The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1868-06-09
Education in the South.
From the Baltimore Gazette

From the Baltimore Gazette.
Amidst all the dark pictures of Southern suf-
fering, broken down, impoverished and dis-
heartened as the people are in many districts
which we're once most prosperous, there ls
none which is sadder than that OF the children
Of intelligent and cultivated parents grow1nag Iag
up in almost semi-savage condition, destl-
tute OF means and deprived even OF an oppor-
tunity of acquiring the rudiments OF ed9ca-
ton. Schools are, il some places, provided by
the government, but they are under the super
intendence of the Freedmen's Bureau, ana
they are devoted necessarily exclusively to the
instruction Of negroes. The whites who Still
hold property are taxed by the government
for educational purposes, but no schools are
established from which they can derive any
benefit.
Impressed with the necessity of placing. the
means of education within the reach of those
who are best fitted to profit by it's advantages,
to understand the privileges Of free govern
nent, and eventually to aid in the maintenance
of The liberties Of the people, number OF gen
tlemen have formed society which commends
itself to the attention and challenges the CO.
operation Of every charitable hand and thinking
mind. In pursuance of the plan proposed in
the accompanying prospectus, school mas
already been established in Charleston, at
which some three hundred and fifty children,
between the ages Of six and eighteen years, are
now being taught. A house has been Literally
furnished rent free; desks, benches and neces.
sary material have been provided, and the total
expenses of teachers, assistants, &C., does not
amount to more than s4500 per annum. AS a
hundred more scholars can be educated with
out additional COST as soon as the necessary
house room is provided, the expense OF school,
ing for each child will only be about $40 yea,
q very small sum compared with the. benefits
conferred. There are classes for all grades.
r. - ali hnx-o Qrn IL
lsge.
In connection with this Day School, o Home
School has been established for the reception
of boys from the country. About forty,
which is nearly as many as the present
house, which has also been given rent free,
can accommodate, have already been received.
They have to be cared for in every way. In
to provide for them. They can be clothed fed
and educated for probably s175a year. 1t is
proposed eventually to increase their number
to one hundred. It is estimated that five
hundred children can be educated and one
hundred others supported at cost OF less
than s15,0 600 for the first year, small SUI sum
when compared with the immense good that
will really be accomplished.
OF all Southern charities none is more worthy
of support than this. None promises results 80
permanently beneficial. None appeals 30 dl-
rectly to the understanding as well as to the
heart. The future of the South depends, upon
a measure, upon the success OF this undertak.
ing, and the cooperation Of friends in this
work will do much TO assure the people OF the
South of the genuineness Of the sympathy
which is 80 constantly professed, 1T ls believed,
in all sincerity. The society merely proposes
to establish pioneer school. Already in sue
cessful operation, it needs only generous sup
port to make it permanent. From year to year
il will become more and more self-sustaining.
Already some of the scholars contribute to-
wards their own education. The effort has at
tracted considerable attention, and the exam
ole of the society will, it is believed, be follow
ed, and schools of similar character be estab-
lished in other Southern cities.
OFFICERS.
SAMUEL g. WYMAN, President.
". q. BALDWIN, Yice-President
J. B. ALLSTON, Secretary.
WV. GLENN, Treasurer.
DIRECTORS.
B. F. GATOR, Gen. j. E. JOHNSTON.
HIRAM WooDs, ". q. APPLETON, New York.
JOHN HOPKINS, j. 9. THAYER,
F. b. LoSEY ". B. DUNCAN,
]. r. HERnERr, CLARKsoN POTTER,
W. PRESCOTT SMITH, CHARLES OCoNoR,
LAURENCE SANGsToN, ---, Caniorlns.
c. j. BAKER, W. C. BEE, Charleston.
HUGH IssoN, JOHN HANCKEL,
CHARLES WEBB, CLELLAND &. HUoER. Z"
j. D. KREMELBERe, EDw. LLOYD, Mar, land.
r. ". TYSON, j. K. EMORY
PROSPECTUS.
The name of the Society shall be ''The Pio-
neer Southern Educational Aid Society,""
Its object shall be the promotion OF knowl-
edge in those portions of the Southern States
where opportunities for education are limited,