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Besides what has been done by |
the State, and by religious sects
and private societies for the ad-
vancement of learning and; the
diffusion of religious knowledge
among the inhabitants, there are
several private schools, both in.
Charleston and the country for
teaching classics and mathemati-
cal learning. Among these, one:
under the care of the Reverend
DR.. Waddell of Abbeville district,
deserves particular notice. In i
from seventy to eighty Students
are instructed in the Latin, Greek
and French languages, and such
of the arts and sciences as are
necessary to prepare a candidate
for admission into the higher
classes at the northern colleges.
The school is O plain log
building in the midst of the woods
in o hilly and healthy country,
and too small to accommodate all
the scholars in the hours OF study.
To obviate this inconvenience they
are permitted and encouraged to
build huts in the vicinity, These
are the rough carpentry of the
| pupils, or are constructed by
workmen for about four dollars.
In these when the weather is cold,
and under the trees when it is
warm, the different classes study.
To the common school or recita-
ton room they instantly repair
when called for by the name of
the Homer, the Xenophon, the
Cicero, the Horace, or Virgil class,
or by: the name of the author
whose writings they are reading.
In moment they appear: before
their preceptor, and with order
| and decorum recite their lessons
are critically examined in gram
mar and syntax-the construction
of sentences-the formation OF
verbs the antiquities of Greece
and Rome-the history and geog-
raphy of the ancients,. illustrative
| of the author whose works they
recite; and are taught to relish his
beauties, and enter into his spirit.
Thus class succeeds to class with
out the formality of definite hours
for study or recreation till all
have recited. In the presence OF
| the students assembled a solemn
and appropriate prayer, imploring
the Eternal in their behalf, be-
gins and ends the exercises of
each day. In this manner the
classics are taught 100 miles from
the sea-coast. The glowing Pc
RODS of Cicero are read and ad-
mired. The melody and majesty
of Homer delight the ear and
charm the understanding in the
very spot, and under the identical
trees, which sixty years ago re-
sounded with the war-whoop and
horrid yellings of savage Indians.
Of the large number that attend
this school, nine in ten are as
studious as their health will per-
nit, and as orderly in their con-
duct as their friends could wish.
Far removed from one dissipation
of cities, and among sober, indus
trious, and religious people, they
must be studious or lose all char
acter and be pointed at by the
finger of scorn. If disposed to
be idle, they canrot be so other
wise than by themselves; for the
place will not furnish them with
associates. Monitors are appointed
to superintend each subdivision
of the students; and such as trans
gress the rules of the school are
reported once in every week.
Over them O court is held. They
are allowed to justify or extern
uate. A summary decision is
made. Though corporal punish
ment is not wholly excluded, it is
rarely inflicted: The discipline
of the institution respects the
pride of youth, and is chiefly cal
culated to repress irregular con-
duct by attaching to it shame and
dishonor. The sagacious pre-
ceptor quickly finds out the
temper and disposition Of each |
student, and is the first to dis
cover alterations from. the
straiubt line of DrOpriety. By |