Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1898-08-25
BY JAYNEs. sHELOR, SMITH u srEOK.
COL Orrs Mastery Address Industrial the
Objections to Cotton Manufacture in the South

pS.N o'ic cSicoi NiN thtl "\lNlCSS ny SOl,
j. J.. Orr on "T'cxtilc Education"
Unfavorable weather iuterfered
somewhat with the outdoor proceed
ings, but the following addresses
were delivered by Col. d. X. Norris,
Col. Orr and Mr.. ID. A. Tompkins,
Of Charlotte, N. G. Col. Norri1' s
Introductory address was as follows ::
After providing college where
agriculture is taught in its widest
scope, and both scientific and practi-
cal mechanics, the Board of Trustees
of this College, in the discharge of
their duties as custodians of the in
dustrial education committed to their
caro- by the people, feel that their
work is not complete, if then, until
provision has been made for the ap-
plication of machinery to tho textile
industry. With the rapid growth Of
this industry among us, and the
steady demand for trained and edu-
Gated men to fill lucrative positions
in the mills, this Board would feel
itself derelict in its duty if it failed
to provide for the particular training
necessary to equip those among the
industrial classes who would be glad
to fill those positions. The science
of agriculture rs taught here should
greatly augment the worth of those
trained here engaged in it. OF those
in mechanics the work of their minds
and hands so broadcned that there
should be no difficulty in securing
PLACES of great public usefulness and
personal gain. In this textile depart
ment we confidently hope to give
such training and opportunity to
those who avail themselves of it that
they will be able to exchange their
skill and knowledge for such n meas
,we of remuneration as has never be.
fore been attainable. The Board of
Trustees thus offer to the industrious
youth of the State, with full author
ity, both from the State and the
great bcncfactor of industrial educa-
tion, Mr.. Clemson, this textile de-
partmcnt, believing and praying it
may bo the means of uplifting many
poor, but Industrious, boys, and that
it may be accounted worthy to stand
with its great rivals, agriculture and
mechanics.
1t may be of interest for me to
state that the manufacturers of tex
tile machinery throughout tho coun-
try have been most generous to us,
and without further contributions
we are ready to start the department
on it's career of usefulness. The
gifts so far amount in value to over
$4,000, and we will receive more.
COL. oRR's ADDRESS.
Col. Norris introduced Col. Orr,
WHO spoke as follows;
Technical education in it's broadost
sense is the training of persons in the
arts and sciences that umdcrlic the
practice of some trade or profession,
but it ia most commonly applied to
tho special training which qualities
a person to engage in some branch of
productive industry. 1t would be
but waste of time to argue the ad-
vantages of special training, because
the experience of the world around
us, in all the avocations of life, has
proved its necessity and sue
cess. a hundred years ago,
when knowledge was confined
to few, and scientific invcsti-
'gation was in its infancy, we could
compete in our respective avocations
with ncighboring nations, but now
that wo find experts in every trade
and profession, we must equip our
selves for the contest, or fall out of
the procession, which is pushing for
ward at double quick.
Formerly manufacturing was done
on small scale, and almost exclu.
sivcly by hand; then the arts, mys-
teries and special processes were
transmitted from master to appren-
tlees, y and these apprentices,
after seven years. services for no.
minal wages, were themselves
allowed to go into business and bind
apprentices, but the increase OF popu-
lation was so much greater than the
supply of workmcn that machinery
was invented to supply tho deficiency.
Al first most OF ii was operated by
hand, and the apprentice system
was still sufficient to supply the labor.
However, with increasing demands
OF wealth and population greater pro-
dnctlon was necessary, and steam
power was applied to machinery.
That marked the practical ending
of the apprentice system. Machines
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