The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1873-10-16
COlIlsTJMB IA. 6.
Thursday Morning, october 1e. 1878.
Roslgnatipn%of,, OF, the College Librari.u
-Hlnss5tS che Trustees ana the ;Ls

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Our friend, Rev. @. Bruce Walker,
Librarian and Treasurer of the Uni
versity, has rendered his resignation, to
take effect On the LIST ot December. We
have heard no cause assigned for this
action of MI. Walker. but the motives
Tor It may bo easily diviued from sur
rounding circumstances. We trust,
however. that the. Board of Trustees
will consider well before they accept it.
Mr.. Walker is eminently qualified by
long sxperisnos, special knowledge of
the library, scholarly requirements and
pure and smiable personal character for
the Office which he fills. No man can
be found in OF ont Of the State better
fitted 10 discharge its responsible duties.
No. more than the, library itself can
iDrarian be made In o day or year.
The duties dev,lving nponAhim arc ne
oessarily Of kind which requires time
and, PRACTICE, and much reading and
.stody. Tie library is valuable pos
session of the State. and tue charge of
keeping it is responsible one. and re-
quires q thoroughly responsible man, ss
we'll as gentleman and scholar, to meet
its demands. Mr.. Walker is known to
combine oil these exoellenoies, with q
kind and courteous disposition towards
all classes and conditions. Ha is the
man for the place, and, if possible,
should be induced to retain it.
And, by the way, we trust that the
friends OF education and Of good under
standing between the races in the State,
who desire that both shall receive the
highest educational advantages, and live
together in peace and friendship. will
not be slack in their effortseto induce
the Board OF Trustees to reconsider
their recent dangerous action. We have
reason to believe that it is not approved
OF in some Republican orioles. It can
not he approved |; OF by discreet and
moderate men OF any party. In that
Board. there is Intelligence. and We
would fain hope patriotism, too. They
have been betrayed into hasty action,
but are strong enough, il they choose.
to modify it. We appeal to them to
conaiders well the consequences of what
they are doing. They should know that
their recent proceedings must breed q
fatal disagreement between the races
here. The scheme which they have in
algaratsd will not work satisfactorily.
twill result in blighting and blasting
the education Of both races in South
Carolina. Call'it prejudice o. what you
please, the races can no more agree in
the Same Glasses in school or college.
than they can in ohurches or in the
family. They cannot learn as we'll to-
gether as separately Irritation and
fretfulness will necessarily come between
them, and painful and req gretable alien
alton ensus. Neither Will advance in
knowledge under suoh conditions. and
the feud Of race will snpplant the spirit
of study and the broad catholic human
ity which become seat OF learning.
No people more than those of the North
ern and Eastern States, embracing the
strongholds of Radical Republicanism,
have given stronger evidence Of this
deep.seated feeling. It is instructive
and invincible. and nature in both races
cries ons against its. violation. What
nature demands. sound philosophy and
practical common sense both confirm as
wise and proper.
The scheme which the Board has in,,
augurated will result in preventing
the education OF both races in South
Carolina. It is already SO low as to
cause serious alarm to the patriot and
phiianthropist OF whatever party. Our
young men of both races are growing
mp in ignorance and vice, while our Sis
ter States OF Virginia and Georgia are
rapidly recovering their high educa-
tional status. The State University OF
the former, at Charlottesville, has, per-
haps, as many as 600 students, and other
colleges and schools teem with eager
and Jealous pupils. The IJniversitv of