The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-11-06

The people of this city with commendable zea after
the termination of hostltes, repaired their waste Places
and rebuilt the city, and though there not many signs
now remaining of the terrible conagraton the memories
are still fresh with u.s. and can not be forgotten
We turn from the past.
We shall endeavor to take advantage of this occasion
to offer suggestions why the College should receive
la liberal support from the State
Let us here call attention to the the part of
those who suppose that colleges only benefit those who
are educated at them.
government can not rise higher than the individual
citizenship composing it and therefore has direct in
terest in the education of its citizens.
The colleges are recruited from the schools
but interest in the schools is to great extent
kept alive by the graduates of the college, when they
to their homes.
The common schools act upon the college, and the COL
lege reacts upon the common schools.
Education is governed by the laws of supply and
demand, but the have the more we desire.
The education of every and woman acts either dl
ecty or indirectly incentive to others to get ed
ucaton
Dr. Thornwell once the loved President of this College,
in an open letter to Governor Manning this focble
language
'Bu then the important point is, and it point which
ought never to be forgotten though Systematically
looked by those who accustomed decy the College,
but for the interest of the manythe good OF the State at
large Those who educated educated not for them
selves but for the advantage of the Commonwealth whole
Every scholar regarded ssng-a great public benefit
and for the sake of the general influence that he is qualified
exert the State makes provision for his training 1t is be-
the proper education OF youth contributes greatly to-
the prosperity of society," that ought to be object Of
legislative attention. The many, therefore, not taxed
the few but the few trained for exalted usefulness and
good the many If the legislature had in view
only the of those who educated and expended its
duas there would be just ground of complaint but when
really aiming at the prosperity of the whole community and
these individuals to that end there is moth
ing limited partial in its measures.
cit great weakness suppose that nothing conr
butte the general good the immediate ends OF which are
realized in the of every individual Are
only for the safety of the who
may be actually guided by their lamps they raised for
the security of navigation the interest of and
through these the interest of society large There is
way evadng the force of this argument but by fatty deny
ing that educated class is public good If there any
among who prepared take this ground and to be-
open advocates of barbasm have nothing to say to
them but for the sake of those who be seduced by
phstry which they cannot disentange, offer few refec
tons
In the first place the educated in every commu
nifty the real elements of steady and consistent bp
They generally in advance Of their generation
light descends from them to their interiors, and by grad
ua and mperceptibe influence emanating from the soil
ary speculaons may be of their secret hours, the
whole texture of society modified wider scope given
its views and lofter end to its They are
the who sustain and carry forward the complicated
movements of refined cOiSation-the real authors OF
changes which constitute epochs in the social elevation of
the
the next place. it should be omitted that general
education the of the elevation of the
and of the demand for popular instruction. Every edu-
Gated man is centre of light, and his example and IN
uence the consciousness of ignorance and the sense
of need from which elementary schools have sprung De-
ective culture is conscious of itself until it is
brought into contact with superior power There may be
conviction of ignorance in reference special things,
and desire of knowledge the of accomplishing
particular ends but the need of intellectual improvement
on its account never is awakened spontaneously"
Not only is the necessity for education greater than