The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1897-01-20


Industrial College for Young Women.
The Record of Successful Year.
Rock HILL, Jan. S.-Some persons
who have not been thrown into
state of ecstasy at the growth OF ROCK
Hill have been heard to make remarks
about the improperly OF blowing
ones own horn" On this point Rock
Hill has clearly defined views: First,
if YOU have horn aud blow 1t your
self, some ore will probably hear It;
If YOU don't use your breath, however
fine your instrument, it may never De
heard; then it is absolutely necessary
that your horn be heard; lastly, ceis-
brateS performers on musical lnstru-
ments are largely indifferent to the
feelings of the audience at large;
their endeavor is to satisfy themselves
and the chosen few whose approval IS
valued; in this last respect Rock Hill
differs from the musician; she hopes
to give forth q note that Will please
the entire world.
For some years the talk Of Rccs
Hill was about factories and other
business enterprises. In the last two
years different note has been hearo
in the strain; this last is the song OF
10Y over Winthrop.
When it was decided that the Col
lege should be located here there was
great Joy; a torchlight procession with
bass and kettle drum accompaniment
was needed to show our feelings; when
the time came to deliver sixty thous-
and dollars worth of bonds, aud as
yet the College was in the future, the
pleasure was not so pronounced; put
there was never finch or doubt. Be
fore the building was near complexion
all doubt was at an end, and from the
day the doors of the institution were
opened all have felt that, for some
wears st least, Winthrop College was
the most attractive OF all our attrac-
tions.
a visit there is source of inspira-
ton; the buildingg;,With q larger popu-
lation thaRRshhat of many towns, seems
aSs with people moving hither and
thither until the visitor ceases to try
to watch all who come and go, and
confines his attention to what IS most
interesting to him. It does not MAKE
any difference to what department he
goes he nnGs it busy; everyone has
something to do and no one IS ldilng.
It is this incessant work and aomlra-
bic order that made possible the re-
suits which have been obtained.
The report OF President Johnson on
the work of the last year has been
submitted to the board Of trustees ana
has been adopted by them and will De
presented to the Legislature. There
are several reasons why 1t ought to oe
full report. Its the hrst annual re-
port Of an institution Of which much
IS expected and for which, according to
our means, much has been done; then,
too, the Legislature soon to meet is to
decide whether additional buildings
are to be built. To enable one to form
a just opinion about this, the very
fullest report of work and prospects
ought to be submitted and considered
carefully. We will not attempt any
discussion of this report; it consists al
most entirely OF facts which stand for
themselves. We will give extracts
from il that will be Of interest to the
public.
'sThe Winthrop Normal and Indus
trial college at Rock Hill closed ITS
first session successfully last June,
notwithstanding the difficulties at
lending the organization and equip.
ment, ab initio, Of every department
and the classification and instruction
of three hundred and thirty-hve Col
lege students, all new, except twenty
seven, who came from the junior
class of the school, as conducted at
Columbia, and seventy.two children
in the practice school.
ssWe kept within allof the financial
estimates as to expenses OF students
made in our prospectus before the op-
,enins of the College and also within
the appropriations for the malnte,
nance of the College made by the
General Assembly, as will be seen
from the financial statement accom-
panying this report.
s'Sood board, including furnished
room, light, heat and washing, was
given for SIS. 5Oa month, and the aver
age cost of the uniform dress was only
S22.97 when it was estimated that II
would be $50.
Gas one result the satisfactory work
of the first session there hiss been a
most auspicious beginning of the Sec
ond.
s'The attendance is already greater
than that of the whole Of last session
and would have been still larger If
there aad been .,dormitory accommo-
dations for all those making appllca-
ton for admission.
s'Of the 800 who applied for admis-
sion to the College last summer, 4O3
have been enrolled, but only 24O OF
them could be accommodated in the
present dormitory. The others are
boarding in town at increased expense
and at much inconvenience to them
selves. and away from the. wholesome
restraint of College discipline, IN
great measure. Very many Of the
500 who failed to enter college could
and would have attended st the small
cost of living in the dormltory, but
could not meet the greater expense OF
boarding in private families, ana 9th
ers were not permitted to come by
their parents when it was ascertalned
that they could not be in the College,
directly under the supervision of the
College authorities.
students were admitted to the dor
mitories strictly in the order OF their
applications, after the States students,
appointed from each county upon
competitive examination were pro-
vided for, but it required half OF the
dormitory space for these State stu
Dents
SECOND DoRMIToRY.
ssln our last report to the General
Assembly We called attention to the
pressing need that existed then OF