The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1890-12-10


ui! opening the college till u"tobcr, Is :;
or give the money u!lt Of the treasury (:
enable it u he completed and pat il !:
full operation next October.
..'r!Icrc IS another way by which !hs
necessary funds can be raised wi!h"A!
appropriation. have consulted The At
tninev General in regard to tic vii! oi
Mr.. Clemson. and ne is Of opinion ;!lit
nu:rc of the principal Of the Clemson be-
quest can he used. only the interest be-
!ng available Bat by act of the Legis!a-
turG i; might bo borrowed on used Us col
lateral, and there is enough money il
sight to rim the college after it is coEi.
pleted without calling OH the State loT :.
dollar.
The ANNA! income of the institution
will be ;,S follows:
!iatci! fund I. GDI
Land Scrip tund. L. S..................... 5.73u
Dnc-l!;ii Morrill,, 1890, fund, L. s.. 1,"Oo
4 total SIS, 30
.'Some Of this can only be used for
teaching ai!d rcvertS 10 the Us. govern
lnent if rot so employed and SO, 900 will
90 10 experiment station and the work OF
the agricultural department. If the Glenn
son bcquest is borrowed provision should
DC made for its restoration in ten annual
inStalmcntS. And this * the course
advise. The people are very impatient
for Clemson College to open, and | hope
yOu will see your way clear to following
one or the other of these plans. SO as TO
enable the trustees to complete the build
ing and start the college next October.
.Ot the Citadel Academy I shall have
little 10 say. 1t is unfortunate in my
opinion that it was ever re-opcned as a
beneficiary military school. The money.
$50 900, wEicii has been recently spent in
rebuilding the burned wing and in re-
pair and cquipplng the whole building
could, in my Judgment have been far
more protitably v used III erecting an In
dustrial and Normal School for girls,
and the tS2o.0U0 annual appropriation
which it takes to run the Citadel would
have gone far towards supporting such Il
valuable and necessary addition to cur
educational system.
But the money b:s been spent. The
buildings are in splendid order. The
school is in I, ilouriShinS condition, ana
it holds warm place in the hearts OF
many of oGr people as Il landmark OF
the Old regime. y conservative regM d
for the rights and wishes of even 4 small
ynin0rity ought to have weight with those
who have themselves so long been de-
MED what they wish. There are too few
lights in South Carolina for us to wan
ton;y put out any OF them, and for the
present | recommend that the usual APP
preparation be granted. Under the terms
oi the land grant act, military science
and ;actIcS must be taught at Clemson
College, At that college Il boy can learn
everything Impaired 1T the Military
Academy and much besides. lis indus
trial feature will help poor boys to edu-
cate themselves without discrimination.
While the Citadel furnishes free educa-
ticn, board, clothes. etc, to Il limited
number under conditions which SAVIOR
often of f,voritSin. Whether after the
Clemson College is started and there vii!
lie duplication of teaching force and
identity Of curriculum with the Citadel,
the Stale can afford to MAINTAIN three
schools for her sons and not one tor her
daughters, will he for the people to de-
eide. At present the Citadel is doing
better work in proportion to cost than
the University. When, however, the
latter shall be recognized. us proposed
and when the Clemson College shai! fur
nish the military training and practica
scientific education which can now be
c1tained only at the Military Academy
that school will have 10 show cause iOi
I,s existence as Il charity school for mil
ilarv training.