Joseph H. Johnson
Uudleyville
Tallapoosa County,
VOL. I.
MAIMON, ALA.. A tJG LIST, 1.S7M.
NO.
Howard Collegian,
si iis minis :r
асхда:
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MARION. ALA., Al t
iUST.
r»;j
StubfitU Hf|iar!m(iit.
bsitorial committee.
Ij> dlMcnl, lianlibood In
fa.c of etc») difficulty.
*ly said ih.n l he glory of
hi rising at every till, than
igh 41*110 n. This should
spirit of the agr Vet
|K>puUr than
*ml who
**//
answer to the call
of i hr cmtrjr? Who tkaaU
Ын
the
I
>оипк
men who tread out ball* of learning ?
I IVspitf *bc *ad mndition of our country.
I Kalmarian, the (ulMiiun of lilwrty ami i* attentively torn
* the fount of better, live* ami Ihriviv prolubility.
тлу
at
COMPULSORY EDUCATION.
«trui^tU
I"
l|lM U-
.mug
|iy |l
The
’ lialbyrf W -IcttHflc* >
• l»r|H of t fit student.
l lm Mibjc« l n
л
imir of talent ami
country
дМ
in ot
commended to thr
cn trusted with thr i
-!ч.
alional interest* of
several of the Slat. % of the Union. Hence,
we see that it berottM * topic of (sira
mount interest to in, ami one that should
; as we, in all
time not distant
ha\c {he question, as «-If* adoption. sub-
, as adopti
i «Ici^ton.
neuters of interest . and only when there
i» an abuse of (Ms triut does the State Ca¬
ere «sc her prerogative.
I by A fliers may * untend Ilia» difficult) would
•oth ip thi“ attend the
спГоггсшсМ
of this system ; in
t has been °,h<r """b.
»«
lw impracticable,
in of those
И”1
,he which impose* use* for the
sup|Mirt of common school* has aceotn-
plotted only a portion of the result for
which it wan mac tcil There arc teacher*,
school -houses and all other requisite*,
sufficient, in some of the Mates at lca*t. to
accommodate all the "children. The syv-
tem seems cumplcMffiftn every jiart. and bids
fid* to (educe itit! 'number ol tile til iterate
PHILOSOPHERS.
Coaposito by Mirk Twain, Jr.. Local
Bdi
of Eeward Cslisgios.
low-men
I was a
«
Frohiiui
. H-
tn wudom. So I il
* Frchman. When I I
. in, opinion of till, clam
»«
ami. no* -Ihal I have become a
(till rt.nlp.cil Junior. I con.iilef Ihcm no
WIMT Ilian ortliuary monala. The Idea of
.ill h men bring licnrfo, tor. to the human
I). FOKVILLK
W. Sandkks
i>. c;.
м
w
devotee* of ss.tiiue and art Mill Im»w
at her shrine l
again resound to the
and echo the word, of
»
«turn and m.llm lhe
|«шт.
which on lelv ha, ’ukriv V« lhl* F" 1 ul"
» '«>
'“’S'- «rnurlrring Knowleilge.” proclaimed Sic Ima, Sewlon
lion. Though our .hip alnuMt foundered fur 11, own prorcclron. Il n apparent that 'he annual capcnditirrc lo
мррои
and ,he grcalcl bcnrfaclor of 'he human me
l.lulonhledl,. me reform i. re.|uired to avtr> «nail per cnit. of OBf population.
On our la.i rommencemem day,
а ГЛас-
■" hi. .peerh on lhe "Sourer, of
in 'he terrible «orm through which .he ha. j,
„
enough lo puuidi .ifminilv, men
«“•«
'hi-
«ум«т
««bclive. Why Ihcn,
e.
the
готатлпг
or YOUTH.
once il ha, foiled .hroogh lhe neglect of u.
,;га1|Ш,0„
parents lo avail thcmvclvc, of these advan- 1
berarae he ilivroverctl lhe Calculus and lhe
Bui, by way of dl-
Iter* ywwlh, on.
I»,
in^iii
licit ilwrll* Htnul '
And •
лги»
fn« llu*'
Th. wro.1* lb.tr pert
rlyiian i«U
im* lirlng.
Herr cvr
leaf li In tb« Iniil.
It'll Singing ihrutl ill tune,
iMiglil «.'rr ncriing'* »tl*r. lit.
