The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1893-11-29
Educational Ensti

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The Reports OF the various Boards Of Trus
tons show the condition of the States insti.
10 higher education.
& The Citadel is performing the work which II
undertakes TO do In Its usual satisfactory
\ Clemson College has been completed and
partially equipped, and opened IN July last
with over four hundred boys, and: there ta
promise that ut its next session Il Will be hil.
ed to oyerdowing and many wall nave nave, 70 oe
4 At the South Carolina College, alone OF the
schools which are running, the attendance is
Materially, ms 70 plant and
buildings IN general me college y IN oe,.el
The corps Of professors is an able one, and
they are performing their work with accus-
toned satisfaction; bnt, for the cnuses whicn
boys sscontinueSit 10 go elsewhere. Yet Eave
every reason 20 believe that low water mark
has been reached, and that the college In the
future will attract q larger and larger mum.
Der OF students, so that the attendance Will
reach satisfactory average In one or two
There are two changes which suggest them
selves 10 me as desirable, and submit them
for yonr consideration: One is that ths Iras.
mission OF women 10 the advantages OF the
school; and the other is ihat provision be
made for Normal iraining-the preparnsiSn
sachsrs 20 PaRSs PfsRPy s
properly trained In edncatlonaE work. The
education given women in the varions Fe-
male Colleges OF the State 10, al best, tmper.
feet, and would only admit them, after gradu-
alton, J, TO the Junior Glass OF the South Caro-
lima College and the admission OF women 10
the advantages offered by this college 10 but
matter OF Justice and common sense In Keep
Ing with the spirit Of the age, There are
some mutterinGs Of discomfort about the ex.
mai ri maintenance
South Carolina College, and this Is occastoued
wholly by the small attendance. feel sure,
however, that the members OF the General
Assembly are too .eniightened 10 nave A any y
nom some quarters. that the eappropriahon'b be
cut OF. The school lisa century old. WI ith its
past are linked the names OF many OF Caroil-
mas bravest, brightest and best linen ana np.
on its maintenance depends the future stand.
ard Of higher learning In the State. We can.
not afford to lake any step backward In edu-
cation; nor can we lower that standard.
State pride, regard for the pledges OF the Re.
influence those who now guide the destinies
OF the State point at this time rather TO the
wisdom OF searching for the diseases which
may canse the sickly condition Of The school.
and applying the remedy. than taking advan-
tage Of that Unhealthy condition to strike II
down, and thus remove u landmark which al.
ways has been and should continue TO be the
pride Of every true Carolsnian. 49,,
-throp Normal College, which has been located
at Rock Hill, after o lively competition be-
tween that city, Spartanburg and Chester,
viii only say that, remembering the demand
the Board Of Trustees are planning for q du:
plication Of that school The amount. OF
money paid by the people OF that thriving
and ambitious little city. 800 900. will be ex-
building, which will afford class rooms for at
least 600 girls; and we hope 70 have the bnilr-
ing completed and ready for use by the le. o.
September neIt. II is unnecessary 10 remind
you that the condition OF the people and the
States finances preclude the possibility OF
any appropriation to this. girls college from
taxation at this Time; but the college build
ing proper can never be filled, and the advan-
State on conditions similar TO those which OBJ
tain at Clemson unless dormltores are sup
piled. II ,s altogether TO be expected that
there will be as great attendance al this girls
college as at Clemson College, y iiEe 1na9ce,
without dormttorieS, and It ts even doubtful
II board can be obtained In the town for one.
half OF those the college ts designed to re.
a dormitory sufficiently large to accom MO
date four or five hundred girls would cost :5O,-
0O0 II the two buildings ara erected together,
and convict labor be utilized, as is being done,
think we can build aud equip sufficiently
large dormitory, open the college next 0cto-
Der and run II until the legislature meets
again, for that sum Of money.
7 would therefore recommend and urge that
you appropriate for this purpose from the
earning of the State Dlepensary such sum OF
money, to be available after the ffty thou
sand dollars appropriated last year TO the Dis.
pensary has been repaid to the Treasury. II
the Dispensary does not make 1t, then no
harm will have been done. make this rec.
ommendation with great earnestness for the
reason that having been the first Governor OF
the State to advocate u college for our women,
It will be matter Of intense qualification to
me II, before i retire from office, can see The
twin colleges, Clemson and Winthrop, with
six hundred students each, realizing that
rnent. inspired IL with courage and carried u
10 victory-the demand for cheap and practi.
cal education for the boys and girls OF the
State.
There only remains to be mentioned the Ce.
dar Spring Institute--the school for the deaf,
dumb and blind-which has been managed
with the usual good sense and Judgment char
acterizing the institntion, and merits con.
tinuance of your fostering care.
Sea Island Sufferers.
The 9th of August last Witnessed the most
dsasterous storm and tidal wave on the coast
mails have any record. The exact number OF
lives lost is unknown, but IL was considerably
over thousand. and there was q total loaH OF
CROPS on the more exposed islands all the way
from Johns Island TO Hilton Head. over
one-half OF the houses were also blown Gown
or washed away,and the unfortunate people
would have long since succumbed 70 starVa