The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1890-10-02

SeL LucII elOCaLiou WILlbuL nclp o.
First rate education is aD exceeding
ly expensive thing. There is not Z
sclf-sUstainj0g University or a self
sustaining leading College for men
in all the world. Harvard Uniyers
ity with its $500 students, and
with tuition rates more than double
any charged iuNorthC Carolina Jolleges,
gets from those tuition fees only one
sixth OF her running expenses. The
other five sixtbs is paid by philan-
thropists and friends or the institu~
ton. And so, l will pay four fGtn-
Of your toition, and l will do it 10
this way. You can 90 to Chapel
I'LL and be taught by faculty that
costs about $4,000, $4,000 of which
[ pay and the students will be re-
qulred to pay about $1,000 IN tuition
fees. Or, in other words, YOU will
pay one~htth of your tuition ahd Ill
pay four-ffths. do this as mat
ter Of necessity. | cannot have we'll
educated mcr unless they receive
this help from some source, and, if
you VIII take advantage of your ops
pOrtunIties, | shall consider my
money, invested in your education.
well spent. If you desire, you can
60 to the Agricultural and Mechan~
ical College, where even a greater
proportion of your expenses will be
paid. 1t is we'll equipped with fine
buildings ard apparatus and an ex-
pensive faculty. If you will get the
appointment from youc county, You
can &C there for Only IS per month.
Thi8 will include your board. This
is the place for yoI, if you want IN
Industrial education.
But whether YOU uecide to 90 to
the UriVcrsity or to the A. and NJ.
College, be careful not to Let your
sister 90 with YOU. I need educated
men and must haYe them even il
have to pay four-Gfth8 of their tut
tion, but | don't care whether wo-
men are cdacated or not, They
don't need much education aud
what little they need they may pay
for. | consider o few dollars spent
on q boy well invested, for I must
have Intelligent men, but what does
a woman want with an education2
The money woald be wasted. The
majority of women are mothers and
have to take care of children. Educa-
tyOn would be of no use to them.
They must give their timG to rearing
these children. 1t is true that I've
never cnoWn an intellgen. mother to
bring up ignorant children, and l
have heard Cranks say that the
cheapest w8y to educate tAc next
generation would be to educate those
who are going TO be the mothers OF
it; but I'm looking after the present.
The Bible says Take nc thought for
the morrow"
have heard other cr4uts say
that an Industrial school is more
practical and useful things fer gIc!s
than for boys. and that you couid
teach woman'5 5 work in a house bet
ter than You could teach agriculture.
That's all nonsense, though. |
don't see what you could teach 8
girl in one Of these schools except
cooking ana sewing and cutting and
fitting, and tclegraphing and type
writing and designing, and few
other unnecessary things.
Ny conscience hurts me little
somctlmes when see boys 90 eff to
Chapel Hill, The Agricultural ana
Mecbaocial College, Wake Forest.
Trinity aud Davidson, where the
State Or some church pays for about
four-ffths of their education, and see
these boys sisters left st home with