New national era. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1870-1874, 1873-09-11
The south Carolina lMiSersiiy.

To THE EDIrOR-The trustees Of this re-
nowned seat of learning are seeking to bring
it more into sympathy with the people By
more fully making it subserve their wants.
Few now can afford to seek education rs a
mere accomplishment, to enable the pos
SCISSOR to grace drawing-room Our youth
now have practical ends to serve in dcvoting
themselves to books. To meet the wants of
the people the University will open the 9Th
of October the following departments:
First. A grammar or preparatory school.
This will be under the immediate care of a
principal, but the classes will be sent to the
lecture-rooms of various professors for in
struction.
The object will be to make this thorough
training school to fit the student for business
or for the higher departments of the univer-
sity. No charge piU be made for tuition, and
Accommodations will be provided for large
number Of pupils.
Second. A college of literature and arts,
giving the usual four years. course of instru
ton in English literature, mathematics,
natural, mental and moral sciences, ancient
and modern languages. This is the regular
course for candidates for the degree of bach
elor of arts.
Third. To accommodate a large class of
young men who seek merely business edu-
cation, the trustees have provided two
years course Of instruction without the for
eign languages this with Latin will be an
admirable preparation for candidates for the
departments of law or medicine, as well as
for active business.
Fourth. The law school will be continued
and improved by the aid of two or three Of
the professors in the other schools, who will
give instruction to the law classes in elOcu-
ton, rhetoric, logic, history, political philoso-
ply and political economy.
Fifth The Medical College will also have
the aid Of the professors from the literary
schools. Young men often wish to enter
the medical profession who cannot spare the
time or money to secure literary qualiiica-
tons necessary to the successful physician
before entering the medical school. Under
the new arrangement they can secure these
in connection with their medical studies.
| am happy to state that the various pro-
fessOrs have generally agreed to rclinqush
their fees for lectures and tuition, and as board
ing expenses can be made so verylOw in Column
bia, the highest and best education in any OF
the schools named is now within the reach Oi
those OF very limited means. 1t is hoped
that the Legislature, at the ensuing session
VII abolish all fees and open the university
to all. such are the the present plans that
students can enter the grammar school the
university directly from the free schools, and
be advanced, if they desire it, TO the various
schools Of the university.
The object of these changes Is not to low.
er the standard of university education, but
to provide education Of the kind and degree
that the varied circumstances Of the young
men Of the State require. The highest class
ical training for those whose time and means
enable them to seek SUCH but lower grade
for those who cannot afford TO seek the
| higher.
The university hereafter IS to be the col
| lege for the people, and not for the favored
| few. 1t is hoped that these liberal pro-
visions will be appreciated; that parents and
guardians will find no occasion in future fol
sending their sons and wards out Of the
State for education. There are ample build
| ings, the best library in the South. fine
! apparatus, dozen experienced professors
! and all other facilities for securing just such
| an education a. is desired, and at less ex'
| pense than the same advantages can b.
obtained at any other institution.
COLUMBIA.