The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1882-09-14

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reading daily some sigh for free
dom that these poets embodied in
a vigorous sengaud put into the
mouth of'plantation negroes But
slavery is dead, and the younger
men, and. women of ,ne South,
those who have not turned the
40tb mile stone, are familiar with
the works of the scholarly au-
thors of New England, though ]
venture the hazard that even
those. younger people skip the
slave songs found in their gathered
writings. As to the periodicals
published in this country and in
Europe, it can be shown that
many: Of Them are very aigely
taken in the South. During my
visit l have met some one or more
of them almost everywhere in the
homes into WHICH it nas been my
fortune to be admitted. Fake
two or three homes where / am
familiar: In one of them [ found
Blackwoods, the Edinburgh, West
minister, North American, Har.
per's, Atlantic, the Century and
the Eclectic. In another | found
the Contemporary, Harpcr's. At
lantic, and theological review
In a third, ! found Harper''s, At.
lantic, Century and the Scientific
Moathly. lu addition to. some or
more purely literary magazines in
every home you find a. theological
monthly published by the denom-
inatiOn to which the family ls at
tached. If | am told that these
are exceptional instances, an
swer that they are exceptional
jn the same sense they are ex'
ceptional everyw here clse-not all
families take them, bnt such rs do
are not rare or difficult to find.
It is time | had done witt: this
thought, but before dismissing it
allow me 10 enter my caveat
against the opiuiun | have seen
published from. the pen OF a dis
tiDguished northern gentleman
that q
SOUTHERN WOMAN
with half the edpcaliun Of
northern will shine more brilliant
ly in conversation and appear
generally to better advan'ege in
society. Let the two be HGnally
cultivated, equally accns:~""cd tc
society, and they VIII appear
equally we'll. The only way you
will be able 10 tell |, ;ie difference
between lhp tgu viii oa IN the
character of their prejudices moi
by their looks, styles ! ought te
say, fo: 'h'fc ~: ~ :.''s: N The
South and there are brunettes il
| the North. But what has become
| of tho educational facilities all thi
while ? Now that the prologa'
is ended, they will be brought OF
the stage.
The facilities for higher educa
tion very we'll supplied to th
South. There are universities ant
colleges everywhere. All Of u
smile when we think OF a countr,
school of some Is or 100 student
struggling along under the ridi
culously burdeusome name of uni
Versity,' but, as we enter th
school, we find that the ambitio
| of the founders thereof did not ez
tend. solely in the direction g
:. high-sounding titles; they haV
actually established a curriculum
as advanced and as elevated in it
demands as though it's diploma wa
as efectual a passport to futur
success as that Of Harvard, Yal
or Brown-if, indeed, any diplom
is such a passport. To my ce
tain knowledge there has bee
an effort to get all these urivers
ties, that have nothing but th
name and the curriculum, bein
without endowment, apparatu
buildings, professors and student
to reduce the demands Of entrant
in the way Of attainment on tt
part of the students, TO undertaA
the work of good high scboo!
and permit their future success
determine whether they sha
am bitiously strive to be wh'
they now are not, whatever the
nay become IN the course Of thr
centuries, universities III fact,
f we'll as in name. The effort b
3 not been very successful, tor the
t institutions have their charter
, and they justify their refusal
ohonra- ait her thaJr name