The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-02-17


But, if all fourteen are actually en-
gagged in practical agriculture. 1t Is EVIL
dent thai A theoretical farmer In Mlssls-
slppi Is a costly luxury. Fourteen sclen-
tific farmers on an outlay of $3o4,VoV
or an average of one for little more
than S2l, 900, No wonder our people
are poor. our common schools lay In the
back ground. and our State Treasury Is
depleted.
NumBER 4.
A look into the astounding statistics
To ne fouud in the history OF the a. q
NJ. College, causes me TO wonder, why IL
was the last Legislature did not pause
and reflect, before 1t resolved TO pufaen |
the people with the care and support oil
another educational institution TO De
utilized almost entirely by 1.-THE rich
and we'll borned,' and which Is destined
To BECOME the most exactlng ana tne
most expensive OF them all, unless the
present Legislature should have the
courage TO defend the treasury against
its demands. There WAS no necessity
for the establishment of the so-eaIieu
| industrial School at Columbus, or any
N here else. (siBce both the L nj erslty
and the 4. & NJ. College were open TOT
the reception of girls as we'll as ooys)'
even il the State had possessed tne
means TO run the institution IN the eie
CANT style expected by the good eitlzehs
| of Columbus, and demanded oy the I'M
nerious djctum of Truth" But the
plea is. I'VE have the school now and We
must sustain it" If the demands Tor sup
mort were in the bounds of reason many
| economic memhe OF the Legislature
might accept this argument and concur
in the conclusions of gentlemen, who
represent the needs OF the Coilege.
But with a bankrupt treasury, ana a
people already overburdenec with taxa
tion, it will be difficult to make the pit
iful and contemplate demagogues wno
pledged themselves each to the other
TO oppose an increase of taxation, and II
use all legitimate means To curtali ex
: penditures, see the necessity Tor an ap
preparation of STA 600 for this so called
working girls school, established anc
conducted on a silver spoon OASIS
Notwithstanding the States financial
embarrassment, and oblivious to The FAC
that he is the recipient of 81 500 salary
the elegant gentleman who preside
. over the Columbus College wants thi
n Legislature to make an appropriation Z
> build him mansion, which he COOL
: informs us will not cos: over S|,oOt
Il His salary is the same as that pad t
n our Circuit Judges and Chancellors, an
u if the State must furnish him with a
d elegant residence, why SHOULD not on
Il Judges be provided in like manner
S The taceatyeigM officers. professors an
II employees, would be content with an al
preparation of 500, 900 for the next tw
years to pay their meagre salaries an
E. keep the wolf from their doors, viii
Id they pei form the arduous task OF NAL
ing ic0rking women out OF three hundre
girls, only tirynin of when appea
from the Presidents report, to be aceu
ID toned to labor. A $4,000 new dorm
in tory would be quite an addition to
ID city as beautiful and wealthy as even G
N lumbus, but that amount would ali
m build two hundred school houses, wit
re capacity to accommodate 10000 boz
,e and girls DESTROYS of attending the cor
in mon schools, and who may be deprive
n of the privilege for want of an humb
40 shelter TO project them from the co
| and rain of winter.
Of But / am told this institution is
I'd glorious enterprise and that there
"a nothing small about it." | concede Il
\ latter clause of the sentiment announc,
=: without argument. | grant the boil
ing is the most stylish, the walnut fu
niture is no doubt the best and &
silver spoons the puress and biggest
% the State. Oh, no! There's nothil
small about the Industrial School, n
II even the appropriation asked for.
,oz Ii IS said there is an immense clock
the tower of the Industrial { p Soho
Isl building having hands nine feet lo
and pendulum weighing 800 pount
o5 As this pendulum swings back and for
the great clock can be heard to repe
us day and night, tax, tax, tax, tax" al
the people are expected and will
required to respond as long as they "
90 endure it.
90 If the S114,600 asked for should
granted the Legislature will be gull
$50 OF the folly of appropriating, annual
oos an amount equal to $4,000 per capi
for the students at the Industrial Scho
% 26l of whom are the daughters of veal
and luxury and only SO find "work
ais order to pay the whole or large part
their expenses necessity" Then t
90 tax payers of the State must expe
$40 ISL annually to pay the tuition
90 he daughters of the rich at this Ind
trial 81 School, who "toil not Meth
~ do they spin" and who do not need t
~ States assistance, in order that $74
~ may be expended for the benefit of DC
'na but worthy girls, with whom work is
ne necessity. Now let us see what it "
- cost per month, at this rate to educa
= our girls at Columbus:
he Average cost of board, washing,
"a etc, paid by parents..............S 9
lr- Lessons In music, charged extra,
on paid by arents......-......... 5
to Average amount appropriated by
HE the OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. ~
IF Total per month............S 80
,p- We can send our daughters 10 WIN
ed worth College at cost to parents
is guardians of $1,000 rer month for boar
ra lights, fuel, tuition, all included, and t
/ same may I've done at Cooper Institu
lie Bue IA Vista Normal College, Nor
IN Mississippi Normal College, and 9th
private educational institutions equal
ON efficiency and superior in merit to an
nv thing the State en- boast, for even Il
nd amount.
t. But why pursue the subject furthe
nc school system as at present operated,
~. a costly sham and fraud 1t is unequ
in III ios dement's, unjust 10 It's operation
IN and exceedingly burdensome to the %
pie. In my judgment, the State G
>. leges should be required to compete
ho equal terms with private education
de institutions of like capacity. II. aft
- the State has furnished magnifice
30 buildings and grounds at great expen,
e and provided the professors with eIega
nd residences to live in, they cannot co
rr dnct our high schools" as cheaply
20 other gentlemen, who buy their oy
-. lands, erect their own school building
80 and conduct their own boarding depa
M ments, 1t is evident we have made m
IS takes In selecting our college Office
~ and faculty, and ], for one, shall adv
in cate reformation; a change of manae
- ment, or the total abolition of the Or,
ed ent extravaganza, unjust and iniquito
he high school, system. / assert as a ia
h. that the State can issue scholarships
re I'll It's college students, paw their trar
,1Ie portation to Yale or Harvard, and Il
he regular tuition charged at those fs
* famed institutions of learning, and sa
money.
- do not believe there is faculty
- educators IN America, unprovided wi
of situation they are unwilling to aba
4. don, who would decline to take char
! OF any one of our Colleges, if they cou
De assured that the State would co
a. tlnue to lend its moral suppo
q, and would appropriate annually q
Of amount equal to $4,000 in advan
ID 70 pay the tuition of each studeu