The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-03-03
The Industrial College-Some OD'
jectlens Answered
MAoo0. Feb. 10. 1856.


reared RECENTLY in the Beacon and oais o.
NIacon-one the review OF Mss
yanghn's pamphlet, the other an edi1o-
riaiSboth unjust criticisms on the IN
dustrial College. | cannot conceive OF
a mind so influenced by narrow pselu-
dice. that after having seen the uaiis
routine performed By the teachers anu
n1tnils of the Industrial College, wouia
nra4aunce il shut q barren victory
nor can conceive of one SO unjust, IS
- ery failure without an lnyestlga-
ton. As | understand 1t, the 1otlege
al Columbus was established Tor tue
nnrpose of enabling sll classes OF glfls' |
viii ali grades of intellect, at tue
smallest possible expense, TO become
skilled in some trade, profession or IN
dustriai art. as you please, by when thes
could make an honest living, ana take
the place OF the vast army OF women
weary and worn," that drag out mis-
AsabIe existence to the wonderful tune
Sc Tie "Song of the ShirA 10 ms emu
he Industrial College promises az the
clements of success. Mistakes wlil De
made; that Is almost necessary IN an
derta!,ing new enterprise where there
are no preeedents. But the basis upon
| which the College Is established Is
4
Industrial, If any thing, aud the iounda-
ton wise.
The majority of the objections urged
srainSt this Institution arise from lgno
rance OF facts, and | am sorry TO say
,ftentimes wilIful ignorance. Gays the
| Sgta: "why not charge small tuition
Tor the literary and have the industrial
arts free?" so they are free, ana nave
been from the beginning. No charge Is
made on any industrial art, though
gIrls are advised by the President 10
take but one at a time, or under som
circumstances two, and this Is wise.
If man wishes TO make lawyer OF
himself, he does not study little law,
.itt!e medicine and little theology, bu'
he deyotes his time and energies TO tina
one profession. Ii a girl must go GU
into the world as practical oreaa
winner. it is wisdom for her to selec
, enc field of labor and work there VIII
, diligence and industry. Why Is 1t, tina
d after wears spent at an expensive ooar9
i ING school. our girls return wholly hhh
= ~ conpete with the earnest laborer u
K any practical work? Because instead
concentrating time and money, the
u have invested little here and there l
4! drawing. music, fancy work, etc, an
:" The result is, if they are TO make an
q one of these mplishments remuner'
Il tive. more time and money must Z
spent on thai particular one. Now th
, girl chat has faithfully applied herse
10 the perfeetng of one art may com
" forth from the Industrial College iuli
Il equipped, ready at once to join the ban
~ OF working men and women and mol
/, her own among the skilled artisans 81
will have to compete with. Who WI
II denv that she will be better prepare
n for success, if she has a good Eng!ls
IS education? This IS the basis OF
the arts-indeed absolute necesslt
ed 10 most OF them. Besides, there
u no vocation III life that cannot
C. more satisfactorily presented. and tn
IL will not bring a higher degree OF SUI
Il cess, If the mechanical skill Of the wor
q er be directed by well disciplined, l
u telligent mind. The telegraph operate
- book keeper, stenographer or ceslgn
= that cannot write correct Engiis
Nv knows nothing Of arithmetic, orthogr
~ phy or geometry, has certainly built
: house upon sand. Surely that man pos
10 aekwardlv as the advocate OF prac
al cal industrial education for girls, vi
All would give music and oil painting (the
N. are two arts for which tuition is char;
on ed free, and put an extra charge on &
be literary branches. /, too, would like
to see music free, but net at the expense
IN English. Music is fine art, and
Ds- longs to the favored few. Ii Is iii
Ter time work, requiring a long course
i study, that few girls have timeto give
ms Ia acquiring an education.
Re, "The Industrial College, as it IS esta
oe iished, is for the rich, and not the poor
ne says the Beacon, to hich there are maj
'e amens." Demagoguery has found
q profitable to ventiIate this erroneous
I. sertion, and ignorance has applauded
- to the &c 10. One fact, alone, proves
- falsity: There are rot three hundred ri
girls in the State: indeed there are II
!, three hundred girls who would be I
,af euniarly able to so through a course
lid the average boarding school, and yet th
be number are enjoying the oppertuniti
nd of the Industrial College, land many otht
nd are anxiously waiting for vacanc
he Could a more liberal opportunity
is offered a girl than to give her all b
Use living expenses for 1903 per mont
'nt with the means of defraying a part
ost this by her own labor, and at the sar
~, time prepare herself for remunerati
ne profession and secure a practical htera
lr' education? Is there anywhere in all +
70. land a private school that offers t
-. ~ same advantages? The fragrant injusti
20 of Wool Hats" statements is so p
IL pable that the veriest tyro will see
Ii Numbers of the College girls earn fro
three to seven dollars per month, al
lie thus partially sustain themselves.
on no instance has girl been forced Co
cir home for the lack of money to defr
in her expenses. Every emergency of tn
co. kind has been met and way provid
u for that girl to stay.
ide The Loan Associations, now organic
ad in almost every county, are assist
las many worthy girls, who, but for /
IN economical plan upon which this Cole
we is conducted, would be compelled
ia yield 20 "poverty's unconquerable bal
This is the rich mans school, to
es' enjoyed by the daughters of luxur
e If croakers must croak, and demagogr
10 pander to narrow minds, let them seel
'lr more vulnerable point at which to h,
We their darts. The Industrial College "
ed stand, progressive age demands t, a
IRE liberal minded people will have it.
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