The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1881-09-28
For THE HERALD.
The Educational Worth fthe
Military Academy llluStra.
ted by its Results.

More than once we have known theE
College man to smile obviously at the
.dea of a Citadel Graduate being an;
educated man. As a knowledge Of;
i he classics is generally considered,
necessary to make finished scholar,'I
and the classics were not part of the
;Gitadel course, we are bound to admit!
that il this particular the education|
!of the cadet was wanting. But the
greater time afforded by disregard of
the classics enabled him more thor
loughl7 to master the scientific course, :,
;And so the more efficiently prepared
;him for the practical business of life.
! At the same TINA the exact use of
Terms and clear logical statement re-
squired in the frequent mathematical
demonstrations of that course, gave
! him use and force Of language which
enabled him always to say or write
! what he meant. Carlisle and common
sense alike say this is the end Of
Language, to make hearer or reader
comprehend your thought.
We think the above statements are
confirmed in the work doue by gradu-
I 5ates of the Citadel We are we'll aware
that the educational institution does
snot make the mau, for individuals
have attained to emineuce from every
aschool, even the most elementary ;
sout we submit the following facts and
sIeave them to speak for themselves
! In looking for the work of cadets
swe naturally turn first to the late war
Eat the outbreak Of that war the Mil
;s;tary Academy had been in operation
IA little over seventeen years. Thir
Ateen classes had graduated the first
aaor older classes, from the very nature
sof the case, had been small. The
swhole number Of graduates was one
3buudred and seventy-6ve eleven had
Sdled, leaving one hundred and sixty
1sfour. Most of these were men under
:sthirty years Of age. Nearly every
;ssuan of them entered at once into the
iservice Of the country. Four became
s9generals, fourteen colopels, ten lieu
stenant-coloDels, sixteen majors, Thirty
give captains, twenty-eight lieutenants
:aand eleven surgeons.
! Of the sixty.fve young graduate
:5duripg the war, one rose to be colonel:
done lieutenant colonel, one major, siz
3captains, thirty three lieutenauts
:3sone served in the ranks. Among
GALL these, the exception was the mat
5who did his duty SO thoroughly as tt
3deserve and attract attention. Forty
Some died for their country, most o.
athem killed scarcely one who sur
q wives but wears the scars Of battle.
q Turning to civil life we find some
Gone hundred and sixty graduates alive
s5to.d day. They are in every pursuit O
alife. Twenty lawyers, fifteen railwa,
aoficers and civil engineers, twenty
Zone in mercantile pursuits, eleven pro
safessors in educational institutions
gfourteeD teachers, twenty-five practic
Sing physicians, twelve ministers o
::athe gospel, twenty-six agrlcultur'sts
AIN the State government there ar
done chief clerk Of the comptroller
;iof6ce, three senators, two represen
:statives, the secretary of State, tn
Estate superintendent Of education an
;athe governor. Ip every one of thes
apursuits of life, We find all respected
Sfor their faithfulDess and efficiency
aand some, az in the State govern
esmeDt, at the top.
s. We have confined our statistics t
athe graduates of the Academy slmpl.
Sbecause of information possessed. l
s. would have been invidious to speal
.Soply of the few We know among thos
Scadets who did not complete tb
Acourse of the Academy, went to othe
lsinstitutions, and have risen to distiuc
Elton. But the far greater number en-
agaged i'll the great life-struggle witt
aonly what they had learned at th
g Academy. Many Of them have brave
lily won their way to position, and nc
Sone but Acknowledges the debt be owe
Ito the Impress received at the Citadel
AThe careers of these graduates and ca
s diets, and their oft-repeated, earnest IL
aquiry, and that of the many VIII
Sshave marked their course and fel
ltheir influence, When is the Militar
q Academy to be reopened,' attest tn
3 worth of the old Citadel. Senator
q and Representatives, will you let it
lshalls still be desolate and silent
Aor, will you not make them aliv
aagain, with the graceful presence an
1.-THE trnth and honor of Carolina
samanlv cadet SONS K.