Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1849-12-05
MO. AG.

been the subject Of Executive :ecommen-
de'ion. Such AL officer appears 10 be
needed, mainly with view TO dssipn,e
existing errors. and perhaps to reconcile
conflicting opinions. recommend that
suitable individual bo selected 10 ascertain,
by personal observation, the discipline and
regulations of the schools The mode of
instruction; the Lnoks taught; the capac-
lty and general fitness of The teachers;
whether the sums respectively received by
The districts and parishes are adequate to
their wants, and the regular supply OF
qualified Instructors; in fine. to see and
report the pracIical operation of the present
system, and 10 suggest such Improvements
as he might deem valuable. In this way.
more light, il is probable, will be shed on
the subject in two years-rhe lime Id
which The agent should he limited-thaii
the reports of the commissioners have fur.
nished since The organization OF the scheme
for popular instruction.
AS strictly germane 10 the matter under
consideration, ! am constrained 10 slate,
That suitable elementary works are greatly
wanted. IL a few Of Tho books in common
use tend TO corrupt The Taste of youth. 9th
ers show The utter unacquain,ance of their
auth with the philosophy of the mind;
moreover, these productions are generally
unadap,ed TO southern pupils. There are
many in which the poison of fanaticism iu
some form is certain 10 he found. Hatred
to our domestic institutions, directly or in.
directly expressed. is by this means aItemp-
'ed to be eografled on the :en,lcr and flexi-
BILE miud:
For The obrainment Of proper elemental
ry books, of which The Faculty of The col
ege shall approve, the Legislature might
oifor liberal reward. The public money
could not he more judiciously expended.
DEAF AND DUMB SCHOOL.
In company with T. N. Duwkins, one of
the commissioners, l visited. in July. a
schnol for The deaf and dumb, at Cedar
Springs, Spartanburg. under the superin-
tendence Of N. =. Walker. Al tha, time.
the number Of pupils was eishl-ive males
and three fen,aIes-of whom seven were
benefcaries, aud one pay scholar. Al
though lhe Institution was not opened IN.
I'll The 22l of January last, the remarka.
BILE proficiency Of its scholars assured US
of The capacity, skill. and assiduity of The
principal. We accordingly resolved pub.
!6aHr 8 gsaomRfen4h 81 maRHfe th7sh Ia W. eaEePP
school, as we'll entitled TO their patronage
and confidence.
The location at Cedar Spring has long
been distinguished for saIubrious atmos.
phere, and The purity and saluary proper-
ties Of its wafer. To these advantages
as soon as the work shops, III the progtess
oil erection, shall have been completed-
is 10 be added the means of instruction In
some useful trade. by which the male pu-
pills will have the opportunity of p!o6ting.
Uopossessed as we are Of accurate data
in the relation 10 the number of mutes in
the State, there yet seems 10 be good rea.
son TO believe that fifty or sixty may exist.
Forty pupils can now he accommodated
with board and ndging by Mr.. WaIksr.-
As The speedy enlargement Of the school
will require additional teachers, it may he
sratifoing TO know that the services of
one or moro Of that useful class are OBJ.
lainabIe in this or sister State.
In Hartford. Connecticut there are sew
ell mutes from South Caarolina. Every
year the number will he diminished; per.
haps, i'll 1852, mol one will remain out of
the Stale. AS the fund to The credit of the
deaf and dumb is large, no further appro-
prlallon by The Legislature is required.
AT present, the blind are without the
benefit Of education in our State. A hope.
/ hn, io md, L.,
on its humanity will short lie removed.
CITADEL AND ARSENAL ACADEMIES.
| strongly recommend these schools,
which, from the efficiency of their disci.
plne and modes of instruction, merit the
epilhet of Normal, to your fostering care
and protection. The best commentary ON
their value is the fact that the graduates,
without an exception, are now engaged in
honorable pursuits. and n spreading uver
the State and elsewhere the intellectual
treasures gathere! al these institutions.
So deep in my mind is the conviction of
their usefulness aud immeasurable ,superi.
ority over our free schools. in all that re.
la'es 10 moral, mental and physical culture,
that. Independents of grave reasons of pub.
III P"HSJ aNl lIuuGcu lO recommend The
establishment Of anoIhcr Military Acade.
my, TO be located in one of The upper dis
lricIs; also, that The accommodations for
quarlering the Arsenal cadets oe doubled.
or by additions made sulficien, for sixry.
four young men.
To increase the utility of the Academies.
elevate the moral standing of the cadets.
and render more certain The prospec.s of
their future efficiency, submit, The follow.
ing proposals to your favorable notice:
l. That the Governor Of the Stale. and
the B"a:d Of Visitors and Faculty, be au.
Ihorlzrd 10 confer the degree of graduate
of the institution upon such cadets as NAV
be found qualified to receive ii.
2. That. in future. every beneficiary
cadet shall be required 20 serve in The ca
pacily OF u teacher for two years after
graduation, unless excused by the Board
Of Visitors.
:, 3. That the nnrnher of the Board Of
: Visitors, tn he appointed biennaIly by the
Governor, he increased to nine, and thar
these he selected from different pursui,s