Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1885-08-06
Mutes on foreign gands.
OF TRAVEL IN SCOTLAND.
BY REV. r. LATHAM.
Written for the Yorkville Enquirer.l

BY REV. r. LATHAM.
Written for the Yorkville Enquirer.l
Since Glasgow is the second city in Great
Britain, and its increase has been greater
during the present century, than that OF
any other city or town east of the Atlantlc,
we would naturally conclude that its rapid
growth is due to the intellectual and religi-
Gus character of its population. This would
not be proper conclusion in judging of the
growth of an American city. The growth
Of our cities is largely due to immigration.
Foreigners pour into our sea port towns by
the thousands every year. This is especial
ly true of the Northern cities of the United
States. Annually, insular and continental
Europe disgorge ship loads of their worth
less population on our American shores.
Such being the case the increase in the pop
ulation of many of our northern and north,
number of Immigrants. These immigrants,
coming from every quarter of the globe, give
to the population of some sections OF our
country molly appearance. 1t is true
that in time they become Americanlzed.
They give up their vernacular language and
adopt the English, they conform to the
manners and customs Of the country and
change their mode of living and direct their
thoughts into new channels, still each imml-
grant retains enough of his original nation
ality to tinge the whole population. Glas-
cow has grown rapidly but the inhabitants
are mainly Scotchmen "to the manor born"
Its growth and prosperity are due mainly,
to the wonderful mechanical skill, intellec-
tual culture and especially to the Christian
character of the population. Scotland is
noted as the birthplace of great men. The
Scotch are the most remarkable Sabbath
observing people on earth. They stand
first among Christians as worshipers of God,
night and morning around the fire side.
The principal educational institution in
Glasgow is the University. This dates back
founded by Bishop Turnbull. The bill
granting liberty to form the corporate body
was obtained early in January 1850. The
University of Edinburgh, which, perhaps,
enjoys a greater reputation and possesses
nearly twice as large an income, was not
founded until 15S2-one hundred and thirty
two years after that of Glasgow.
The University of Glasgow was first on
Rottenrow. 1t was afterwards moved to
High Street. In 1860, the Commissioners,
who had charge of the Universities, report
ed that it was necessary to reconstruct the
building, and that the present site was not
favorable to such an undertaking. The COL
lege grounds, which had been donated by
thousand dollars, and new buildings erected
on Gilmore hill. The present site of the
University is very fine. 1t is in the north
western section Of the city, north of the riv-
er Kelvin, a small stream which winds
through that part of the city, making, in it's
meanderings, a semi-circle. In one of the
angles formed by the Kelvin, on the top OF
a considerable elevation, is the University.
From this elevation splendid view of the
valley of the Clyde and surrounding coun-
try is obtained.
The buildings are not complete. Forty
three acres of land were purchased in 1864,
for three hundred and twenty thousand dol
lars. This was the Gilmore hill proper. A
short time afterWard another land purchase
was made for one hundred and sixty-seven
made for the site for hospital. The whole
amount of land purchased was not quite
fiftyacres, and yet it cost four hundred and
ninety-two thousand dollars. The estima-
ted cost of the building, including the hos
pital, was one million three hundred and
thirty-three thousand dollars, but the cost
Of the building has gone far beyond the es-
innate. The building, up to the present
time has cost two million and seventy-tive
thousand dollars, and it is estimated that it
will require fully three hundred and fifty
thousand dollars to complete it. This
amount, as 1 understood, does not include
the hos pital building, which cost six hun
dred and twenty-five thousand dollars. The
whole, when completed, according to the
plan adopted, will cost more than three mil
lion dollars. The building is huge Fran
cO-Scottish structure, six hundred feet long
and three hundred wide. At each end there
is a block one hundred and tWenty-nine feet
long, sixty wide and one hundred high.
The centre of the building is surmOunted by
a tower one hundred and fifty feet high,
upon which it is designed to erect a spire
one hundred and fifty feet high. The build
ing is planned into two quadrangles divided
by common hail. This common hall and
the spire on top Of the tower are not COM
plete. The floors of the class-rooms and
halls cover six acres.
The University is under the control OF
three courts, the senators, the faculty and
the comitia. The senators is the governing
court, the faculty have authority to teach
and the comitia possess some sort of electo-
raj power. There are thirty-eight professors
beside number of tutors The University
of Glasgow is in the strict sense of the word
a university. Everything within the range
of human knowledge is taught, and the stu
dent is permitted, with some restriction,
to make his own selection of studies and
study hard or none at all, just as he sees tit:
This is true, with some qualification, OF all
those world renowned institutions. Their
greatness principally consists in huge piles
Of stone and mortar and in enormous pecu-
MARY endowments. The sending of boy
to them to be educated is generally loss OF
the boys time and waste of the parents
money AS, however, the human family
are fond of glare and take special pleasure
in being deceived, it is we'll enough for
every man who has the money to send his
son to one of these pretentiOus institutions
to be educated. The fact that he has been
there will give him, without brains or
knowledge, a position in society, which
the graduate from an humble institution
cannot take. no matter what his abilities or
what his attainments.
"What varied wonders tempt us as they pass,
The cow-poX tractors, galvanism, gas,
Until the empty bubble bursts and all is air.
A multitude of young men, constantly,
in some way or other, manage ITO get
through" as it is called, the universities of
Glasgow and Edinburgh, and Princeton and
Yale colleges, who would have learned far
more at home in an old field school. On
the other hand these institutions OCCASION
ally send out individuals who are credit,
not only to the institutions themselves, but
to the human family.
In addition to the University, there are
in Glasgow several other institutions of
learning of considerable reputation and
worth. OF these the Free Church College
and Anderson's University may be men
toned. The primary schools are said to
be very good and sufficient in number to
meet the necessities of the city. This, |
was told, is thing of recent date. When
the population was perhaps one hundred
thousand less than it is at present there
were in the city wenty-thousand children