The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-07-26

PROF. NORTON OUT OF PLACE.
Our Colleges and Universities Are
Nurseries for Heroes and Patriots

Our Colleges and Universities Are
Nurseries for Heroes ana Patriots.
Fernandina, Fla, July 25.-Your timely
editorial on Prof. Norton's anti-war SEN
timents are heartily indorsed wherever the
Morning News as read And this is espec-
tally true of the soldiers in camp We
have never had an army in the field before
in which We're to be found so many college
graduates Why, only a few weeks ago
the president of college, by proxy, pre-
scented diplomas to eleven graduates of his
institution who enlisted and went into the
field before commencement day.
1 have before me, as 1 write, a petition
from young men in an Alabama college,
who wanted to join Gen Joe Wheeler's
cavalry in the Confederate army, but were
denied because they were not old enough
for service. And yet the cadets of the
Georgia Military Institute fought like vet
Grams when called out to impede Sherman's
march to the sea. And history nowhere
records a more heroic or daring adven-
ture of the Virginia Military Institute in
their famous New Market battle.
There is hardly a college of any size at
the North that has not its Memorial
Hail. in honor of the dead heroes from its
alumni. And this is true OF old Harvard,
where Prof. Norton most certainly is out
of place as a. professor. The best blood of
her graduates was poured out upon count
less battle fields in the civil war.
Take your own Georgia colleges and see
what a noble record they made, closing
their doors when required to put every
young able bodied student into the field.
What an illustrious list of generals the
University of Georgia alone presents: Rob
ert Toombs Henry L. Benning, Howell
Cobb John M. Cuyler, (U. S. Al A. G.
Garlington Ed. D. Tracey T. r. r. Cobb,
Francis Barlow. Then comes Emory
College with Gems. f. L. Thomas, Claudius
c. Wilson. r. W. Carswell and James P
Sims, and such heroic colonies as l. @.
@. Lamar. Wesley C. Hodges, R. A. Hard
away. w H Ellison and others.
While Mercer University cannot show
a list of generals she, has published
Memorial Record" of her Fallen He
roes, that puts her in the front rank OF
patriotic colleges. Several members of
the class of 1862 died or We're killed IN bat
tie. Richard Montgomery Preston OF
the Eleventh Georgia Regiment, who was
killed at Rappahannock station, Va, Au-
gust, 1862 said to his younger brother, as ne
went into battle, DO your duty" The
most distinguished of the Mercer soldiers
u. ~.
Texas. and Maj. H. A. Mcdaniel, ex-Gov-
ernor of Georgia, and Col X. e. Lester,
member of Congress from Savannah.
During the early part of the present war
an entire school came to Tampa from the
North 70 enlist, but was ruled out on ac-
count of being too young. In fact, the
record of our educational institutions the
country over, shows that Prof. Norton
would find himself unsupported in any of
them with his unpatriOtc sentiments. The
heroic college boys in ROosevelt's Rough
Riders have made record at Santiago
that should bring a blush Of shame TO
Prof. NorIon's cheek.
Take the generals of the late Confederate
armies and you find many of them at the
close of the war turned TO the noble voca-
ton of educating the youth of The South
With Cen Robert r. Lee at the head of
the list, as a college president. we have
Lieut. Cen f. Kirby Smith Lieut.. Gen
Stephen D. Lee, Lieut.. Cen. A. 2. Stew
art Lieut. Gen. d. II. Hill, as the most
distinguished educators. Then follow
Gen. G. w. c. Lee, Gen. w. N. Pendle-
ton, Gen. S. L. Ross, Gen. L. L. LomaX,
Gen. H. D. Clayton. Gen. J. II. Lane,
Gen. F. A. Shoup Gen. W. H. Payne,
Gen. NJ. p. Lowry Gen. F. w. Capers,
Gen. G.. D. Johnston Gen. E. NJ. Law,
Gen. c. A Battle, Gen. F. H. Smith and
others whose names 1 cannot recall But
this array of names ought TO Indicate that
our colleges and universities are the nur-
series of patriots and heroes.
Sidney Herbert.