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

+ The Reports of the various Boards Of Trus'
tees charged with the con troll OF these instltn
tons show the condition Of the States insti-
tu:ions devoted TO higher education.
The Citadel is performing the work which II
undertakes TO do> IN Its usual satisfactory
manner.
Clemson College has been completed and
partially equipped, and opened In July last
with over four hundred boys, ana Gnere is
promise that ut its next session IT Will De NIL
At the South Carolina College, alone OF the
schools which are running, the attendance ie
unsatisfactory. Materially. as to plant ana
-ac.:dIIion than 1t has been for half u century:
The corps OF professors IL an able one, ana
they are perfoi ming their work with accns-
toned satisfaction; but, for the causes when
we're set forth In my last Annual Message. Inc
boys continue TO 20 elsewhere. Yet have
every reason TO believe that low water mark
has been reached, and that the college IN The
future will attract larger and larger mum,
ber Of students, BID that tho attendance Will
reach satisfactory average In one Or TWO
more years.
There are two changes which suggest them
selves TO me as desirable, mud submit them
tees shall he Instructed to provide for the ad-
mission OF women to the advantages OF The
schools and the other Is that provision be
made for Normal training-the preparation
ing demand of our Public Schools for men
properly trained in educational work. The
education given women In the various re-
male Colleges OF the State Is. at best, I'm per-
feet, and would only admit them, alter gradu-
alton, " the Junior Class OF the South Caro-
lima College; md the admission OF women 10
The advantages offered by this college Is buta
matter Of justice an6 common sense In Keep.
Ing with the spirit of the age. There are
some mutterlnes of discomfort about the e3-
penRe attending the maintenance OF the
South Carolina College, and this Is occasioned
wholly by the small attendance. +! Eel sure,
however, that the members OF the General
Assembly arc too enlightened 10 have any
sympathy With the demand, which comes
from some quarters. that the appropriation oe
cut of. The school lisa century old. with lts
past are linked the names OF many oil CARROLL
mas bravest, brightest and best men; and up
on its maintenance depends the future stand.
ard Of higher learning In the State. We can.
not afford TO lake any step back kward IN edu-
cation; nor can we lower that standard
State pride, regard for the pledges OF the he.
form Moyement-eyerythEng which should
influence those who now guide the destinies
Of the State. point at this time rather TO- TO ne
may cause the sickly condition VI the school,
and applying the remedy, ihan taking advan-
tage OF that un nhealthy condition to Strike II
down, and th us remove u landmark which al
ways las been and should continue 10 be the
pride OF every true Caroliniap.
or the South Carolina Industrial and WIN.
throp Normal College, which has been located
at Ro,k Hill. after u lively competition be,
tween that city, Spartanburg and Chester,
will only say that, remembering the demand
for q similar Institution for boys at Clemson,
the Board Of Trustees are planning for duc
money paid by the people OF that thriving
and ambitious little city, 500 900, will be eX-
pended in the erection OF the main college
building, which will afford class rooms for at
least 600 girls; and we hope 10 have the build.
Ing completed and ready for use by the lst oi
September next. It Ia unnecessary t0 remind
you that the condition of the people and the
any appropriation 10 this girls college from
taxation at this lime; but the college build
ing proper can never be filled, and the adran-
tages Of the school offered to the girls oi the
Tain at Clemson unless dormitories are sup
piled. 1t is altogether TO he expected that
there Will be as great attendance OF this girls
college az ut Clemson College, II like induce
uents are offered; but this will be i'm possible
without dormitorles, and 1t Is even doubtful
II board can be obtained In the town for one
half of those the college IL designed TO re,
ceive. II Is estnated that the equipment OF
q doruaitory sufficiently large to accommo-
date four or five hundred girls would cost .50,-
OOO If the two buildings are erected together,
and convict labor be utilized, hS is being done,
IL will be much cheaper than to walt, and
think we can build aud equip sufficiently
large dormitory, open the college next Octo-
Der and run IL until the LEGISLATURE meets
again, for that sum of money.
I would therefore recommend and urge that
you appropriate for this purpose from the
earning of the Slate Dispensary such q sum m or
money, to be available after the tlfty thou
sand dollars appropriated last year 10 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
omm endation with great earneStness for the
reason that having been the first Governor oil
the State TO advocate Il college for our women,
IL will be matter Of intense qualification 10
me IT, before retire from office, can see the
twin colleges, Clemson and Winthrop, with
six hundred students each, realizing that
which first gave rise TO the farmers move
ment. iospired II with courage and carried IL
10 victory-the demand for chehp and practl-
cal education for the boys and girls OF the
State.
There only remains 10 be mentioned the &c.
dar Spring Inslitute-the school for the deaf,
dunt and blind-whlch has been managed
with the usual good sense and Judgment char
acterizing the Institution, and merits con-
tinuance of your fostering care.
Sen island Sufferers.
The 9th OF August last witnessed the most
dIsasterous storm and tidal wave on the coast
from Beaufort to Charleston of which our an.
nails huve any record. The exact number or
lives lost Is unk nown, but 1t was considerably
over thousand. and there was O. total loSs Oh
crops on the more exposed Islands all the way