Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1879-06-05
Our Educational Facilities.

The Greenvillo Nesos, in speaking of tho
coming commencements of tho Furmon Uni
versity and Wofford College, says: "Nevor in
the history Of these institutions has there
been moro need of wiso caution in their
management The wisest men Of tho State
of the two denominations must compose their
Boards of Trustees. 1t is not subject in
which Mcthodists and Baptists alono are
interested. If it wore so. neither could ever
hope to riso above tho common high school,
But in view ofthe probable political difficulties
Of satisfactorily recognizing tho State Uni
versity, thr people will look to Wofford Col
lege and Furman University for the collegiate
education of tho young men Of tho State"
Wo might we'll ask are these tho only
institutions in the State entitled to the diss
tinction of colleges, Are they destined to
draw into their folds oil the young men Of
the State seeking knowledge? If 80, truly
would their future be bright md wo truly
wish it bright and successful in the great
work in which they arc engaged, for in our
regard for tho cause of education, wo feel for
these and all similar institutions desire TO
see them prosper. But wc claim there are
other institutions Of equal merit, whore our
young men can bo educated. There is Due
West, which has stood firm through the
adversitios and disasters Of the lato war, and
to-day, rs for many past years, is dispensing
knowledge and morality through this and
other States. There is Newberry College,
which. though for q time borne down under
tho pressure of the times, has, Phoenix like
risen from the ashes of its past, and to day is
annually sending forth graduates to enlightcn
and adorn the human intellect. And last,
but by no means least, therc is Adgor College
which like Aphroditc from the foam of the
soa, or like Minerva from the brain Of Jove,
sprang into existence full Aedged, sending
forth the first year of its opening graduates,
and is to-day stretching forth it's arms and
expanding it's influence for good, wider and
wider. Our people justly feel pride in
Adgor College. They founded it and put it
in operation. Its corps Of professors comprise
able instructors and experienced discipline.
rians. No higher evidence of this fact is
needed than tho liberal patronage accorded to
it. In tho no distant future we trust it will
be able to add to this proof, the high charac.
tor for scholarship and morality of it's grada,
ates 40 they pass from, its walls into tho
arena Of active life, we trust thcy will be
living testimonials Of tho high order of in,
struction, moral and intellectual, impaired
at Adger College. Let those. who doubt we
hayea living institution, attend our com.
mencoment in Juno and they will 20 away
determined to send their sons hero, whore
learning oan be obtained without danger
Of malarial diseases, and wherc knowledge
oan be had without the necessity of expensive
dross and habits, and without exposure to
tho temptations to vice and dissipation found
in the more imposing colleges Of largo cities.
The salaries Of our professors largely depend
on tho patronage Of tho college, and this fact
is a stimulus to strive for the highest merit in
instruction and discipline.
Ofoourse We feel both personal aud local
interest in Adger College, but we foel like
wise personal interest in Furman, Wofford,
Duo West and Newberry, and in oil efforts,
whethor through schools or colleges, to pro-
moto the cdacation'of the youth of the country.
We wish them oil God-speod in their noble
work, whether their location be here, or even
in, this State, or elsewhere in the broad world
Of humanity. Wisdom, knowledge is tho
piliarof strength in a republican govern
mont. II is tho only defense against dema,
eoeism, and it's attendant evils Further.
more, it 10 the hope Of tho churches and Of
Ignorance, on the contrary, is the
parent Of vice and orimo, q blightipg curse to
o nation, filing it's jails and peniteptiariea
with oriminals and its almshouses and asy-