Daily Texarkana Democrat. (Texarkana, Ark.) 1890-1894, 1892-09-16
A BUSINESS PROBLEM.

Why not bring the teachers, Of
small cost, to Texarkana, instead Of
sending our children 10 distant cities,
at a very great expense. We need
our boys and girls. They brighten
our homes and help TO make LIES
burdens less heavy by their cheerful
presence.
Who can guide and stimulate them
in their youthful labors like q parent
a mother. We are told that some so
pupils leave our growing city each
year for other cities, to obtain an ed
ucation, cost of at least $4,000
each.
Now let US count the cost 30 times
$3.50 is $1O,5OO. Each teacher mstrucs
at least 80 pupils. The same teacher
that aids your child there, can be en-
gagged to come to Texarkana for from
$1,000 to $1,000 per year. See what
money we would have left out Of the
! S10,50O, $4,000 at least. Five thous-
and dollars would build a street car
line to College Hill and equip The
same in fine shape. The College
Building at College Hills being finely
finished, equal to almost any and IN
many respects it viii surpass them.
Out of the $4,000 we still have $4,000
left Tor some other purpose If This
saving each year was put into a pub
lie library at the Y. N. c. A. we soon
would have a library which would
compare fayorably with ST. Louis or
any other city. The far of teacher
would be here with his refining indu-
ence to aid, not only the 30 but al
with whom he associates.
The College would grow. some
seven teachers would assist in lie
great work. One hundred pupils
would come to Texarkana, drawn by
the influences of a Grand Practical
College.
The average expenditure of the
seven teachers who would pa,ronize
Texarkana merchants would amount
to, at a very low estimate, nearly $500
each.
Placing the average cost .of books
and supplies at $500 per student we
may safely estimate the bin at fully
$1,000 per annum and all Of which IS
spent in Texarkana. The 100 students
would puachase clothing here, al
lowing the small sum of S2700 per
student there would be expended the
neat sum Of $2700. It takes over
| $4,000 to feed 100 students 40 weeks
and fully $4,000 Of this amount 0ald
find a lodging place in the Golfers d
the Texarkana merchants. Summing
up these OUTLAWS for staples wa llnd
an income annually to our business
men, reaching the neat figures OF
$4,000,
Please figure the saving neducatiou
of our children at home under the
SAME TEACHERS, then count the addi-
tional business growing out Of The
change besides the moral benefit such
a school would have upon the city.
The boy who to-day goes around
Texarkana without anything o do be.
cause he is not educated to ill any
: position, would have an ambition to
join the great and grand army Of stu.
dents at College Hill and secure aI
education, that would awaken hi;
sympathies and by charging bis De-
sires it would multiply them. II
would give him all that is commend
able and attractive to the eye Of man
kind. It would bring him in contact
with society and adorn him i'm robe.
? more costly than hand can weave 81
skill invent. 1t would be his passport
his companion, his counsellor and
what is seldom met with in this world
his unfailing, unhinching, mcomprom
ising friend.
Let us all work for the good Of Tho
College. Let US not talk of the diff
culties in the way, if any, but plan how
to countcract them as fast as they
show their puny heads. | shall b'
pleased to have any suggestion tha
will give your boys and girls the grea
| school at home. / cannot make if O.
+ myself. We must have the material
: the students. 1t us near from yor
personally. Yours in the work,
J G.. l.. BRYANT.
, TeXarkaua, Ark.
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