The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1894-05-16

stands strong and sturdy among its
clustering elms, in our Capital City
The Citadel. equally honored by its
alumni, is doing its special work in
Charleston. Clemson, which is spanued
by such a bright rainbow of promise,
is famed by the mountain breezes Of
Oconee. All for boys.
What have we done for our women
Where does the State educate its fu-
ture mothers The answer to the one
question is nothing; the answer to
the other is alas, too often, "nowbere,'
But, thank God, this great wrong will
soon be righted, This reproach on our
justice aud our craftsmanship will 20
longer cause us to blush. We have
waited long-too loog-but tardy JUS
tice will be done to the sisters Of the
boys for whose education the State has
spent hundreds Of thousands Of dollars,
while the girls have received nothing
Grauder in design than any or all Of
them. larger and more elaborate 10 ar.
cbitecture, more beautiful and orna-
meuted, as is fitting; the Winthrop
Normal and Industrial College Of South
Carolina, will ere long pierce the sky
with its stately spire, and the sky Of
York will be %spauued by another bright
rainbow of promise, that will attract the
gaze Of the people. not only of this
State but of naoy States. The build.
ing, whose cornerstone we lay today,
is one Of the largest single school edI-
6cea in the South, and, when the two
dormitories. which are required to CON-
plete the plan, are erected, it will be
the largest female college of its kind in
the Union.
Be it said to the men of the State
that, whether from shame at their
long neglect. or from a tardy r~ealiza-
ton Of the necessity aud importance of
the system of training which We propose
to iuaugurate here. that there has not
been one dissenting voice thus far raised
against the building and equipment of
this college, since the idea first took
shape three years ago.
Before I proceed to give a brief out
line Of the scope and plan Of the IN
stitutiou as it has been mapped out by
the board of trustees, | would 60 back
a little to speak Of Clemson. As you all
know. that college is located at Fort
Hill. the old home of Cardinals great
est statesmen, John G.. Calhoun. The
history Of its endowment by Mr.. Glenn
son, whose names it bears, is not neces-
sary to be given as you are all familiar
with it. 1t is Of the connection of the
school with Calhodn's memory and
spirit, which is its presiding genius
that I wish to speak. In 1850, Daniel
Webster. Calhoun's great compeer in
the Senate, was made Secretary of State
10 Fillmore's cabinet. aud his place was
filled by appointment Of the Governor
Of Massachusetts In March of that
year Calhoun passed to the land Of
shadows, and this successor Of Webster,
a man of noted ancestry. of ripe schol-
arsbip, the highest integrity and char
acter. the broadcast craftsmanship, elo-
qaent and every way fitted to do the
subject justice, pronounced a eulogy
upon the dead Carolinian in the House
of Representatives Of which be had
been a member for ten years previous.
which was emineutly worthy of both
This is the bond Of union between the
two men. Disguised with the trend
of political affairs, for he was q friend of
the South, this man retired from public
life and devoted himself to such other
pursuits and good works, as have made
his oame a household word iD America.
So that when George Peabody, the
celebrated philantbropist who has done
so much for education in the South, died
this gentleman was appointed chairman
of the board of trustees to carry out bis
will. This was more than twenty-five
years ago, and you cau readily see that
he must be very old. At his home in
Boston be is calmly awaiting the call Of
the Master, 1t was our hope and pur-
pose. and we used every effort to have
him grace this occasion with his pres.
ence, but his physical condition did not
permit. In response, however, to our
urgent invitation, be has sent US a let
ter, which 7 will read
BosoN, Mass, Sd May, 1894.
His Ezcellency Governor Tillmau. the
Hon. W. D. May6eld, Prof. Edward
S. Joyues, Committee-Gentlemen
Your most obliging letter of the Both
ult.. reached me last evening and has
ten to acknowledge it with my sincere
thanks. When my illustrious friend,
Mr.. Peabody. to whose memory all the
tributes of Southern schools aud COL
leges rightfully belong, placed in my
hand his great instrument of endow-
ment more than a quarter of a century
ago, and appointed me the permanent