARfoN. it Is
true, was retained, and finally. under
duress, "a it were. adopted by he State
Thie provision does require the main
'enance ''of free public schools hy tax
alton or otherwise, for all children /
between the ages of FIVE and twenty one /
> ears" but looking to its paternity. We
cannot agree with TIE CLARION. that
can BE- successfully ''invoked as 4
enmpl' tie answer" To any argument what
ever.
For children ut the age of FIVE vear~,
10 attend school, il but making the
ch0ol room nursery, since il Is i'm
.s,ssible hat by Ordinary methods The,
can receive an equivalent for what their
-pition would cost. On the plan of tn,
kindergarten system. which is play
amusement and oral instruction CON
med, they are advanced in INTEL ge,,.t;
ut this is a luxury which the State
by taxation or otherw SCI cannni
I
re To he between the wears of sever,
nd fifteen. 1t is not wise for any one
., have an indefinite period of time.
within which to discharge any impor
ant duty, and as sixteen wears ap
,roaches indefiniteness in regard TO nh.
,eriod of the public school educa:ion 81
aore than nine hundred and ninety
inc of our youth ont of every Il ousand
his time. from considerations of expedj
ncy alone should be restricted 90
,-Srricti0H, IN my judgment. is all
'4sirable for the reason that it wnt.l,
--nder less formidable the number Is
-ducahle" children I'm the State at an,
ne time. Furthermore. that p4rsor.
vho do not eater upon lite of labn,
nd toll before attaining the AGE Of
Nenty one, IS not likely in after life /,
rove q success, as a laborer. Tpteui
| gence does not ~ cpssarily inca ~ C tate :.
ersou for manua. labor, for man,
ib"rers have become ipe scholar.
nd learned men; but in these i,
'ances, as . geI era rule, the habit a
! lhor was either first formed. or lahn,
nd study were carried forward simulta-
reously. Moreover Is it nor ala, rru4
at persons belongi' & to this catccar,
rave almost, without exception, cease,
| Z" re laborers ON becoming scholarly ,ne.
| learned. As belonging to this class ma,
named DIR. Franklin, the learne,
blacksmith, Elihu Burritt. henry ia
| resident Fillmore. Hon. Mr. EWING III
| ,hi", who was a member of the Cabine
| + President Harrison. that able lawv4,
nd former Congressman Daniel Shelly
| 3 Virginia, III n. Stephen A. Douglas,
lice President Wilson, President Lin
in President johnson and Presideu
Garfield.
An article has recently been going tb
nnds OF the newspapers giving tin,
| mes ot number OF gentlemen VIII
cyan life as Lahore RS, with meapre edu
ational advantages, but who by dill
rnce and study stored their minds win
nowledge, and subsequently became
onorPd, prominent and influential citi
ms with public ositions of trust and
esponsibilitv.
IT the foregoing views are untrue, ~
rHE CLARION affirms, why is no
roof of the fact forthcoming? Their,
re- thousands and tens of thousands at
raduates of Colleges and Universiti,s
u the land, and is not the number OF
ZEN laboring in The fields or in tn,
work shops as a permanent means q.
Import, like angels visits, "few and fa
'-tween?" Why is it that SO many f
our young men are leading lives of com
'rative idlenesS, ana so few of them
tual tillers of the soil, or real laborer,
gagged in any business that exacts dali
hvsical exertion and the sweat of tn
iceY' Is it not for the want of early
raining in habits of industry aud daily
dlY As the twig is bent, the tree l.
lcined The theory of Tue CT ,RIo<
certainly dispruved nv undertake
'ets. and facts are stubborn thing,
When labor is properly estimated and
pnored, and the higher branches o..
h"larship so subordin2ted To it, tina,
hose who would explore them must d,
at their wn costs and charges. ther,
I'll he fewer 'diers, aad far more pra
'nctive industry team at present. Til
raZc truly for the higher branches o.
earning is now so great, that tha
rmentary learning which is the hssi-
# all snun0 aud thorough scholarship. i
discount. A paper published unde
he very shadow OF the s ate UNIVERSITY
the Oxford Falcon-recentlv made thi.
tatement:
"Many graduates of the State Univer
" are SO deficient in the elements a.
q English education that thew canuo
rite correctly an ordinary bnsiifeS
tier or make a calculation involving
uowledge of practica! arithmetic. w
now OF instance, in which the Profes
or has refused diploma to student,
that department because they knew
little of photography and the element,
If English grammar The same he 8
pnli take degrees in Latin, Greek a.s.
'rench. These facts speak for them
elves"
The CLARION attributes to me view.
never held, and controverts opinions /
ave not advanced, and do not entertain
this way it avoids the real issue
'etween US, AMI gives its most salwar
'l@ws To phantomS vt its own creation
The question, "But what would free
ON be worth IN country where tho>.
those poverty deprives them of tn,
pportunlty of education, should b
IT aside as The hewers of wood an.
lrawers of water, for the more fayore
lass, who by the accident of birth q,
rtune, are furnished the means oi
mental development" certainly was no,
aegested by anything that | hav.
ritten; nor Is 1t pertinent enquir,
the connection in which it is intro
uced. As to the children of The reaII,
cor, my position always has been thar
hey, looking to tine general welfare
nav reasonably be regarded as thu
Yards of the State as to education; in
diligence being indispensable to the sta
,iity and success of our popular form
f government"
rIdgmeit equality is equiv" thai
atahls and equitably distributed: bu
{ discrimination is to be made, by
Ill means it should be made in favor OF
he most needy; whereas under our
resent system, it is in favor of thos,
east needy" Ny last utterance on
his subject, is in these words: Il
gain repeat that am the advocate Of
rec schools to the extent Of giving |
very child in the State, plain, good |
English education. Parents or the in
hviduai SHOULD pay The cost of any thing |
,lnre."
What mean by a good English edn
alton, and my approval of taxation.
or the purpose of giving that free to ali
hildren, whether poor or rich, thus
xpliciily stated "Give tn every child
.apable IF recsiving it, good. Common
,.hnnl edncafini, halter than n,nsi