The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1904-09-15
SOUTH CAROLINA COLLEGE,
Scholarships for Men Teachers.


teachers! That Is one Of the fruits ut
the educational statemanship Of the
hast Legislature This Legislature Il.
its first session in 1898 established III
the South Carolina College fOrty-one
normal scholarships. and at It's next
session doubled the number oi these
scholarships, making two from each
county. This was TO provide new
class, but as not ali the hV.dnyer$ viii
return, there will doubtless he as
many as sixty new Scht larShipS
awarded this summer, one in every
county and two to county in many
instances. Any person Interested
should write TO President Benjamin
Sloan, or Prof Paterson Ward!aw, Coz
umhi&, S. c.
Each of these scholarships pays $40
in money toward living expenses, and
exemDts the holder from l fee Of SIS,
which is eXaCted Of ali other students,
and also eXemptS from the tuition fee
Of $40, which. however. is remitted 10
any student who makes proof Of ina
bility 10 pay it. 1t admits man en-
tirely free and pays about half OF his
board, This muniticence Of the State
is designed primarily to provide better
teachers for the country schools, but
incidentally it aids poor but worthy
young men to obtain college educa
ton and tit themselves for higher
things in life. In order that the
scholarships shall go TO this class of
young men and not be gobbled up by
young fellows who could get to college
without the scholarships. the awards
are not made solely with reference to
the marks made on the examination.
and men nineteen Years Of age and
over are given the preference. This
gives an opportunity to the country
young man, whose technical prepara-
ton may be far less than that Of the
tifteeu-year-0id graduate of town
graded school, but whose maturity and
earDeStness are Il guaranty that when
given al opportunity I" study in col
lege he will pul! through and make 4
man Of himself. Preference is still
lurther given TO young men who have
taught school. 1t is often the case
that a young man in the country, al.
though with poor preparations, at
temptS to teach the neighborho1di !
schooi. Fof his own sake and for the
sake OF the schools he ought to be Civ
en- a better education before he be-
comes settled in 4 life Of inferior work.
Hence he Special effort OF the author
ties of the South Caroliua College is
70 induce young men teachers who are
III prepared for their work 10 stop
now aid go to college while thy can.
The scholarship men last year were of
he average age of % l-S years, and the
oldest Was 80. 1t is hoped that such |
Young men, having already developed |
;eme taste for teaching, ard going to
college with a definite purpose, will
adhere to teaching as their profession.
II the beneticia-ies Of these scholar
ships were differently selected, q lar
ger proportion of them would do as
'Ullese men 50 often do, turn their |
BACKS on the country forever and be- |
.ame professional men in towns and |
sjties. But where they have previ-
Jously committed themselves TO pub !
ic school work, and then stop and go /
o college with the ideal of fitting
themselves for better work in that !
ine, there is strong probability that |
or the most part they will return to
schOolteaching- result !
which will richly repay the State for
is liberal policy in providing for their !
as teachers.
The course of study is specially de-
signed to improve the public schools.
LAST year it included, besides the !
usual subjects, special instruction in !
physics, nature study, aad |
lrawing, and the course for next year
las been enlarged and improved and |
will include sight singing. The stu
lehts had the benefit OF obst ryation
md practice under critic teacher,
INC next session will practice teaching
n the Columbia public schools, having
,he benefit Of the su pervision and
criticisms of Columbia'S hest teachers,