The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1891-08-18

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board. A student may thus safely at
:end the College who can but buy his
clothing and books and pay half the net
cost of his board. With this manual
feature will be preached the gospel of
work aud that high above all ignoble
things stands the dignity oflabor. There
Is no lesson that our Southern people
can more proiitably learn than that the
ennoblement of labor will ill their lelds
with noble workers. May we not lind
10 min. le in the song of the reaper, In
the hot days of his labor, the spirit of n
sentiment that might emblazoD shield
in heraldrv, and that with the ring OF the
anvil there may chine the ring of the
SOUL of the humblest artisan?
EDUCATIONAL MISSIONARIES.
1tis 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-
tu! throughout the year. In the mat
ter OF drawing, tor 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 iu-
may DO given in a most economical form
through the medium of institutes.
Thus later preparation n this and other
lines may be exacted of pupils who come
up to the College, and valuable time
may be saved in the higher institution.
Clemson College must take as it's pre-
paratory schools mainly the public
schools in the country. This is Il low
state OF preparation as /. basis. and will
throw all immense amount OF work on
our lower departments at first. We CAN
not exact OF the farmer boys prepara-
tlOn they have no chance OF getting as
matters now stand. a better grade of
public schools in the country is crying
want that we must all recognize, and
must hel = to better. AS long as the
necessity the College itself must pro-
vide way to bring It's students up TO
college basis.
SO far as IS required by the rules
adopted for registration, it is only ne
cessary to write to the president of
Clemson College Fort Hill, S. G., the
name and age of student desiring to
enter, his parent or guardian, with post
office, county or State. "A fair arpor-
tlonment Will be made among the coun-
tlesin 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-
sona6le for boys who have had no high
er opportunities than those of the or(lin-
ary 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 AM mechanical, and not Il
rival Of the purely literary institutions
of the State. The board has yet to pass
on The details of the curriculum before
they can be published authoritatively.
OVER SIN HUNDRED APPLICANTS.
1t was generally made known, | be.
lieve. by the late speech of the Cover
nor ut the laying of the corner stone,
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 post ed
predict that even one thousand may ap-
ply by tue 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 a limit. AS has been said 10y
high authority the erecord is paralleled
iii the history of colleges, and shows
union Of the whole Pc ople of the State
anu argues well for their highest inter
ests. Not only for the State but for her
neighbors also will thus picture Of Il
united front in the cause of industrial
education prove the lesson, teaching
by example. that. in union there Is
strength.
~ GREAT MISSION.
If Carolina, the fair beauty of the
htrft .,l.
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
ElySian fields OF a radiant prosperity.
THE FIELD BEFORE TIE SHOP.
The appropriations OH the part of the
State by no means covered the crowd
now to he considered. III this should
unexpectedly in the end reduce to a
lower number the crowding throng
now seeking to enter college, we can be
sure that still enough Will be left to
make the first years work ut least a
brilliant experiment. At first the me-
chanical side of the College may not lie
fully appreciated, but as the years go
by there will be growing interest there.
The labor in the shops must tie ;laSSed
at first as purely educational ard not
calling for pay. Those entering OH this
siie should understand this difference
and avoid disappointment. The cOuu-
try boys who may most med help from
the prOstfatiou of all lh- agricultural
Industries at t'iS time VIII lind the ar
rangemrnts of the College 10 favor
their neeis.
THE FARMERS COLLEGE.
1t is well that the natural conditions
ut first will tend to throwing much
greater number into lh- agricultural
department than the mechanical, This
will relieve the apprghensions of the
farmers who might think that there
WAS Il danger of lnsing their special
college after ali their work to secure It,
The farmers will soon see that the
mechanical features of the institution
mean only gain t. theuI, when they per.
ceiye that the new openings thus ar
ranged for the oVercrowding workers
in agriculture can only result III great
er opportunity for all. The great i'm.
petus that will be given TO factories of
AL XII IDS will relieve the ranks of the
agricuturists whilst tney Increase the
ranks of those who will be OH the other
hand consumers of tht ir products.
TIE NEED or TECHNICAL TRAINING.
But how the youth of South Carolina
has suffered in the past and must still
suffer for the lack OF archaeological edu-
cation for need of a sufficient support