The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-10-06
THE NEW COLLEGIATE YEAR.
Ersktne College and the Due West
Female College Again Open '.'
A Full Attendance of Students i'm
Each Institution.

Another year has rolled around, and tht
! first Monday in October, and likewise an un
usually large numucr OF college students, are
upon us and around us. The streets whlcu
were lately SO very nearly deserted, arc
now full OF life and animation. The teachers
and pupils who have enjoyed three mohthS
respite from their labors and are ready foi
their work, while boarding house keepers and
citizens generally have realized that quiet
| which always follows u commencement oc'
ca>ion, and which never falls to preccde the
return of the students. The old college bells
which have slumbered amid the shady groves
| or have been hid away in the retreat OF col
| lcge domes. now, at the appointed hours, ring
out again their meaning tones. PresiGehus,
professors, teachers, and students - all re.
Spond TO their calls with chcerfulness ana
pleasure.
The students from q distance began to ar
rive last week, and the streets on Saturday ni'
ternoOn and the churches on Sunday morn
ing, plainly indicated that the vacation OF
Colleges was over. Those students who lived
nearer remained at home until the last mo-
ment, and only arrived in town after INC
college bells had been sounded.
The morning of the first Monday In Octo-
ber opened beautiful and clear, the air was
crisp and bracing, the teachers were rested
and ready for their workbench student was
buoyant and hopeful. At the appointed
hour the bells rang out as in the days that
are past, and Presidents, teachers, and pupils
wcndcd their way to the chapels;. pI;.o , ,ornor
number of Studens answered 70 tteir names
than have answered ut the opening OF the ses-
sion of any previous year, While INC attend
nnce ut the Female College was fully up 10
the high standard which 1t has ever main
tained IN the past. In the respective Colleges
the friendly and cordial greetings OF teachers
and students formed pleasant part OF tn e
incidents of the morning. The "old studen Is
were welcomed back In the most cordial
manner, while the new students received q
welcome and homc-like greeting when
were none the less cordial and earnest than
the reception which had been extended TO
the students Of former yaars.
But little actual work was done on the first
day-most OF the time, and part OF the second
day, being taken up with tIe examination exam nation
places in the different classes. But now, at
this writing, the young gentlemen anu the
young ladies have COTTON fairly TO work on
their lessons We have good looking set OF
students and feel proud Of their personal ap-
pe,rance The Presidents and Professors are
delighted with the outlook for their rcspec-
The Young gentlemen board In the houses
OF the families in the village, while majori-
tv of the young ladies board in the College.
The sexes are kept entirely separated. 1t Is
only on special occasions that the rules OF the
Female College are relaxed. At Christmas
the President usually holds Il reception one
night In the week. from eight until eleven
O'clock, at which the young ladies and Inc
young gentlemen srend tne tine Soclaiiy; anSc
OCCASION on which the rules Of -" College are
Suspended, and the young folks spend an
other delightful evening together. THESE
three times during the Collegiate year, and
are always looked forward to with pleasure
and noted us events Of the most Pleasant In
College life. go
have had, and will have, upon the civiliza-
ton and intelligence OF Abbeville county
will never be computed. They are Abbevilie
county's greatest pride, to which the whole
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