The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1886-02-18

most excellent schools in America ha, a
department Of Z tctjcal Mechanics
Prof. King. who j. Ia charge of II sax~
we began ia 1877 with two students ID
1881 So had thirty 1ht pid Wisconsin
wait for donation If <s3. 333 33 heforl
acting The Professor adds. ..wc ar,
uo~ erecting building with shop for car
pentrN, forging. foundry and macbiue-t.s3l
work Such a building Iu Raleigh would
De an establishment. Would it cost
Ss3, 1888
The University Of Minnesota HAS an In
du>trial Department. consisting Of well
equipped shop, for vi,e-work. forging.
wood work and moulding. This does not
Imply such an expenditure rs the Doctor
| anticipates
Let Hake a Beginning.
All We need 70 begin with II a convent
ent place, where We can take dozen or
two Of boys and train them TO a compe-
tent knowledge Of and skill in 'the me
chanle arts think the Sl3 600 we have
Is adequate to this. IT, beginning in this
small way, it shall become apparent that
we are accomplishing good, ana expansion
shall oe judged proper, legislative aid and
private contribution Will be sure 10 come.
On the contrary, if IN the course of our
progress, we discover that the enterprise
Will not succeed, and determine 10 aban-
don 1t, we will be spared the modification
of having wasted Ss3. .}33 30
1t Is clear in my opinion" that the
Raleigh donation Is adequate To a begin
ming. because believe the Legislature in
tended that the enterprise should be at
tempted on an inexpensive and moderate
plan.
1t is clear in the opinion Of the Doe
tor that nothing short of $S3, 1888 33 is
adequate to the establishment Of our
school Why, | cannot Imagine. unle he
| have in mind some # the long established
| Industrial Schools Of very large and
wealthy cities and States, wherc hundreds
are taught and no expense is spared. If
50 | can only say, that We will not be able,
for very many years, to approach" such
| schools. We are too poor, but we can
have, and ought to have, Just SO good a
school as we can afford # |, being mind
ed, to build house for my wife and chill
dren, and possessing only few hundred
dollars to build with, should chance to see
Mr., Vanderbit's palace in New York,
which cost two millions, although | could
not in anyWise "approach" it, yet 90 not
think | would hesitate ''tO act at once "
i would prefer to do the best | could; even
| if that best'amounted only to log cabin,
rather than leave my family out of doors
Mr. Battles Last Card.
All of this article which precedes this
|
| tors card of the 18th inst, published in
the News and Observer of that date. ON
reading it, / am astonished to find that
had so perfectly OWNED, in advance, the
hitch in the Doctors mind, which is made
PLAIN by his reference to the donation of
| 5000, 600 made by Mississippi to her A-:rI-
cultural College; that of Virginia amount
ing to 800, coo; Massachusetts Of s235, 900,
and to Ezra Cornells munificent gilt of
100000 / can scarcely repress quiet
| smile at the Doctors allusiOn to Mr.. Cor
| nell
Cornell University.
There are many curious on dts concern
ing him. The most favorable is, that Mr..
Cornell a many times millionaire" having
so much more money, than his most eX-
travagant wishes required, and being ami
mated by the laudable ambition of impress
ing upon some stable institution of the
country, both his genius and his name,
induced the Legislature of New York to
apply the land scrip given by the act of
Congress of 1862, already referred to, to
the establishment of a college to bear his
own name; he promising en- his part to do
nate to the same enterprise $500, 900 of
his own funds Cornell University was
accordingly established. it is perhaps, all
things considered, one of the best schools
Of the continent and almost everything
conceivable is taught there
The malicious have said Il do not believe
! 1t however, tnat by hoe est corpus ar
rangemcnt, the old gentleman managed
to make the United States and New York
together furnish his $500, 600. However
that may be, the college bears his name
and Is a capital institution. But to return
as have said, Vanderbilt can better af-
ford to spend 81 600 0O0 to build a house
| Il. - !
house mine is not so fine as his; but it Is
. house. and very much better than no house
What we Have Compared to Other State
must say that | am amused Che viii
pardon mel at one phase of the Doctors
argument. In his last card, enforcing his
reasons before given, for not acting al
once and having SO clear an opinion, thai
the present means at the command of tho
Board, are not adequate. etc; he calls at
tention to the donations originally made
to various Industrial Schools now in sue
cessful operation.
l have already named them. In his lis
he puts down Virginia as having 'addeC
: over 800, O0O' Che means added to tn,
and-scrip.) In his first card, in demon
strating what the town donation should
be, he says in substance, that North Caro-
lima has donated SS3, 333 33 of principal
because her yearly donation Of So 900 i
the interest at per cent. OH that sum
), Let us compare North Carolina with Nlr
! ginia Virginia has 500, 900 and the land
scrip North Carolina has $50, ,333. 33 ant
the landscript besides the Raleigh dona
ton of S., GOO. CThe Doctors own figures.
That is, Virginia with 500, 900 and thu
land-scrip has an Industrial School alread.
in operation, while North Carolina witt
! $91, ,933. }}3 and the land-scrip Ito say moth
=. ing of a free site worth 5000. 90 and tWent.
. acres OF land is in the clear opinion" o
the Doctor not ready to ''act at once.
can see but one point of difference be
tween the two States. Virginia with he
500 000 in hand, may establish on a gran
= der scale; but if she do, she must certilnl
:, trust to luck" for maintainance.. Where
= as North Carolina with only S13 900 il
hand must establish more humbly but he
:, maintenance of 50, goo per year is certain
; | believe this difference between the State
: has always been recognized, one estat
\ fishes more grandly. but the other pre-
- gresses more surely.
: cannot but think the Doctors refer
:, ence to Massachusetts. TO be unfortunate
Il Let Us see. Massachusetts, with popula
-, ton OF 800. 900 ana a wealth of nearl
" two billions. establishes an Industrif
: school with $235, 600. North Carolina wit
= a population Vi !, 900 600 and wealth {
only $3.50. Goo, 0o0 although she has
fund or S9l 9ld 80 (the Doctors figure
1Tcl. A.a.N hrlt