Old South Education before the War to Destroy Southern Civilization

 

In the Old South, only those children whose parents thought they needed education, attended school; many did not.  Of those who did not, many were taught at home to read or to read and write.  A higher percentage of Southerners than Northerners attended college, though students in Southern colleges were more interested in making and enjoying social contacts than in acquiring knowledge

Classical education persisted in the agricultural South longer than in the industrial North.  Classical education was about the Greek passion for truth and beauty and the Roman genius for government.

 (This was not knowledge that the rulers of an industrial social system would believe it particularly desirable for their laborers and managers to possess.)

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