The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1873-03-26
GQL.uMR1A G.
Vsdsssaa5 aorai5E 1aI{oa ss: 1913.

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Observation-Disclosures E@=5sE1$@=
A. Education In che south.,
.Thaintakestde adnuation in fke Se1th
received q blow from the war and the
;oondition' Of: shings'wt1lch supsrvened to
h. from uhich it has been difficult to re.
oases. s.i;a IT, has Ihatfto face destitntion
sudhdespondeucy among the people, and
iaseveEal Of the States the misapplica.
tlea:of the funds which were raised to
s0Pportit. The parties placed inspower
BY universal suffrage, and sustained ,insit
~ The. moral support and bsyonets OF
the Federal Administration, have had no
sympathy with ihigher ednoation"as all.
They have eyen poorly supported "ths
system of frse sohools,i which they have
generally inttddabsd:so, Their 'teaSheis,,
With. Of eogf4a, SolA 1dsptioAy, daaliii, kaye
been upht. ia character, and venting Lin
the capacity and attainments indispansa.
blal to. those. whb,stafid ih,a telation to
pupilssecona only In Importance 70 itH4t
Of parents and gusfdisns;" The moneys
raised tor these sebaats bX taxation have.
In many eases. not beea: available .ior
their nse.i ThpJ .1srs needed ior cleo
honeering purposes, and have hekn COB
sled:ap, for, privsta nsa add.I ins.sxnava-
giant .liviaga SO: itThaaH 'bsena here, ii
slite 81, ias we Are. :toti} the vell-neant
tdezts of the State 1Sqpsseifntsnd dsnt ot
EaASaHaa, Tha sahool. weyesu..pen d4tf
lasa3 year iton 'wsntof fands,:: pdtba
tesaaers sse habitualiy compelled TO sell
thsir; ssesfhsaol esrtiecAteS nat, adisaoant..
The land scrip appropriation ;of e.the
Unitsd States oongreass TOT tiia2 tia State
was hypotheoated in New York by
KimPton to bolstes a leap, and there. 1t
remains. The, fund proyidsd by the
muniaoenoe $ OF tie late Mr. Peabody
has. so7far Is ne know, been judiciously
and honestly administered.
This is matter about which We can
never Become Indifferent. A man is
hardly more lhan q hall Ia man who is
not educated. Training and education
are as, necessary to. him as food and
drink. His moral and spisitqs1 life, the.
establishing, OF his fsith ;upon!immova;
BILE grounds, the Development Of his
hopes and aspirations. hia intellectual
comforts ends ehioyhenta. the power to
sustain those cares and sorrows which
are the universal! heritage as we'll az the
quaiiasaDopA FbiSh fA Rtit Hip 4sor
entering any.oS ahst thonssnd avenues of
employment and business, demand that
His culture be- not neglected In child.
hoodyyahd youth wa Are gratiaed, to
believe that onr people'ars not itfdiffer-
ent to this great duty. nor insensible to
its urgency. Improvement in schools is
manifest on all hands. The successful
re.establishment Of the Methodist Fe,,
male College in Columbia. under charge
OF Rev. Mr.. Jones, the increasing use
iulness Of the Columbia Male Academy.
under control OF Mr.. Hugh 8. Thonp-
SON., the numbers and progress of pupils
in the Carolina High School. at Ander.
son, presided over by Messrs. Ligon,
Etiersqp and Aver, and the brilliant sue
cess Of; Rev. T. Ward White, at Reid
vile. in Spartanburg County. and others
that might be mentioned, attest grow
inginterest in this cause, which it gives
Us no little pleasure to note. AZ Of the
same character, and manifesting the
same enlightened spirit, We may proper
ly recall to mind the liberal contribu-
tiops made in this State in favor Of the
University at Sewanee, in Tennessee, in
answer to the representations and appeals
Of Bishop Quintard 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.
oially to the poor. both of England and
this country. He has transmitted his
name to after generations, by associating
it with their intellectual advancement,
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