Wilmington journal., 1876-01-07
OUR GREENVILLE, S. c., LETTER.
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Greek Prizes

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Dear .JO3nnai 1T has inst been
a:,mounccd that the endowment tor
EnrmaD University has been compile
It'd. This institution is located here,
and IS most beautifully situated on
the crest of high hill, overlooking
the town. Several gears ago the
friends of the University determined
t. make an earnest effort to raise an
endowment Of two hundred thousand
dollars in good bonds, and, in the
event Cf success, it was agreed that
the tuition (to South Carolina Stu
drnts) should be furnished free for ten
years.
The $500, 600 have been raised. and
on this lst of January, 1876, the halls
of Furmnn University are thrown open
for ten years to every young man ia
ihe State who is prepared to enter COL
I+ge classes. ''Thc only test required d
Ia that of scholarship. it having been
decided appropriate to arrange that
IN those shall be received into the
classes who have pursued the study
of mathematics as far as equations of
the second degree in the algebra, and
whose attainment Ill the clussics shall
in some degree correspond to this
Last ght (Friday Dec. 3D. soma
Of the ladies OF GreenviIie gave a sur
prise supper TO the students of tn.
Theological Seminary here At about
O'Clock i'll the afternoon the ladies
took possession of the Mes Hal of the
Seminary, and by Z! o'clock the
change was like Fany work The ta
hles grnantd with all the deiicacies Of
the season. All the Pastors of the
town were Invited, and there were
divers after-supper speeches from
Professors, Students and Pastors.
| The feast was voted a decidedly bril-
liant success; and no guest could fail
to apprt ciate the charming manner in
which the fair hostesses aUaited on
the table.
Rev. DIR. Toy was master OF cere-
4onies. Drs. Broadus and WhItsitt,
and Pastor Hiden presided at the sew
eral tables. The sentiments proposed
were appropriate, aud the speeches
il response drew forth immense ap-
plause. By the way, one of the
handsomest of the speeches was from
Mr.. Ed Dargau, the young preacher
who SO acceptably filed the pulpit OF
the ls't B sptist Church of Wilmington
last Summer. He is student in the
Theological Seminary here, ard has
won golden o. MONS from Professors
and fellow-students. Greenville is a
great educational centre. Here is the
as Rroadus, Toy, Williams, Whiteitt
4 Tooror n opI r,,,
resentatives from nearly every South
ern State among the students. North
Clrolina is largely represented, and
has some of the most promising stu
dents IN the institution.
Furman University is taking a new
start as literary institution. Some
of the ablest and most scholarly men
in the country are in the Faculty.
Then we have Prof. Patrick's High
school. an excellent Academy for pre-
pairing youths for college.
And last, but hardly least, we have
female college of over 100 students
presided over by the able and admir-
able Prof G. H. Judsou.
Rev. DR. Whitsitt has Just issued
his circular for his second competitive
exa min alton in Greek. There are to
be three prizes, one of $25 for the
best; another uf $l5 for the second
best; aud third of $40 for the third
best examination, passed on the whole
of Xonophon's Cyropaedia, and the
whole of Hadley's Grammar, with
few exceptions specified in the circu-
lar. The examination will be held IL
Greenville, On 29th Nov, 1876, and
will be open to any pc, son in the
State of South Carolina who is under
twenty-one years of age on the day
mentioned. What a good joke it
would be if some smart girl were to
take the prize. I should be greatly
pleased at such a result
J. G.. HIDRN.