The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1857-06-24
From the South Carolinian
The South Carolina College.

The South Carolina College.
In publishing The action of the Board
OF Trustees, we designed to give simply IL
copy of the resolutions rs adopted. That
in relation 10 the proposed reorganization
Of the institution on the University plan,
seems liable to mjscoustruction. The res.
olution met with the general acQuicsccnce
of the Board, and was referred TO the
Committee TO report a pr0jet at the meet
ing in November ncyt-the action Of
course will not be linal until the report of
the Committee is acted upon. Cot. w.
&. Preston, who introduced the resolu.
ton, authOrses us to notice what lie said
at the Board for pubic consideration.
we understood him, in offering his res.
oiution, to say, that it was expedi@nt to
make essential notifications in the edu.
cational system OF the South Carolina
Coege-that he proposed the establish
ment Of fourteen schools, or profcSSorships
each professor TO have salary of one
thousand dollars, and to receive ten dol
lars from each student entering his school.
which should be Il pcrquSltc in addition
to his fixed saIary-So that one hundred
students entering the school OF profcs
scr would give him an income Of $4,000,
and so on.
The number Of students would thus de-
pend upon the reputation, ability and at.
tractiVeness OF the professor, and make
his omolument commensurate with his
merit. This stimulus tintcrest Mr.. Pres.
ton thought desirable for the professors,
while the fixed moderate salary would re
lieve the enterprise frcm the character of
q mere risk. This, Mr.. p. said, WAS the
plan at the University of Edinburgh.
Each student matriculated in the Col ,
lege should bc required to enter in at
least three schools, and the fec of malric. !
ulation should be SIS for the whole !
coarse, while the student continues in |.
College, securing to him the privileges of
the Library, apparatus, and use OF the
rooms.
Thus the permanent appropriation for
fourteen protessorships would be $l4 coo. |
The matriculaion fee for 500 students |
would give $4,000, which would be |
enough to keep the public property in re-
pair; while the ticket for three schools, !
$50, and the fee OF matrjcuIarion, Sl5, /
would be less than the tuition charge now |
paid. The public appropriation would |
be diminished $4,000, and tie charges |
upon the students ten per cent. The fol- |
lowing were his suggestions, as TO the !
schools
!. A School Law.
2. OF Medicine.
3. OF Natural Philosophy.
4. Of Natural History.
5. o. Mathematics,
6. OF Engineering.
7. Of Chemistry.
/. 8. Of Geology and Palaontology.
0. OF Belles-Lettcrs and Rhetoric.
10. OF History and Political Economy.
II. Of Greek and Latin.
y. OF Hebrew and Cognate Ian
guages.
l3. OF French, German and Modern
Languages.
IA, Of Moral Philosophy and Meta.
physics.
The selection Of these e schools would
be voluntary, and without any prcrcqui.
sites except Of moral standing.
The standing Of the students in their
respective schools would be ascertaincd
by two yearly examinations, at which the
degree Of proficiency shall be marked
from to 0, and those who attain the
mark Of !, or 8, may receive ccrtii
cate OF proficiency. The diploma Of the
College shall be conferred er naeyjto, upon
final examination, having attended three
schools for two years.
HE asaembiage Of fourteen learned
men AS instructors will create intellectual
atmosphere, and their contact will stimu
late to activity and research, and multi
ply the means OF knowledge. \ very
large eoncourse OF students may he cx.
pected., Ihelr numbers would break
down the present monastic systems ofdis.
e,Phne, and indicate new order Of
thIngs'
Mr. Preston sa'd he touched upon an
other point with much dithdence, but he
thought 1t important
Inc bo"'d OF trustees WAS constituted on
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