Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1882-11-23
FACTS.

One ounee OF facts ls we'll worth ton OF
bold assertions, unsupported by evidence
and contrary to reason and common sense,
and single grain will often make men
Wonder that they could have been 80 easily
duped into ibeicving that which little
reflection would have shown them to be
absurd Our people we're treated to good
deal of campaign gush about the propricty.
yea, the absolute nect ssity Of building up
State University OF Columbia out of the
hard eurnc6 money Of the taxpayers. How
grand aud glorious was tho idea thst tho
State, the hnuifccnt mother Of US all, has
opened grout university aud extended the
invitation to all her young men who are
not ublc to pay tuition ut the other colleges
10 her borders:
"Come to me without money and without
price. will give you to drink deep
draughts from the Pierian Spring. will
suffer you to eat your gil of the bread Of
the tree Of knowledge. Tuition shall be
as free as the water or the winds that blow
You shall have higher education thuu you
oan get at tho other colleges in the State
for less money"
We were told that Wofford and Adgcr
and Furman and Ncwbcrry and Erskin
were all very well in their way, but tho
educational ladder would never be COM
plc,e un,il it reached from the foundation
wall, the common school up to the cap
stone Of tho edilice, grand central uni
vcrsity, to which young men may resort
after they have exhausted the meugre sup
ply of meutal food furnished by the comm IN
| school, tho a,udemy and tho curriculum
colleges. We were told that he State had
olready provided liberal supply of milk
for the bsbcs, and ut the last session of the
Legislature, as was her boundcn duty, she
provided meat, which could not be obtaiued
elsewhere, for her starving young men. So
much for theory und assertion. How aro
tho facts? We have it on the authority Of
professor in one Of the dcnomination,l
colleges, Jnot in this county, himself q
distinguished educator that large pros
| proportion, we cannot say exactly how
great, Of tho students now at the univor.
si.y ore not prepared to enter the freshman
class in any of our UNCONVENTIONAL colleges.
lie states further ihut gentleman desired
| to send his son to one of our denomina-
tioual culIeges, but found out that his boy
could not enter tho freshman. He then
determined to send him to un academy ip
North Carolina to prepare for college.
Before the time came for his son to start
he was advised by friend of the univcr-
sity to send him there. lie did SO aud
found no difficulty 10 entering him.
\|c were told that bonrd could be OBJ
tanned in Columbia at from six to eight
dollars per mouth 10 mcsscs. Mr.. John
Bcton Harmon, a son of Mr. William
Harmon, Of this county hus tried it, Ills
broth informed US last week that when he
first went down there board in mcsscs was
worth ten dollars per month Within two
WEEKS its was raised to twelve dollars and
fifty cents per month. 10 addition to this
llr. llarmcn said they had to buy furniture
for their rooms lie was not ut all pleased
with the stu,dards Of scholarship or the
methods OF teaching. At Wulhalla, Spar
tnnburg, GrccnvilIc, Ncwbcrry or Due
eleven dollars per month, with room fur.
nished, we are informed. Mr.. Harmon ha.
left Columbia and will go to Wofford where
he can pay tuition and got better cduca-
tion for less money.
We have already mentioned the fact tha
the Revised Statutes, tho latest law on thu
subject, provides that only ono student from
each county shall 60 to tho university with
free tuition, and that he must not nccos-
sarily be INDECENT, but must simply be suc-
ccsstu in n competitive examination aud b,
recommended by tho delegation from his
county, whether he is rich or poor. -Abbc-
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