The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1898-02-19
SOME REASONS WHY
,outhern People Should Send lho'r '0"'
l.. cou+1,orn Colleges.

,outhern People Should Send Their Sons
to Southern Colleges
uwhere shall my son 60 to Collese?," IS
,uestiou which often purplexes inc aaH ~ Se
ather Fifty years ago there apPeaaeu n " w.
,ut one answer. The great Northe e.'to " oher-
titles bad no rivals. The rich p!"n.olM IH
shinR the memories of his own Alnlt' % LUZ =
cent his son to Yale or Harvard, gaVV n. ta.no
LIBERAL allowance, and at the emu VI .n0 . .o
received the young bachelor no t',od With 9Th
armed with his sheepsxln anu W. p Tnoland cul-
The graces and learning OF Ne" ANs'''DN w.
lure. ..o.,, nouch in
The last two decades. Richly ouo Wv" South.
eges have sprungup througno s;o. LII i;hraries'
wen equipped With laboratories' ,! .Vt" i've
and annaratus. and. best Of oil, with NV
1 a" men OF bruins, energy ana zeal
ria wonderful impetus given, to tecn i1;nad
aria and professions throughout clv .n a."
countries, have opened wide doors - WIN uT,
mands tor skilled, scientific work. me ooasI
hna done its full share in meeting this delaa :'
40 we'll a. the other older, yet equaly .it IL
nerot;ve demand for the best scholarship III
"' Tbe!o P snnthern colleges arc accomplishing
a rn.to n uu in The preparation OF young
men either for the professions OF law, neu.,
o;no md literature. or for the englne1line'
cine, ,s aau IN Mechanical and electrical de-
pa ~ aoms mnortaut particulars they ofler TO
,.: Al svno eumar;or advantages. They are oul
home institutions and those who enter 'n ~ ~
can Get az good an education as tno; 80 NV NV
."u f,e5s.hor Pr the same purpose. 1t 10 Ply
~ hottar that student should spend I'M
s snrme+i Tv neriod of his young manhood n
10 a1;nnota where he expects to live ahe
omonn the associations which ara to DO en-, n.
narn, anent environment in the future. ave
bia college course has been ACCOMPLISHED, -,
vii, not !hen be necessary for him to ne'co'h Il
acquainted with the people among wno ~, ro :,
9 was horn or undergo an aec'lmat'on Wy ~"
!, son Of his long absence in distant couu!l y
5 70 ~ we aver. It is possible to get as goou y
+ ednca,ion in the South as in the Nolsn 'n !,
e Nv all means let us patronize our nolne e. e.
n ef;tntions The North has been DONG ~ y
manv wears and in that way has oul't sp :,
large universities. why should not We ~ -
" South profit by that experience! ..;,,t,,
y Here in Louisiana we have an lhst n.y.
of which We may well be proud: paul WA ta
J lett tho splendid fruits Of his long yva ',t;
'e industry ana thrift to establish an lHstNu.r
x for the higher education OF the Wh!t7 "" -
n Of Louisiana. The gift has been Wisely S,o "
!. miristered. With faculties able an ~ zc's,v,
" with thorough equipment in all ,he api
ances of instruction, including laorasu ,i
which ure among the best in the WV WI;
country. with genial climate, whele u at;l
OF the working months, the health conul'. y
n aer among the best, what more can tno %; -
. dent If the South desire in the opporluauuitt
lls ior acnnirinp Al education that shall III .
1t. for the duties of life? The College OF ~;
m and Sciences offers to its students ~ IL
ical Literary and Scientific courses, whll'
tha College of Technology there are coui
OF " Mechanical. Chemical, Civil ana Ar ~
re tectnra} Engineering. Recently also, ~
nd has heen added a new departure IN %
-. Chemistry, where tho student learns P l.a
w. cally the principles underlying the cult.Va
~ Of sugar care. ro,,,,+;oe q,
sly The Administrators and Faculties at1ts a G1
~, lane are Justly proud of the results aire
1Y attained. Their graduates are 1llnng us
og. and honorable positions in society anu pl
de. ;aa distinction in the near FUTURE ;.
of. grounds and buildings of the UnlVersiI
St.. Charles Avenue, opposite Audubon !; r +
~ ara among the attractions OF New Otlo
0;s, There NAV be found libraries, museums
ers, work sho1,s. and what some students
v;fo " " most Of all, ample athletic ground
~. rollere games and physical exercise
tne IF . Young man wants to study ne eau
annie opportunities at Tulane; II MS VI
ia simply to spend four years, WIN tne 3 8
oct amo;lnt OF idleness and the least Pos
amount of serious, earnest study, no VII
., thrive at Tulane.