Whal whim lei
And lays I.
Ami gray-baa
г
forgets hi* «Jail
***** down,
rraiutilrn looU and hi
With nan grown dall and
They
|(тг«
the luyuits «lav
Tbal tall* than lo the funni*.. .
Wh*l < bang* N.. «Hkcl «hr ax
In .hddtu yuulb • For
I.»
•
The Judge, the Doctor, ami the !
Are Jack and trail amtj.w!
And Iwhb
In «pare of matdn--r« claim
The gravbcud ia
а иЬипМму
atilt
And fme. hi. school-imp nann
It calms the ruler’s Moony Inea.i
"'hum huirying oue |nir»un.
And Itrtiig*
»
^nie of | waist and rr.|,
like .bjijwrs after sh.Ws
And what are all the |>nic» non
To yimth’s enchanted *lew
»
And what U all the man ha. done
^Tnwhauh* buy may <lo'
And makes all ages one ’
I pledge the sturkling fiwntain’. title,
Thai dings It. golden shnwr.
Wrth age lo ftll and youth lo guide.
Soil boh ta rooming flower !
Flow tin with erer widening .trimnt,
In ceer brightening linen,—
Our «lore’, ie.de, our future’, dream.
The nope of t Inter mtltorn *
O. W
id; though .he now seemingly dual, who luic hruvnl lhe law. Iiuui ■ hildhaoil
on hcl|dcwly lo Ihu heckm of dcumelion up lo hoar, age. There should lie a o. ..mseaM.au- gIce|oni wr wou|,j hc[e .....
11ш
,hr(
M lhe mcicy
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the .1.11 warring clrmenls . lem having for ils uh*t I lhe ,«ee,entlon of U*". doe no. lb,
Кше
eonecl Ihmnd? . . . of the Choemw, no longer
though her path over thr «Mci. I. -till he- crime by intting u in it. innpleni siaic. “ 'hr nydem hi. been reduced
го » Ы1>
(n)m l ho<u„ l lima ^ ^ *
«I
Will! billowy .hoal. «ml hidden reef.. |„ uU.c, word., we nmj pre.enl men from <l««liem of allemlanee, volunury. or com W[eJ ,hc S|1,c of Mr> g. V .
ы
f
with a «coil, hand
«I
lhe helm and a becoming Ind. by properly tiring for the I"1»'» I ,he r"imer hiving been tried ind {he
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^
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W{, ^ ^
piei.ing eye in the forciop. ami wuh Will- Ik,,,. Kor.whemc the vaviandever swell- '“iml nnmecwful. the biter naturally
игув|
in ,w
ц( |и,
e and wc
lag hand, and undaumcil hcon,
ю
work i„g army ofevil-daen? It would U- .cry suggd, Iriclf aathc one icpmllc to render would noi lie vurprued to hear roon tlui
her, .he may yelea.lan. hor in n lu.enof erroneous to
амин
lhal men educated, the cducatwnnl ayvieni complete in pro. rice
|ц.
bis ct„c[cj, ,hTsiale of Mammon, or
liea.e and prow|«-nly. Kduealion’. roll- iiutiulriona— (Den who hire led virtuous J'
“'И
-1' 111 'heory. Bui again, if olher Jn> n||wr of |hc Su|c_ |la’ uc
nc. muu be found, Mill only among thowc lives lo a malurc age, will stirtle the world lin",f uf ,h' pm to abiliiy of compulsory have digrccd sufficicmlr We mnu here
who hold lhe helm, bin even among lho« „j,h oven a. I. of ilepraved villainy. Bin education he re.|uircd, we need hut look
с>рЫп
hu,cvc[i ,hc .„h- Freshmen and
who work the idlip. When tin. generation |uok lo lhe clou mirlurcd in vice, subject- to Uermany. where this sy.lcm has been p.^hmen who have not yet taken a full
•hall have tossed away, the governmeni of c,|
ю
evil inllueoces from infancy. |wr- atlofted, and where the percentage of il courK ,lf Vlngli.h that the Figure of Di
the Sunny -South will devolve . the „„ned by society to drift onward lo wick- literacy is very «mall. The annual earn- ,,rt,,ion (, lhjl by’ which a writer digremev
.'nut h, who now throng our school, and
„Шеи
fee he very i mile. Crime I. in“,ion fur ,rcnli,‘ in ,K<“i aml t”;0 from hlj subject, in order to return iinon
collcgcw. T»u thought should animate ,he offspring of Chance; nor it a unl) 'bwe |ier cent, that were not wj|h red„nb|'cd forcc
яч
,hc
tin: heart of the student, and prompt monster, the growth of an honr or a day.
