The Chickasaw messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1880-1900, 1888-08-02


committee on education offer the fol-
lowing report:
Education Is the training Of the
mind for the various duties Of lite'
.ome for one vocation and some for
another. and as circumstances. situa-
lions and minds are different SO should /
the education OF each individual be +
shifted to their different capacities and (
the duties they are expected to per /
form in after life.
We hear many speeches setting forth /
the advantages Of an education; aud
the fathers and mothers again and
AGAIN reminded az to their response
hilities as regards the education Of
their children. The constitution 81
the state of Mississippi makes II one
Of the duties of the lawmakers 10
make laws for the education Of all the
children of the State There is no
provision in that instrument for the
education of favored few out OF the
general school fund or any other fund.
Ifthe combined talent Of the State had
been united for the destruction of
American freedom they could not have
devised more eflec ual plan TO do
il THAN they have in Mississippi.
It takes money TO educate and the
money must be earned (or ought to he)
and equally distributed that all chill
dren of educaule age may get an
equal amount. This would instill the
principles of right and justice in the
minds Of all the children while being
educated. but to take the hard earn
ings Of the many 20 educate a favored
few begets wrong notions in the minds
of all the children while being edu-
Gated. which crop out in after life in
smart rascal, in high responsible
trusts.
Again educating atsyorcd few with
their minds taught that they have the
right to provide hadsomely for them
selves and families and they are
apt 10 do it, And again, by edu.
eating a few, put, it in their power
TO get the offices and the money which
is the strength of the nation anc
places the sword in their hands, ther
farewell to liberty, it may tor while
exist in nalne but the masses arr
slaves whether they know it or not
From the investigation your com
mittee has made OF the school 'sys
tenn Of the State they believe that tn
Lawmakers are much more coucerne,
TO educate the rich than they are 70
the poor and especially the laborinl
class. They appropriate hundreds
thousands of dollars for the educatio
Of the rich mems children and emplo
the best teachers they can get, and tn
schools are never allowed to stop fo
the want of money whether the Stat
il solvent or not, but the commo
schools are not sufficiently supporte
to continue four months in the Yea
with cheap teachers.
Aud again, in order that farmer
children should not have an educi
ton out Of the money they earn a
towns of $50 inhabitants or more al
made separate school districts and g
from four to six dollars per scholar
country children one dollar Wit
this state Of affairs staring the Grans
in the face as regards schools Al
every other interest that is of impo
portance % the agriculture, officer
stump speakers, machine POLITICAL
and many subsidized newspapers, raj
clamor and say the Grange has gol
into politics, it is running its infiuenC
We ask why was there ever
Grange. what is its missions. and he
is It to unload the burdens of agIict
ture and educate the millions OF ch
dren for honor, honesty and all q
duties of good citizens? As the mil
is the main driving wheel that kee
progress and civization on the upwa
and forward move, it should have
the advantages that an education e
give. Respectfully submitted,
Miss Nolia Monroe,
J. X. p. Shows,
II. Cooper,