The Carolina Spartan. [volume] (Spartanburg, S.C.) 1852-1896, 1862-12-18
spARTANBURG, S. G.. THURSDAY, DECEMBER IS. i

Wv oos SSo commentary up0u these
| brave young men, that out of ninety two
tw,,nty five have already laid the tribute OF
their lives Gu the altar IT their country
Inc present classes arc consequently small
consisting chiefly of young lads, who. con.
trary to the practice Of Colleges, are be-
ing generously educated up to the stand
ard OF mind and merit required prepara.
tory to being dulycntcrcd as students.
Ihe facuity Is coDipuscd Of the Rev. A.
NJ. ShiPp, ID. d., President and Professor
Of Mental aud Moral Science David DIN
can, A. NJ, Professor of Ahcieat Ian
gusges and Literature, Rev. Whiteford
Smith, u. d., Professor Of English Litera.
ture james ii. Carlisle, A. NJ, Proius
sor ot Mathematics Warren DuPre, A.
NJ, Professor Of Nataral Science.
The Ftmale College is in more Hour.
ishing condition than it has been at anv
previous period of its history. New Pro.
fcssors have been added during the p,es-
ent year, and every effort is being made to
give tke young ladies' the basis of an edu
cation that SHALL prnve progressive through
life. 1t is unfortunately too true now u
days that most young ladies' having attain.
Cd certain measure o: accomplishment,
knowledge, manners, etiquette, 30, con.
sidcr themselves as '.madc up" aud 81 take
their Station. They are pictures which
being quite finished, are put i'll a yilded
frame snd hung up ia perhanence of
beauty! And there they hang till old
Time With his rude and dirty fingers soil
the charming colors
The College is located on tie summit of
hill which "verlooks the town, and the
Campus encloscs sumo fifteen acres of
wooJlNnd. Here, secluded from the cx
citeae"t and attrae,ions of the town
thoroushiarcs, with pure atmosphcr,.,
excellent water and rural quietude, the
pupils enjoy every tncihty iur moral and
mental culture. Connected with the Col
'csc is the Dc Stae Literary Society, III
which thu young ladies assemble weekly
ior mutual Improvement Among it's hon
orasy lic,nbcr3 is that mucI abused indi.
vidui!, His excelleucy President Eavis.
The President of the institution is MIR.
WIN. *. Blake, A. NJ
Not less interesting 10 the visitor than
'he College above named is the South Car.
piinI Asylum Tor the education OF the
Deaf Du,nb pad biind--une OF tins, noble
charities ol the State, whose suttcni,,.
,mi rcv,ving influences, like evening dew
operate upon the object, OF It's bounty ST
i.nily aud unseen II is situated ,buut
three miles from town, III a rnui-utlc spot
KNOWN b. the name oi I tedar Springs, and
nc ln>t'tut Oh u embraced in y Sc huol
Home Department aud Nurk Shu 5 The
:, titlt IL "A
teal mu;cs or bind as are wii.ii,. t., ,abur
% Lear snrp"rt, but have the I. can. (,
- - Niti'"nt All ii'rc they are fur.
,s>i ei board, iodsimg. si.oIr>, r",s. &c.
rur NniriI. f:um III. proceeds u. .hr,r labor
'hcy !"turII Ica> >Uua.'!c crlni rn .atiom ~
'Lc Sat vi =. inlu=s above shat, thc-
Appropriate 10 lIter own benefit in,s
provisiun IL particularly inr.mtici iur or.
phans, aud o,"rrs.tot otherwise prnvi .c,l
Tor. Separate build ng, arc ~ pr,,ria;cd
10 s,rurrose Noler>"n is permitted
10 occupy II place in this home depar. n,-nt
lnlc-, hc '-, a iaiih III i,Lorrr, AID # .ood
inort'd ,har.c:er.
Ih ~ snnl n II .iral ofihe institutions,
'rof u. WaIkrr, tu whom mush U. ,A
piospcr'y Is due. having dcpattcu this lie
IN Nave bcr, Ia IL. IL h,s s:nrc been con
ductei 'l.' "iy y 'lr family OF the surr,-
intend, ,i;--the teacher, III the Department,
ot the Deaf and Dumb bciu. Professor
} NJ. liughstvh. twhu is deaf aud ,uub
Misses :. }. aud NJ Walkv-; Sud the
teachers III The department for tie blind
being professor i :. Lenders, II, who Is
blud, aud Madame l. c. W Henderson.
The Domestic department; IS Ii'h"r thc ia
t;oaly care of Mrs WalFhr. The nGmLc,
at scholars al present under tuition l. from
thirty fic, 10 forty, about an equal i.umbcr
bcirg mute and blind Tt.c course of
studies Is one most calculated To prepare
the pupils Tor the apI reaching emie into
the world, and consists of reading, writing,
arithmetic, geography, history, algebra aud
even Latin Music Is pastline, and Il
lit c band of futists, violinists, and piauis,s.
rega!cs the visitor with ,eicctons from the
operas. Professor lie, lcrson is himself
an accorp sh ID c fO MR. on the piano
and clariouctie. and 1t IL 20 lis care and
patience, assisted by e',li more patient
wife, that The scholars owr their musical
attainnientS.
lt was my privilege Ia dine ut the inst.
tttion and - tie pupils Sled into tic
room to take ttoir places at the table
the mute boys and girls leading thcr sht.
less ompauions-.nl the blessing of God
was so solcmly IN. oked first by the solemn
and expressive gestures ii the dumb, aud
then IN the grave accents of the blind man,
l thought hsd seen few spoctacles that
m"c touchirgly. appealed to tile better
gympathics of our nature.
Looking on the one hand could say
with Shakespeare
.'All dark and conifortless
These cropping hands is u"v thc;r on, giidc-,
And feeling all their sight.
Shut from the living whilst amongst the living
Dark as the grave amidst the bustiing Norli
At once from business aud from Yl,osuIc
barred
No more 10 view the beauty OF the sprus
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