The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1870-10-06
University Of the South

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10 The ,Rt. Rsu. o. ~ Ddas8 d.
REV. AND DRaa SiHa sfhs
Trustees ofrhe Uuivcr}fy offIfe S5uYh
desire to 'reppfttb YOU, the Giuf haEa
continuity, tlie Condition, and pros.
pccts 0ftIis great work 10 which the
Episcup1l Church of the zen Southern
Dinccscs is 50 fully COLI hliIted ] ailf
Trustees have recently attended 4
meeting u thegBoafd;f 10 Which were
present. The Right Rev:the Bishops Of
Texas, kjuisaba, Mississippi, Alab5iI; o. :
AtkaHsas, aua z ,nnrssec, with Preasby:
icrs md bayinch frum all the Slaies
save NSrh Carosina = And We have
sbscn filed With profound seiiss 81
the n,a:S,nfttdc Of he enterprise grow
ing up III ,ofttr ilafar.5; with the eariesi,.
.Hess alrfa apffts given TO the work; with
the rapid 'ana lteRIbs Development Of.
tie saaiies;; IRE; sfacf7 and fitness and
zeal Of those Is %ldif ii organ zatioI
and internal UsehatiiTs have been en-
trusted, aut TIE Entirely satisfactory
condition i6f the whole viewed spirit
daily, mofaify intellectually, physically,
OF faanciallf US saectss 10 ns seclns;
bey,oSnsaa pefsstsS fsts eatlre; it needs bat.
the eS.UpcrafoHf ofsaf std bring II for,
ward ii olitssa,,iiotg t tie ff5rs smost iinsti:
tatiSas in The land. Thcfe are nov. nov
SIX pfnftssofs ind ssoHie one hundred
aud 9 fifty sta9shts, I'D tffe number
could soon Be doubled Mad We accom-
rnodati6hs fvrthe same. s'}'T .s,j..,,1,a
/. It Was resolved tat the last meeting al
once to advance y the fufl organization,
Of The oriai6hl sefiesn'ec, and tic schools
Of the University system To- be put; in
operation i,nqicaiataly. sinceoar ad:
i5tifnfneiit, ,iadvicss have been received,
from from th'a Right Rifvv. the Bishop Of,
Aiabati,a, THAT tic cdinmittce Of which
he. was chairman, aud to whom power
was I; gwen to- sit, aiifihg the. recess Of,
the B5drl, and'8 fifther. the above
resolution. that.the sarranSements have
been completed and The University will,
be soon IN faff oSeta,i6Ghi..' Up to this
tinie there has 7nl!y besH a primary and
jihi6f dsphfthlsbt ofa.ffsh school, We.
have a te,usp6rary chapel and recitation
rooms, aatid several Ral!sand dornftories.
The Trustees Hold 10000 acres Of land;
oa' the tbS of the Sewaaec Mountain,
,fftouah which a raflfoed passes. The
climate is saIubtioas, the scenery very.
grand, the watets cool and pure: There
is is I, a fdnd Of about s50;J ;J00-the debris
of the large subscriptions collected By
Bishops PolEp and Elliott before the,
war-not YET avilible, but eventually
good. The Trustees propose toIaise .;r a
500, 900 as soon as practicable, tor
the, erection Of permanent buildings, BY
subscription, payable in FIVE years with +
eotipoitisi attached, after the manner q
Che { system stem adopted 10 this Diocese for
the % Increase d rea:aa Of the Episcopal fund:
Some . of + t6ese bonds are now in IN the the.
hands Of your Trustees, ,.,.,a and, thsy
earnestly ask their brethren % come
forward and subscribe ,accoraaingt ~
their ability. During the year the
Right Rev: the Bishops Of Alabama'
and Tennessee will visit the ten Dio-
ceses to present this subject to the
Church. In our judgment there is no
missionary contribution which pro.
mises more permanent, extensl3e and md
immediate results than this. It is O.
noble and thorough work for the State;
and the Church; and If we desire for
our children all the blessed influences
of Christian training, and the atmos-
pbere Of religion and culture and ele.'
CANT refinement, away from the temp.
tations Of the world, while their char
acttrs and minds are forming, let US