The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1882-12-07
the STATE UNIVERSITY.

tionnl Colleges.
COLUMBIA, November 27, 1889.
t"fOrS PRESS n7ed Banner: \ friend
has called my attention to an editorial
III the AbDeriilr McdtuDt oi November
40, containing some statements in
reference to the South Carolina Col
IcEc Ger University which ouyh! to be
corrected. We had Che honor. ns well
as pleasure, OF entertaining General
l'"mphiii ut our house during The
recent Fair, and were very sorry :,
discover that our esteemed friend was
afflicted with cphthGIlniu, or sure ewes.
lH%>!'ly, in This fact may bc innni ~.
rNnla!"ii"M Of tie very erroneous and
distorted views which thc General has
iiISrH uI tI" South Carolina Cniyyr-
HitI. for, '$ the poet obserycs,
thr dh'rrrncc is as greet hniNorn
1iir "i,t"5 stc,nG as The ooic> Is rucn."
In lie first place, it is siutc;, on the
authority Of u ",;S;inm.ishe. c,lura-
tor vino Is Il ""ruttssor in one OF tic
Denominations Colleges" THAT the
standard OF scholarship ia thc Uuivcr-
$l'y l. very, low. III reply to thi,
sol! ilnpcHclmcnt," ln not hrSisrte
to ailirn' that. in point Of scholarship,
our niasricuIatcs will cpnrarc i;lyorn-
D!I with tbo'" Of ANY literary ins,i,u-
ti"u IN. the State or country. There
nny be, and doubtless are, some s!u
ici1!S in the University WHO arc "not
pref AIRED 10 cutter lhc Freshman Glass
in amy Of our Dcnom,alional Col.
ges.' But is this not cruGllv truc OF
Furn!na, Wotiord, Adwcr, Nrwbcrrv
and Ersiinc, in all Of which there is :,
preparatory Department, expressly tor
the :ccon,nr da'iru Of those students
who arc "not prepared to eater The
Freshman CtaSS,H ana wac constitute,
Il ~"i'H instances, "u large nrnnnr-
I;r'i -! The Whuin humber in n.irn-
NHlnr? lii the South C,roiina It,ivrr
; y. " hi" there is nu prc,aratory
Departments, in ihc Ordinary uvrrrla
liuh OF ;ttn tcrm. yet provision ha.
been uiauc by the Faculty for ihn in.
|!rurti1n OF those who u.r driir;rnl il,
one or lWo s'utIicS, or NOT l,;iir IRE.
pared TO Cn,rr the first o.! lowest class
II this Ought to be considered i re-
pro"c!. il Is not p 'culi;r to si!r Irivrr.
Hi'N, hnt c9nlm"n to it with i!l2 Dc
n"nlnationai Colleges themselves.
llcrr, even when the applicant has
been fully admitted into urr Of uu.
College Glasses. ]le is still on irial, tE.
tin;u eNa,nimation being tie c"ncl,i-
1&""fHM rr"ciS. In the Uu!vcr,,lv o,
Virginia.. as / nn, ini>vn.,A Il uu lt,.
!il@iirS' authority, HE lcGl.> ~ at!:;.i--
sion are exceedingly ncXiu!, nnI a.
communicating; bnt the s;;t,i. Mt musf
pass l|lc olHiHa! OF n!oSl r.r.u rAain~
!h"'i"n at the end Of fjir Sp>:.i. Ii. before
ne c"H enter Il ili@iitr u.:.-S. ;;uch
Hri:% The case, il Is ;.liC .cl;!;r py~>ii!.c e
thl%h:F probable, i!iuc,. ~ !,.;t :!!rrr
are "Hhior$ and Senior IL ih:, re-
noWhcd University who are ..nu. vrc.
partu 20 enter ihc frc$, 'an Glass IN
any "i our l}cnoinina;ioI; Colleges, =
inc second count in ih!r indiriinyut
IS Oh SIN more serious 81 rae or. Il
IS affirmed Cor insilluat ID th1 tie
factllE nave acted in bad Faith in
stating that board could be ha,i nt
cl&ht dollars per month. in their last
prospectus, published soon after Ire
opening OF the University, il j. s;ai.t l.
most distinctly, that board can be had
at ten or twelve dollars ;; mnulh
" Hal ere Tive facts? J ncrt are, ~
present, three mcsscs in tl,n ;,oi'nor T.,
'Wo % which thc charge j. ;,sl 1ru
doiiars month, while il ti,a ether il,
Is not more than twelve. At one
house, ouisitc OF the cumpus. Il j.
only twelve, feel and liph,s ;ncluund-
as cHcap, we venture 10 assert. is in
any Dclion!naiionul COLLEGE, i'm ;.,c
Stale. IN the South Caru!ii!a C,;;ver-
sly. inc rooms are large and elegant
Wi'li Two dormitoriHs ntlnchcI. cnch
of inc latter being occupied by only
one student. Bat The student must
p"rcl''iSc lis own hIrni'urc," sjuh:
'ic editor of the Ecn;u!n, VIII, !.
:nal,ii"Slly. Il very tcndcr-ncartca man
" en-, IS 'linrc any great har,i>!iip in
oc'H& required to furnish his o,y,,
room! lie is ,nhirctcd TO this cy,r,,,r
"l'iy once while connected with the
'"i:'%t; ahh when that connection j.
sc'e'Iu, his furniture may he sold
"'ripsi ht cost. What Il terrible I,,r-
den. to be sure! The student nn,.s :,
lnai'iculatlon fec Of unIv ten do!Inrs
asl"r which he is entitled TO all lhr
privileges of the institution, tuition
hnln% absolutely free. How absurd tn
complain OF the hardship Of being
Completed to furnish his own room,
H"l ilic third and last count in thi.
ihdicimrht charges that there is gen
cfal uiSaHcctlon among the S,rdc,,s
ihn ihat large numbers are lcayi,,r
from ii!lc to time. This statement
docs not appear in the EIr!iu3v. bul
VIC learn the fact from the mpsi nm.
questionable authority Of n privnir
character. ask again, IS slcl. 4 >tn;c-
hich1 warranted by the facts Of tho
case On the contrary, nnt OF one
hundred and iiiiv-lw0 students. nuIv
i"nr llvc left; and Of this yery smuil
hilhIbei', one left from want Of nrcnnr
a''"',, one on account OF i'll health. and
another to engage in a profitable bust
ness III Columbia. Before lcayjur. Er
luurcSscd very kind letter 10 fire
chairman OF The Faculty, speaking in
thc very highest lcr!ns Of the prDira-
S"rS, whom he chHractcrizcs as ..nrr-
icrL &rhticIncn.' We regret to add
li'at thr fourth and last. from whom
''e cHI'or Of The NrHiUHA ohtai,,cu
some ol his "iAcis,' dill net leave The
uhlVcrslty Of his own accord. II
Genera llcmphiIl desires further in
formation, he will please ad,,rcss Prof
u. hicahS Davis, Secretary ur tbc
faculty. We repeat il, ouly four siu-
dents ont OF on" hundred and iily-,wo
l'aVr icil Collryc--,a most rcn arl;ubIc
Sliowln!@,, our opponents themselves
being judges.
"kc this occasion TO say flat ,hc
very best feeling prevails between
Ehcnlty and students. T,r latter 1,n
remarkable for thrir cnrrtnn,,f .i