The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1888-08-16


great wisdom of nurturing schools Of. this
kind, and their potency in building up
her waste places !? "a State, proud Of her
history, glorious in her many achieve. !.
sments and in whose exaltation her every;
true son delights OH thatit were some
other rather than one of her soDs to tell
the tale Il will not recount the half.
hearted and disparaging manner in which
her feeble efforts in this direction were
conceived and have been carried on, but
would rather dwell upon the awakened
interest and Zeal now manifested in its
behalf BY all, from the doubling Thomas
ito the convinced Tillmans on the one
hand and designing politicians and the
.toiling masses on the other. The old
idea of education was, that it: had no dis
rect bearings on tee worlds work, and
iit Is not only true that the education of the
past did not aim at anything of this sort,
but; it is also true that the end and design
5of the old education was in the opposite
direction. a man was not educated to
labor but he was educated not to labor.
In all the habits of his life and the pro-
5cesses Of his thought the educated man
was as far. as possible removed from
sympathy with what NE term industrial
pursuits. The march of progress has
well nigh refuted those ideas and to dag
I'VE are witnessing the advent of an educa-
stion which will especially fit the individ-
5ual who received it for the only probable
destiny in life which bis antecedent
circumstances admit. It is, alsosin har..
Fmony with the idea that the many should
be educated in contradistinction to the
old idea that t-was only possible or ne:
cessary to educate the few. This new
departure, i'll may 80 speak, not in the art,
but in the science of agriculture, promises
many things. twill eplighten the
minds of the tillersl lof the soil and enable
them to comprehend the laws of nature
which govern animal and vegetable phys.
}iology and at once dignity labor by rails:
ing it, above drudgery and routine and
making it the scientific means of accom-.
.plishing the ends of labor. 1t will make
it possible for its possessor, for himself,
and largely for his class, to overcome the
social degradation which has eyer been
the lot of the actual worker, however
praised and honored agriculture has been
in the abstract. twill radically correct
the defects Of the past by planning the
education with reference to the probable
employment and destiny Of the individual
who receives It, and not leaving him in
ignorance of the things which> above all
Others it is most important he should
know. twill give to the educated mind
a skillfuI hand and q trained eye,
discriminating judgment and an intelli.
gent opinion; will revolutionizs the pegli-
gent and Improbable farming as now
practiced by the vast majority of our
people, and give to them in its stead
rational plan leading to general improve.
ment. Those who receive the benefits of
this education will be trained for york,
and above all trained in work, which
makes the most complsts man, physically,
mentally and morally. It will conserve
manly vigor and increase both the enjoy;
ment and length. of life. 1t will make
idleness intolerable, and welcome enter.
prise and adventure as delight. 1t will
promote self respect and self.reliance, and
Sbeget manly independence.
The friends OF the Clemson College
would have the literary institutions Of
the State literally supported, aud as
fruits of their labor give to South Caro-.
lima other McDuffiies and Hamptons, in
whose bands the prestige of the State
was ever ssfe. But they deserve more.
They would see the agriculture Of the
State lifted to plano of progress and
prosperity which can only be lone by q
diffusion of scientific knowledge applied
to the industrial arts and which can
emanete only from an institution, where
agricultural education is the primary
consideration. An institution in sympa.
thy with the life of the masses whose
doors, ample as they may be, always
crowded with the youths Of the State,
bungering aud thirsting for the knowl-
edge therein impaired. And as the
Legitimate spheres in life occupied by the
attendants of these different institutions
do not clash but thet they together will
work out for South Carolina, q destiny,
surprising if possible, the Sglories Of the