The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-05-11

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nificant that no Cathohc-coleSe pres.
dent is among those who now seek u
have the denOminatiOnal RESTRICTION
ignored" The explanation OF TINS sig
nifcant fact is found in a note written
nv the Project of Studies OF st. John 5
College, Brooklyn, to the president OF
the "Carnegie Foundation, IN Wh1cn
he said:
You will be able to under
stand how this institution is
maintained almost without reNe-
nue. The explanation is the self
sacrifice Of twenty men who de-
vote their lives to the work al
most without remuneration.
These men do not, as far as 1
Know, expect any assistance from
the Carnegie Foundation.
Whether they Will be eligible Or
not Will be q matter for you to
determine. IN any case they VIII
probably accept any assist
ance from the Foundation
Certainly the colleges of the Roman
Catholic church do not come uncer
the dominion of any secular board
Whatsoever. however great may be its
prOffered gifts or however glowing
may be its golden promises. Protest
ant institutions and the institutions Of
the States SHOULD note the basis Of the
independence OF Catholic institutions
and pluck up courage for the contest
with the Board which seeks to de-
termine the character of American ed
; ucation. Their faculties are as rich
in Self-Sac rifice as the faculties OF
Roman Catholic colleges, and with
such an asset in their possession they
may bid definace to all opposition.
The hope of the country at last viii
be found in the small colleges which
the people whom they serve sup
port. The ONpD-rlch institutions. which
have become independent of all civil
and ecclesiastical oversight. are not
doing the best educational work now,
and they Y have done it. The de-
nominations college which these plu-
tOcratic boards s depreciate has done
more for the country thar all or the
obese and apoplectic institutions which
assume to look down upon them. OF
the presidents of the United
states who were cOllegebred. twelve
were graduates of denominationa]
schools. SO were six Of the eight me
who have been chief justices on the
Supreme bench of h United States,
Webster came out of Dartmouth col
leSe when it was denOminatiOnal to its
core, and Longfellow came out Of
nounced it's faith i'll order to get on
the ~"Carnegie Foundation" HaW-
thorne, sydney Lanier, John Hay,
Elihu Root, John G. Calhoun. Alfred
II. Colquit, l.. 9. c. Lamar, and the
present Secretary Of State, all came
from church schools. The denomina-
tional college can safely compare pro-
ducts with the output Of any secular
lied or subsidized institution.
Moreover, the small colleges Of Doth
the States and the Churches have en-
dOWnents in the annual gifts of their
constituencies which the endoWments
offered by The General Education
Board can in no wise equal. For ex- !
ample, the M~ethodists of Georgia
give To Emory College annual. $4,000 ,
which is equivalent to the interest on |
an endowment Of $1,000 0 The State
OF Georgia apprOpriates to the Uni
Nerslty at Athen far more than this.
Why should these gifts of our own
people be subjected to the domination !
OF any outside authority? Why should
our educators stand like mendicants
with hats in hand for small gifts from
AMEN sources when they have such
constituencies behind them? Why
should we despair of our colleges. and
lgnobiy surrender our educational in
and academic freedom for
q conditional gift from the General
Board" or a professors
pension from the Carnegie
tom Why should we barter awav
our birthright forsa mess Of pottace
from the predatory trusts?
We are in no danger unless we can
bought. We are not in desperate
unless u people are desper-
ately mean spirited and mendicant.
think 50 i'll Of my people. They
not going to sell out or surrender
lhey are going to take care Of their
oWn colleges and preserve their own
They Will do this at al
est and cost what it may. our people
are wei able to pay the bill.
1t is a time for LARGE y;on-c
aseous seE-sacrifice, for fearless fdel-
~ ana uarlng generosity. For one I
Nv aefnss expect our people to resent
my EFFORT to allure their colleges aur.y
ron them. They will botn keep their ,