Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1849-12-08

directly express .cd, is bv tlsmcarls attempted
TO he cnyraftcd ON The tender and flexible min l..
For the attainment of proper elementary
books, of which the Faculty of the college hail
approve, the Legislature Eiaht oTrr Il lib "a
reward. The public nomoy could not be more
judicionsly expended
DEAF AND DUMB SCHOOL.
Tncompany withT. y. DawEns, ono OF the
commissioners, visited in JULY, a school for
the dcafand dumb, at Cedar Spriars, Spartan.
burg, under the superintendent of ~ r, Wal
kcr At That time, the number of pupil wa b,
cght--iivo males anl three fcma!cs--tf whom
seven were b9nciicinrics anlonc pay scholar.
Although the instituticn wa NOT cpcncl una,
the 22nd orJanuarv last, the rcmarl;,:l,l.. no.
ficiencv Of inc scholars assured US cf thc chpa,.
lily, skill. and assiiu;y Of the principal. We
accordingly resolved ppblichly to recommend
10 tilc parcnts AMI guardians ofmu'c children
Mr.. Walkers school rs well entitled tn thcir
pat~cnagc and coNhlencc The oca'on =! Co.
'Nr Springs has long been distingui he'd fora
Faiubrious atmo pEcrc, andthe purity and Salu
tary propcrIci of is water To the Q alvan-
tage'-os soon9s The work hops in thc pro-
Crcse of erection shall have been ccmpIetc;l--.-
isto he added the iDesns of Instruction in some
nseiHi trade, by which thcmalc pupils will
have nj opportunity ofproGtns
Urro'ac c1G We ara of accurate data in
rotation TO tic rumh2r of mutcs in ic State,
thorc vet seem; 10 be good reason to believe
that fifty or siX!v may exist. Forty pupils can
now be ac2on.mo lated w.h board anl lodging
b. Mr. Walker. As the ,pccIv enlargement
ofthc schoo! will rcqHirc additional teachers.
il maybe gratifying to knew that The service
of one cr more of that uscfCl class nr4 ob;ainN-
bic in this on Il sister State. In lmifnri. Con.
neGtcut, there are seven mutcs from South
H., l L
nl'niihcd; pcrharr in 1882, not one will rcnlain
ont of the State As The funl to TIC cra,ie of
the deaf AMI dtmb is large. no farthnr arcrn-
pya!cn hF The Lrgi ln,ure i required
At pre- emf, the h'in.l are without The benefit
Of education in or state. A hope, however. i;
indulged that this reflection ON il, humanity
will shortly be removed
CITADEL AND ARSENAL ACADEMIES.
Istrcnglv recommend thr.c schools which.
from the efficiency OF their discipline and modes
of Instruction, merit the op;het of Normal to
your feelings care and protection The best
commentary ON their valuc is the fact ;lat the
graduotrs, without an exception. are now en-
gagged in honorable pursuits, and in sprcaGinr
over the State and elsewhere the Intellectual
treasures gathered mt these institutions. So
deep inmy mind is the conviction of their use
fuhcSs and mmca:urablc superiority over free
schools, in all that relates to moral mental and
and physical culture That independent of ,ravc
rca cnS of public policy, am induced to re-
commend The cstabli-lmont of;no,hcr Military
Academy, Go be located III one of the upper dis
tricts; alyo, that the accommodations for quar-
tcrng the -frscnal cadets be doubled or bv adj
ditious made sufficient for sixty four yomlg
nlca
Toncrcaec the utility of hc Academies, ec-
vatc the moral Standing of the cadets. and ron