The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1894-05-22

necessary muscular development by
performing labor which is educational
On the farm and in the work shop.
That this college has met a long felt
want and that our people have faith
and hope for the new system OF educa-
tion, you have ocular demonstration in
the splendid corps of cadets, number
ing $50, who have paid their w way
to come across the State TO give an
earnest OF the pleasure they feel in adj
ding eclat TO the occasion which has
brought us together. Consider that
ten months ago every one OF these
o gawky, slouchy country lout or city
dude, while half Of them have only
been at Clemson since February, and
you will give due credit to those in
charge Of it for the transformation
which has been wrought. 1 have rea-
son to know that the transformation
going on in their minds is equally
marked. These youths are the seed
m OF u country. They are being
taught that God helps those who helps
themselves; that in life re-
quires self-reliance and labor; that
work Is honorable; that work is lee
essary, and that South Carolina will
never achieve greatness except through
WIG OuOEbo VI uCT oWh CulluTGh : budb
knowledge Of books Is good, but not
the only knowledge that is necessary
that knowledge OF things is better
and that skill, energy and persever-
ance, with diversified pursuits, will
alono make South Carolina great and
prosperous.
We find, when we come to ~recapitu-
late, that the South Carolina College,
hOary with age and rendered illustri.
Gus by the famous men it has educated,
stands strong and sturdy among its clus,
tering elms In our Capital City. The
Citadel, equally honored by its alumni,
is doing it's special work in Charleston.
Clemson, which.i is spanned by such q
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 flu
ture mothers? The answer to the one
question is nothing )" the answer to
the other Is alas |! too often, "no
where" But, thank God, this great
wrong will soon be righted. This re-
proach on our justice and our states
manship will no longer cause us to
blush. We have waited long-too
long--but tardy justice will be done to
the sisters Of the boys. for whose edu-
cation the State has spent hundreds OF
thousands OF dollars, while the girls
have received nothing.
Grander in design than n or all OF
them, larger and more elaborate in
architecture, more beautiful and Orna-
mental, as lie fitting, the Winthrop
Normal and Industrial Collegeo Of South
Carolina will ere long pierce the sky
with its stately spire, and the sky OF
York will be spanned by another
bright rainbow of promise, that will
attract the gaze of the people, not
only OF this State, but Of many States.
The building, whose cornerstone we
lay to-day, Is n of the largest single
school edifces in the South, and, when
the two dormitOries, which are re-
CURED to complete the plan, are erect
ed, it will be the largest female col
lege of its kind in the Union.
Be it said to the credit Of the mon OF
the State that, whether from shame at
their long neglect, or from a sturdy
realization Of the necessity and i'm
portance Of the system of training
which We propose TO inaugurate 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 ]. proceed to give a brief out
line of the scope and plan Of the in
%stitution as it has been mapped out by
the board of trustees, I would go back
u little to speak of Clemson. AS you
all know, that college is located at
Fort Hill, the old home of Carolina's
greatest statesman, John @. Calhoun.
The history of its endowment by Mr..
Clemson, whose name it bears, is not
necessary to be given as you are all
familiar with it. 1t is of the connec.
ton of the school with Calhoun's
memory and spirit, which is it's presid-
ing genius that wish to speak. In
1850, Daniel Webster, Calhoun's great
compeer in the Senate, wal made
Secretary OF State in Fillmore's
cabinet, and his place was filled by ap.
pointment Of the Governor OF Mas
sachusetts. In March of that year
Calhoun passed to the land of shadows,
and this successor of Webster, o man
OF noted ancestry, Of ripe scholarship,
the highest integrity and character,
the broadcast craftsmanship, eloquent
and evcry way fitted to do the sub
ject justice, pronounced u eulogy upon
tho dead Carolinian in the House Of
Representatives of which he had been
a member for ten years previous,
which was eminently worthy of both.
This is the bond of union between the
two men. Disguised with the trend
OF political affairs, for he vas a friend
OF the South, this man retired from
public life and devoted himself to such
other pursuits and good works, as
have made his name q household word
in America.
So that, when George Peabody, the
celebrated philanthropist who has
done 80 much for education in the
South, died, this gentleman was DIP
pointed chairman of the board Of trus-
tees to carry out his will. This was
moro than twenty-five years ago, and
you can readily see that he must be
very ole. AT his home in Boston he Is
calmly awaiting the call of the Master.
1t was Il hope and purpose, and we
used every effort to have him grace
this occasion with his presence, but
his physical condition did not permit.
In response, however, to our urgent in
vitatiOn, he has sent us u letter, which
l will read:
BOSTON,, Mass, 3rd May, 1894.
His EXcellency Governor Tillman,
the Hon. w. ID. Maytield, Prof. Edward
S. Joynes, Committee-Gentleman:
Your most obliging letter Of the Both
ult., reached me last evening and /
hasten to acknowledge it with my
sincere thanks. When my illustrious
friend, Mr.. Peabody, to whose memory
all the tributes of Southern schools
and colleges rightfully belong, placed
In my hand his great instrument OF
more than q quarter OF a
century ago, and appointed me the
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