амр,
amt.il with reading, writing, ami draws lark his list to give a hauler blow
lo continued effort, in his fatiguing labors, |, ,|lc remit of devtdopment ; just as arithmetic. To Iclurn ,0 my ,ub„ , (lur Choctaw
much a. is the habit of well-doing.
«*>!".
those who look only on the
ш
nnce| sjr ^ Ncw,on ^
In youth, if at any period In a man', of 1*hold , benefactor of ,hc human race became, for-
life, must all Influen. e, for good be brought uf “d <Nvdopm«i. which ^ hf jnvcntcd
„и
Cllcu|us. We
to liear. Because, at this formative age. !* a'?.,! ' ° 1 1 oun-
|к-а|
lo tbc jun|or Clis. of Howard Col-
tlon from which she fell, if have the hab|u either go, wl or lr.,1 are formed;
>'У. «
"
»
<ht« tb» .ystem
■»
tmitere-sary. tege> or of MiK, inMitution of equal
determined w, II which ,. essent.nl to sue- , ten.,,, , ,h.u wdl rml an influence 'Ik ''Im “h'ch >bey advance, lo support ,un,|ing,,ifmch there Iwr, whether the in-
,c.. and it we adopt a. the polar Mar of r,„
,„|К11И,
or „eve. cca.mg ,h“ v,LW'ls tbM ,hc Kho°' “ yen», of the Qd-ntu, wa.a.benefoeror^
I, ope. and Wtdww. lhe pro.,.-, It) and d,.vel„[ltd. I? socle, v he
«
u'
*"«•*»■ «
the human race. Our Profemo, consider.
honor ami glory ol our country. «forme,, we ought not to endeavor to ef- ”c,iv* ,M “ 1 ” u*"“,10n*1 it of vital importam e a. a mental disci-
feet this ttilely by hanging ami imprinoning 1 ‘ mt'r"jn’
таУ*
n‘c'r* ' 14 *'ro<1' 1,1 1,1 plinc ; l»ui I have come lo the roocltuloa
a» lie loiU from Jay lo «lay. Ix-l u* re-
member dial our* may be lhe lot lo
такс
or mar our country'» dcutiny ; but we may
plat c her u|m»ii that promt .unl lolly
■** ’ "«Ifft'iin mill niiiriim/iiiitp . a | It I I I i 1 1 u* * in lilt- i tan. Itisii
-Those who admire the men for munler, robbery, ami other
г^'1' лп‘
,,n**ara e *** 111
^пеетет
of that it is an exercise for the miml about
their country towards a high position
But this
it**
Амогикк
I .in
writings of Mr. George I). l'renticc, will
оЛспдо,
however necCMtrj tlmi may lie.
be pleued to read the following extra* i We must remove tho*e evil tendencies be- amonK 'c nations
о
t u c.in >
again: fore lhe vidom seed* liave ferminated, anil “deration shouhl by no means lead
It cannot lw that earth it man's only not await the matured h.rantu of horrible ,hcm lo '
°т'Ыс
,hal ,hcrc rcnuin‘ no,b-
abiding place. It cannot lie that our life | crimes. ThU, compulsory edmat ion is de- ”8 morr or so« ict) lo correct in I »c ma-
is a bubble caat up by the mean of ctcrni signed loatcompluh. It ts an educational ' *,n' r' ^ ' 11 *,rov“ “ ' al so muc J
.
. p b
.« ,» •*« «**
i y, to float a moment u|*m its waves and system that would not only provide for the expense, or its protect on an 0f common sense. His law is as follow*:
•ink into nothinunem. Rlae, why is it instruction of those children whose parents
"Г™ т1,г','стсп1-
that .hr light and glorious «p, ration,. |.c.ccivc the advantage, conferred by art '"onc *hf encra.e,
which leap like angels from the tempi» ol odor a, ion. but would rctu h .ha, eleuren, of of "*** 4"'"« . . ";c. v“ ^
our heart*, are forever unsaddled > Why rot tety now unde, the baneful influence, of ^
«
“I™
“»
,hc
it it lhar the raihbow and «loud» come parents and guanlian* w»«j do not fully
over us with
я
beauty that i* not of earth, | rccoguuc those advantages. The vast
pleasant and profitable as marking hmr and
toting brieks is for the body.
