The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-03-03


y elzl1 colls sply q y ~
saw to day il THE CIAKIox Of the
10th, Wool Hats No 4 / haye not /.
seen his preceding articles.
l. In the frst place, Wool Hat
assumes THAT he represents the people;
that the College and all its friends are
enemies Of the State In this be is
entirely mistaken. The College was
established by the last Legislature, and
has uow very large patronage it Is
very popular, and more and more Of the
citizens are looking to it as the institu-
ton in which they desire to educate
their daughters. The fact that (SI2l t
three hsnarei and fsreise girls are in the
College, and that other applications are
made daily, shows that the people desire
the College. If the people desire it,
Why should Wool Hat resist the will OF /
the peopie2
2 "Wool Hat says. "there was no
necessity for the establishment of the
so-cailed Industrial School at Columbus. /
But the last Legislature and the people /
did not agree with Mr. Wool Hat, they |
established the College because they |
knew there was need for il. Wool
Hat thinks the last Legislature was not
body of wise men; others think they
served the State with fidelity and that
the friends of the act TO establish the
College were. as rule, the equals OF
"Vooi Hat in intelligence and
patriotism.
4 "Wool Hat" says the College should
not have been established, because the
University and the A. & NJ. College had
been opened to girls. Wool bat is one
eff those arbitrary men, one of those
inlperious men, who would say to the
| people, ii YOU do not accept eo-educa-
ton you shan't have any thing from the
State for the education of your daugh-
tiers. Gentlemen who have daughters
and who pay their taxes will pot allow
Wool Hat thus to dictate to them, AID
require fhem to send their daughtrr rs to 3
school in daily association with boys and
young men. The great majority of the
4 people, who have daughters, are opposed
to educating them in the colleges for
boys. Many of these honest citizens,
who are just as true to the States IN
terest as Wool Hat claims to be, believe
that il is but fair for the State TO make
some provision for the education of girls.
A property holder who has daughters
aud no sons, pays his taxes to afford an
opportunity for the education OF his
neighbours sons, and is cooliy told by
90, Hat that he must foot the bills for
the education of his daughters without
help from any quarter; this citizen can
see the justice Of this.
II s. "Wool Hat" is acting as a friend
! | of the poor; he is very indignant
that only thirty-nine (S9) of the
! girls in the Industrial College are com
PEELED By necessity TO work IN order
' to support themselves while they are
' students. He doesn't see any good
' IN bringing good education within the
reach of girls of moderate means; he
sneers because they are not more under
the.terrible necessity. So this is the friend
of the people, who wishes them to be re
duced to severe extremity, before they
' can have an education at low cost? The
report of the President, from which hs
gets the statement about thirty nine, alss
: states that the books of the Secretary
: show that ninety-four of the girls hay.
done more or less work to diminish
their expenses. This work is not pait
v for by the funds or the State; no de
v mand for money to pay for student
' labor is made.
' Here is Wool Hats statement of thu
$ expenses of student:
: Average board, washing. etc paid
parents ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 20
! Average music, charged extra,
: paid by rents-........,-.-....... o.V
: Average appropriated by the .
State .........e-...-...--...--... iS-b
v 100 -
: Total per month";. ........S33. e
v This is certainly a remarkable state
v ment. / ask the attention of all consid
v crate persons to IT, First, he claims thai
v the average music charged extra is s
Y per month, and puts this down as par
v of each girls expenses. Now the repor
of the President of the College show
that out OF 3l2 pupils only So are takin,
: music, and the circulars of the Colleg,
!. show that music is elective; most Of tn,
!. girls devote their time to the various in
!" dustrial arts. Moreover, he puts dow
y rs part of the monthly expense of eaci
y pupil S19.10, on account of dormitor.
$50, 600; Presidents house 81 500; hous'
y Tor sick 81, 500; and other pernanen
Improvements asked for. He seems t.
y put it in this way as it to make the PEG
pie think that these buildings will have
" TO be paid for each year. Again, in gettin,
" this Si9lO to swell the apparent ex
pense, he takes Sll4,600 and divides b,
a patronage of 800 pupils. Now, MIR
v " Wool Hat" is this right? Withou
the new dormitorY the College is in
J structing 3l2 pupils, and many othel
: people wish to send them. The Pres
ident and Trustees say that $4,000 will
enable the College to accommodate
: 1001 one hundred additional boarders
This would make the proper division Az
> and the quotient thus obtained woult
have to be divided by the number o
h the years these buildings last in order Il
. get the cost of them per capita. Suppose
}, then, these buildings would last q
n years, which is a short estimate, anC
r suppose the Legislature appropriates
n 500, 900 for current expenses and S59, 60'
n for the special buildings and apparatu
: asked for, we would have the followin.
as the proper table of expense:
Board, including washing, fuel
and lights, paid by parent..-s-..$ 9 6.
Per capita of &c., 900 appropria-
ton by State--..............-.....-. Z &
Per capita of expense of buildings
and tus.....................-.. ~
Total paid by parent and Stat s.-sl7 81
The writer further states on this scD-
ject: I'VE can send our daughters Il
Whitworth College at cost to parent.
| or guardians OF SIC 90 per month 70
! board, lights. full, tuition, all included
. In this he seems to imply that music i.
included also, because he had stated il
, the estimate of expense for the Indus
trial College that the price of music il
$500 and added it in order to bring GU
his figures.
/ have before me The catalogue o.
Whitworta College. The following are
the figures:
Board, fuel in boarding depart
ment and washing mot exceed
ing twelve pieces per week 49,. So OF
Tuition IN College and Normal
classes including Latin .....-..... 5 0f
Lessons in elocution- / 0(
Fuel fee for school rooms ........... e
.ihrarv foe 81