Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1868-09-30
For the Advertiser.
Erskine College.

Mn. EDITOR: At this season OF the year
parents are locking about for Institutions
where they can sally educate ther children,
and where the rates Of boarding and tuition
are within their reach. Let such parents
read the following extracts froin.a letter writ
zen ny the Hon. b. L.WARDLAwrof l.. Abbc-
villc in relation 10 Erskine College, which.
a. you know, is located in Due West, Able
Vile District, South Carolina. We make tue
following extracts from tAe Judges letter;
81 have made particular inquiries about
Erskine College, and Can with confidence
give the information you desire. 1t is only
eleven miles from my home. l have watched
it from its first establishment, have known
all its teachers, and have frequently attended
its public exercises. You know my long
continued and devoted attachment to the
South Carolina College, now, University, but
the future of that is uncertain, and III any
event, there will be many persons, who, from
various considerations, will prefer some other
institution. l know no other in which in.
dus,ry and economy can be rewarded by so
great opportunities for good education, at
cheap rate, as in Erskine College, Due West,
to which the College and its adjuncts, the
Theological Seminary aud the Due West Fe-
male College, give existence, is a pleasant
village, decidedly healthy, in q Populous
neighborhuod of orderly substantial farmers
The oflic rs Of the College arc, and always
have bccn, Jealous, earnest men. doing good
rather with view to future consequences,
than to their own present advantage. What
they snd the Trustees have accomplished,
With small pecuniary means, is really amaz-
Ing. The buildings, library and apparatus
are visible monuments of their well directed
labors; but in their graduates, now nearly
three hundred in number, they must find the
most satisfactory compensation for their ex-
crtious and sacrifices.
"Erskine is dcnominational institution
under the supervision Of the Associate Re
formed Synod, but there is nothing sectarian
in its teachings or management. Many sects
are represented by its graduates and students,
and it is pleasant to observe that about the
College, as in this whole community. liberali-
ty and courtesy mark the intercourse be-
.ween Ire various sects of Christians.
"Tnc endowment which had been labori-
ously acquired for Erskine College, has ocen
almost destroyed by failures of the Banks in
whose Stocks it was invested The Trustees,
struggling with the difficulties Of the times,
have rc:opened the College after six years Of
suspension, have arranged scheme for OBJ
tanning $1,000, Or more year, by the sub
scription, on or before the first of October
next, of two hundred, or more persons, each
Of whom shall be boundto pay $4,000 a year
for five years. For every $4,000 thus paid,
subscriber is to be entitled to the tuition of
student in the College for one year at any
time after payment, and within five years ;
SO that subscriber may reasonably calculate
that by sending his own son, or assigning his
right to others, he will make prof.. as well
as promote valuable purpose.
81 send an extract from late Catalogue,
which shows that besides clothing, all the OK
penses of student may be met by from
$3.50 to $lSi year. can add that the
students declare themselves atisficd with the
boarding and accommodations"