Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1881-06-30
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YORKWILLE. s. c.:
THURSDAY MOANING, JUNE 80, 1873
KINGS MOUNTAIN MILITARY SCHOOL.

KINGS MOUNTAIN MILITARY SCHOOL.
The second session of the past school.year
of the above Institution closes today. This
week has been devoted to examinations of the
different classes, which, according to the rules
of the school, are held in private, experience
having shown the superiority of this plan
over public exhibitions. Tonight ball will
be given complimentary to the graduating
class, the music for which will be furnished
by the Chester String Band, under the leader
ship of Mr.. G. H. Brennecke.
The first session of the next school-year
will commence tomorrow, no summer vaca-
ton being taken The superior advantages
of this school are TOO well known to our read
ers to require recapitulation here. Suffice ii
to say that the many advantages it offers
places it at the head of similar institutions Of
learning in the South, and it eminenty de-
serves much larger patronage than it has
received since it was re0pened after the war
This should not be, when we consider the mod
crate charges as compared with other schools
of merit, and the advantages offered, not only
in the healthful climate and bracing atmos
phere of its location, but also in the firm ye'
gentle discipline maintained, the extensive
curriculum which emh- aces all the studies
pursued at 6r-tclass graduating college
and the thorough manner Of imparting in
struction.
A highly commendatory but justly-deserved
notice of the school appears in the editoria
columns of the Charleston Neecs and Courier
of Saturday last, which closes as follows
"The following extract from the prospectus IL
regard to the methods of the schoolcommend'
itself to every thoughtful parent, and when il
is remembered that these are the words Of s
high-toned and honorable man, the fruits O.
whose training are visible in the character O.
hundreds of young men in this and adjoining
States, they form the best possible recommen
dation that could be given to the school it
SELF"
"The method of instruction is by daily reci
tations, accompanied with full explanation:
by the instructor, frequent reviews, and
searching examinations. The main objects
aimed at are, accurate knowledge of the sub
iects embraced in the course, and thorough
mental discipline. While the cadet is, by
all available means, urged to increase hi
store of information, all effort is at the same
time made to cultivate in him habits of re-
fection, systematic study, and selfreliance
in the investigation of the matters presented
to induce him to learn as little as possible b.
rote, and to reduce every principle acquired
to such form as will enable him to repro
duce and utilize it whenever circumstance!
may require it. In brief, it is made con
slant and prominent aim to have as little az
possible of unmeaning lip service, and to i'm
part as much as possible of positive and
available knowledge The discipline of the
school is directed mainly to the development
of habits of neatness, promptness and system
attic study, and to the fostering of morality
refinement of feeling, a high-toned, manly
bearing. The cadet is constantly taught the
advantage and the necessity of all that is re-
quired of him, whether intellectual labor OF
any of the other duties imposed upon him. The
measures used for the enforcement Of the reg
ulations, while effective, are by DO means Sc
we're, consisting rather in the deprivation Of
privileges than in the infiction of actual
punishments.