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

oppose prohibition
The Greenvilc Nems says:
"Well, we'll, we'll Here Is tho Andcr.
son INrELLiG ENCEH struggling into camp
and taking position among tho opponents
of free tuition In tho State college. Our
esteemed contemporary is little lato, but
1t is good and serviccablc recruit and we
welcome II AMI nro willing 10 lot bygoncs
bo bygones.'
Our friend seems surprised at the posi-
tion Of the INTEII.IGENcER on the free
tuition question, and speaks of us ~
Coming struggling in on tho side OF tho
opposition. The INTELLTGENcER has
never occupied any other position on this
subject than that which It now holds.
It's Editor, as member Of the Legisla-
ture, at the very time when the appro.
priation to reopen tho University was
pending during the session of 1880,
offered the proviso appended to the sec
tion which provides for one student to be
appointed from each County, who shall
be entitled TO tuition free of charge, re.
quiriDg those who uccept the benefits Of
thia section 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 bo free of charge to all,
for it imposed an obligation upon those
who were expected to receive tuition
without charge. In addition to this, the
Editor Of this paper moro .hau a year
ago urged the president Of one OF o.
Colleges in the State to cease the opposi-
tion TO tho University, and then lot us
all join in the movement to put all of
the educational Institutions of the State
upon an equality, 30 that merit should
be the element which shall control the
attendance of students. We do not
believe in great University bidding for
the attendance of students by making its
education free. We would rather sec 1t
command Liberal patronage by the
excellence of its courae Of instruction.
Therefore, we desire to see the Colleges
merit s. 5f'ehee eef flsssaa ia RroPor'on to the
out the others by using the taxing pouo.
of the State to command an attendance
which its merits would not entitlo 1t to.
But not only In. tho Editor of the IN.
TELLIGENCER thus evidenced his person.
al views upon tho subject, but this pa.
per last January, in O controversy with
the Newberry Obserutr, said:
We would say hero, however, that we
do not favor .rec tuition In the State
University. In our opinion those able
to send their SONS or wards to the Univer.
sity shorlG 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 aud proper appropri.
alton to it, and introduce a bill to require
the payment of tuition fees by those who
are able to do no, they would find vey
many of those who ore strong friends
of the Univenity agreeing with
them. We would rather have tho
University as II 10 than mono at
ell, but we would at tho Same time rather
ses the standard raised and q higher
gsade institution established. We do
not mean by this to criticise the present
Institution, for we think 1t has made very
satisfactory progress, but we want tho
good work carried on until it is the peer
Of the University of Virginia, Ut Yale.
or of John Hopkins University.
In addition to this, the Editor of tho
INTELLIaENcER was about two months
ago placed on Committee as in part
representing Furman University In the
effort uow being made to abolish free
tuition In the State University.
We have never made any fight on free
tuition before this, because the Universi-.
ty 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 tho
means TO pay for their education.
n Our friend will zee from this that the
INTELLIdEEcER Is 20 straggler, and that
we neither ask, nor are we willing, TO let
bygones be bygones as to our position on
this question. It 10 a source Of giatidca.
tton, however, 10 md ourselves on the
same side Of sonne questions with the
.Greenyille Me,rs, even il we do get our.
position from different standpoints.
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