Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1870-11-25
The Newberry College.

No' N'oStEo'ohSN 'Su'to'"s i'N'e3 49,
c., has endcavored to criticisc uur views rela.
tive to the Newbcrry College. TO this wo
certainly have no objection, provided he will
represent them fairly. We never acknowl
edged that the collegiate system was "neithcr
technical, practical br'utiitaran," nor do
I've admit that "it is ul three to the minister,
the doctor and the gcutlcmun of elegant lcs
ure, only. On the contrary. We did say the
Newberry College "is II great benefit and con.
vcnirnce to the citizens Of the County. bring
ins money. population and Ia markct ditusirg
intelligence, morality aud a virtuous power
among the people" Singiy we contend that
systrm Of education Is preferable which con.
duccs most to the development Of the mind,
aud prepares it for all the duties Of life
With all its powers active and thoroughly de-
yclopcd it can direct the man intclligcntly
in law, medicine, theology, agriculture or any
other avocatun. If farthcr instruction be
then desired in the actual profession Of life,
tho man is better prepared to- pursue it un.
derstandinely We believe if a man has five
years to devote to study, four Of these can be
best employed in a regular college course.
tcaviag one to a particular,profesSion. Math.
ema,ics and the clHssics, the chief studies in
a college cuurse, are but adopted to give
strength and polish to the mind, and shUuld
constitute the basis Of all cducltion. 10 cry
down the classics is to ignore the great phrent
Of our own language. Apart from the pure
Saxon, three fourths or moro nf the words in
the English language are derived from the
ancient languages. Agriculture, commcrto
aud manufactures are Int Latin words angli
ciscd, and the student had hs well undertake
to comprehend the structure aud parts Of Il
steam engine by examining it'as compiled
ted whole without reference to its parts. as
/ to understand the English language without
n Knowledge of the clasSics. Both are posi-.
hlc but hardly probable. Now when we re-
mcnhcr that language is the means Of com.
mnnica,ing all knnw'c lgc, we must sec the
first s;uly Of the student is 10 seek this
knnw ledge. When we again remember th,i
the memory is strengthened ky the nss"cia
tor of ideas, We perceive that i'll drliailions,
classical Knowledge is indispensable AS to
r,li,nrian. all education tcnds thnt way. The
houses We live in. the cities which ndnrn oul
country, the vessels Which traverse the ocean
tho steam engine, manufactures, and eva.
c"m'nri VIC enjoy in this life are the fruits 81
educated thnn.ht. The mind as the sourct
ut all knowledge is p"wcr, wealth, comforts
pleasure. and everything which cnnduccs te
onr happiness and pr"sI crty. Now what vi
advocate is the general development Of thi
divine spark by a thorouGh course Of study
and not its cnslavcncnt to contracted utiii
t,rian idea. Though we never had Agricul
tnr'' and Mechanical ;c494opliF c44 IN lltR SpqIetR Rry
ing times "t the late war. They went far i,
advance of our nci.hhors Of the North. oiv
ing them patterns in warikc implements.
his "nIy shows what we asserted. that il i
not the want of knowledge So much Us til,
"'l' anu energy to apply it, which has kcr
me Southern people in the buck crt;,1ud I
ais' shows that The mind, when dcvelope ]
ca" t"rh ITS powers to any purpose Will, sue
cess We did, aud do say that the prescn
tendency is TO practical instruction., to III,
prejudice OF the true dgi.iry OF the mind
nnG advised our people to uil the Ncwtcrr,
College and place it on firm basis as ON,
"r>t adopted to cur waits. II VIC are to l,ay,
nnt one, we say let it BE- the one which can
educate the mind
The list paragraph of the writer docs u.
great injustice. lie s1ys, II also disar,c.
with the author IN another puint think
there is room even in Oconcc for beth sys
TENS &c. Throughout our entire article
we "dv"catcd the establishment of both insti
tutlons, but because Of our poverty, we feared
III VAIN attempt to establish at present an
other we might lose the cne existing n,n,, &
us. We mticIy said it would be letter z
secure living college among us than To- S, al
Ter our means to a vain purpose We d.
and will aid both. but We cannot forget the
old and trne ad,ge, ia Lira in the land i
worth two in the bush"
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