The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1891-05-07
but also an act Of simple justice to South
Carolina's devoted young womanhood,


Carolina's devoted young womanhood,
established scholarships in the Winthrop
school for training one teacher annually
from each County of the State. The
school itself had previously given one
scholarship of free tuition to each Coun-
ty These scholarships are awarded upon
competitive examinations held by the
State Superintendent of Education in the
different Counties of the State, and each
year there have been over one hundred
applicants for them.
The sole expenditure by the State for
the training and higher education of her
girls, though small, has already yielded a
rich return. 1t was wise to begin work
in this direction with provision for
teacher-training. A State which recog-
nizes it to be for her welfare, and accepts
it as her duty to maintain public schools
for the education of all of her children,
very properly makes provision to have
trained teachers for them. In this way
the money appropriated by the State for
public education is made effective, and
accomplishes that for which it was in.
tended.
The State, however, cannot afford to
stop here in this good work with this
comparatively insignificant provision.
It's success, the grateful appreciation of
the bene6ciaries and their good work
for the State, should lead to its enlarge.
ment.
Liberal provisions for the education of
her sons has long been the settled policy
of South Carolina, but she has, up to this
time, woefully neglected in this particu.
lar her daughters, who have modestly,
uncomplainingly, and trustfully awaited
justice for these many years. This
reproach to our State should not be
allowed to longer stand. Our noble wo>
men, the hope and pride of our common.
wealth, are equal in number to the men,
and have more to do with determining
the character of our citizenship through
their greater influence upon the young.
They surely deserve equal considera.
ton at the hands of the State, whose vel.
fare is so dependent upon them.
Gov. Richardson, in his message, said:
'There is no reason why our females,
called to earn their bread by their own
labor, should be confined to the school
room. Their remarkable aptitude for
teaching is simply an indication of what
they can do and have done and will do
in other departments suited to their sex"
There should be some provision to give
thorough, practical training in the indus.
trial erts, in order that woman's oppor.
tunities for self.support may be multi.
piled, and that she may be prepared for
the successful performance of all those
duties which commonly devolve upon
her. The bene6cent influence of such
industrial training would be seen and
felt in home, in the school, in the place
of business, aud in all of the walks of
life. Other States, notably Mississippi
and Georgia, have recognized their duty
in this respect, and have fully met it.
South Carolina is in position to easily
make this much needed provision. The
Winthrop school, already firmly estab.
lished, with the influential and wealthy
Peabody Board behind it, and accom-.
plishing much for the women and schools
of the State, could, at small expense, be
so enlarged as to give this industrial
training in addition to the training for
teaching.-Superinteadent D. B. johnson,
Of Columbia, S. c., in the School Journal.