The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-02-10

right direction, III, after all, it NAV
"prove a blesSn4n Disguise as we
believe it will a abuse, thought and
study and infuse ITO the public mind
larger and brosdtyiews on the sub
ject which will t~linaately give us a
system of indutd III schools through
which every cit1town and village
in the State maFbave these schools.
We think it VITA mistake to ask
the LegislatureSb establish a single
school, especiaW since we see that
it would dragg perish under the
provisions mad&or it. We think it
was a mistake Gplace it's destiny in
the hands Of aNBoard under such
embarrassing All precarious condi-
tons. We thik with all due re
spect, that it wa mistake for either
of the places nhAed to have made
such liberal prdp sitions for a school
to be thus | a he ed, for, with the
surroundings, ke candidly confess
we could hopebf little more than
failure. In out Judgment, the peo-
pie should ask bq Legislature for a
system Of pracfal technical train
ing, under witch any town, with
much less mork than the sums Of
fered. can havkgood schools, where
the bows andHgirlk of farmers and
mechanics AMI others, unable to
send their Children to high graded
and expensive schools and colleges,
mag be taught kow + make an hpnest
Huinq. Give lis a s5stem-not a sin
gle little scodH with such niggardly
support that ! must surely die. We
confess to aIiegree Of shame and
mortificationEhen NE saw the Leg
islature of Dis grsat State-this
agricultural EtateAthreefourths Of
whose popu1ftion are of that class,
putting "upkp the highest bidder"
one insignificant little schoolAor the
education Il their children But,
after all, thik want pf appreciation
of this grat object is MOTTO sur
prising, sind we heard thata gen
tleman in hEh position very inno-
Gently inquhed "what class of con-
uicts was it proposed, shouldwork in
the schoolsk M
But we have referred more par
ticularly tdthis effortJo establish a
school as showing tRft the. waters
are beginning to mRve. lnnoya-
tions on oR systems of Hiucatipn
will surely come, the a, msIt imp4r-
tant Of which will bt one HAT gives
to- the naaskes M aEpaltKlity copr
mensuratesMith their means to edh-
cate thei1A-hildren 10 do sometAiPg
and how tddo it. III
Apropos to this aibjed, we off.r
a few authentic facts to fhow whit
some of Our sister States are doing
in this direction. We premise Hy
stating that by an act bf the Cob
gress of the UnitedStatas, approval
July 2, 1882, there was given to eadh
of the States for educational pub
poses an amount of Had equal ih
quantity to 10000 AIDES for eaah
Senatorhnd Representative to whieh
said States were entittd under THE
apportienment Of 18f,. making la
grant covering 9,G00,Q0 acres. THIS
is known as the "Agd cultural CYL
lege bib" as it was EXPRESSLY statld
in tho act, the praeeds Of Gle
land schp should be dpropriatedo
the establishment all supportb f
Agricultural Collegesf-March, 1$f,
the legislature of Georgia passfd
an act accepting til grant unSfr
the conditions specified, and fhe
was authofzed the recaFe
the scrip and sell He reaisFd
$4,000 o for it ant invested ittfn
Georgia State bond bearing 8 Her
cent, interest. Tie bonds WIRE
turned over to the fate Univer$Ity
at Athens, and THO Board of THIS
tees have establsld branch Ali
cultural Colleges, i follows sHe
Georgia agricultural d-
at Dahlonsga; eThe Mid lie
Georgia Agricultural college ht
Milledgeville; aIle South Geo,k fla
Agricultural Colge,n at ThomI4
vile, and "The Sate College of ~
ricnltAre and MahanictArts' at The
University. ThIse four colleges en-
joy the income from tie bonds into
the land scrip as|converted,
to-wf:: about $4,000, There were
repofted to be in thess Colleges and
depaftments in 1884, isDa7 students.
Virginia sold her land scrip, and
with the proceeds Bught s56eA6S