Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1860-05-03


On invitation of the gentlemanly and enter
prising Prinsipals-Messrs. JENK1Ns and CowAR1
we have visited this school, and we must SO,
that we derived from the visit, great and un
feigned pleasure. The recitations at which VI
were present; the evidences Of thorough prepa
ration and good discipline; the searching method
of instructors; the awakened interest Of pupil:
in their studies, and their known habits of 30
briefly, subordination and studiousness, all be.
token the true principles upon which this school
is founded, and the ability with which it is con.
Quoted. We were especially pleased to see the
History of South Carolina, by W. GILMORE SIMMs,
adopted as text book-au evidence that the
Principals are determined to supply in every
section, or department, that which is best for
the young minds training and development. No
State in the Union has more interesting history
than South Carolina, nor an abler historian of
itself than Mr.. S1MMs, and We heartily recon.
mend the admirable new edition of his work
upon which he labored almost the whole of last
year-to schools and families, as the most relia-
BILE, copious, concise, and entertaining history
to be had of our State.
This school has been established six years !;
during which time, the firm and consistent, but
enlightened and humane, enforcement of its
laws, has created such prevailing state Of good
conduct and manly regard to duty among old
cadets, that new ones, under the influence of
good example, fall into the usual order of things
almost without an averse thought or inclination
In this respect our military school is greatly
preferable to those which have been organized
only, perhaps, few months and which, conse-
quently, can have no such conserver of good or
der as body of we'll disciplined old cadets.
Beside the course of study necessary to ad-
into the second class of the Citadel at
Charleston, there is q strictly classical depart
ment, to prepare boys for South Carolina, or
any other College. This is a rare inducement
and it seems to US that parents who wish to
graduate their boys at a literary institution,
would do we'll to send them here to prepare, in
,rder that they might receive the benefit of mill
:sry discipline.
The faculty is composed of young men, poss-
sssing much talent, and superior attainments in
their respective departments Mr.. JAMESON,
he French Professor, has just taken his seat.
The enterprise and spirit that characterize the
school, are seen in the fact that before assuming
lis place, Mr.. JAMESON went to Paris and placed
himself under native instructors, which is the
,nly way of mastering the difficult pronuncia-
ion Of the French language He comes now,
resh from this field of culture, to the discharge
If his duties; and will, doubtless, magnify his
,fice."
The location of this school in our beautiful
md highly salubrious and healthful mountain
7i!lage; its object, as nursery not only for
military, but also literary, institutions of the
highest grade; and its character, as reflected in
principals, instructors, cadets, bylaws and reg
,lations, recommend it highly to the patronage
# parents and guardians in South Carolina and
he surrounding States.