The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1894-05-24

'0'' "ii" 'HaC Cley GO u much lar
gor portion of work than we do.
On tho other hand, it is equally pa
tont that tho bulk of tho labor
among tho colored people is per-
formed by tho mon.
But to return to tho scope and
purpose OF tho two lines of teach.
ing which we expect to pursue
here. Wo dcsiro to say that we
fully realize and understand tho
great need Of bottor teachers-
teachers trained specifically for
'hat vocation. Thcry are hun.
drcds and thousands of fairly we'll
educated women in our State, ma
ny OF whom are following the no.
bio avocation of teaching. But
the mere possession of knowledge
does not carry with it the power of
lmparting it, of exciting cmula-
ton, of making study interesting,
of training childrcn how to think
and cNcrciso their reasoning DOW
"rs. | have often thought that
teachers arc born, not made; and
We occasionally meet with those
who have gonius for imparting
inowlcdgr. But tho improved sys-
tens which havo boon adopted i'm
the Winthrop School, and facility
with which all tho graduates Of
that school obtain positions at
moro rcmunerativo wages than 9TH
crs OF equal education, who havo
not had its advantages, is proof
that normal training is an abso-
lllto necessity and invaluablo.-
Without r"I'"cting in tho slightest
upon the work which has hitherto
boon done in This line, it is our pur-
pose [" cnlargo and improve on
that work. and it will DO our am
hltlon to- have such professors and
lnauguratc such curriculum as
will not only furnish facilities for
persons already educated to got
TINS normal training, but to tako
tn" young girl fresh from homo
and carry her through all the clas.
""s up t" tho highest proficiency
IN the normal department., confer
= wing degrees for the varying degrees
"i proficiency. Thcro will ncvcr
We amy restrictions as to tho num-
. h"r OF normal students, but We will
:, take all who apply for this specific
4 training.
h But along with HE normal, CO.
l. ordinate and OF equal Importance,
0 Will DC the industrial feature Of the
o school, Somebody long ago said
. "knowIcdsc was power" In those
L latter days we have also come to
learn that knowledge is almost mon.
, cy--mdcpcndcncc. And knowledge,
coupled with skill, backed by indus
try, will always insure any woman,
however fragile, absolute exemption
from want and poverty. Every IA
ther, who thinks Alright, would have
bis daughter, 1t thrown on her own
resources, able to earn her own sup
| port. The effects Of slavery upon
) ou habits and customs are still plain
Iy visible, however. We are dis
inclined as Il people to have our wo-
men leave home to seek their fortunes
or enter into industrial life. The
consequences is that, with the system
Of education which has hitherto pre-
vailed, preparing women solely to
acorn the drawing room and shine
IN society, our women have been alto
gcthcr helpless and our system of
education has boon q fatal blundcr.
, How many thousands Of our women,
tcnderIy nurturcd, carefully trained
, at the expensive boarding schools
I have found themselves by the death
, Of father, brother or husband, thrown
, on Their own resources, left to battle
o with the cold, hard world by the
: lost Of their protectors, Every day
Q we come across some OF these, and,
$ while an increasing number have
/ found positions Of late years as clerks
g in stores, the vast army have had no
) other avenues open TO them except
work as scamStGcss or in cotton facto-
rcS. In these lattor, owing to the
fact that the manufacturing industries
Of our State have only developed in
the coarScr fabrics, their labor has
not cen very rcmuncrativc, and 1T
; is only sought as tho dcrnicr resort.
Any one who has visited the North
crn cities and factories is struck with
the painful contrast IN the drcsa, de-