The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1904-08-18
SOUTH CAROLINA COLLEGE.
Expansion Of Its Work and Its Splendid Facilities.

9OUlu NANOLiINA SVL1ISIs
Expansion Of Its Work and It's Splendid Facilities.
For three generations of men the South
Carolina College has wrought Its great
work for the unifcation and prosperity
of the State. For three generations her5
sons have honered their alma mater by
useful lives and splendid citizenship, and
today, in the character and strength OF the
members of its faculty and in the variety
and thoroughness of its literary, scientif-
ic, and law courses, it stands eminent; In )
the quality of its work it is the peer OF
any university Of the South. A variety OF
courses leading to the several baccalaure-sS
ate degrees in Arts, Science, Law Engi-&
neering (Civil and ElectricaD, and Ped1s5
gogy, IS offered, with the most liberal
choice of studies and the widest possible
elective opportunity. The faculty hasz
recently enlarged and increased the facil.
tiles for ost-graduate work, and placed
the opportunity for such advanced uniss
versity study within reach of all who may
desire it, and who cannot 60 out OF the
State to obtain it. Every year the college
has number Of students working for post
graduate degrees. -.
Its chemical, biological, and physicaH
laboratories are well equipped and have;
each master teacher at its head and the;
college library, with its 81, 1000 volumes, e,
the delight of a students heart.
The college offers special Inducements
to ambitious young men and women In
it's generous provision for the conferring2
of scholarships on meritorious studentsSee
| the close Of each session. Five of. these
scholarships are conferred upon distinGs
uished members of the Freshman Class
four in the Sophomore Class, and threein
the Junior Glass. In addition to these
scholarships, by an Act of the General
Assembly in 1904, two Special Normal
Scholarships for men teachers are given
to each county in the State, the value OF:
each being equivalent to $98. This GIT
cannot be regarded as charity-far from
it.. The money will be paid back to the;
State thousand fold in the bettermenf'
of the common schools of the State, whict
are established and maintained solely foFa
the purpose (or should be) Of rearing
good citiZens-men and women whose
lives shall be devoted to the common
veal The men who honestly accept these;
scholarships are not accepting charity:
but are simply being partly paid in adsszs
vance for the hard work, the self-sacrifcef
the grind to which they subject themS
selves for the good of the State. e
The teaching force of the faculty num-
bers seventeen professors, adjunct pro-
fessors, and instructors, each OF whom ieE
a specialist in his own department., an4#
has enjoyed the finest advantages ofered'
in the great universities of this county;
or Europe The president, faculty, ana
students are working together harmonk
ously and as unit for the good OF ttI|
college.
On the 18th day of last March Prof. H:
Means Davis, Professor of History ana;
Political Science, the great teacher, the
big-hearted man, the model citizen, died
His loss to the college and to the Statede
incalculable. At its meeting in June tkSs
Board of Trustees elected as his successotS
Prof Gordon B. Moore, Yirginian bxs
birth and South Carolinian by years or
service. Professor Moore is gentlema1
and scholar, man of high character rscl3
great mental strength and vigor, and OF
long experience in successful teaching
He also has a worthy reputation as q
great Baptist preacher. s.
The Chair of Adjunct Professor of
English has also been established, and MI
b. G. Davis, South Carolinian and 81
graduate of the South Carolina Colleke
and last session teacher Of English S
the University Of Washington, at Seattle
was in June elected to fill this chair. The
College is to be congratulated upon ses5
curing his services. His success as MeI
teacher is assured. Sd
The advantages offered to the young;
men of the State by such an institutions
are invaluable.