Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1902-02-05
The srArI,s EDUCATIONAL INTERESTS.
The Report Of State Superintendent MeMahan
an Able and Interesting Paper.

Columbia, January 31.-Editors .Cou-
rier: One of the MOST interesting and
important departments of the State gov
ernment is the department of the State
Superintendent of Education, presided
over with ability and success by Hon. j.
j. McMahan. He is full of energy and
industry and untiring in his efforts to
promote the progress and educational
advancement of the people of the State.
His report to the Legislature covers
nearly 800 pages, and is instructive and
very interesting. lie chafes under re-
straint. The Legislature does not give
him all the money he wants and needs,
but he makes good use of the appropria-
tions on this line He is scholarly gen
tleman, aud should his life be spared his
future will be full of success and honor.
We take from his report few facts
and figures which 90 to make up the
record of our State institutions for the
past year, as follows;
There are sixteen professors and teach.
ers in the South Carolina College. The
attendance of students numbered 227.
OF these POI are men and 20 women.
There are 81 students in the law depart
ment. The receipts for the year are
S36,049.47. OF this amount the State
gave S27,55S.5O. This amount has been
expended. This ia the Oldest college in
the State.
The South Carolina Military Academy
has eight professors. The State appro-
priation last year was 1926, 900. The stu
dents numbered 131. The institution
asks for s26, ,250 for the present year. The
pay cadets numbered 90 and the benefi-
ciaries IS. This is one of the most use
full institutions in the State.
The report of Clemson College is most
interesting. The college was never so
prosperous before. The president of the
college, DR.. Hartzog, makes an admira-
BILE report. The students numbered 4S3
a new dormitory has been built, and the
attendance this year will be more than
600. Five new cottages for professors
have been erected. Five professors with
families are living at the hotel. A brick
building, SO feet long and SO feet wide,
for the chemical department., has been
erected. The textile department. has also
been very much improved. The income
of the college was $136,34O.72. The sum
of S24, was on hand July l, 1901.
The number of professors and tutors is
not given in the report.
The Winthrop Normal and Industrial
College has been completed. The attend
ance was 372. The number this year is
53O The expenses for the present year are
ST. ,07S.55.% Deductincome of $500, and
tho remainder (SG2,2lS 55) is the amount
to be appropriated for the present year.
The Colored Normal, Industrial, Agri-
cultural and Mechanical College at Or
angeburg is prosperous. The need of
the college this year Is S32,35O. The in
come is $19,02l.17, leaving 1928. O9 to
be appropriated by the State. The presi-
dent of the college and all the professors
are colored. Much Improvement in the
way of building buildings has been
effected. The total attendance was 794.
Oconee is without a representative.
One of the most notable institutions in
the State is the South Carolina Institu-
tion for the Education of the Deaf and
Blind. We have the SD annual report
before us. The enrolment of students
for the year was no. The cost of main
tenance is S2l ,227.92, or a per capita cost
of S130.23 for each pupil. There are 80
teachers. Eight of the pupils are from
Oconee.
We have not seen the report of the
asylum. We learn from the newspapers
that that institution will ask for $40, 600.
The total expense account of these in
stitutions amounts to something more
than S435,3s5.G9.
It is intimated here that the penitcn-
tiary, on account of the short crops, may
not pay expenses. T.
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