The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1894-06-20
The South Carolina College
Is an Institution to be Proud Of
It's Many Advantages Told by
Friend.
From the Newberry Observer.

It's Many Advantages Told BY
a Friend.
From, the Newberry Observer.
Messrs. Editors: 1t was my goot
fortune to visit last week the Soutl
Carolina College and to have th'
opportunity to inform myself, b.
personal inspection, of it's most ex
cellent equipment and of the grea
advantages It offers to young nen ant
women desiring an education. hat
thought that the institution had tbt
appliances and apparatus necessar,
for thorough work. but my expecta
tions we're more than realized. Ii
oil the class rooms are found maps
charts and such ether appliances al
are needful aud helpful in illustrating
and .impressing . lesson
Physical training goes hand in
hand with mental and moral training.
and to attain this end there is y
completely equipped gymnasian in
charge of a thoroughly competen,
instructor. We witnessed the per
formance Of the class in physical
culture and were much pleased with
the evidences of thorough training.
The chemical department is thor.
oughly organized under a most eff
Gent head, and is said by those
competent to Judge to be equal to
Heidelburg or any European univer.
sity. From the making of the
simplest experiment TO the sssaying
of ores and soils, everything is at
hand.
In the department of physics
everything necessary to illustrate ma.
tural pheno.nena is at hand. In the
class room of Professor Davis we saw
something which especially pleased
US, and which set ae to thinking.
Il is homemade stereopticon.
By means Of mirror, two lenses and
q slide properly arranged he is able
to project q picture upon sheet
some forty feet distant, and in this
wy most beautifully and impressive
y illustrate historical events, bring
ing as it were the historic personages
and places immediately before the
eyes of the pupils Cannot such an
apparatus be in every common school
house in the country? 1t is cheap
and most efficient. / hope every
teacher from Newberry County who
attends the summer school at the
South Carolina College, and ! hope
all will attend after attending their
own institute. will request Professor
Davis to exhibit this apparatus.
The department Of mineralogy,
geology and biology is fully equipped
with all that is needfnl for thorough
training along this line.
We had been under the impression
that the South Carolina College is an
expensive institution Such is not
the case. Good board can be obtain.
ed at the Stewards Hall for So per
month All necessary expenses need
not exceed $lf0 per annum.
The wafer, obtained from we'll far
removed from communicating sources,
is clear, cold and pure. Phis is an
important matter, and the excellent
health enjoyed by the students is in a
great measure due to it.
The faculty is composed of gentle
men who are at the top in their
respective branches. They are able,
enthusiastic sympathetic. What more
can be desired !?
With all Of these advantages of
personal, equipment, location and
cheapness, why is it that our youths
do not go to the South Carolina Col
lege? Simply because they are
ignorant of the excellent oppo,tuui.
ties with their reach
This grand old institution is his.
tor;c and deserves patronage. The
proud rank which South Carolina has
taken among her sister States was
made possible by the South Carolina
College and has been achieved by her
alumni. She has proud record. 1t
is said that out of the college bred
men of the United States who have
attained to positions Of honor. trust
and emineBce, 20 per cent. has been
furnished by the South Carolina Col.
lege. Let not this proud record be
lowered. Let not this historic jnsti-
tution die for lack of material upon
which to exercise its bene6cent in.
fuence. Respectfully,
THos. w. KE1rT.
a.. T;lIran hoo offorod reward OS