The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1892-12-01

of education; to the financial stringen.
cy; to the "pllttical and social antago
nlSms which exist in the State; and TO
the location of the college al the capi-
tal-the people of which are bitterly
oppossd to the present administration,
though 1T was put in ofiice by an over
Whelming majority on issues, the prin-
clpal OF which was what should con-
stitute our system of higher educa-
tion." Comparing the old idea of high
or education with tho new one of prac-
tical training, the Governor considers
that there is need and loom for both
lie then goes on to say:
"But the adherents Of the old re-
gime have largely Withdrawn their
patronage from the college because
they could not have their way in con
trolling 1t, and the county of Charles
ton, which has always supported the
college zealOuSly, has at this time no
student within its walls. The adhe-
rents OF the new order of things, while
paying taxes to sustain the school
cheerlully, and Indicating their inten-
ton and purpose, in no uncertain man
ner; to sustain 1t literally, have felt no
inclination to pOtrOniZe 1t because OF
the lnhospitable atmosphere surround
ing it. Another thing: There Is COM
petition between the college and the
denOminatioual institutions at Green
vile, Spartanburg, Newberrv and Due
West, to which schools the Reformers
of the State are sending their sons in
preference TO sending them here; and
this will continue as long as the pres
ent conditions of social aud political
antagOnism exist in Columbia. The
weather class OF boys from both
political elements are being sent out OF
The State to Harvard, Yale, Princeton
and the University of Virginia. The
competion and consequent unfriendli.
ness OF the denominatlonal colleges to
the South Carolina College can be got
ten rid of in only one way, and that is
to make this college 80 much better
and higher in its requirements and
facilities for teaching, that their STU
dents Will seek its walls to coAiplete
their education, and when this Is done
the Incentive for yOuLg Men TO go
abroad will no longer exist. Factional
feeling must sooner or later pass away
or it will wear itself out, it the goud
sense and community uf interest of
our people do hot frown upon and de-
strOy 1t. The broad and patriotic view
then, to take of the situation Is to give
the school all the money it need, and
leave time, the physician, to restore 1t
to health and vigor. The pledges given
by the March Convention of 1890 must
be sacredly kept, and the friends ofClem-
son College continue to give cheerful
support to the South Carolina College.
The trustees are keenly alive to the
esponsibility resting OH them, and
with your cooperation, we confident
ly expect to sec the college, eer long,
occupying its wonted place in the at
fpPtjan pOnfiHnnPn Of
linian, because it furnishes an educa-
tion such as no other college in the
State can give"
CLEMSON COLLEGE.
The Governor states the causes OF
the delay in the work on Clemson Col
lege-attributing it to the failure to
get $4,000 expected from the sale OF
the Agricultural Hall and a falling off
Of $4,000 in the privilege tax on fertil-
lZers. He estimates that an appropri-
alton of $40 900 will insure the open
ing OF the institution next May, but
thinks that the $50 600 asked by the
trustees will put it on broader basis
of usefulness. lie states that nearly
now awaiting the opening of its por-
talS."
TIE CITADEL ACADEMY.
This institution is reported to he in
a tlourishing condition-the roll of
cadets numbering 1877. The Cover nor
thinks the number of beneliciarieS
should be doubled, and the annual al
lowance to each reduced from 1900 10
SS10O-the cost of maintainance being
reduced. if possible, in like prepor-
tion. lie touches on the advantages
enjoyed by town boys over those from
the country IN competing for the schol-
arships. He thinks that II the COM
mon schools could be improved rs
they should be, these cadetshlps could
be open to poor boys as prizes to bu
contended Tor, and awarded under the
auspices of the County Teachers AS
sociation. The ambition of teachers
and students both would thus be stim-
ulated. the boys to yet the places and
the teachers 10 have their students 10
get them. And we would certainly
be rid of the complaints now coming
from many quarters that the town.
school boys are receiving nearly all
the benefit of this charity, and that
TOO, when they are not entitled to 1t.
On this point the Governor concludes
III Is not always the brightest boy
or the one capable OF this greatest men
tai cultivation who answers the Ques.
tions best at the examinations, for il
Is frequently only difference of op
portunity.
"If certificate, under oath of the
three township assessors where the
applicant resides were required, of the
inability Of the boy or his relatives tC
pay for ais education, 1t would largely
90 away with the complaints which
are made about boys who are able to
pay their way getting the appoint.
M ATS. What the State wants, and
what was concemplal ed when the Cita
del was founded, was to take the
brightest youths among the poorer
CLASSES and give them II practical edu.
cstioD. The welfare and popularity OF
the school will depend on this scheme
being honestly carried out and the
elimination OF the abuses which now
exist. Ii these recommendations meet
your approval, in the counties where
no teachers associations exist, the con.
duct OF the examinations and the in.
vestigatiOn as to property, etc, could
be placed In charge of the members OF
the General Assembly, who, for politi
cal reasons, if for no other, would en-
deayor to see the law properly en-
| forced"