The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1891-08-19

.ClQ IuC NOitCeC VIII Clll DllI b0J iitS
clothing and books and pay 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 Of labor. There
Is no lesson that our Southern people
can more protitably learn than that The
ennoblement of labor will fill thcir fields
with noble workers May we not find
10 min,lc in the song Of the reaper, in
the hot days OF his labor. the spirit Of a
sentiment that might emblazoD q shield
in heraldrv, and that with the ring OF the
anvil there may chime the ring Of the
soul of the humblest artisan?
EDUCATIONAL MISSIONARIES.
1t 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-
tu,s throughout the year. In the uat-
ter Of 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 ale without the necessary train
Ing that would enable them 10 give ia-
structisa on this line. This instruction
may be given in d most economical for II
through the medium Of Institutes.
thus later preparation ID this and other
lines may be exacted OF pupils who come
up to the College, and valuable time
may be saved III the higher institution.
Clemson College mus. take as its pre-
paratory schools mainy the puOllc
schools IL the cOuatry. This IS low
state of preparation as d basis, and will
throw all immense amount OF worA on
our lower departments at first. We can-
not exact Of the farmer boys prepara-
tion they have 10 chance OF getting as
matters now stand. \ better grade of
public schools in the country is d crying
want that we must all recognize, aud
must hel, to better AS long as the
necessity the College itself must pro-
yiGe way to bring Its students up 10 a
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. c., the
name and age Of student desiring to
enter. his parent or guardian, with post
office, county or State. A fair arpor-
tionmeut will be MAIDS among the coun-
ties in adopting any rules to limit the
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
sonabie for boys who have had no high
er opportunities than those OF the ordln-
ary public schools in the country. But
no merely primary work will he done at
the College. ALI who register will be
duly informed by circular of al changes
made by the board affecting their ln-
terestS. The College will be distinctly
agricultural an mechanical, and not
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 authoritatlyely.
OVER SIX HUNDRED APPLICANTS.
1t WAS generally made known, [ be-
lieve, 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 Well-posted
predict that even one thousand may ap-
ply by tne 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 by
high authority the record is unparalleled
in the history OF colleges, and shows a
union OF the whole people OF the State
anu argues well for their highest inter-
ests. Not only for the State but for her
neighborS also will this picture OF d
united front in the cause of industrial
EDUCATION prove the lesson, teaching
by example, that in union there IS
strength.
4 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 Stysian horrors with the splen-
dor of her smile" she may now redeem
the trust of leadership sne then placed
in pawn by lighting the way to the
Ely sian fields OF a radiant prosperity.
TIE FIELD BEFORE TIE SHOP.
The appropriations on the part OF the
State by no means covered the crowd
now to lie considered. II this should
unexpectedly in the end reduce to a
lower number the crowdiHg throng
now seeking to enter college, we can he
sure that still enough Will be left to
make the first Years work at least
brilliant experiment. At first the me-
side of the College may not he
fully appreciated, but as the years go
by there will be growing interest there:
The labor III the shops must ne claSsed
at irst aS purely educational aid not
callug for pay Those entering on this
Sid. should understand this difference
and avoid disappointment. Tne coua-
try boys who may most nre'i help 1ro;n
the prostration ct all the agricultural
industries at tais time vii tind the ar
raugemcnts of I'll" College TO favor
their heels.
TIE FARMERS COLLEGE.
it is well that the natural conditions
at first will tend to throwing a much
greater numbtr into The agricultural
department than the mechanical. This
vii! relieve the apprehensioas OF the
farnierS who might tnink that there
was d daugrr of losing their special
college after all their work to secure 1t.
Tne farmers wiII soOa see that the
mechanical features OF the institution
mean only gain to Them, When they per-
ceive that tie new openings thus ar
ranged for the overcrowdlng workers
in agriculture can only result Ii great
tr opportunity for all. Th" great i'm
pe,.!s that will be givea 20 factories OF
ali XII IDS will relieve the ranks OF the
aglicultuTist5 whilst they Increase the
ranks Of those who will be on the other
hand consumers Of their products.
TIE NEED OF TECHNICAL TRAINING.
But how the youth Of South Carollaa
has Suffered in tie past ANA must Still
suffer for the lack ot technoioslc lcal eoll-
cation for need Of q sufficient support
from the STATE or endowment. Livery
college should beg