The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1873-03-26
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Observation-Disclosures 7Hr131AEzHf3l51154-s
II b EAucation in che Soath.
atsssss+ssdf atss AdtnktioH In Ks seath
received blow from the war and the
condition Of: thingsswtllch supetvened, to
hl from whiShyit has'been difficult to re-
odxer. rs r. bAs had. TO fade destitution
sududespondeney among the people, and
iaReversl of the. States the misapplica-
Hosaof the iunda which were raised TO
svpportit. The parties, placed in; power
b. universal soffrage, and sustained .insit
BY the. maral support and bsyonets OF
the, Federal lAdministEaioa, d have had no
sympathy With !: :higher edhoationsat all
They have eyen. poorly SUPPORTED nths
aystem of frse sohooie,i which, they 'havs
generally yHfhsfJd6Ssd:s sD'' Their ateaSnars,,
With. q .eo9fs, alsep.iSays aaaaiisis aFe
hnsen unlltaty nlltayty IA characte5, !and wanting Lin
the capacity and attachments indispansa.
bis to- those ho,ssatid ihia telstioni to
pupils second only In Importance todtHat
Of parents aad egnafdihns;o me moneys
raised for these ss6aqts bX taxatson have.
In many eaees. not heea. available FOR
their. 1se.1s Fhay .Here needed tor cleo
honeering purposes, and have betn COB
bledap, faf, privAta isaa ID d. in s.axnava-
CANT .livinga So itShaa been Ahbfe, III
spite at las we. ;Ase tto1J} the vsll.neant
se9Ets of >the State osqfs 1ttSp55 aaht d
EaBsaHap, The seheob Wesesuspended
last,yssf from 4:~sntot ttnuds.:;Apdtha
tes4&efs ere habitualIy ysoompeiied orssll
tissaE 9chgol .Sgrti9cAtaSA Aat% .dtsaoassal..
Thas land scrip appropriations ?ol .,the
Unittd States. DoagrsTsss stot hiia2 ttha1 State
was hypothecated: In New York by
Kimpton q bolaiaz 4 lsaap, -, and there it
remains TheI ts4aa preyiaed by the
munifoence OF the late Mr. Peabody
has. so'far as We know, been judiciously
and honestly administered.
YThiHis matter about which We can
never Become Indifferent. A man is
hardly moret thanl half ig man who is
not educated. Training and education.
are as, necessary to. him as food and
drink. His moral and spisiissl lite, the
establishing Of his faith .dpouimmova7
BILE gruunds,A TIE Development Of his |
hopes and aspiratiopa.r hia intellectual
eomfortS eads enjoy hsni4 tha power to
sustain those cares. and sorrows which
are the universal heritage as we'll "a the
qualiaSpOas4 Fbiaf re Rbt hih -sor
entering inysoS ihsthodssnf svennes of
employment and -breiness; demand that
his cultuse' be- not neglected In child.
hood yyshd ;youth.:,s;ss VA Slee,, sratiaed, to
believe that onr peoplefass not .ihdiHer-
snt to this great daty. Hoi, insensible to
i*s urgency. Improvement in schools is
manifest on all hands. The, successful
re.establishment Of the Methodist Fe.
male College il Oolumbis. under charg6
Of Rev. Mr.. Jones, the increasing use
fulness OF the Columbia Male Academy.
under control Of Mr.. Hugh 8. Thomp-
sons, the numbere and progress OF pupils
In the Carolina High School. at :Ander.
son. presided over by Messrs. Ligon.
EIiersqR,aqd Aver. sudtthe brilliant snc-
oess Of: Rev. r. Ward White; at Reid
Vile. in Spsrtanburg County. and others
that might be mentioned, attest q grow
inginterest in this cause, which it gives
ue no little pleasure to note. As Of the
same character, and manifesting the
same enlightened spirit. we may proper
j., recall to mind the liberal contribu-
tions msdein this State in favor Of the
Upivsrsity At Sewanee. in Tennessee, in
anR1vae In fha Yanrpuantafions and annan Ia
Of. Bishop Qaintard and General Ker-
shaw.
The example OF. Mr.. Peabody. in dis
posing so handsomely OF large portion
Of his great wealth in aid OF the cause OF
education in the South. is one that can
not be too much commended. He has
done immense good to mankind, espe.
cially to the poor. both of England and
this country. He has transmitted his
name to after generations, by associating
it with their intellectual advancement,