The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1884-12-04
tuition are valuable agencies in the proper
moral aud physical development Of the
youth of tho Stota

The corps of officers and Professors
agreeably 70 the application Of the Boart
of Visitors, has been reinforced by tho
addition of competent officer Of the
United stat Army, detailed by
direction of the President as Professor Of
Military Science and Tactics.
BY virtue of my Office, | have been q
member of the Board Of Visitors for the
last two years, aud l have given close
attention to the affairs of the Academy
l am satisfied that it has been conducted
with all the economy consistent with the
standard Of usefulness that hes been
established, aud that the estimate submit.
ted for the maintenance and education OF
the bt tneficiaries of the State cannot be
safely reduced. II the full amount Of the
appropriation asked for is not granted
some Of tho beneficiary cadets must be
dismissed OF once. From the fact that
these cadets have entered into en- obliga.
ton TO tesch for two years after gradua
alton in the public schools of the State,
it is but due to them that none of the
number be dismissed without faul. before
the completion of the course upon which
they have entered.
The wisdom of tho legistnrs of our
State who in 1912 established the State
Military Academy has been amply vindi.
Gated by time. II stands 70. day an i'm
portant element in our educational
scheme-one which we'll deserves YOUR
fostering care and liberal support.
THE SOUTH CAROLINA COLLEGE.
The prosperous condition of the South
Carolina College Is most gratifying, and
aoundantly demonstrates tho wisdom Of
the policy which effected its reorgani.
cation in 1882. The last session was
most successful. The catalogue shows n
total enrolment Of 202 studonts-a mum.
Der exceeded hut twice in the history OF
the institution. OF these 2O2 students,
1913 were natives of this State, the largest
number of South Carolinians ever Assem-
bled at one time within the walls of the
institution. If comparison be made of
the fourteen leading universities of the
South as regards attendance aud collegi.
ate charges for the session Of 1884, IL
will be found that this College shows the
third largest number of collegiate stu.
dents-the University of Georgia having
but thirteen more and the university Of
Alabama eleven more. AS regards
cheapness, it stands at the head Of the
list. 1t can be safely affirmed that equal
educational advantages are not offered as
cheapiy to the students, and at less cost
to the State, by any other institution Of
learning in this country. The number of
matriculates for the present session is
now 16O, and it is confidently expected
that it will reach 200 before tho close of
the second term. That the general bust.
ness depression and the gloomy agricul.
tural outlook in 80 many Counties of the
State have affected the attendance 40
little, ID al surprising as It ia encouraging
to the friends of the College.
The work of organization has been
rapidly perfected. The courses of study
offered by the institution are comprehen.
siye and varied, and the instruction
afforded thorough anu progressive. The
discipline Is good, the bearing Of the
students admirable, and the relations
existing between them and the Faculty
kindly and harmonious. The require.
ment for admission. at first judiciously
conformed to the educational necessities
of the State, are being steadily advanced,
and the standards for graduation, as nigh
as those which obtain in the majority Of
the leading colleges of the country, are
rigidly enforced. While loyal to the
traditions of the past, and therefore
desirous of maintaining It's reputation in
the important department of classical
learning, the authorities have wieely de-
termined to adapt the College to the cir.
cun,stances of our people and 10 the
activities and the demands of the present
day. During the last session the courses
intended to prepare young men for the
learned professions, for scientific pursuits
and for the ordinary business avocations
of life have been extended and improved,
and new courses Of instruction in law, in
the science and art of teaching, in phys.
iology and rharmacy added. The scien-
tific teaching Is not confined to theoreti.
cal instruction in the class room. Thor.
ough and Systematic G,ill in the labora.
tory and field is offered in surveying and
engineering In general, an2 in agricultu.
ra! chemistry, in mineralogy, in botany
ant in pharmacy. The series of exper.
iments made by the agricultural depart.
ment during the year 10 extensive and
valuable, and the results will be given to
the public this Winter. That the inhu.
ence Of the College is already felt in our
educatioaal affairs, is shown by the fact
that OF the twenty-inur graduates sent
out last year, thirteen, or more than fifty
per cent, are now engaged in the work
of teaching.
The organization and work OF the
College are beginning to attract the
favorable notice of the leading educators
Of the South. A distinguished college
President predicts that this work will
soon place South Carolina in the lead
among Southern States in university
education"
What has been already accomplished
gives abundant promise that the future oi
the institution will be iu every way
worthy of its past, aud that it will, as iu
former years, repay the liberal support
and patronage of the State by equally
liberal returns. To the value and large.
ness Of these returns many of the most
distinguished among my predecessors in
Office have borne willing and eloquent
testimony-testimouy with which every
one at all conversant with the history oil
the State is familiar.
To dwell upon the many beneficial
results which can, with confidence, be
expecter to follow from the establishment
of the University Of South Carolina in
all its branches upon q safe and perma,
nent foundation, or to press upon the
General Assembly the importance o
according to II liberal support, is surely
unnecessary at the time, wnen our polit
ical skies are 80 bright with promise
when hope and confidence have returned
10 our people, when loyalty to the pas,
and proper regard for the future, wheu
the teachings of experience aud the bes,
philosophy Of the day, when enterprise
progress and true wisdom all demand
that our institutions for higher educatioul
should be honored and cherished as