The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1894-05-24
she industrial feature OF the school.

oonepuoy long ago said "knOWledRe Is
power" lu these latter days we have
aiso come to learu that knowledge is
money independence. And knowledge
coupled with skill, backed by industry.
VIII insure any woman, however fra.
gile, absolute exemption from want
ana poverty Every father. who thinks
Alright, would have his daughter. If
throWu on her own resources. able To
earn her own support. The effects of
slaVery upon our habits and customs
are stlll plainly visible however. We
are ulslncilned AS q people to have our
women leave home to seek their for.
tunes or enter into industrial life. The
consequences IS that, with the system of
edncation which has hitherto prevail.
ed, preparing women solely to aIorn
the drawing room and society, our wo-
men nave been altogether helpless and
Ourisy stem OF education has been a
fatal blupder.
How many thousands OF our women
tenderly nurtured, carefully trained at
Che expensive boarding schools, have
found themselves by tho death Of faith
er, brother or husband, thrown on their
own resources, left to battle with the
cold, hard world by tie loss of their
protect RS? Every day we come across
some OF these, and, while an Increasing
humo'r have found positions of late
years as clerks in stores, th- vast army
nave had no other avenues omen to
Chem except work as seamstrpssps and
III cotton Factories. In these latter
owing TO tho fact that the manufactu.
ring Industries OF our State have ONLY
neVelopcd IN the coar3er fabrics, their
laoor mas not bern very remuuerattvs
ahu IL ~ only Sought as tho darnier re-
sort. Anyone who has visited th.,
| Il f,,,,
| '"lth the painful contrast In the dress,
demeanor. intelligence and evident
| prosperity Of The skilled female labor
| compared with that which We So here
| III no South. We Can and must change
| this
| In the Industrial department of this
cnil'He II Is our intention to teach
everything aud nave the students prac
| llce every luduSLri Al art that will lead
70 ildependence. Music will bn taught,
| Out only aS AN iDdu 4trial art-in ot ntr
words, with so much proficiency only
IN Singing and playing as will insure Il
| i'Velihood. AS an ornament it will not
oe taught at all, and those lacking In
Sptc'al talent Will not receive tuition
IL 1T But don'C understand me as
| meaning that so intend only to TT
| 'hoso VINO enter the industrial depart.
mems 10r making their own support.
we VIII nave laundry, where the
girls Go their own washing and ironing.
The chemistry and practice of cookery
VIII De Taught and everything connect
ed with housekeeping. The dining
room and drcSsmaking departments,
and all that. goes to make up those
Thousand and one things which a |
Wom2a has to do To make a pleasant, |
home will be taught in the best man.
ner possible. They will be taught by
having them done by the students |
themselves, Tor we will have no ser |
wants except for the drudgery work.
All the distinctions Of wealth will be
done away with. Every pupil in the
school will he required to wear q uni
! form and girls whole clothing outfit
Tor year will cost not exceeding $50
I'm getting in deep water here, for
| am not altogether skilled in this de-
partment, but ] know every father and
| husband will sympathiZe with our as.
| plrations along this line, and 1 will
! simply say as a corollary that have a
daughter Off at boarding school who
has been gone nearly year. She car
| Iled Oil Dig Saratoga trunk full and
| her mother has sent her so many dress
| e3 since she left that she will have to
| buy another trunk to get back home
| with. And we arc determined that no
| girl shall leave the Winthrop College
with or bring to it Saratoga trunk.
There Will be no conflict or rivalry be-
tween tho normal and Industrial dc. |
partmenis In fact the normal stu
dents will be required to take indus
trlal training in order that we may be |
aDle to have manual training taught |
ny the winthrop graduates in our free |
common schools, when this feature |
Shall be grattedeon to our school sys-
TEN, rs wo hope to see done ere long.
Now I'm going to do some very plain |
taking. While our aspirations and !
amDltlons are all In the direction of |
nttlng women for self.support, both as |
the teacher and as followers Of indus. |
trial ayocations, | want it understood
that l, at least, am irrevocably opposed
to anything being done or taught here |
that will tend III the slightest degree to
rub the bloom off the peach. God for |
6id that this school shall ever send
forth woman who has been unsexed,
we would have the clinglng, helpless
creature aDie to stand erect and walk;
we would have The bird If necessary
given wings to fly from home sick ave.
nues OF inden endence; but never, ney.
er, never have any OF the daughters of
South Carolina, who shall be- trained
within these walls, by reason OF the
strength and selfrespect which we
nope to 1mpart here. become other than
nneiplui wives ana happy, self.respect-
tul mothers. Woman's special prov
ince in life Is that OF a home-maker.
Her greatest glory, her prOudest dis.
Junction, the object of her creation, In
fact, IS that Of motherhood.
woman, Gods last, best gift to man."
Is associated with all that is brightest
and noblest and best in mems lives. Az
daughter, sister, sweetheart, wife,
mother, she Is an inspiration and u so.
lace. AS wife, she doubles mans
joys and halves his SORROWS. simply by
sharing them; but the hottest, buresi
most self sacrificing love In tho world
IS that OF mother. 1t Is to fit women
to be mothrrs-high, noble, properly
trained mothers, the natural and prop
er guardians of chiloren-that this |
school Is founded. We will start It In |
that path, give it the bias and dlrec,
ton to which it should be held, and
thus best discharge tho high duty i'm
posed upon us by those who have |
placed usin control.
Contrast the picture I have drawn of |