Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1890-12-04
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this titne.honofed institution, the
Governor addresses some wholesome
observations touching the inestima-
bic benefits ito society at large OF
higher education. It isp}saia:
IT may, however, be wen to- point
ont even, = people thoroughly alive
TO the need o.. general education, the
historic fact TINT improyementain
tne3methods OF, IAN enlargement of
the SCOPE Of, education come from
the enthusiasm and scholarship nar-
tured at great seats of learning The
University is the tap-rodt of popular
education! Not to cite European
history III proof of this, We find an
example nearer home in the splendid
impetus given to secondary and pri-
mary education id Virginia through
the work and influence Of it's great
and pobly-endowed University.
South Caroline has d like opportunity
by means of libo;aI support to her
institutions for higher education to
insure an equally healthy and steady
developments Of herl; own system of
general education. :aa,itsN
Every State in our section of the
country, with one exception, has
founded and fosters its University.
South Carolina cannoS afford TO be
behind Michigan, California, Kansas,
Wisconsin,no not to name fasi younger
sisters in the family Of States, who
are pressing on the work Of Univer-
sity organization Competition in
education is too keen, the march of
science too quick, the growth of
knowledge too big, the. demand for
thorough training along all lines Of
activity from the thousands who seek
to pass through the training camps
of our Universities ready for the
battles of life, too insistentt, to allow
any University to stand still without
being distanced, or to recur to the
methods and standards of tho past
without being abandoned by its stu
dents and teachers. ,It
The Governor points to the States
Military Academy as a vital force in
the development of the personal and
material resources of the common
wealth. In its method Of furnishing
a practical education, in establishing
a strong sense, of duty and habits of
promptness and ,self-reliance, the
Governor is convinced that this
institution works on lines peculiar to
itself. And whilst it has continued.
to furnish the means Of a complete
education to many worthy young
men of humble means, We may well
point to the honorable and servicea-i
BILE career Of many prominent men
in the history of the State as Q
surfing, by an easy method, the use
fulness of this institution.
OF the Clemson College, the Gov
ernor tells vi the protracted suit.
touching the Clemson bequest finally
resulted in transferring to the State
the Fort Hill farm of over 500 acres
and S11,2S3 in cash, which, with the
bonds and securities, turned over to
the State by Mr. Clemson's executor,
are estimated at $72,283.24. Q In
noting the progress that has been
made in constructing the necessary
buildings of this important institu-
ton, the Governor tells us AT this
date everything is moving satisfac--,
torily, with a very fair chance for a.
full realization of all expectations.
Whilst the expenditures go far have
not been large, most Of the money is
in q shape which shows the economy
that has been used, and all Of It can
be easily traced to expenditures that
were proper The brick on hand
and in course of manufacture, the
lumber in the buildings and on the
sites ready to be used, the various
machinery, with wagons and mules,
and hundreds of other things in
value at reasonable appraisement,
will now amount to more than all the
money that has been expended. No
mistakes have so far been made.
The Governor heartily recommends
such appropriations as will expedite
the completion Of the work and place
tho institution in active operation.
Tho Board of Trustees states that
the completion of the whole work
in time for The opening Of the col
lege, on October the LIST next, will
depend on the decision Of the Legis.
lature to grant at once the appro-
priations necessary for the entire
construction contemplated. If the
appropriations are spread out over