Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1852-1852, 1852-10-19
Schools NortE, and South.

The Charleston Temperance Ad'o,"te
sulioincd remarks on Northern ara eou'lein
colleges. This matter is worthy OF attention,
ard we trust the day is rot distant |"ei' o"
children can be taught IN Southern Sc''o''' anu
from Southern textbooks:
Most Of the Biographies used IN cur SCHOOLS
,ro chiefly dedicated to the benevolent oEIect ol
rr,n,ijyinE whatever is produced IN the Northern
States. and especially in New England, at the
exne,se Of the young siSterhood. Any one, by
sxampiuo .Mitchell's Geography which, for
wears past, has superseded almost every other
treatise on this subject, and comparing 1t care
f;lv with Others, may satisfy himself On tins
MONT. This invidious distinction Is especially
worthy Of notice in the dcscril lti"ns of literary
institutions, colleges, universities and pubic l.
brarics throughout the Union. III chronc.'n@
the resources of the Southern States, r"i'"enc"
70 their provision for popular cducAhon l. et'er
studiousv omitted, or else bestowed III so super
fcial 4 manner, without comment ot any k'hd'
IS 10 leave the impression that the lew which are
considered worthy Of being named in laS>ing,
have never attained the smallest celebrity. lie
Now Epcla,d universities. on the contrary, IT,
caive t,c credit (Which far be it from our incha
tion or intention to withhold from th"m) OF h;'-
vino contributed 10 the Union many OF It's ilI"S'
dj,tilnuishcd mcn We would not d"tract iio'h
the classic shades of old Harvard or \ ale any
norton of That well-carncd and Tciiy-n'ciited
ranutation which is not only Il monUmrht "i
rIrrv 70 New England, but to our whole c"u'!-
frv. Int we must, at the same time, be allowed
to claim for the South the distinction OF having
ov.n birth to very large proportion OF the
Sreat minds. which have reflected so much hon
Or mon the alma Mater Of their adoption
Like everything else at the North, these lNS'ltu-
tions have derived much Of Their SUPPORT ana
fame from the contributions OF our own clt'Leis,
who, for the false ccl0t which it brings win IT,
even UP to this time, continue to send thr'F cllI-
drcn TO them to the neglect and diSl'&ragehich'
of similar institutiols at home.
ave would not weary the reader with eiabo-
rate statistics to prove the fact, which no one
who has read a single published catalogue ot Il
Northern college vii! undertake to deny: o"c
illustration, which happens to be within onF
reach at this moment, will be sufficient tor the
satisfaction of any who have never looked INTO
the calculation.
"A catalogue Of the University Of pennsylva-
MIA, dated in 1915 G, contains the names OF 49,
students in the va:ions departments. OF thcSr,
265 were from the Southern States; Virginia
contributing so, North Carolina 81, South Care.
lima 10. Gc5rcia, II, Alabama. %, Mississippi
Is, and Kentucky, Tennessee, Maryland and
Louisiana the remainder. The first named State
alone paid as her proportion nearly onc-iIith' the
second exactly onc-eighth and the whole South
within fraction OF two-thlrdS.
Gas an offset to this, we find in catalogue
Of one of the literary societies attached to the
South Carolina College, commencing from the
Foundation of.tbsSceiety in 1906 up to 1912, a
list Of mcmbess rnylt&fing some thousands, IN
which we hsS9sscaIc IN vain for the namc Of
q sinole stjitieft from a Northern State during
period Of thirty-siS years
.sThe ipydious andWidclv-markcd distinction
thus created. has been recognized and endorsed
by our people TO such an extent, that the Norm
ern colleges and schools have acquired all th"Ir
celebrity at the expense OF our own ana 4
Youths education is not considered liberal one,
unless he can produce diploma from one OF the
fashionable seats Of classical learning IN New
England. Now, let us inquire, what have been
the consequences to ourselves Of having larIShcd
our money and our batteries upon these inSt!iu-
lions, to the neglect of those at home.
THUS we see that while we have 50 extensive
" aided in times past to build up all educated
community outside Of our borders by a:fordinc
TO Northern academies and colleges the means
of diffusing the blessings of Knowledge almost
universally, We are compelled. with shame ANA
remorse. to look back at widely different condl-
t IN Of things at home and to lament over the
vast diSproportion which it exhibits to that OF
our ueirlbors: and this sad result has been
caused bv our having withheld from the former
n. v.ry rn,ns hy which Wc have literally con-