The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1891-08-20

clothing and books and paw half the NET
cost OF his board. With this manual
feature will be preached the gospel of
work and that high above all ignoble
things stands the dignity oflabor. There
Is no lesson that our Southern people
can more protitably learn than that the
ennoblement of labor will fill their fields
with noble workers. May we not find
10 mlngle in the song of the reaper. in
the hot days Of his labor, the spirit of q
sentiment that might emblazon n shield
III heraldry, and that with the ring of the
anvil there may chime tho ring of the
SOUL OF the humblest artisan?
EDUCATIONAL MISSIONARIES.
IL Is contemplated by the board to
call upon all members OF the faculty to
ASSIST In spreading the sciences and
arts OF its curriculum over the State
through the medium of various insti.
tues throughout the year. In the mat
Ter Oh drawing, for instance, which is
The very basis of technology, the public
schools OF the State can, as rule, provide
no preparation, as the teachers them
selves are without the necessary tram
ing that would enable them to give in
struction on this line. This instruction
may be given in most economical form
through the medium OF Institutes.
mus later preparation in this and other
INES may be exacted of pupils who come
up TO the College, and valuable time
may be saved i'll the higher institution.
Clemson College must take as it's pre-
paratory schools mainly the public
schools IN the country. This is Il low
SCaCe of preparation as a basis, and will
CnroW an immense amount OF work on
our lower departments at first. We can
not exact of the farmer boys a prepara-
tlon they have no chance OF getting as
matters now stand. A better grade of
public schools in the country Is a crying
want that we must all recognize, ana
must help to better. AS long as the
necessity the College itself must pro-
vide way to bring It's students up TO u
college basis.
30 1ar rs Is required by the rules
adopted for registration, it is only ne
ceSSary to write to the president of
Clemson College Fort Hill, S. c., the
name and age of student desiring to
enter, his parent or guardian, with post
Office, county or State. ~ fair arpor-
tionment will be made among the coun-
ties III adopting any rules to limit the
number Of students to be taken.
| NO more stringent rules will be adopt
ed In regard to entrance into the prep
aratory department than would be rea-
Sonable for boys who have had no high
er opportunities than those Of the or(lln-
AIRY public schools in the country. But
no merely primary work will be done at
the College. All who register will be
duly informed by circular of al changes
made by the board affecting their in
terests. The College will be distinctly
agricultural and mechanical, and not a
rival OF the purely literary institutions
or the State. The board has yet to pass
n IA lrpio ,l,ttS, hnf<
they can be published authoritatively.
| OVER SIN HUNDRED APPLICANTS
| IL was generally made known, | be-
lleve, by the late speech OF the Cover
nor at the laying of the cornerstone,
that applications for registry on the
books Of the College, even then, six
months before the opening, exceeded
SIX hundred. a large number have been
entered since, and persons we'll posted
predict that even one thousand may ap-
ply by the time the College opens its
doors. All names will be continued to
be registered until the board adopts
some plan OF discrimination or pre-
scribes limit. AS has been said by
hlgh authority the record is unparalleled
III the history of colleges, and shows a
union OF the whole people of the State
and argues well for their highest inter-
ests. Not only for the State but for her
neiRhbors also will this picture of
united front in the cause of industrial
| education prove the lesson, teaching
by example, that in union there IS
strength.
a GREAT MISSION.
II Carolina, the fair beauty of the
South but thirty years ago. as an elo-
Quent tongue once said, "set us the
path to Stygian horrors with the splen-
dor of her SMILE" she may now redeem
the trust of leadership she then placed
IN pawn by lighting the way to the
Elyslan fields OF a radiant prosperity.
THE FIELD BEFORE TIE SHOP.
The appropriations on the part Of the
State by no means covered the crowd
now to be considered. If this should |
unexp ectedly in the end reduce to a |
lower number the crowding thronr
now seeking to enter college, we can be |
sure that still enough Will be left to |
make the first years work at least a
brilliant experiment. At first the me- |
chanlcal side of the College may not be |
fully appreciated, but as the years 90
by there will be growing interest there.
The labor in the shops must De classed |
at first as purely educational and not |
calling for pay. Those entering on this |
side should understand this difference |
and avoid disappointment. The coun-
the prostration of all the agricultural
industries at this time will find the ar
rangements of the College to favor
their needs.
TIE FARMERS COLLEGE,.
1t Is we'll that the natural conditions
ut first will tend to throwing a much
greater number into the agricultural
department than the mechanical. This
will relieve the apprehensions of the
farmers who might think that there
was danger Of losing their special
college after all their work to secure it.
The farmers will soon see that the
mechanical features OF tho institution
mean only gain to them, when they per.
celVe that the new openings thus ar
ranged for the overcrowding workers
III agriculture can only result in great
er opportunity for all. The great i'm.
petus that will be given TO factories of
all kinds will relieve the ranks of the
agriculturists whilst they increase the
ranks of those who will be on the other
hand consumers of their products.
TIE NEED OF TECHNICAL TRAINING.
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