Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1882-03-16
ADGER COLLEGE.
Anniversary OF the Carolina So
ciety "A Feast Of Reason.

with great interest by the friends and patrons of
| the College These exercises are part of stu.
dents life, which carry with them many happy
and pleasant "reminiscences, upon the students
being thrown out from homo into active life and
busy world. These occasions are particularly
interesting to tho observer Of things, as from
them ho Gun measurably PREJUDICE the coming
| young men of tho State and country. Capnbili-
| ties will manifest themselves upon these occa-
sions, which otherwise would never be known
therefore tho student should accept with great
responsibility these opportunities to mako him
self q name and place.
The writer of this artiolc is glnd to say that
the young speakers on this occasion have in his
Judgment carved in embryo future name
that will enttlc them to high places iu their
State and nation. In person and manners they
reminded us of pope's oourtly Dean, the cmbodi-
ment of neatDess with speech too refined to
mention liades 10 ears polite. Their verbal
selections, rhetorical beauties and logical deduc-
tions showed more thorough acquaintance with
progress in phiology, higher syntnciical struc.
turc and right conclusions than we usually hear
from students on such occasions. The force of
logic was manifeslly cyidcut upon n mere posu.
late assuming proposition for debate, much
less upon tho higher grounds Of bitter questions
in joint debate. Logic, rhetoric and the classics
have been drawn on pretty heavily by these
young speakers to their great credit Wo
imagine That this anniversary has developed the
fact, that the order Of scholarship in Adgcr
College is parlaking more Of the classical and
less of the utitarian and common place. Our
observation induces us to the belief Chat The
coming commencement exercises will show that
The prescDt graduating class is moro thorough
and accomplished in tho main than any class
heretofore gone forth from The wills Of Adger
College. This difference of culture and stand
ard of scholarship decidedly marked and
oasily seen BY the thinking men who attend
these exercises Unquestonably this higher
excellence is attributable directly to more
thorough acquaintance with the ancient Ian.
gunges ind their philosophical and bcautifying
influcnccs. We hope that the classics arc being
taught more more extensively in AGgcr College
than ever bcfore-thc good fruits of which are
proofs abundant to prove the wisdom Of the
course. The min'l must have classical training
TO reach its full capabilities, and without which
the cdilice rennins unfinished. In fact works
of the anti classical age should bo taught in
the schools as we'll as those of the silver and
golden ages to give The building its complete.
ness Pcrsius maintains the dogma of the
Stoics, ''lhat none but the philosopher is n free
man." and we further add that his freedom
consists in his wisdom, hence Tho great plea for
higher education. With this object in view, the
Professors of Adger College are making spcci-
atty Of The classics. The German Universities
have come to the same conclusion and have
raised their standard in he classics, arguing,
after an experience of ten years, that there can
be but one path thnt leads in the right direction;
all others must lead the student only further
astray. America just now has gone crazy on
the subject Of free and quick education, viii eli
we fear will initiate very much against solid, |
sound and classical training. We are panied to
see that the American bent of mind looks more
TO the ad captandum vuigns than to solid and
substantial scholarship.
With these remarks we now come up to the
question Of debate, viz: 'Wcrc the whites just-
fable in driving the Intlinns from the land 2"
Presiding oficer-Mr. Warren p. Castles, of
Chester. Afirmative-Mr r. I. Jayncs, Of Oco-
nee. Ncgntivc-Alr. John l.. Davies, of York.
Orator--Mr Sam'l r. Riley, of Oconce These
young gentlemen were favored with select music
by the young ladies md gentlemen Of Walhalla,
which no doubt the eloquent dsputanis nppre-
catcd very highly. The students as a body
seemed to be delighted with the large and in tel
ligent audience given them by Walhalla and
vicinity. ..erything tended TO make the even.
ing pleasant anl consequently the exercises
proved decidedly satisfactory. Mr. Jnynes
held most forciby that The whites were justified
ond absolvcd from guilt by The fruits of their
industry and their consequent cristianizng
influences by their occupation Of the country.
lie claimed that the savage was as wild rs the
beasts he hunted, and his right of possession rs
unreal and movable as The streams in which he
fishcd. The mere chase of the buffalo on the prai-
rie and rude construction of his wigwam invest
ed him with no right Of ownership under any
law on or above earth Tho white man from
the analogy Of the past had the right to enter
these lands and develop them by his industry
The Indian Ind expended 10 labor upon tile
country, either in opening it up or developing
lis wonderful resources. But the white man By
his progressive thought md industry had reyo.
lutionized this magnificent country and made il
the home Of the freeman and the Christian. lis
rivers and oceans were lnden with the fruits of
his hands, aud tho bosom of the country torn
open by the plowshare, and fifty millions of peo-
pie worshipping at will before the atars of the
real God.
Mr.. Davies bitterly held tho ground, and
made some fine flights Of oratory in defense of
the poor red mans rights to the country, ricbt
given him by his Maker TO justify the wrong
of the white man because Of the ignorance of The
poor Indian wcnid be TO supplant the wisdom of
tho Maker by the net of tho ybito ,n,n IL