But Sir Isaac Newton’* admirer* malic a
great (erode about hi* great Jaw of gravi¬
tation. Now let us treat the subject with
becoming gravity, and bring it to the test
OUR COUNTRY'S CALL.
Every body in the universe tends toward
every other, with a forcc directly
рго|юг-
Honed to the quantity of matter ami in¬
versely proportioned to the square of the
distance.” "Everybody." Who is cv-
. . . , crvbody? Why, of course, it include* us
true that these enemies arc comparatively , . , , .. , ,
, . . . , , * 3 editors, and common men, and the Jodson
few in the rural district*, the influences . .. c . , • . • ^
and the Seminary fair ones; and. in bu t.
duty of compulsory edin -ition,
а* д
reme
dial treatment, seem* imperative. It i;
and then (xu* off and leave us to muse on army of young men in every large dtv who
_ 1 ** lovclin"*- WhF
•»
“ lb«
«I».
*ppl| If. O. . ..palum ami rneel with uu en- fef cvj| ,„.i|lg u, |K,K,„. Thi, rnmi.
ц
H, . which "hold their festival around the cuuragcment, lor the reason that they «an naJ ,|U44 ,S( in<tce«i. almost wholly made cVcr.v thing that walk* on two legs and
- midnight throne*," are vt above the grasp give no evidence that they have been cdu- up of those who have been brought up in has'nl got fcatlicrs; including women, who
Never before, in the history of our conn- of our bunted faculties, forever hum king cated and arc qualified for business, makes large town* and great cities. It is there arc sup| used to have only fret and ancle*,
try, ha* the present seemed so dreary and u* with their unapproachable glory? And. »p|«arcnt the necessitv of ibis reform, «bal .tbc as*.»**in, the robber, anil the pick- This being settled, let u* proceed. Ev-
desolate, the future so unprouming ami finally, why U it that bright forms of hu Under this system, we should have no
щ**:
hi nations • cry bod
у
ifor example, one of ns tioys)
gloomy. When tlie contest * loved, which nun beauty are prcwnird to our view and ignorant mechanics ami im om|ietent lmsi- (| the duty of educating this cla-« i* tends toward* every other (toward* some
swept away the pride and the flower of out taken from us, leaving tlie thousand stream* nc** men Thus, as the improvement* in neglected, all other reformatory measure* oilier boy, wc may suppose* with a force
land, and the lofty and resplendent form of of our affection to flow hack like Alpine the arts and the advancements in science
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be in vain.
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hangman may do pro|N>nioncd to the quantity of nutter
our country had been rrdmeri to a 1 1 fries* torrents upon the heart f Wc are leva to base la* ilitalrd iradv ao-l rnhamcvl the J**
•/
'**“* i%. the t«iggrr wr get. the more wc
wealth ol lhe country hi affording advan-
skeleton, a horde of ghoul* came from a higher destiny than of earth There
the North to draw lire very marrow I rum
л
realm where llw rainbow never forlev,
the denuded bone.. Sum lira! time, our when ibe -Ur. will vpread out Irclorc uv
country has Ireen gradually sinking in lhe like hland. tlmi slumber on the o. can. ami
.rale of natron, . and now there arc " none w here the Ireaulrlul being, whir It paw lie-
wjroor to do her honor ” Tire condition fore uv like shadow, will slay in our pres
cm
г
forever.
Ax
of her agriculture, her seboob, her ehureh-
cs. her trail, of Male, rv indeed deplorable.
Nor do lhe rorllaril omenv of her political
horovrojw prcwigr a day ol ha|r,.mrw or "1"v“l
•uteesw in lhe future. Ihrl we have already
lingered too long around the mauvolum
where lie cntotnbnl the Iasi remain, of her
departed great lie.. Duly, loudly ami
earnest
К
. eollv ujron every one to stand at
■
Ы»
poa. She (lav trtevl in Mcnlorun
voice throughout lire client of our land .
and, up to the prewnl trove, vlve ha. Iwet,
mockingly anvwered by vain crlrues. lhal
reverberate Ihroogh devolstcr) field, and
dewrd Iron.» lb, I '-there t. life in the
old land yet " Where liven arc the heron
who .hall re.pon.1 ro lhe urgent .all
„I
■heir native fond > She rail, for men ol
Intelligence, of energy, of rnlegni, fo,
men of moral cmirage and
ЬаггЫюо.!
