The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1879-07-24
Recent Changes in scrmnn University.
GREENvILLE, July Is.


GREENvILLE, July IS.
An important meeting Of the trustees
OF Furman University has just been held
in Columbia. the decisions OF which will
be Of especial interest to many Of your
tesdets,
1t Is known throughou, the State that
owing to tn. great difficulty of collecting
the C"dowment subscribed within the last
five or six years, or even the interest oil
the bonds given for current expenses, the
Faculty Of the University resigned their
several chairs at the close Of the la"t ses-
sion to enable the trustees TO effect, If
possible, more substantial organization.
At the annual meeting Of the trustees in
Grcenville, during the recent Commence
ment week, the -" sitl tion" was thorough
ly discussed but only initiative steps could
be taken. The board, after holding many
anxious sessions, adjourned to meet again
in Colum5in OH the 18th instant. The
members in attendance were Messrs. c.
X. Wells, J. G. Smith, w. G.. Linlsay
J. A w. Thomas, j. Stout, VIM. Thaycr,
I. L. Smith and j. Il. Chamhliss. Other
gentlemen who could not be present ga:e
very important counsel in writing. 1t is
gratifying to be able to state that the
measures approved were adopted with
entire unaninity, and afford prospect
Of continued, perhaps of enlarged, use
fulness for this venerable institution
The next session will open ut the usual
time, the 10th Of September. The facul-
ty vii! concist of three professors and two
tutors. The Rev. Dr. i. e. Furman was
elected to the chair of English, including
metaphysics and belle lcttres; Prof. @.
II. Judson to the chair Of Mathematics
and general physics, and Prof. ID. Town
send Smith to the chair of Ancient Lam
guagcs. The tutors are to be nominated
by the faculty and appointed by the ex-
ecntivc board Of the trustees. There will
not bc q preparatory department; bnt in
connection with each school Of the Uni
versity a course of study will be provided
adaptC- to the wants of those students
who may not be sufficiently advanced to
take up strictly collegiate studies. Thus
the studies of the school of mathematics
may begin with higher arithmetic and
elementary algebra the sch"ol of Eng
lish with English grammar, history, etc.
the school OF languagues with the Latin
or Greek grammar. Each professor will
have exclusive control of his own school,
and conduct it's studies with tho assist
ancc of one or both of the tutors. The
completion OF this course i'll any school
will be rewarded with a diploma and the
degree of graduate in that school.
Free tuition will still be offered to all
who come, not in the manner or sense OF
charity, but simply as return for the
endowment given to the University by
the friends of higher education in the
State. This endowment has been giuen,
although so little of it has yet been actu-
ally delivered. II was thought by the
trustees not long ago that it would be
necessary to ask Of the obligators the xe-
linguishment of the obligation on Fne
part of the University to furnish free tut
ton, because the collection of interest
and principal OH the bonds was too slow
to meet current expenses. But it WIS
finally decided to go on without a change
i'll this respect, in the hope that all who
have given bonds and who are yet in ar
rcars will now more than ever feel the
Importance of paying m as rapidly as
possible.
Surely no man who can by any honor.
| able means obtain the money to pay even
a small part Of his Indebtedness to the
University viii neglect longer TO do So
when he sees the determination of the
trustees Of the noble faculty to fulfil at
whatever sacrifice the contract by which
free tuition was pledged. This contract
on the part of each obligator was certain
ly not less binding than on the part OF
the University trustees. What then
Will any obligator say that the trustee:
were deceived when they accepted hi
bond "a good and reliable? Or will he
not rather prove that they did we'll to
trust him, by immediate payment of some
portion of his debt?
The number of students next session
will doubtless be increased by the new or
ganization of schools in the University
and especially by the opportunity now
afforded for those TO enter who are not
prepared to begin the regular collegiate
course. Also, it is expected that an ar.
rangement will be made to furnish any
number of students with excellent boart
at q cost not exceeding ten dollars month
With an able, experienced faculty q com
f!cto COURSE of study, board al ten dol
lars, and tuition free, what young man il
the State cannot obtain an education tha
will fit him to make the most OF himself
in life? Let the halls of this grand ole
seat of learning be crowded next fail
but, oh, for sweet PHYS sake, let the
bonds be paid that the devoted teacher.
may not sufier.-Cor. Of the Chdrlcstc,
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