The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-11-25
TERRY October /. 1895

-PrsparatoTy Schoots-C County lead
eplies.
TERRY, October |, 1885.
Gov LowRY-Dear Sir: In the origi
nal plan of the city Of Jackson certain
souares were designated as Capitol Green.
College Green, Court Green and 40 on
One II preserved and appropriated to its
proper use as bre4thng place and
barrier against the spreading of epi
denies.
In 1916 the grounds back of the State
House we're sought to he purchased for
a brick.vard. Gov. Brown said they
were intended for park, and would not
sanction the sale.
4 handsome bridge across the branch.
and trees properly disposed, would add
m the beauty and health of that neigh
borhond. A tree at every panel Of the
fence around the rae track would not
interfere with the view from the stand,
and would furnish living posts for a
wire renee when the present posts decay.
What our predecessors deemed proper
for the capital may be equally
pEstReBLE FoR THE WHOLE sTtTE.
If trees add to the health and beauty
of city, they ought to be preserved in
this country. The proper supply of
timber is entirely consistent with the
preservation of large extent OF forest.
There will always he some trees showing
signs of decay. They have exhausted
the soil Of their proper nutriment, or are
attacked by il sects. Some are struck
bv lightning or are torn up by the
winds. All such can he taken out and
utilized to the advantage of the re
mainder. Again, there are many trees
that arrive at a suitable size for man,
purposes in few years. Such can he
planted with profit to the owner of the
land and his SUCCESSORS.
ia Mississippi, we have no gold mines
to excite the over sanguine. A late
writer SAYS: at has been proved over
and over again that every ounce OF gold
that is added TO the wealth OF the world
is sGrned"
The same is true of everything valu
able How important that the young
and healthy 'learn to labor and t.
wait"
PHYSICAL EDUCATION
Is attracting more attention than for
y
air exercise, and fewer hours at books
are found to be necessary in order t.
have sound mind in healthy body
Eight hours for sleep, three for meals
FIVE for school, leave eight for bodil,
exercise Children will not keep still
even when they are asleep. They are
generally delighted for sh' rt tim,
when engaged in soma useful work
., IN, ha Ii rfa,
aud industrial schools.
A. there are no minerals in Mississippi
except lime, mari, Ignite aud kaolin.
our people must necessarily remain agri
cultural The A. & NJ College and
Alcorn University have been arranged
with a view to this fact. Leaving t.
them the higher grade of scholars, ]
would suggest
TWO ACADEMIES IN EACH COUNTY,
As preparatory. In the common schools
children generally board at home and
perform some farm and household duties
In the higher schools board is a heav,
item of expense aud students have n"
opp .rtunitv of earning anything and
do not take sufficient outdoor exercise
Land is now cheaper than we hope IL
will be hereafter. Supposing each count,
to have two academies and each academ,
to have one hundred and sixty acres OF
land.
This could he divided to suit tn.
locality. A suitable division might b.
as follows: thirty acres in forest trees
ten in fruit trees, truck patch and gar
den, and the balance for oats, wheat.
corn, cowpeas, clover or alfalfa, sorghum
and cotton a. proper rotation MA.
require. Pastures are essential for proper
care of stock and require more eros
fences than most farms now have. Th'
expense to the county for fencing, shell
ter aud supervision compared TO tn.
value of ttaining aud instruction of tn.
rising generation in farming and forestry
would be very small. MANY farmer
would have pastures and diversity oi
crops, if they had the means, clear oi
liabilities which they are bound to meet
with cotton.
The amount assigned to forest trees
may seem large. Ii we notice the con
sequence Of the destruction of forests IL
other countries we will be convinced oi
the neces sity of preservation and cult
vation in we'll wooded Mississippi. Watel
supply, health, pleasant shade for mai
and beast, future supply of timber, pro
lection from high winds. all conspire Il
demand growing trees. Temperature
moisture and malaria are modified b,
the amount Of foliage ON trees that pen
citrate the suosoil and are not subject Il
the yicisitudes of weather as are surfac'
plants.
In Mississippi land. is sbundant an,
every hou<ekeeper likes to have q trucl
patch, orchard, garden or shrubbery
Students and teachers could work \
gardening. farming or some mechanics
employment from three to hve hour
every day, without trenching up.o
proper hodrs for sleep, meals or study
Saturdays and vacations, the workin
hours could be extended to eight or te
without detriment to health. Chiidre
might thus be trained for their subst
quent surroundings. They would ge
thus some practical knowledge of botan,
the chemical nature of soils and manure
or the mechanism of hoe-handles, plow
and fences. Students thus trained woul
be better prepared for more advance
studies in the A. & NJ. College or Alcor
University.
GOOD FARMING R,QUIREs CAPITAL.
If each county would appropriate tt
equivalent OF what is now spent Il
whisky for two such farms as l haS
suggested, there would be no lack I
funds. To this might be added a fra
tior of what is spent for jails and ::
trial of rowdies. With anything III
proper attention by the supervisors ~
superintendent of education the plac
would sell for cost. The probabilitl
are that land will be worth more t
wears hence than it is now. The teache
could account to the authorities t
house rent and produce, and having
home for the year could run . p
school when the public fund for 9
wear was exhausted. Many studer
would pay for their tuition by labor.
Bv means of the academies, sugg'
the practice of farming, and the pres
yation of timber and soil might De &C
sistent with a business education >
the preparation for the colleges
Students for the academies might
selected from the common schools
cording to proficiency. Teachers
the common schools might be found
the academies.
In the same way students for the
4 NJ. College and Alcorn Univef.
might be selected from the acsdesnl
The colleges III return could furn
teachers fn the academies.
S,ne l,cx' 'it,es would be more fnv
sbis u soale vtber pursuit tlis0 taslas