The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-05-16

wealth will be done away with. Every pupil in the
school will be required to wear an uniform, and
exceeding $40 I'm getting in deep water here, for ri
am not altogether skilled in this department: but
know every father and husband will sympathize With
our aspirations along this tne: win simply say, asa
coroary, that have daughter of at boarding school
who has been gone nearly year. She carried off
big Saratoga trunk full and her mother has sent her
50 many dresses since she left that she will nave TO
buy another trunk to get back home with. And we
are determined that no girl shall ever leave the Win
throp College with or bring to 1t q Saratoga trunk.
There will be no conflict or rivalry between the
Normal and industrial Departmental. In fact the
normal students will be required to take industrial
training In order that We may be able to have manual
training taught By the Winthrop graduates in our
Tree common schools, when this feature shall be
grated on to our school system as we hope TO see
done ere long.
Now, am going to do some very plain talking.
While our our aspirations and ambitions are ali In
the direction OF fitting women for selEsupport both
as teachers and as followers Of industrial ayocaton,
want It understood that /, at least am irrevocably
opposed 10 anything being done taught here that
VIII tend IN the sighsess degree to rub the bloom of
send forth woman who has been unsexed, We
would have the clingng, helpless creatures, able to
stand erect and walk; we would have the bird II ne.
cessary given wings to fly from home-seek avenues
Of independence but never never never have any of
the daughters Of South Carolina who shall be trained
within these wallis by Of the strength and self
reliance which We hope to ;mpart here, become other
ers. Woman's special province In life is tha, OF
home maker. Her greatest glory. her proudest dis
the object Of her creation In fact, is that
Of motherhood
woman, Gods last, best gift to man. is associs.
ted with all that s brightest and noblest in mems
ives. as daughter, ssthr. sweetheart WIFE mother
she IS on inspiration and 8 solsce. As wife she
doubles mans joys and halves his sorrows simply by
sharing them. but the hoiest purest most sefsacri
hcing Is that of mother. It is to ct women TO be
mothers high, noble, properly trained mothers, the
schools founded. We viii start % Il IN that t pslh
give It the bias and direction TO which it should be
held and thus best discharge the high duty imposed
as S ,Ss TsO have placed In
trained In all the domestic arts and economics and
some bresd-winniag occupation, sef.reant and
strong, yet wthal modest self.respecting and lady
lke with what we sometimes see, ofener read about
strong minded, bold brazen, pert sef-asserting fe-
male, pra,ing Of "woman's rights" mans tyranny
ana selhishness the degradation Of nursing children
aud 30 on ad nauseam. The first picture 10 films.
trats WOrdsworth's noble lines:
"She was phantom ofdelight
When first she cleaned upon my sight,
lovely aspiration, sent
To be q moInents ornament;
Her eyes as stars Of twilight fair
Like twilights, two. her dusky hair:
But all things else about her drawn
From May-tfme and the cheerful dawn.
"A creature not too bright or good
For human natures daily food;
For transient sorrows, simple wes
Praise, blame, love, kisses, tears and smiles
The reason firm. the temperate WILL
Endurance. foresight, strength and skill;
a perfect woman, nobly planned
10 warm, TO comfort and to command
OF the other I have no ft description, for poets
nave never sung her praises but her position in the
can be pretty we'll set forth in the last line OF of
piece OF doegerel brought home from school few
Gays ago by little six.year old daughter. who took
Il know little girl
With little curl
Hanging right down her forehesd:
When she Is good
But when she is bad she is horrid.n
These composite unnatural, unsexed women. striy.
Ing 10 be like men, and to do like men. have lost al
thelr nner graces and charms which have awsyl
made men the slaves q the sex have gained nothing
IN exehange except their own morbid seEesteeu.
Such women ARE simply honid, and It viii beths
ambition and csre Of all friends Of this college that
Il sha never send forth harbor one Of these ahor.
sRis,sncs spd n.r s, T man scsnow,edesstse
Mordowortn gives her the right to command" and
all men since Adam set US the example In obedience
even TO DO evil. have obeyed when the behest
way.
The young men who will be trained at Clemson in
the manner l have indicated will naturally look
hither and seek among the students who will flock
to Rock Hill for their future hepmeets. They are
even here now reconotering the ground. And after
Winthrop gets folly under way think that It ought
to be the fixed policy Of the management OF the two
colleges have frequent mgrations to and fro for it
VIII inspire and help the boys to here and the
girls will be equally benefited by an occasional eI.
carsion 10 Clemson. The alliance is q natural one
aud the two schools run into each other and are lust
as much bone OF bone flesh OF one flesh as though al
ready married.
But must hasten to a conclusion and leave to the
distinguished orator of the day fully and more elo.
quent discussion Of these themes
Before closing /! want to give emphasis to one
thought. have already pointed out the unanimity
with which men Of all classes, conditions and ideas
have Joined hands In aiding to erect this school, 1t
men of South Carolina are at present united. Only
alludng, In passing to the division and bitterness
which exist among our people, allow me to express
the hope that this point of union may grow and
spread; that the inspiration Of this day may prove
harbnger and help TO hasten the restoration OF thst
harmony and friendly feeling which existed and
which must necessarily return before we can have
any great degree Of prosperity. Our interests are
one our ancestry Is the same let yield to the rule
ofjustice and reason and the government Of the ma
as brethren?
As In the days Of old the ancient Sabines were
brought to peace with the Romans by the women
who had been seized and borne off captive to become
the wives Of the latter, 50 may the women of South
Carolina become our peacemakers.
Let them take hold OF the work In earnest 20 TO all
the campaign meetings in full force to make their
fathers husbands and brothers behave hemseles and
at the end Of the summer will have something
better' than prohibition or the sub-tressury.
peace in all our hearts;
Peace in all our homes"