Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1888-07-07
Burkitt and .he A, L n, College.


Burkitt and che A. L n. College.
Il sccms impossible to chain Bro.
Bufkin down TO ,he point. We asked
him ii he opposed agricultural edit
cation.'' He replies that he is not op-
rospl 10 the education ut the agri-
cultural rlasscs." Our question va.
whether he opposed the technical and
scientific training OF farmers, Ii is NJ
answer 80 say, that he j. not opposed
10 the education of the farming class
e.: because they may be educated 9th
crwisc than as technical and SriCnlitlr
agricultursli-ts. Now, if he iavors the
education y, farmers boys, where
would he educate them? Are the
comnion schools good enough for
farmers boys? His answer TO otr I'd.
Sd and 4th questions puts him spare
against education in agricultural col.
lcgcs. That leaves him with no place
in which to educate the agricultural
classes except the common schools IN
less he should fall into the absnrditt
of wIshin. to tear down the \, \ VI.
. COLLEGE. aud OF sending all the farm.
rr,' sun. whom he would educate TO
the University. For thi. matter isnoi
theoretical. but practical, Since We
have the \. Il VI. College alrcad! es-
iahli.hed, the question is not whether
we will estdjlisk an agricultural col
lege or not but whether we will mAin-
tain the one we have. II Bro. Bur
hitt opposes education in agriculture
colleges. land we think he does from
his reply then 10 be consistent, the
College ought, in hi. view, TO be aban'
doncd at once. This is the logic Of hi,
position.
But il he docs not think the common
schools good enough for farmers boys,
since Le would educate them. he must
send them TO the University. We
have no other place TO send them
But'wly send them there? Docs, il
not 90 without saying that every boy
who desires a classical education, and
who San rai.c the money. goes to The
University now? Tuition i. free at
,he University a. it i. at the A.. 4 VI.
College: but it costs more to live at
,he uuiycr,iiy-therc is more style
and the student there ha. no mcau. OF
reducing expenses. by labor. The
University i. not bal: iull. and itturn.
ont annually shout the same number
! of graduates a. the 4. X NJ. College.
Why do not all these \. X VI. bows GO
TO the Upjycr.it,: There i. p.eniy ol
room. The reason is sound in the fact
that about eighty per cent. vi the boy.
who attend the A.S NJ. College are
the son. OF farmers, and nearly all the
sous Of poor men, and they go to the
\. K VI, College because they can get
through on les. money. aud because
thcy desire the technical training they
receive there. We are .nrpri.ed nj the
.hori.i.htclhc.s OF our coufrrre. ia
supuo,jur .tbcrc i. anv aryumcn's in
he fac, that an the graduates. or even
the mq;o,iiu do not. when they lpnys
college, follow agricultural pursuits.
# VIZ admit the theory now nuiycr.
sally rrroived ,ha, tho state should
provide HIGHER education for her sons,
vh7 demand that of bows educated II
the A. College. which i. no, de.
mauded Of the bows Of auy other in.,i.
tuition Must a farmers .ou, BECAUSE
he zoe. 10 the A,S NJ. College, stand
between the plow handle, ALWAYS. and
tina, too. merely 10 CRAFTY a within of
Bro. Burkitt?
The cuIirhtrnel view of il il. that
TO educate A boy i, to cast bread unou
the waters, which man h. returned at.
ter many DAYS. or if ,oU he swallowed
up in the ocean ofthc unknown, How
many tbou.apd. were r,lur,,cd before
a Newton was nroduceds
II. in the course of fifty wears We
ran nut one elucatod man iuto zach
neighborhood in our urea, state, what
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