Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-10-17

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tue latter promised 10 give IL.
Second. That the University had
the right TO charge all students hold
ing free scholarships from the city,
library and incident Il fees, and the
further right to charge full tuition
and all fees from students holding
free scholarships, and living without
the corporate limits of the city; in
other words, this latter class have no
free scholarship at all.
Now do not care for the first point
he makes he is quite likely right
about that. But | think he is
grievously in error about the other,
and for the reason that he cOnfOunds
an ordinance passed by the board of
aldermen for the guidance and gov
ernment'of her school cOrnmi .sioners,
after the ratification of the contract
with the University with the con-
tract itself, whereas they are two
distinct and separate subjects.
The contract with the University
gives the city the right to have her
appointees to scholarships educated
free of charge"-and any charg
which is imposed by the University
On such appointees before they can
get an education there is plain VIC
lation of the agreement.
AS to the library fee it may be pos
sible for student to get an education
without the use Of the library, and
therefore the collection of this fee
may not be a violation of the agree
ment, ut / cannot see, how the Incl
dental fee can be similarly placed.
The contract further says said
"students to be selected from the
public schools within the limits, and
under the control of the city OF
GAINESVILLE" 1t nowhere says the
students must be within the limits,
but the school within the limits OF
and under the control Of. But the
DIR. does not seem to rely so much on
this contract as on certain sections
W hich he finds in the digest of 1880
and 1886, referring back, rs he says.
to the digest of 1877, which contains
the original contract.
Now these sections are parts Ct an
ordinance passed after the original
contract, and because the digest OF
1880 refers to that of 1877 it simply
means that the latter will show
whtn it was passed, the date not be.
ing carried to that of 1880.
These ordinances therefore can be
changed or set aside at any time.
The city may fix the age Of her ap
pointces at 16, IS, or 20 years, but
could the University say at which,
or could it say that after once fixing
it, the city should not change it,
Well, just 50 with this ordinance, in
which the board instructed her
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commissioners to take The appointees
from bona fide residents of the city
limits. She has a perfect right t.
amend or abolish it, and fall back on
the agreement with the University,
the latter having no voice i'll any
thing but that original agreement.
Does DR.. Hersman say that the
board can not confirm the selection,
by its commissioners, of a student OF
the public school, who lives outside
the corporate limits, because the
board once thought best not to do it,
and now changes its mind?
Mr.. Editor, there has teen good
deal o. talk about this matter lately,
and maybe some blame or censure OF
the city school commissioners in con.
noction Herewith 50 as one Of them
feel bound to raise my voice in de
Tense of whit ] believe to be just in
the premises but inasmuch as the
city has been entitled to have at all
times ten scholarships in the Univer-
-ity, aud has seldom, if ever, had
over half that number at one time,
think it very niggardly on the part
Of the University to try and get the
number kept down to as few rs pos
sib'e, and then get every little fee out
of those few that can possibly be
squeezed out. And for one would
advise every appointee of the city to
resist the payment of every fee ex
cept the library fee.