The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1885-12-03
ANDERSON S. c., THURSDAY MORNING. DECEMBER 8, 1885.
scientific investigation and prepared for

scientific investigation and prepared for
the practical purposes of life.
The requirement that beneficiary ca
diets shall teach in the public schools of
the State for two years after graduation
will furnish regular supply of teachers
whose influence in elevating the standard
of instruction and discipline in those
schools will be of incalculable advantage.
The corps of cadets visited Columbia
on the occasion of the recent Fair of the
Agricultural and Mechanical Society.
The thousands Of interested spectators
who witnessed with admiration the pa.
rade of the cadets saw in their soldierly
bearing and in the perfection of their
drill the best evidence of the thorough
discipline Of the Academy.
Great as is the service which this
Academy has done for South Carolina in
the past, it gives promise of even greater
usefulness in the future.
During severe storm which visited
Charleston in August last serious damage
was done to the roof and other portions
of the buildings of the Academy. The
chairman of the board of visitors inform
ed me that there were no funds at his
command available for making the
repairs required. | therefore directed
such repairs to be made as were abso' ute
ly necessary to preserve the buildings
from further injury. The cost of these
repairs, S549.22, was paid from the civil
contingent fund, and vouchers for all
payments we're filed with the Comptroller.
General.
THE SOUTH CAROLINA COLLEGE.
During the last year the board of trus-
tees of the University, in accordance
with law, appointed board of visitors to
examine into and report upon the condi-
tion of the South Carolina College. The
board of visitors made an elaborate
report, which has been published by
order of'the board of trustees. Copies
of This report will doubtless be furnished
the members of the General Assembly,
and 1 invite for it careful attention.
This report, emanating from body of
nine distinguished citizens of the State,
six of them not connected with the
College in any capacity whatever, il
document of exceptional interest. 1t
sets forth the organization and work of
the institution in great detail and with
admirable clearness. That great 'revo.
luton is in progress in the educational
world no intelligent, obser1ant man will
deny. The old order of things is rapidly
passing away, and new and opposing
systems are striving to replace it. Change
is too often but another name for chaos,
and the visitors, in their report, therefore,
dwell with especial commendation on the
fact that the authorities of the College
have been conservative enough b to retain
the best features of the old system, and
yet progressive enough 10 adopt improve.
ments suggested by the best experience
of the day The organization and devel-
opment of any college is or should be,
conditioned by its environment, and a
State institution of higher learning is
presumably established for the benefit of
the people of the State. Hence, the
trustees of the University have acted
wisely in endeavoring to bring its advan
tages within the reach of all classes OF
our citizens. A high ideal has, however,
been kept we'll in view, towards which ita
improvement and development have been
constantly directed. From the beginning
the standards for graduation have been
rigidly maintained, the requirements for
admission steadily advanced, and the
courses of study rapidly extended In
the character and range of lis instruction,
and in its methods and discipline, the
visitors declare that the College may
now challenge favorable comparison with
any of the leading educational institu.
tions of the South. The intelligent and
hearty commendation of such represen.
tative men, the enthusiastic loyalty and
devotion of its alumni aud students, and
its large and increasing patronage, all 60
to show that the College, as now reorgan.
lied, is in an exceedingly prosperous
condition. The number of matriculates
reported to date (2O6) is larger than the
total enrolment during the entire period
of any preceding session since it's reor.
organization. There is every prospect
that the enrolment will reach 230 before
the close of the first term. The students
are drawn from every section of the
Slate, and from all classes of our people.
The leading religious denominations are
all fully represented, and the material is
excellent.
The increase in the number of post
graduate students in the College is still
more significant and encouraging. Six
teen graduates of this and other colleges
are pursuing postgraduate courses lead
ing up to the higher degrees. In these
courses university methods are adopted,
and the work done is thorough and
advanced.
Thus, even with greatly diminished
resources, is already realized in hopeful
degree the aspiration of the great Thorn
we'll, "a body Of resident scholars" tho
advantages of which "to the College and
to the State aud to the whole country
could not be over estimated"
The influence of the College is already
felt in the State. Everywhere schools
are springiug up, and the demand for
teachers is steadily increasing. More
than so per cent. Of its receat graduates
are now engaged in the work of teaching.
Such facts as these prove the increasing
strength and popularity of the South
Carolina College, aud justify this Ian
guage of the board of visitors: at
seems to Us that the State has never had
greater reason to be proud of its College,
and that to disarm all honest opposition,
and to change foes into friends, all that
is requisite is to acquaint the people of
the State with what the institution really
ia, and with tho magnificent work it is
doing"
In commencing to your support and
fostering cara the institutions which form
the University of South Carolina, permit
me to romild you that the educational
movement of the day is as wide spread
as it is irresistible.
The leading States of the Northwest
and our sister Commonwealths of the
South are rapidly building up their in
stitutions of higher learning. North
Carolina has recently strengthened her
university by largely increased appropri.
alions and by the addition of several
new chairs, and Virginia has within the
last three years given o7er 100000 TO