Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1889-04-04
ETy- S. D. LEES PAPERS.
|. ..,rcULTURAL AND MEcRANI.
CAL COLLEGES.
r. 10 Some Of the Objections
s-,a Against the Coiiese-rhe UNI
--,ty and a. and ~. Cannos
Come I'm Competition.
ARTICLE VI

b,her oblect'ons uiSeo aa'"ss 'uo eoi-
sr :.
N his claimed the graduates don't
=, the farm. Although such Col
are intended to bias students in
,,,or Of agriculture. still it was not
.,snded as an iron-clad rule. The law
-. ito promote the liberal and prac-
il eIucation of the industrial classes
The several pursuits and professions
,ls' II only farmer boys are de-
rrsed Of the privilege of selecting a life
rursu. We might not have had fifteen
y, Of twenty-one of our Presidents,
no we're the sons OF farmers. working
.nall farms. or farmers. The law in
,,.,ed equal latitude Of choice. 1t is a
~ Of statistics. that only ono and one
s.f per cent Of the graduates OF
r,ersry colleges go to the farm There
=. ,eyeu,y-iive living graduates of this
collece: of this number, ten are farm
=. e.eyen more are farming and also
.s-aged in other pursuits. three are
,o-,iculturists. three are assistants at
Agricultural ENper ment Stations. one
\ dairyman. six are professors or
p.chers of agricuiture-making forty
AZ per cent OF graduates engaged in
|hrning or teaching agriculture. Others
are engineers. eleven are teachers.
balance physicians. lawyers. merchants.
ministers, etc. We should bear in mind.
,lso, that farming is greatly depressed.
and this showing is in face Of statistics.
showing that the half of the population
no. farming. in the last twentyl years.
have made over five hundred per cent
more money than those engaged in
agriculture 1t will take time. educa-
ton and patience to restore 10 the
farmers equal advantages. which they
have lost by their indifference to educa-
ton, while the other classes have gotten
50 far ahead of them in worldly pros
peri.y and wealth
!. 1t is claimed that too much money
b spent in 0ktibbeha county. The one
College could not have been located in
eyenty-four counties in the State.
g 1t is claimed that the denomina-
tonal Colleges and Normal Colleges
,1ord cheaper education. All these
Institutions are most excellent in doing
god educational work. The facts show
iaey are not cheaper; besides they are
colleges giving classical and general
edueation. not education ITO benefit
agriculture and the mechanic arts" as
The A and NJ. College is required to
give by law. The comparison. then. is
not fair one. No private Institution
eau afford the outfit, apparatus. etc, i,
Shleh the State gives her colleges.
3 1t is claimed that too much money
sgven the colleges, and too little to
the common schools. 1t is an incon-
''overt:ble fact, sustained by ex-
perense and statistics. "that schools
n which the elementary studies are to
% taught. can exist and accomplish
aef work successfully only when Col
Ieses and Universities exist IS cduca-
hOaal standards and as sources of
Stimulating. shaping and elevating in
Aaenees In all the lower grades of
EDUCATIONAL work" The States of the
oalOn which have the most perfect
common school systems have the most
aaa best equipped Colleges and Uni
'sfsl'lesi sending out good teachers to
we common schools. Mississippi gives
lef colleges about sos. 900 year, and
'As common schools about 81. 900, 600.
rs claimed that only few boys can
a''end The A. and NJ. College. This is
rue also OF the University and all Col
The mass of boys must 60 to
'-e common schools. Enough. how
e'e'' can go to lead the farmers At
OA'0'd. Tor instance, the Law class does
- average twenty young men. Yet
"yers lead in the law-making. in
1'iai and social reforms. There are
AN schools in every State, and the
e's are very small per cent of the
W W population of the United States
:. ~ 'ney are leaders in every movement
'ue people They see the necessity
:. technical school in Mississippi and
.y"nere !, to teach law. They believe
se'Ai training. and they have been
T ' OIL this College in all its troubles.
,s.; e 'a'mers canno. expect to better
condition till they educate them
n. :. As other classes. When they do
,s aey may expect to prosper and
.s's to compete with them.
claimed that the farm makes no
10 D,,, =. :. IS a fact that it has used
i. pA't Of the appropriation voted by
s.n, s'a'rre for over four years er-
student labor. The fact that with
tbi,i Oney' the College educates one
r,;-'e ~o'e students than attends the
ua,''a ''l'y' and also pays 5000 an
,sani, to students for their labor.
So ! 0e a sufficient answer to this OBJ
eng als0t answer as many more OBJ
i. ~. There is no getting around
tes 49, % well established by Stats
Of n. observation. that the influence
n.Eia. ,,arming classes is waning in
AZ ~ Jaws and in all public affairs.
su.,." wealth decreases, their in
couDtr;.A o decreases In nearly all
slasse. ,ae status of the farming
,srsdom ' become that of ignorance.
%, ., and contempt. First comes