Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1846-05-27
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Ala meeting ofthe Board of Trustees
of The SouIh Carolina College. the semi
annual Reports OF tue President and Pro-
fcssors, were referred 10 Special Com
niltee, consisting Of Messrs. Wilhers,
Perry and Manning, who submitted 10 the
Board, through their Chairman, on the
18th instant. Report at large on the
.aIons matters embraced in the papers
referred to Them Whereupon.
| sOn MOTOR Of Mr.. Bellnger, leave was
:ranIed to The Editors of Newspapers to
..ubIish the following portions of the
Report as relating 10 subjects in which
tile Parents aud Guardians ofthe Students
,nd the public generally would be deeply
Interested.
TYour Committee attended diligently
,I,erecenr Exhihition Of the Senior Class,
and they rely on wha, was developed on
the stage upon tina, occasion, as well as
the impressions made upon iihem by
personal intercourse with this promising
Glass as justifying the anIicipalions in
whichIhey have ven'nred 10 indulge. :.
"Your Committee are persuaded that if
the health of The eninenI gentleman a. the
mead Oft College shall be spared, the
Judgment of the Board who invited him to
that position will he vindicated, and The
fond expectations oftheir couutrymen who
80 cordially and generously acqniesced
in the selections will not be disappointed
by proxmate and Ultimate results.
81, has been truly gratifying TO observe
The entire devotion of the President to the
interests oflhe College. and Inc delightful
relation which he seems already to have
established between himself and those
classes with whom his duties have led him
frequently 10 associate. Your Committee
approve of The leading principle upon
J which they understand the government nl
the Students is placed by The Faculty. viz:
thepersuasion Of a dignitied bur aiirctionule
parental relation, as well in practice as in
profession and precepl, aided by firm
, application of The measures of terror and
of penalty unly when The other has totally
failed. The consequence, thus far, touching
, the point Of order and discipline, has been,
, that although sindry members Of the Col
| Iege, apparently aiming a.the idea OF tes-
, ting the strength of the new govern nienl
/ have been suspended and the judgment
{ adhered to with an answering ri g0r. yet
2 now general good order prevails. accom-
$ panied, as the committee cdnfidently hope,
i, with an advancing spirit Of genleel de-
j pertinent. Your Committee sincerely
(. hope thai the time has now come. 10 the
r history of the College, when main design
!, shall constantly be, 10 graduate not a
: Scholar merely, Hut also sentlenan:
;, THE suggestion that certain degree OF
:, knowledge on the subjects of Anatomy
u aud Physiology should be impaired to lhe
: Students by Professor EaBorde, meets
the entire approbationof your Committee;
c and they recommend thai the expenditure
of sum not exceeding Three Hundred
e Dollars 1890, for the means Of ilustra-
Fl 6FanCTsz- kA-sGinre
e seems TO be remarkable ignorance among
those otherwise well informed; and yer,
S besides that such ignorance actually dis
g qualities one TO describe to Physician
IS ntelligibly his disease, it ought 10 be con
cedcJ. that degree of knowledge cnn.
o cernins the wonderful structure OF our
b bodies, and the equally wonderful laws
and functions pertaining 10 the Nervous
II System, must obviously belong To be-
raj education, is indispensable TO any sen.
a siOle view of The means Of preserving or
}. reguining health, and must lead every
J. mind, Whether old or young, moi less Than
the overwhelming conceptions that spring
J. from The contemplation Of he firmamenl
}, Of Heaven, TO devoul and humble ad
j. niraIion Of the great Author Of our briug
d "The addition of Ihe foregoing subject
n 10 the Department Of Professor LaBnrde,
tugelner with other causes mentioned in
n the Report of the President. have led ,he
Faculty 10 aim al d re engagement Of Re
citations, and TO some extent, Of branches
of study, among the several Professors
e and scheme has been suggested by the
h President, as 10 Rectatons, which i.
'I herewi h reported only for the information
d ef The Board but il Is recommended tina
j. ihs snhjecl be left with the Faculty uuli
& they had brought il 10 matt Iity, when, i
necessary. the action of This Board nay
5. sanction and confirm il. The most tha
Of The Committee are prepared now TO say
upon line suhjec, is, Isl. That they ap
.e prove the idea OF establishing some degre'
le Of intercourse, (as much as is consis,en
ID with The interest and claims of other de
l. panmenls,) between the Chaplain Of tn
College and each of the Classcs; Cd. Tha
& there should be as many consecutive Re
ID citations by the same Class on The sam
branch of study, as The necessities of III
general system will permit. The purpos
5. OF The Committee is, TO advise that " he
p. the lntellecI of the class has been rouse
le and directed into a particular channel,
Of shall be imPeiIed in that direction, wit
I'd The shdriest interruption practicable. !
of connection with this subjecl, The Commit
" eesuppose that it might be well for III
10 Faculty to consider, whether the order q
REGULATIONS for the space Of week or
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