The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1914-05-22
ANOTHER POLITICAL CURSE.

"If the board of trustees of the Mississippi state educational in
existing at the University of Mississippi and devise ways and means
for satisfying the crying demands OF that institution there would be
a possible chance OF resurectng the ghost OF the past and again
having a school at Oxford which would compare faYorably with the
first so long as the chanceIorshp OF the University is to be held up
as the reward for faithful political allegiance regardless OF whether
blacksmith much less a chief executive of what is supposed to be
NJ iost and unless the Brewer and Noel idea can be done away
with and the office properly filed better to abandon the useless eN
pendnure OF money!"-Senatobia Democrat
Ever and anon such expressions as the oboye are seen IN certain
are sincere, but seriously, when what they say is uttered, Or boiled
down there is itte to back ii up such statements are "a a shadow
w TnocE h 'mS doU s'S again. We s are pn5s Seeking II to make any defense Of
anybody but merely to get our editorial brethren to scratch their
thing Every loyal MississiPPian wants to see the University pros;
per. When the Senatoba Democrat says the Brewer and Noel
idea" it is forgetting, no doubt, that the present able and distinguished
Chancellor of the University was named by board oftrustees presided
same board took H. l.. Whitfield out of the Office of State Superin-
tendsnt s of f6IIese' B aa6 t P%t n gen1 a, sns h bsre vi N nuen''a The n
have done a great work in each institution. The board of trustees, a
not name name Chancellor Kincannon, as the Democrat intimates, as a
reward for faithful political allegiance" We heartily subscribe to
tons. Qualifications and adaptabiity should be the first considera-
s sn are entitled to the very best talent that can be had to direct
our educational work and we feel suret that this is the spirit that
troned former boards. In the ordinary Interpretation of the word
are taught to be ambitious to aspire 10 h11gher things here VIII De
this kind Of politics in free America. There is this kind of poll
up OF women aud in fraternal orders. Certainly there should be no
barter about our educational institutions, there should be no one
OdG IA wa
ment is not nfrequeutiy made that there should be a man att the heac
of the State University the equal in ability OF the head OF Princeton
Yale or Harvard, but those who think thus must remember that these
men are paid from $1,000 to $4,000, and that the Legislature ha:
seen fit to fix the maximum salary of the Chancellor Of the Univer
sWy at $500.
The standards of the University of Mississippi have been very
much raised during the administration of the present Chancellor anC
it is regarded as one of the greatest Universities in the South
There are but two Universities in the South that are rated highe
than the University OF Mississippi, those OF Texas and Virginia, anc
they have more funds. II is an easy thing to knock 1t takes n
talent to tear down but it does take some 10 bund up 1t is niue
easier 70 culcise those .u 2uy tuan 10 perform their tasks SO W
brser b all Iowa. M.ssissippans to put their shoulders TO the whee
10 make the University greateT-tO make everybody in the state i
low with il and wiki all the other educational institutions of tn
commonwealth Hunanity is prone TO see greatness only at a dis
lance. We need to cultivate the spirit of loyalty to state. We hav
a great people. Those abroad who bear the reputation of "grea
educators pay the very highest tribute to our state colleges and t
our public school work. These great educators who have mad
personal visits to our state and inspected our institutions, say thu
our agricultural high schools are superior to any n the Union
Mississippi has some great educators. and they are periodically an
u~nselhshly dcvoting themselves to the educational betterment of OF
state. Mississippi is not behind and she has IN her midst some ed
Gators who would reflect credit upon her in any state in This broa
land.
the home, for moulding public sentiment, and we appeal to tho:
of the press who are inclined to find fault TO inform themselves we
Let them try to see conditions from the other side. We are pc
suaded that their CT tcisms otter come from only partial informato