Orangeburg times. [volume] (Orangeburg Court House [S.C.]) 1877-1881, 1881-08-18
The State Normal Institute
GREESyILIE, Aug. uth, 1851.
Editor Crda jcGurg 7In,es /. hu4

! GnEESvILIE, Aug. 11th, 1851.
Editor cranJ cdu'y 7in,es (. n'5s
The second State Normal Insti-
tate was organized Aug. Ind, and
has consequently been In session
almost two weeks. Notwithstanding
many disadvantages as to the made.
quate accommodations DC, it has Tar
surpassed ia numbers and in the
amount cfwork accomplished iii the
same length OF time, The Institute o!
last year a5ai!a" 3,ar* 4 Hi Il;
The facnltyl is composed of the
faculty Of the last Institute, reinforc-
ed by several valuable additions.
Prof So!tlan, tl,S principals SO popu-
lar, and so much beloved by his
pupils last year. and, if possible,
more SO this year, is interchangeable in
his efforts to make ic Institute q
success, end Il means OF Improvement
to those iS attcntlancc aud, no teach
!er can listen to one OF his lectures on
the science Of education, without be-
coming deeply impressed with the
dignity and Importance ofhis pro
fesSiou.
The course Of instruction is the
sa.Hc as last year, with the addition
OF instruction III op,iou;,t studies,
l'incln,Iiny German, French, pliy Steal,
Geography, Algebra, Pcnmaaship
Music and C:iiisLhcnics, The lcngt:,
OF he session, is also Increased to five
hours, and To six days, Il week in
stead OF live rs last year.
~ very noticeable Tact this year, is
the interest displayed in the tnsti-
tutc, by the eminent educators OF the
State. There have been present in
the Institute ut different times, Dr..
Curry DIVA, Prof.. Miles Of Co. Pres.
Carlisle, and I'rors.. Smith and Game
well Of Woiinr,t College, DR.. Lander,
Gen. Ealon, Prois. Dibblc and
Iownes, besides many others promi-
ncnt in EDUCATION in tile State The
citizens Of Grccnyillc also display
much interest, as is cvinced by the
presence Of large numbers daily
Public lectures have been deliver
eel before the Institute, by Gen.
Eaton, DR. Curry, Prof Miles and
Pres. Carlisle, each OF whom was
fully master OF his subject, and hand
led it i'll such q laanner rs to elicit
tclligcnt aud,rhces:: f'''" l"r"" in
II answer to "a call to the teachers
to form Il State Teachers Associa-
ton, about one hundred and twenty
! FIVE teachers assembled in the Opera
House on the AFTERNOON Of the 9th
inst. An Association WAS organized
with Or. Carlisle as Pres, and other
| prominent men rs officers, and n
large number Of members were en-
rolled. Addresses we're delivered by
| Profs. Archer anG Davis. Several
other meetings Of .he assoca Ion we're
held which were addressed by Col
Thompson, Pres. Townes, Prof. Dib-
bic and DR.. Carlisle. The Associa-
tion was started under very favorable
circumstances, but it is hoped that
ly the aid Of the teachers it may be
made useful, live, organization.
The Southern Educational Aonthly
was chosen as the official organ OF
The Association.
| But whore are the teachers? How
many can stay 1T home and feel that
they do not require instruction in dis
cipline and the science of
education and the common school
branches, and more especially the
educating influence of social inter
course with other teachers, on which
so much stress is laid hy our bclov-
cd principal?
II the teachers hut realized Of
what advantages they were dcpriv-
ing themselves, if they were fully
aroused to the Importance and mag
nitude Of tile work. instead of the
two or three hundred now in attend
ancc, there would soon lie five hund-
red, earnest in the pursuit Of the
instruction. to tit them for future
work. 1t is'not yet too late. Let
teachers come from all parts Of the
State, and there will not he one who
will not return to his work with great
cr enthusiasm and enrncstness, and
with thankful heart for the Insti-
tute of 1881.
II. W. PEMnERroN.