The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1894-05-23
mental ideas which have actuated those
who plead for il. and who have opened

it so successfully, are cbeapness, the
dignity CT labor, and, the application Of
applied science to practical af-
atairs. It is ''bread and butter" school
in every sense Of the word, seeking
to fit men for the ccupations they'll
tend to follow, while giving good pra'i'
cal drill in the Eoglish braEches. 1t was
coDtended by those who opposed Its be.
inc founded, that the man should be ecu.
Gated first and leave him to acquire
technical or special t,aining afterwards.
Tue Fundamental idea OF the Clemson
| curriculum is that the two shall go To-
gether; that while the mind is being
drilled 70 reason correctly and the brain
| cultivated BY the acquisition OF know.
ledge, the hand and eye shall also be
trained, and that. instead of wasting
time 10 physical culture in the gymha.
SUM or on the base ball ground or 10
the tennis court, the boy shall receive all
| necessary muscular development by per-
forming labor which is educational
on the farm and in the work
shop. That this college has met a
loug felt want and that our people have
faith and hope for the new system of ed.
ucatlon, 5ou have occular denonstra.
| lion in the splendid corps of cadets.
numbering SEQ, who have paid tnelr own
way to come across the State to give an
earnest of the pleasure they feel in
adding eclat to the occasion which has
broug ht US together. Consider that ten
| months ego every one of these erect,
| manly looking youngsters was gaWky,
| slouchy country lout or city dude, while
halt of them have only been at Clemson
since February, and you will give due
| credit to those ;n charge Of it for the
transformation which has been wrought.
I have reason to know that the trans.
formation going on in their minds is
equally marked. These youths are the
seed corn OF our country. They are be.
ing taught that God helps those who
help themselves; that success in life re-.
quires self reliance and labor; that work
is honorable; that work is necessary,
and that South Carolina will never
achieve greatness except through the
efforts of her own children; that
knowledge of books is good, but not the
only knowledge that is necessary; that
knowledge of things ts better; and that
skill, energy and perseverance,. with di-
versifed pursuits, will alone make South
Carolina great and prosperous.
We find, when we come to rscapitu.
late, that the South Carolina College,
hoary with age and rendered illustrious
by the famous men it has educated,
stands strong and sturdy among It's clus.
tering elms, in our Capital city. The
Citadel, equally honored by its alumni,
is dong its special work IN Charleston.
Clemson, which is spanned by such a
bright rainbow OF promise. is famed by
the mountain breezss Of Oconee. All
for boys.
What have we done for our women?
Where does the State educate its future
mothers? The answer to the one ques-
lion is ''nothing"; the answer to the
other is alas, too often, nowhere"
But, thank God, this great wrong will
soon be righted. This reproach on our
Justice and our craftsmanship will no
longer cause US to blush. We have
waited long-too long-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 gills have received nothing.
Grander in deslgD than any or all OF
them, larger and more elaborate In ar
caltec,ure, more beautiful and ornament
ed, as is fitting; the Winthrop Nor
NAL and Industrial College of South Car
olina, will ere long pierce the sky with
It's stately spire, and the sky of York
Will be spanned by another bright rain
bow of promise, that will attract the
gsze of the people, not only of this State
but of many States. The building.
whose corner stone Ne lay today, is one
ofthe larsestslngle school edlices in the
South, and, when the two dormitories
hich are required 10 complete the plan
are erected, II will be the largest female
college Of its bind in the Union.
Bel said TO the men of he State, that
whether from shane at their long ne.
slect, or from a tardy realization Of the
uecessisy snu importance of the sgstsm
oy ,raining which we propose 10 inausu-
ra:, here. that here mas not been one
dlssen;iLG voice thu. tar raised against
lhe building an3 equipment OF this col
l4ge, since the idea fist took shape three
wears ae@.
B FIRE I proceed 10 give brief out
'iue # the scope and plan cf the lnstltu-
ton as 1t has been mapped out by The
BOARD of trustees, I would 60 back lit
lie TO speak Of Clemson. AS you all
know, that college is lccs!ed at F"rt
Hill, the old home of Cardinals great
est statesman, John G. Calhoun. The
tistorY ct it's endowment bv Mr.. Clem-
son, whose name it bears, is not neces-
sarv to be given as you are sll familiar
With it. It is Of the connection of the
school With Calhoun's memory and
spirit, which is its presiding genius that
I wish to speak. In 1850, Daniel Web
ster, Calhoun's greatest compeer in The
Senate, was made Secretary of State III
Fill oore's Cabinet, and his place was
filed by appointment Of the GoVerner
of Massachusetts. 10 March of thatyear
Calhoun passed to the land Of shadows,
and this successor of Webster, a man OF
noted ancestry, of ripe scholarship, the
highest integrity and character, the
broadest craftsmanship, eloquent and
every way fitted to do the subject justice
pronounced eu!ogv upon the dead
Carolinian. In the House of Represen-
tatives of which he had been lnember
for ten Y.ars previous, which was emie
nently worthy of both. This ls the bond
of union between the two men. Dis
gusted with the trend Of political affairs,
tor be was friend Of the South, this
man retired from public lite and devoted
himself to other pursuits and good works
es have made his name a household
word IN America.
So that, whea George Peaoody, the
celebrated philanthropist who has done
so much for education In the South, died
this gentleman was appointed chairman
Of the Board of Trustees TO carry out