moral courage lo do rheir duty in vpitc of
igibnl, and vet no permanent cure lcnd toward» one anraher, ,nd inversely
luge» unknown in other ila)*, so would will lie anomplisiicd. pro| «onioned to the «listxncc (that i*. the
universal cduiatioo, by Isauig a help to in If intended to exhaust llu* subject* nearer wc gel, the more siruiigly we Ate
ilii.tr , • prmlm e rc-ullv .nil more desirable. or " s4«1.l,- of
«.
doing, mm h
д|„„
,„| by one another Thi, i, eer-
mlght Ire .tilderl But enough for tlu- . . ' , h
prevent Wlul we have vai.l i, our Ittlnihle U •' ’ l,“‘"
‘ Я
vim of
я
*4ibje* t of \ital interest to civil-
iml
мм
ictv. SusMA
in which toflik plai e I
of a Titian* ial
an offiic,
no matter where By some mean* or ol her
it hapjicnnl lhal the office boy owed one
of the clerks three cents, the <lcrk owed
the cashier two «cm*, and thr cashier
owed the office l«oy two
«
ents ‘Hie oftUe
boy, having
л
cent in his pocket, conclu¬
ded to diminish the drill, and therefore
Hence, n i* a conceded fact that "the
wealth producing («oner ol the Slutc grow*
in exact proportion to tlu* cdu* ainmnl fa-
iilitie* which the Stale furnishes." Wc
have tlm* far considered a lew of the
Is the last number of
Тих
Ibm in.
ut* that may be addii. cd in favor of U'ot.l h.uk is tlie report of Colonel J. T
handed lhe bror
in turn, (Mid lialf of Ins delu
the coin lo the cashier. The hi
thr penny to the offi.
г |юу,
rei
" Now, I nidi owe you a rcr
The *>ffi* r Iwy again iiaac«|
lerk. who,
by giving
irking.
, k
f, ami the latti
|-ying it to tlie
this system let u* n««w
o’.werve some of
the objee t i«iii
«
It may be affirmctl that
it is inronii tent
with our (•rincqiles, as < iti
ren* of a irpub-
lit . to advocate this
|апи
i
dar system, since
It is one that infringe* u|«
n iwir rights, and
evokes law* iiuolting a "
sired h of (lower
lhal would make an V l on. or a Icffenmn
turn jale " To this «alii.:
(lion, wIim h i an
I«ut hare its origin in pn*;odH c or sshhc-
thing worse, wr would r
eply tlut. when
the (aitriiis of a i IiiM *o <
lerrst as to neglct t it* nil
и
ati'in for tuiure
.at, tlll.itt lltlla*al
1 Ilf lit It. l.-.lfa-» llw< i. inn .
— ,r viitriri.t..itiit
all a. iiaal.
luic the question of right ami wrong Mib
We lure
never experienced any temienry towards
anybody tlut wear* a mustache. Perhaps,
then, lie «Iocs not really mean fts xuvnonv.
I Tie term may l«c u*eil here in a more re¬
stricted seme We recollect a \xnc from
I he |«oet Bum*, in which the word l»ody is
We hair known (,'oloiicl Mur foe a long limited in *cn»c am! doc* not include cv-
limc, ami were
рге|мт1
to expect t*« hear erybody. Kan reader, please gise us your
ol t he dei nlcd so*
«
e**he lu* attained in his special mention here, for the sene
«с
arc
management ol the Howard, Indeed, about to quote propound* a question which
under In* ailiinrable lontrol, tlie s«hool ur think will lie very aiqiriqtriatc for your
has gooc on slcaildy improving from the delating! • lub*. when, in asserting your
tone he first took * barge until lhe dose «*f woman’s right*, von start them
llu- last session Valualilr miii'ov. merits ■!( iMp
have I iev n a«lde«l
aprovementa
ind *tw h arrangements
a %oung man
«
an Im
■aper than m any other
t) wc know lo l*c
*«-
with Coload Murfre
re c»|w* t to hear that
I iKro.
II a U.ly kl
Niol > I uni.
Пн*
I* all pbu
boily i of the
body (Ol‘ the
rough the rye
u sec i if said
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