The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1877-06-07
South Caroline Uniyeraitv.

-. South Carolina University. /
z join resolStion, wo zee. is nov |
besoFe the Lesi Slature to raise a con-
mission :e oSiss Q plan for ths BON
tipuAnce of the exercises of ia State
UHiTeraity. Under present circuE-
stances, it-isto Bc devOutly hoped That
the Legissature=zwilI take immediate.
stePts, 70 close ~; tOs neither now nor
ut any time since Feconstruction has
this institution boen of any education.
al yalaeItP She Stale; but, Jon t3e com
trary, haS bCen of ehormus expense.
h0"BSBgRts sTeCsivsd 'byathe scitlSSMsI
Of the State, and the. expenditures
layished upon tho institution have been
too disproportionate. 1t 10 a, financial
axiom, in public as we'll as private ex,
pendituros, that an equivalent must be
received for such expenditures, and
when such is, not tho case, common
sense would dictate diffcrent course.
Tho State IL now TOO poor and TOO
much involved in her finances to keep
the University opon atstbe public OK!
penBe. It has for the last decade
beeh a 'groat eye~sore and a source of
oatsexpeDditaFo, nay,a downright
waste of the public: money without
[a"ythipgdike an sadcqliato return; or
to. be more explicit and equally truth-
fpl, it has been. under Republican
rule, Q fraud and q delusiop- GonfeTr-
ring no benefit except upon O, few of
Chamberlain's senccurists, whose edu-
cation, perhaps, would have been
equally we'll secured in tho public
schools OF tho State, and at far loss
expense. Tho truth is, for The educa-
ton ofthe negro in his present intel>
lectual status, tho State University is
wholly unsuitod.' 1t would bo far bet
ter, not only for the negro, but for ali
concerned, that the Legislature mako
other provisions for his higher culture,
and separate from the whites. The in.
stitution. was founded by the wbite, and
for their especial benefit, and il is
right that they should enjoy It's ad-
vnntages. They cannot nor will not
do so, as long as the negro is admitted
into its walls. The two races will not
harmonize in this respect. We do not
believe that the negro would ish TO
be mixed in tho University any moro
than in the common schools with tho
whites, If tho whites will make other
and separate provisions for his higher
culture. ...
The negro cannot avail himself of
the advantages of % University edu~
cation, only in raro instances, except
by the aid of the State, and the State
is too poor now to give him that aid.
Therefore, we think that the State
University shold be closed immediate.
; iy, or some plan bo inaugurated by
, which il Gun be made selfsustainiDg.
1t can bo mado self-sustaining, either
} in part or wholly, by opening it ok
| clusively to tho whites, who are ablo
t to send their sons to the institution
and pay FOR the privilege. II is evil
t dent that tho whites will never pa~
f tronize it so long rs the negro is ais
f lowed to onter its walls, and the lat
] ter is not able TO keep it up without
+ State aid: and the white taxpayers of
s tho State, because of the Radical ra-
0 pacity for the ten years past, are too
= poor to afford, and unwilling to furnish
o that aid, since, as q class, they get no
v benefit for the outlay. To expect them
d to do so willingly is simply preposter-
3 Gus and unnatural.
t The college was once Justly the
r pride of South Carolina, and MANY
Q have been the benefits to the State
n therefrom. Alas! how fallen!-
a Its management for the last ter
!, years has been acrying disgrace upor
n the hitherto fair escutcheon Of the in
J., stitution. If the intellectual statut
: OF the negro generally, was such as II
T. require such an institution for hi
higher culture or. the State able t,
crafty the tow with such luxury
f the above remarks would not obtain