The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-08-09
Wednesday, Aug. 9, 1899.
About Colleges.

When our people propose to send their sons
and daughters to college We hope that they
may consult their own interests by referring
to the advertising columns of the Press ana
Banner. In these columns may always Dc
found the advertisements of the best colleges
In the country. And we all know the I'M
portance of choosing good college In which
to educate our children. For instance:
There is Erskine College, the Oldest denom-
national college in the State. For sixty
years its benign Influence has blessed the peo-
pie In every walk Of life, and its seems now
that its good work will 30 on for q hundred
years, and that its influence will live forever
and extend to the uttermost parts of the
earth.
Davidson College, which for more than
sixty years, has been a powerful factor in ed
cation, religion and morals, has done Won
derful work for good men In all sections OF
our great country. For twenty-five years
our own J. X. Blake, presided over its desti-
MES in way that brought good to the
Church, and good to the public morals. Pres.
ident j. B. Shearer, has for several years
worthily filled the chair which was graced by
President Blake.
the proudest and greatest OF all the educa-
tional institutions, and its courses OF study Is
as varied as the demands OF the students,
and as comprehensive as the grasp Of the
human mind. For better and fuller particu-
lars the reader and ought to write to Presi-
dent E. A. Alderman, Chapel Hill, N. e..
when he will send book.
The Presbyterian College at Clinton is q
home enterprise, and q Church institution.
whose earliest and latest efforts are to pro-
mote the educational interests Of It's students,
while strengthening the moral and religious
character Of those who come under lis inf1u-
ence. Our people know and love the teach.
ers, Rev. w. T. Matthews and Rev. A. E.
Spencer, who will send an elaborate catalogue
TO enQuirers.
The Greenville Female College is an old and
honored institution in which some OF the
best women that Abbeville has ever known,
were educated and trained for the higher and
better walks OF life. The college is elevated
eleven hundred feet above the sea, and its
are equally elevated above the standards Of
the great multitude.
The Due West Female College enters upon
its fortieth year Of usefulness. In education,
style, beauty and music this institution has
won the richest laurels and its worth and
good name is crowned by wreaths woven in
the hearts OF our noblest and best women.
It's first graduates have sent their daughters
and their granddaughters to the college from
whose rostrum they received diplomas.
For half century that grandest OF all the
Methodist institutions, Wofford College. has
been welding q powerful influence in elevat-
ing the tone and sentiment Of the people of
South Carolina, and today the high standards
which have been established by that college,
are exercising power for good that can be
appreciated only by those who know the in.
stitution and love its ways.
We have thus hurriedly glanced at the
various institutions which weuld be pleased
to have the patronage OF the readers Of the
Press and Banner. 1t will be noted that each
and all OF them rank high In the counsels Of
church and State They are an honor TO the
civil government as we'll as crown OF glory
for the religious and moral body Of our peo.
pie. The fact that they have lived for 80
many years, and have been supported by the
people for ages is the best testimonial Of their
worth, and is the best proof OF the strong
hold which they have upon the hearts OF the
people. The Press and Banner most earnest
ly oommends these colleges to those who
have sons or daughters to educate. Our
friends could make no mistake in selecting
any one OF these colleges in which to educate
their children.