The Chickasaw messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1880-1900, 1888-05-31
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that\ the apportionment law will
not eject them until after the nest
session, and they are already max
ing their arrangements to ignore
its provisions, while pretending
that tho spirit Of the law" shall
be carried out. In the catalogue
Of the A. & N. recently issued wo
find tho following:
"rhc recent act Of the Legisla-
ture apportioning students TO tho
College, has been decided by tho
Attorney-General imperative till
after the close Of next session, as
it does not 90 into effect until Oct
tober lst, after the opening II the
session. Still the Board intend TO
carry il out in spirit. The num-
Der Of students IN Dormitory is
fixed at 800 and the apportionmont
is made as indicated by law 1t is
the evident intention Of the law to
protect students now at College
who entered in good faith tor the
next session. Such students will
not be charged tuition tor the next
session, except those who live near
enough to the College to board at
home. New students entering
College from any county over and
above the number apportioned to
the county, will be required pay
= tuition fee Of three dollars =
month, which is also the amount
required of those boarding at
home"
We speak that we do know
for we wrote the appo4tioumcnt
bin and introduced il at the fn-
stance and by the advice OF the
Appropriation Committee-whcn
we say, that the bill only intended
q to protect the students in college
3 for the present session, and 1t was
definitely understood that W who
entered the next session should bo
, examined and appointed. 1t was
argued and the reasoning was con
elusive, that student, who bad
{ been the beneficiary of the college
b. for term, if he had received
, proper instruction and was worthy
J to remain, had nothing to fear
from competition with other appli-
t cants not so fayorably situated.
We warn the college authorities,
that the taxpayers are not in
. proper frame of mind to be tam
e pered with, and if frivolous tech
= nicalities or sharp practices are re-
j so, ed to, in order to extend priv
, ileges to favored individuals and
, thereby deprive worthy young
men of their rights under the law,
they will reap the fruits Of their
folly when the next Legislature
: assemblies.
We want to suggest to them al
so, that fixing the tuition at the
. minimum rate, regardless OF tho
advancement of the students, IS a
violation of a business principle
and a direct thrust at every private
institution in the State, which will
be resented in due time. Gentle
men, who have been fed long and
sumptuo~sly from the public crib,
may uppose, that hey can har-
ness the ablost and most successful
educators in the State to their car
OF progress % and compel them
and their friends to use 'cir i'm
fuenee in favor OF big appropria-
tions to the State institutions,
which rival their own busineS in
tercsts, while the management OF
said State institutions take 'ho al
vantage of every circumstance to
underbid, hamper, and embarrass
private educational enterprises, but
we confidently e.pcct they will
find themselves woefully mistaken
in the near. near future.
The truth is, the system OF
"higher education" as established
and conducted in this State, is an
outrage upon the common school
interest; grievous wrong to pro
fessional teachers, plying their
avooation as a means of Subsistence
for themselves and families; an
onerous burden upon the tax-pay-
ers and upon the whole, a gigantic
humbug.and fraud, and the people
will not patiently endure any more