Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1882-12-07

,onnty to deserving youths who have
,ot the means in their own right and
whose parents are unable 10 educatn
hem. Selection is made among ap. !
,licants by competitive examination. !
The benefciaries are furnished, fres .
If charge, with tuition, clothing, sub
,istence and the necessary academic
appliances. The remaining cadets
IRE pay pupils, and are charged $500
per annum, which is the estimated /
cost To the institution Of each cadet. !
pay and beneficiary alike.
The curriculum Of the Academy.
as before the war, seeks 10 apron
mate that OF West Point; the varia-
ton, when it occurs, being in view Of
The fact that its graduates will find
chiefly IN civil life and
their military training be needed by
the State only in the emergency OF
auch wars as will call for other than
the regular fo.ces of ths country.
The demand of our people Tor the
practical and scientific training ac-
companied by the wholesome disc'p-
line afforded by this echool is evlnced
by the numerous applications for pay
cadetahips which had to be declined
for want of sufficient accommodation
in the building as repaired with the
small appropriation Of the last aes-
sion. The number OF cadets admit
ted in October exhausted all av4ila.
BILE room. The means we're not fur
nished to rebuild the burned wing OF
the Citadel, which would double the
capacity of its barracks. Such ap.
preparation as you may deem proper
to make for the maintenance of bene.
6ciares (the pay cadets maintain
themselves) in this institution muet
be based upon the estimate Of $500
for each. To continue the present
number will require $2o,4O0 for the
present fiscal yea. Arms and accou
trements, which the AdJntsnt Cen
eral'a department cannot supply, are
also necessary. A email approplis,
tion to that departms Tor this pur-
pose is needed.
A claim, on behalf Of the State:
uron the Federal Go2ernmeLt, for
the uae and occupation Of the Citadel
since the war has been made and will /,
I have no doubt, be soon equitabiy
adjusted. When this fund is reallzed
it will reimburse the State for the
sum already expended IN repairs, and
probably tie sufficient both to restore
the wing bulnei while in the posses
sion of tie United States troops and
70 equip the Academy fully for the
part which am convinced awaits it
II aiioFdtug 70 our people Tas mucl
needed facilities for higher education.
SOUTH CAROLINA COLLEGE.
The branch Of the University. sit
uated at Columbia, is endowed with
the portion act apart for the benefit
OF white students Of tho fund donat-
ed by tie United States for the pro.
motion OF agriculture and the me.
cbsnic arts. 1t wss reorgapized last
Spring by the establishment OF FIVE
additional professor4hipR, masking ten
in all, and one oil which is OF a9r;-
culture and horticulture. The scope
Of the instruction offered was largely
extended, and for seyelAl distinct and
full courses of study, sorne liberal
and some technical, provision is made
The Coll' &c thns reorgapized and en-.
larged opened with AS students in
attendance. Lodging is provided. the
only charge being ten dollars annu.
ally for repairs, and tuition is free to
all students whose parents reside in
the State. The students are boarded
at their own charge.
The development hereafter to be
given to this institution shohld. in
order to meet the just expectations
and demands Of the age and the re-
qulrements OF The Act OF Congress,
to which Il owes al nj its pfrn anent
endowment, be largely IN the direc.
tion OF applied scienes. 1t should be
made the home of the practical arts
and sciences aa we'll ss of the classics.
I: should be shle to send forth the
youth Of the State we'll equipped for
the rrsctical pursuits and avocations
of life, and hence technical training
should he as an1iously provided for
as liberal culture.
The agricultural department ehould
be so developed AZ to materially aid
in building up the agricultural inter.
eets Of the State. Not only should
the opportunity he given to the rising
generation Of farmers to acquire the
scientific principles uron which their
calling lie based. but the farmers them
selves should have the beIetit OF the
experiments and tests OF yell con.
Quoted experimental farm located in
| their midst Neuotistiona ars nnu