The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1898-02-08
STATE COLLEGES,

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it credit for in the beginning Of tho
session. They have voted down tho
broad tire law, and they have cut the
appropriation to the South Carolina
College down to $4,000 from $25, 600,
aud divided the privilege tax between
Clemson and Winthrop. Ii these are
not backward steps we are very much
mistaken. If there is anything that
this State does need at this timo it is
broad-mind| liberal men Of culture.
On! for Il rest from narrOw-miudcd
blgotS! 1t almost seems to us, and VIC
hate to make the assertion that the de-
nomlnational institutions OF learning in
this State are ahuut as great a clog to
progress rs anything in it. They have Il
great many good. learned and true men
connected with them. and .hcy send out
tothe world some few OF the above kind,
nut the annual crop Of bigots that they
tlrn out every summer, we fear more
than counterbalanrrs the good ones.
Every little WotfOrditc turned ont every
summer thinks the only path to learn
ing and salvation is through the gates
OF Woford and its sprinkler attach-
ment. Every Furnanitc thinks that he
must go by Grecnvillc. down. 10y and
under the pool near Rccdy river.
Every Presbyterian is prrlcstincd
f)r Davidson, and il is the only place
That prayers OF the proper length and
proper ntonation are said: and the
EpiSropalian must go away to the
mountains OF Tennessee to find true and
unadultcratCd Knowledge. and procure
his robe trc incarnation OF purity. god
illness and knowledge and is symbolic
of the angelic wings ne is to wear ir
the ''Swcrt bye and bye
The great ma iOritV pf hose ,rrn1n
ates return to thcirpcoplc with narrow
ana perverted ideas, and inStill them
into others. We want iirSt-ciaSS State
institutions OF learning, that will grad
nate men Of broad. liberal minds. that
by their daily lives will preach the
creed that by the grace Of God all men
can be saved, and by that alone.
Away with narrOw-mindcd. religious
fanatics and bigots, they give us the
hiccOughs. There is no irurr sign Of
ignorance, and their presence is Il cry
ing need for higher and more liberal
education.-CniCnT Times.
The Herald aud News has always
been a friend to the State colleges. and
Ut the same time We are prond that oul'
alma mater i a denominations col
legc.
Such uttcranccs as the above have
done more TO work public srntimc ut
against the State colleges than any
other cause or causes that we can think
Of. Did our contemporary ever think
that il all those who belong to the diff
fereLt dcnominat ions in this State and
who support 'Nc dcnOminutiOnnl col.
ieges were to rise mp awains, the State
colleges there would be- 4 very small
constituency left TO champion the cause
OF the State colleges; As Il matter OF
fact, some OF the hes, friends of the
State colleges are those who, in addi-
ton 10 paying their part 10 / = support
OF the State colleges. aud. pNying it
without grumhling OF complaining.
also support the dcnominatiouul COL
leEes.
Suppose the Mcth0distS and BuDti,ts
aNd EpiScopaliaDs and l'rr>hytcrians
and luthcranS of the State should de.
mand that the State colleges should be
closed and would withdraw their sup
port from them, who would br left in
this State TO give them students and 10
champion their cause:
And our cotcrnporary and would-hc
friend of the State colleges talks about
the friends Of denominations colleges
las a great clog TO progress" and AS
serts that "the annual crop Of bigots
that they turn out cvrry summer we
fear more than countcrbnlanccs the
good ones This kird Of talk does not
make friends for the State colleges.
AS we said above, wr have not fought
any "i the Stat" colleges, but n> Il mat
Ter OF lact the State Is top heavy with
higher institutions. It il wrong to
spcnd as much money as We do tor the
hlgher education when We spend So lit
tie for the common school education of
the great mass OF the children. The
state sp-nds on an average about 5000 n
year Tor the higher education OF each
pupil in the State colleges and only
about *3 each for the education Of the
great mass OF our children in the pub
iic schools. There is no Justice in
this. 81 II we are not one Of tnO.c who