The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1902-09-17
Sumter Military Academy
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Sumter Female Seminary,
SUMTER, S. C.
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Sept. II, 1902, the Sumter Military
Academy and the Sumter Female
Seminary Wit open for the reception
of students. The summer has been
spent in aggressive campaigning and
prospects could not be brighter for an
overwhelming opening. Many students
are exepcted from other States.
The last session, was harmonious
prosperous and successful. The school
has taken deep hold upon the affec-
tions Of the people. The boarding pa
tronage, which constitutes its strength,
has been all that could have been ex-
Epected. Encouraged and confident,
the Faculty look toward the future.
and purpose making many improve
ments that will add to the teaching
facilities and the comfort of its
pupils. 3.
Yhe colleges offer thorough training,
high and complete curriculum, sup
ported by able and experienced teach
Esrs.
LOCATION.
In point of location, The Sumter
Military Academy and Sumter Female
Seminary may Justly claim pre-emi-
snence among educational institutions
of South Carolina. It has been truly
said that Sumter is beautiful, rap
Idly growing, healthful city of exten-
siye and diversified manufacturing in
terests and has the best of most every
thing. - The admiring gaze Of the
State is turned toward Sumter, travel
ing men speak well Of it, all visitors
have good word for it, It is one Of
the few old towns upon which age has
fallen lightly and to which the passing
years have brought additional dignity
and substantial prosperity. The we'll
kept streets of the city are shaded by
hundreds of magnificent old oaks, the
pride and glory Of the people whose
comfortable and elegant homes are
scattered for miles along these delight
full ways, made more beautiful by
evergreen hedges and filed with the
sweet odor of eVer-b blooming flowers.
Under the fostering oversight of an
intelligent, progressive city govern
sment, the sanitary conditions of Sum
ter are such as to promote its we'll
known natural healthsalness. A well
equipped system of Waterworks under
efficient management affords an abun-
dant supply ofFthe purest and best wa
ter, containing very little mineral mat
ter and scarce a. trace Of organic. Sur.
face rain water is quickly carried off
by an excellent drainage system, and
all other necessary means taken to
promote rot only the health, but the
comfort and pleasure of citizens.
Electric lights Danish the darkness of
night from the streets; telephones,
manufactured by extensive home plants
are found in almost every house and
place of business, and connect Sumter
With nearly every town in the sur
rounding country. The graded schools
of Sumter are equal to the best in
the State in equipment, management
and teaching.
The religious Influences and sur
roundings are Of the highest charac-
ter. Most Of the denominations have
|commodious church buildings, large
and intelligent congregations and elo-
quent ministers.
In accessibility, Sumter has but few
equals ID the South. Two great rail
road systems, the " Atlantic Coast
Line and the Southern, /" with
numerous branches, afford the most
ample facilities for commerce and
travel.
Thus, with this location, in the
midst of a splendid agricultural dis
trict, with its unsurpassed railroad
facilities, with its extensive manufac-
turing, its enterprising, intelligent
business men, and with all the modern
facilities and conveniences for the
enjeyment Of life, the city of Sumter
has become the home Of prosperity,
health and refinement, and one of the
great centers of social, educational
and moral influences.
The Board of Visitors is composed
Of the following distinguished gentle
men:
Gov. NJ. B. Mcsweene Columbia,
Gen. j.. W. Floyd, Columbia, S. G.
Gen. G. Duncan Bellinger, Colum-
bia, S. G.
Senator D. S. Henderson, Aiken,
S. C.
Senator Robert Ald1ch, Barnwell,
S. G.
Hon. Thos. F. Brantley, Orange
burg, S. G.
Hon. D H. Traxler, Timmonsville,
S. G.
Hon. Neill o'Donnel1, Sumter, S. c.
Gen. E. W. Noise, Sumter, S. G.
Senator B. ]. Manning, Sumter, S. c.
Hon. Altamont Moses, Sumter, S.. G.
Col. j. D. Blanding, Sumter, S. G.
Mayor A. B. Stuckey, Sumter, S. G.
DR.. G. c. Brown, Sumter, S. G.
DR.. n. ". Edmunds, Sumter, S. G..
The Faculty for the coming session
will be as follows:
FACULTY.
Col. Clarence J. Owens, President;
a. NJ, Columbian University; LII.
D., Arkansas College: English Ian
guage and Literature and Moral Sci
Maj. L. B. Steele, Commandant;
B. S., South Carolina Military Acad
envy; Mathematics.
Maj. William a. Buckner, a. NJ,
University of Missouri; Science and