The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-02-24
Rev. e. E. Todd, President,
July 1st,. 1895, to July 1st, 1899.
Rev. James Boyce, President,
July 1st, 1899. -.

One other school must be mention
led. It has stood for nearly half q GEN.
tury, side by side with Erskine Col
|ieee, under the shadow of one Of the
principal churches of the denomina-
ton, singing the chu-ch's songs, teach.
ing the church's daughters. It does
not receive the church's money, 1t is
not controlled by the church's boards,
lit is called undenominational, but
however labeled, in warp and woof, in
fibre and in dye, 1t ia Associate Re
formed Presbyterian if Erskine Col
lege la Associate Reformed Presbyte.
rian. Its presidents have been ser.
wants of the church, loyal and faith
full, and the church would be poorer
by far today If the Due West Female
College had never existed.
The Synod now has under considera-
ton the purchase Of the property and
control Of the institution. The reason
the church has never aided this college
is not because of the Salic law which
so long denied or ignored woman's
right to knowlege, but because the ccl-
lege has prospered 80 well without the
laid.
PRINCIPLES OF EDUCATION.
Let me recur to the principles In
education for which the church has
stood. We have all experienced the
purpose and enthusiasm with which
we have begun q day, or task or pro
fession. As we have all felt that pur
pose weaken and that enthusiasm sub
side in the progress of our work, as w
have felt the throb Of the engine wheI
the ship starts but have not felt Il
when the ship was we'll under way a
sea, Erskine has stood for libera
and q Christian education. Their
never was more need than today TO
the church to stand for such education
and to stand firm. We pride our
selves on having never asked wha
was popular and expedient, but wha
is true and right. The spirit tina
lanimated the six hundred ministers II
the cradle Of our history to lose thei
living rather than their principles, tina
spirit that strengthened twenty thous
and Presbyterians to lose their live
rather than violate their conscience
the spirit that fired the hearts Of tn
|Scottish soldiers to raise the bonn.
blue flag, bearing the legend, "Fo
Christ's Crown and Covenant" tn
, spirit that has prompted the Reform
ers, the Associates and the Associat
Reformed people, to stand for tn
right even if they have to stand alone
Ia the spirit that has prevailed In al
the history of education In our church
Today it combats the error that
liberal education is impractical, AM
disproves the contention that q Chris
titan education Is narrow.
Thwing in the North American
Review is quoted as saying that Will
the college man will find himself be
, hind the boy with whom be parte.
: company on leaving the high b school
he will In few years over take ant
: pass the latter, through keener pei
] ception and more comprehensiv
: grasp. But the main end of education
e Is not to become rich. It may justl.
be demanded of education that. 1t ad
to the material worth and happines
3, of the world, but education Is an en-
: In itself. The ability to read has
t commercial value, but who would sci
t his power to read for money? Man
f hood, not money, is the Motto
8 Erskine. The college has bee1
8 modernized, and, with an unchangin
9 purpose must have constantly chang
y ing methods to adjust itself to tn
t changing conditions.
. Erskine has stood for a thoroug
/. education. -. !
e But university does not multipl
= ones faculties or increase his CT
o pacities.
l. In the college the various depart
q ments are better correlated, and th
y studies in the same department al
d more closely and logically related
Y than can we'll be the case in tt
1t university.
d But above all else Erskine stanG
for Christian education. Engrave
in a marble slab above the collee
door was written in Hebrew: "Tt
II fear of the Lord is the beginnir
E. of wisdom" Below was inscribed
E. Latin: "Scientia cum moribus col
= juncta."
y The Associate Reformed Presb.
D terians have completed century
:, educational work. This work has NJ
3. been without errors. The results al
N .ot ;,,,no,;,o Rnt of Frck kina Collef