Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1894-07-05

Of God, this great blessing will
come to the young now sliding
down the inclined plane to ruin,
with no force interposed to save.
Let the General Assembly pro-
vide a farm with simple build
ings, and test this thing by actual
trial. Hundreds of thousands
are given to punish. Let us
try a few dollars to reclaim and
restore.
The success Of Buncombe
county in rcclaiming its vagrant
boys, and III redcemiug the way
ward girls upon the streets of
Asheville speaks loudly to US.
North Carolina needs a reform
school, on the lowest ground, as
a matter Of simple economy to
the taxpayers.
On higher ground, she needs
it, to perform the full measure
of the duty of the common
wealth.
Finally. we need it as the de
mand of the golden rule, that our
Heavenly Father hath given us.
After Capt. benson had fin
ished, the subject was dis
cussed by Messrs. Scarborough,
Wilkinson, Clewell. Harrell and
Jerome Horner, all endorsing
Capt. Denson's argument. The
following resolutions was intro
duced by Mr.. Homer
Resolred, That a committee be
appointed to see that the matter
of reform school be canVassed
before the people of the State
and to have bill introduced in
the next Legislature of North
Carolina for an appropriation for
a reform school in the State. The
motion was amended to author
ize the chairman to appoint adj
ditional members on the commit
tee, as he may hereafter deem
necessary. This was i'll order
that a good number of the com
mittce may be in Raleigh topre-
sent the question to the legiSla-
ture. Last year many members
were absent The motion as
amended was carried and the
President appointed the follow
lowing committee: b. b. Den
sou. chairman; L. w Crawford,
j. NJ. Horner, j. B. Shearer, F.
S. Wilkinson, J. c.. Scarborough,
J. Y. Joyner, II. H. Lewis, j. b.
Brewer.
This evening Prof. d. Il. Hill,
of the A & NJ. College enter
tanned. instructed, and amused
Il small but appreciativc audi
ence with q paper Of original
style on The Makeup OF
Humor
First on the programme this
morning was Rev. j. M. Horner,
of Horner School, Oxford, whose
subject was: The Relation o1
| Preparatory Schools to Col
leges." Preparatory schools anC
colleges should be under differ
ent management, and in differ
ent communities. Because the
discipline of a college is differ
ent from that of a school, anC
the influence of the college stu
i dents lis bad upon the schoo
boys. Preparatory schools il
| North Carolina are troubled be
cause colleges i'll this State have
lower requirements for admis
sion than those of some othe1
r,o4ates. This creates difficulty
when the same school is pre-
pairing some boys for Nortl
Carolina colleges and some boy!
for colleges III other states. Mr.
Horner said the colleges ough
to have higher requirements
He claimed that this would in
crease their numbers, for tn
boys that go to college i'll pre-
. pared do not do well, and leav
after one year. A college tha
is strict in it's requirements fO
admission commands the respec
4 of boys. The speaker referee
to boys of good ability, tha
have no desire for higher cu1
ture than the school affords H
: thinks colleges could influenc
many of these to seek higher edu
cation by having members of thei
faculties visit the schools, t
speak to the students on literar
e subjects, university culture, an
L arouse ambition. Mr.. Horne
S thinks our COLLEGES have bee
: neglected Of this.
e President Shearer, of David
j son College followed. His sub
= ject read THE Relation of Co,
leges to Preparatory Schools.
I DR.. Shearer began by giving
history of his early life as
i teacher in primary and in sec
4 ondary schools. He has done a.
e sorts of teaching. He believe
e in the secondary schools. III
b held that Southern colleges wer
/ made thorough Northern, an
S referred to the fact that recentl
e so per cent. of the honors 6
: Princeton College were held b
a Southern youths. At the sam
r time there were 500 Norther
men and 100 Southern men {
e Princeton. DR.. Shearer admitte
e that boys are received at Davic
:. SON. that do not come up to tt
e requirements of admission. Thes
= boys are taught preparation
n subjects, but the college has I
e recognized preparatory depar
Is ment. He said that the best pr
Ie paratory schools he had four
, were little country academies.