The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1902-01-04
which ought to be geometrical in its

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progression.
The plan as it may be- briefly
sketched is not entirely an untried
Que. In the Georgia School of
Technology, it has been started
through the generosity of Mr.. Aaron
French of Pittsburg, who has shown
his deep practical interest in South
ern boys aud their ways.
Mr.. French's plan provides for
scholarships to be heldby boys at
least sixteen years of age and the
sons Of families owning less than
5000 worth of taxable property. The
scholarships, awarded by competitive
Examination, run for four years, the
holders of them being furnished at
such time as the president of the
institution may think necessary for
expenses, books, fees, etc., to an
amount not exceeding 1925 a year.
The holders must give small
monthly notes payable after gradua-
ton covering the amount of ssmoney
advanced upon the scholarship and
bearing no interest before maturity.
Two ends may be gained by this
plan. In the first place, the recipi
emit of the scholarship is relieved Of
any feeling that he is dependent up
on the bounty of others, feeling
which not infrequently induces
frame of mind Instantaneous to
men who have to strive, and in the
second place, through the payment
Of the small notes as they fall due,
the scholarship will become self-per-
petuating.
Mr. French has given US of the
South a most valuable hint and set
US practical example which we
may follow only to the benefit of
the South.
We should elaborate and expand
this plan. Scholarships somewhat.
similar to those founded by him
should be provided by Southern men
i'll every Southern institution which
shows itself worthy to administer
them. 1t is not necessary to present
so, 600 in cash or in Understanding
securities to each of the score of
southern institutions, most of which
are struggling in the face of many
difficulties to do their part in the
training of southern white boys.
There are, it is tue, hundreds in
The south who could provide such \
general endowment without Grip 1
bling themselves in the least. There =
ire men in the south who have al I
eady given much more than that 1
um in the cause of education. But T
however desirable the availability of :.
uch a lump sum for industrial train
NO might be, it should best be re-
eived as an adjunct to tie working
'ut OF the plan which | have to pro-
'osc. believe the adjunct would be
orthcomlng, and forthcoming in :
proportions should the u
Ian be successfully launched. N
It is a plan combining the ele- 4
tents of self-help and of co-opera- .
on Of individual enterprise with = =
tate progressiveness in an invest s
lent which will bring almost imme- A
late valuable returns. Briefly G
zetched, it is as follows: )
There ave in the south 668 cotton A
nils, dozen.o or more greatsystems A
railways and hundreds of indus $
ial undertakings of various kinds, A
hich, without trenching upon their : =
lpital or without diminishing aught R
the dividends for their stockhold-
5 or individual owners, could pro- T
de the means for at least 1000 e e
holarships, each matching in a. J
cunt of annual cost enc covering =
g same time as those founded by 81
If Pittsb1rg philantbropist. 1 "
Guild like to see 1000 founded at Re
e beginning of the next four years, y
that by 1906 we should have 1000 c
uthern boys enjoying them. " v
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