Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1889-05-04

3I9 pupils having been enrolled this
session.
If the State proposes to maintain
the reputation and utility of the A
& NJ. College, to have it carry out
its true and full purpose, the policy
heretofore pursued toward it will
have to be broadeued. The jaun-
diced and distorted hostility which
las bayed around and pursued this
institution has had too much toler-
ance. 1t is a shameful fact that but
for the constancy and indomitable
manhood of one man, Gen. Stephen
d. Lee, the A, & NJ. College would
have succumbed to persistent viru-
lence and perverted evidence.
Holding his post as one of honor,
never to be abandoned under fire,
this distinguished gentleman has
faced the malicious goadiug of those
who would drive him out, and at the
same time resisted the temptations Of
double the pay which the State Of
Mississippi was paying him.
We repeat, that it is time the
State was coming to a proper stand
for its institutions, and not permit
hem to be obstructed ana their USE
fuiuess diminished under false pre-
tense. Speaking from the section
Of the State which contributes
largest and participates least in the
advantages OF the A. & II. College,
we say that no other college in the
land should be allowed TO outbid
and deprive our farmers Of the talent
ane capacity needed to develop
THEIR school to the highest degree
Of usefulness.
The Fayette Chronicle thus fifty
rebukes such misplaced parsimony /;
"Three Of the professors IT the A.
& NJ. College recently resigned, to
accept more lucrative offers. The
small allowances by the last legisla-
ture are sadly crippling our educa-
tional Institutions. This "penny
" Use and pound foolish policy, moi
alone in regard to these institutions
has been a crying evil in Mississippi
for many years, aud it is IA disgrace
to the Stave-"-Greenville Times.
Gen. S. D. Lee in the 9th paper
which be has published in relation ia
agricultural coll ges pertlnentlY
touches upon the foregoing matter III
the following;
3. 1t was claimed that only
wealthy boys can attend the A. & Nj
College. The record shows thai
SPA will cover all necessary ex.
penses, and over $25 of this a year
is really for clothing, which is not
included in the necessary expenses
of other colleges in their published
catalogues. The Board of Trustee:
carefully looked into the matter.
They say; "After careful inquiry
we are satisfied, that while the
college is open to all, yet the son Of
no rich man attends it; the boy:
here are either wholly destitute o.
means or are the sons of parents Of
very limited means it is emphat.
ically a school for the poor, and We
intend, so far as we are able, tt
make it subserye their interests. >
The fact is, any live, industrious boy
can get through on from SIS L
500 a session, for board, books
medical attention, fuel and every
expense. These official facts are
certainly more reliable than reckless
careless assertions.
T.. 1t is claimed that the sons o
farmers do not attend the college
The record shows that in the las
session - per cent. of all the stu
dents attending we're the sons o
farmers, and the balance were mostll
sons of men engaged in idustria
pursuits.
8. 1t was claimed that the sala
ries paid the President and ProfeS
sors we're too high, although they
were paid the same salaries as paiG
at Oxford, and at most frst-clasl
colleges The reduction made by
&bo 7 oO~;sIofura oaueod thA ooIlaOo +,