The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1890-11-20
a TRIP TO THE ALL.HEALING SPRINGS

MIR. EDITOR: On my return Trip from
the Synod of South Carolina, took
in flying visit to the All-Healing Insti'
tute, for the education Of Southern white
girls. The All-Healing Springs are To-
Gated near Kings Mountain, in North
Carolina. These springs, Eve in number,
are celebrated for their medicinal proper
ties, such as white sulphur, iron, &c.
The entire property, land, buildings, &c.,
was purchased some years ago by a
wealthy gentleman from Minnesota, by
the name of Jones, and bene6ciently en-
dowed IS Female Seminary for the ed
ucation of white Southern girls, in the
higher branches of intellectual training,
whose parents may be unable to send
them to the higher educational institu-
tions Of the country, by reason of the
heavy expenses incurred. This institu-
ton has been appropriately deuominated
Clones Seminary" as living testimonial
to the generosity of its great benefactor.
The prices of tuition and board has been
reduced to the lowest minimum, only
eight dollars per month, and now over a
100 girls, mostly from the middle classes
of society, are now filling the halls Of
learning of this noble institution. The
mental and moral training of these pupils
are committed to the care of Rev. G. A.
Hampton, with his noble coterie Of fe-
male assistants, five in number. The
whole school occupies toward the princi-
pal and his amiable wife, the relation of
one large family, boarding and studying
together, under their parental supervision.
Strange to say, Of this large number of
girls, there is but one servant employed
to wait on them, and he colored boy
about Is years old. The girls are requir-
ed in this institution to do all the house
work themselves, taking it by turns, in
squads. And all this minutia of work,
study, and sleep, or rest and recreation,
is under complete system of control, by
the principal and his wife. Every item
of study and work and recreation is ar
ranged by the President, in the most sys.
tematic manner. The Sabbath, especial.
ly, is observed in the most reverent and
pious manner. No visitation allowed,
but all the school required to meet in the
chapel at 10 O'Clock a. m. for preaching,
or expository services, followed immedi-
ately by Sabbath School services. Din
ner at half-past l o'clock, and then pray.
er meeting at p. M, attended only by
the girls, and led by one Of their own
number. And this strict moral oversight
is continued throughout the entire week.
No communication is allowed with the
outside world, except through parents,
brothers and sisters. This moral train
ing is of the first Importance and then
due preparation is made for an equally
rigid and strict intellectual training.
One basic principle governs all the stud
ies-the pupil is never advanced to a
higher study until they have thoroughly
mastered those in hand. Due regard is
had for the recreation of the pupils, in
music, singing and other innocent
amusements, although we heard of no
calisthenic exercises, as we suppose the
daily physical exercises required, in
cooking, washing, cleaning of rooms,
making up beds, &C., will be amply suf-
fcient to develop the bodily frame.
Mr.. Hampton informed US that he ad-
vises only q course of three studies at
once, but always including reading and
spelling as an adjunct to every course.
Indeed, Mr.. Hampton regarded the much
neglected practice of correct reading, as
one of paramount Importance in all the
phases of education. So you perceive in
the corriculum of the studies of All.
Healing Institute, the heart, the head, and
the hand are all trained SO as to bring out
from that institution Christian women,
equipped for all the realities of human
life. Although endorsed by Northern
capital, and taught by Northern teachers,
we have no hesitation in recommending
the institution to the patronage of our
Southern friends. Hid away in the
shadow of the mountains, shut out from
the temptations of city life, there is abb
solutely nothing to direct the attention
of the girls, from their intellectual, moral
and physical prosperity.