Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1866-01-03
Educational Advantages.

We make it n matter Of duty to urgently call
the attention Of our readers to tao, various col
lege and school notices in this weeks .a7pdr4iser
ous people have bsen SO much reduced ty ;tfs
rasages Of var, they :ccm TO tLiAk they arc
unable 10 c3ucaa their children siulusd, ma ny,
verJ lnany-aal tbs to cur certain tnqs,leJg go7-;
are coclly allewi5g tbeir SECS and daughters to
srewtup Will seareely;h knawlcdse ofihow to
w.;:e tcir naaez.~ That this nolion of not being
able to educate ones children, pervaIos The corn-
try generally at this limo, thers s not the slight
eat doabt. Such n notion-wc do not dignity it
with the title Of opinion or, oonrieton-is grovel-
ing. unmanly, uncivilzed, almost brutal. Why
cxpcad So much money in costly. .Gnery for young
girls, aud then say you arc unable to educate
them? We have sec1 and heard SO much Of this
lately, that We arc inexprcssibly shocked, and
cannot holp speaking plainly and in plain worla.
The idea Of stepping boya and girls from school
at tie age of sixteen, when they cannot spell a
word in the English language correctly, and are
ignorant that Georgia is the sister State! Tho
proeent condition Of things az to dressing and
education, reminds us every day Of II proyerb of
tho "so.called" Billings Family: elf Jou can't
sit fine clutaes, an oddicatson too git the clothes
fu.t" 1t lie = homsly sentence, but full Of truth,
meaninG and applicability. For Gods sake, let
al! this sort of thing be done away With it Is
fearfally wrong, tits ruinOus, itiE degrading. Aa
We said above, wo cspnot help rpenking plainly.
is better thus, than to attempt any eloquent and
l.higL-sounding plea. Psrcnte should remember,
must roinembcr, thst whatsoever station in life
they fll, their children ara Immortal. whose train
ing and education should be thoir mort sacred
aud binding duty. They should devote, o1pend,
concentrate themselves to tho holy work Of their
childrons' improvement. ThOy should pour out
upon their childrca light and truth, as GID pour,
ou. sunshine and rain.
In our town, at prc:ent, we have q malo school
under the charge Of that pess, popular aud ac-
Ooap:ished genilemaa, Roy. 4urHBa R. GwGtT-
sgY; and 4 fumale school under tho obarge OF
ths Rev. MARION SANS, ss'isIca, By corps Of
teachers Of the most undouL!el qualifications.
Mr. SANS, who is beyond diaputs ono Of the most
capsblo and conscientious tsachcrs ia our State,
has ntv6r, We arc sorry TO say, mot with that n
coursgcmont in Edseseld, and from EdgeAeld
Dia.ric, which is in every way hia due. And this,
we we'll knoy, is entirely owing to the prevailing
notion Of people being too poor to educate their
ehilGrcn. We hear OF female schools Of tho FIRST
class in many parts of South Carolina, which nrc
filling, or have fallen, to the ground, for want 81
even decent patronage. This state Of things is
too melancholy for words
And not very far from us We have male school
under tho charge Of Messrs McCAsrs and ROB-
knsox. We have not tho pleasure Of Mt. ROPER
sons acquaintance, but of Mr.. MccAsTa, as teach
ore and gentleman, nothing too favorable con
be said
Womost earnestly hope that those, our own
SCHOOLS, will be patronized as bccoms liberal
and enlightened people.