The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1885-08-13

contest. Does the Journal favor or
oppose prohibition?
The Greenyille Ne,os says:
HWell, well, we'll. Here is the Ander-
son INTELLIGENCER struggling into camp
of free tuition in the State college. Our
esteemed cotemperary is little late, but
it is good and setyiceable recruit and we
welcome 1t and are willing to let bygones
be bygones."
| Our friend seems surprised at the posi-
ton of the INTELLraENcER on the free
tuition question, and speaks of us as
Coming struggling in on the side of the
opposition. The INTELL1GENcER has
never occupied any other position on this
subject than that which it now holds.
Its Editor, as member of the Legisla-
ture, at the very time when the appro.
priation to reopen the University was
pending during the session of 1880,
offered the proviso appended to the sec.
ton which provides for one student to be
appointed from each County, who shall
be entitled to tuition free of charge, re-
quiring those who accept the benefits of
ihissection to teach for two years after
he graduates in the common schools of
the County from which he was appoint
ed. This shows that We did not then
expect tuition to be free Of charge to all.
for itimposed an obligation upon those
who were expected to receive tuition
without charge. In addition to this, the
Editor of this paper more~.han year
ago urged the president Of one ore--
Colleges in the State to cease the OPPOSE
tion to the University, and then let us
all Join in the movement to put all OF
/ the educational institutions of the State
upon an equality, so that merit should
be the element which shall.contr the
attendance of students. We do not
believe in great University bidding tor
the attendance of students by making its
education free. We would rather see it
command liberal patronage by the
excellence of its course of instruction.
Therefore, we desire to seesthe Colleges
S 5ststs shp fpssasd il proportion 70 the
out the others by using the taxing power
lof the State to command an attendance
which its merits would not entitle it to.
But not only has the Editor of the IN
TELL1GENcER thus evidenced his person
al views upon the subject, but this pa
per last January, in controversy with
1.-THE Newberry Observer, said:
We would say here, however, that we
do not favor free tuition in the State
University. In our opinion those able
to send their sons or wards to the Univer-
sity should pay their tuition fees, but
their should be an unlimited number OF
beneficiary scholarships for distribution
among the young men of the State, who
have not the means of defraying all their
expenses. If those who have heretofore
made their fight upon the South Carolina
University would cease their opposition
| TO the University and proper appropri.
alton to it, and Introduce a bill to require
the payment of tuition fees by those who
are able to do 30, they would find vey
lmany of those who ore strong friends
| of the University agreeing with
them. We would rather have the
University as it is than none at
all, but we would at the same time rather
see the standard raised and higher
grade institution established. We do
not mean by this to criticise the present
institution, for we think it has made very
satisfactory progress, but we want the
good work carried on until it is the peer
of the University of Virginia, OF Yale,
or of John Hopkins University.
In addition to this, the Editor of the
INTELL1aENcER was about two months
| ago placed on Committee as in part
representing Furman University in the
effort now being made to abolish free
| tuition in the State University.
We have never made any fight on free
tuition before this, because the Universi-
.y was formidably attacked by its oppo-
nents, and we would rather see the Uni
yersity with free tuition than to have no
State University at all. But we are
heartily in favor of doing away with free
tuition, where the students have the
means 10 pay for their education
Our friend will see from this that the
INTELLIGENcER is no straggler, and that
we neither ask, nor are we willing, to let
bygones be bygones as to our position on
this question. 1t is source OF glatihca'
ton, however, 10 find ourselves on the
same side of some questions with the
Greenville News, even if we do get our
position from different standpoints.
A bachelor in Sidney, Neb., an.
.swered matrimonial advertisement in
an Omaha paper few days ago, and re.
onested photograph. The lady replied,