The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1881-08-30


daughters: (App'ausa.] BY the time
chiefs were placed in requisition by
the tladies, while the sterner sex Hvere
visibly moved. &s he made his bow
prolonged applause followed, so hearty
'that lo could not but feel assured how
successfully nc had won the hearts Of
his audience. It was tribute from
South Carolina to a true, warm-heart-
cd SON OF Virginia, who seemed as one
OF us, and whom tho more we saw
the move fa'e ,estcamed.
The clogfhg lecture was delivered by
Professor Soldan to whose broad and
cultured mind, great administration
ability and const,tntnato .tack has been
chiefly due tho success of these two
Normal Institutes. lie was peculiarly
happy In this last lecture, and inter-
SPeEscd his talk width q number Of
amusing remarks and illustrations.
lie then spoke eloquently about tho
success Of" the lnstitate, lnodestly yet
crroneohsly attributing tho resMh
principally to those WHO had aided
him i'll his work. AS he spoke
his words Of farewell, some more eyes
We're dimncd, and ono young lady, at
least, gave as her only reason for not
bctraying emotion tho circumstance
that In her haste to reach the exercises
she had forgotten her pocket handkel-
chief. Professor Soldan has also been
adopted as citizen of tho State, and
has been promised if will return next
year the rank Of colonel at least, with
probability OF ofpromotion rs q full
general. The possibility Of visit
next summer to Germany, which he
has not seen in nineteen years, may
frustl1te these plans, but for tho sake
OF the teachers of the State wo trust
he may be induced to continue in
charge not eGly Of the next Institute
but Of many otlfcEs. He has ccrtaihaIy
done wonderful work.
at the close Of his adieu, Professor
Soldan said he must return thanks, in
the namc Of the Faculty aid members,
to the gentleman who had made the
school system Il success In South Caro-
lima, and through whose executive
ability and energy these two Institutes
have been made possible. lie referred
to the Hon. Hugh 5. Thompson. CAp-
plausc. And, he added, "a tcsti-
monial Of the esteem IN which that
was held, he would Gull
npon him to accept from the ladies Of
the Institute q present which in their
name Ire would now bestow. Amid
loud applause Colonel Thompson was
called to tho stand, and presented
with Il beautiful silver ard
glass flower vase, and silver card re.
ceivcr. The recipient was completely
taken aback, as the presentation had
been kept lNofaniN secret, being un-
known even to several Of tho faculty
until five minutes before. Nevcrthe-
less he responded most tcelingly, and
after having recovered himself, made
one OF those eloquent speeches that
are so characteristic Of him. After
reviewing the events Of the past four
weeks, aud speaking Of the great i'm
pulse to the cause of education brought
about 10y these meetings, he babe the
teachers farewell, wishing them safe
return to their homes, where lovin"
hearts awaited them and bright eyes
that would grow brighter at their
coming. prolonged applause.] Pro-
fcssor Soldan then called on Mr..
Witherow to lead the Institute in sing
ing "The Sweet Bye and Dye" MI.
Withcrow took this OCCASION to speak
his words Of parting, and then, with a
will, three hundred voices rose and
fell III the soulstirring strains of that
well-known song. Here some more
broke down, and one Of the visiting
members OF the faculty usesl his pocket
with viyor. A sing tap
on the bell and the Institute was dis
missed for another twelve months
vacation. Handshaking and kissing
(thc latter confined exclusively to the
Indies Of course) followed for the next
ten minutes, and then the audience
separated, some for Il year, and some.
perhaps, forever. y day more, and
visitors were speeding
towards every point of the compass,
most Of them to their homes, the rest
in quest of further recreation in the
mountains.
During the Institute a number Of
visitors attended the various lectures
and especially towards the last the
citizens Of Grecnville were quite ap-
prcciativc and expressed a desire that
the Institute should be held there next
year. Not only socially and intel
lcctuallv, but from material point OF
view, the Institute is good thing for
any city. The one just ended must
have left from four to six thousand
dollars in Grccnville, ut a time when
ready money is, to say the least, not as
plentiful rs blackbcrries. Next year
the ohoicc of location must be guided
by two considcrations-the capacity of
the buildings and the facility for OBJ
tanning board. Last year 1917 men,
bcrs were enrolled, this year the num-
bcr reached 1872, in tho face Of bad
crops. Next year may find four or
five hundred in attendance at differ
ent times, and an average daily at-
tendance Of over three hundred.
Visitors from other States, notably
Prof. Soldam, DR.. Jovnes and Prof.
Harris, were struck with the personnel
Of the Institute, and especially with
the large number of intelligent, refined
and (shall we say it?) pretty women.