The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1904-09-01

}, Eigt syp SCH larskips tor men
i tcacl,sfy bat Is one OF tha Sfruits 81
+ cdrsatianal statesniansl,ip OF the hist
Legislature. This Legislature at its
i FIRST session iii ! 9o3 established in the
South CarrIina College forty-oDe nor
NAL scholarships. making two from
each county This was to provide a
new class, bat as not all the i,oldoverss
viii return, there will doubtlcss be
AS piany as sixty new scholarships
awarded ti.is stsm,ner, one ia every
rouisty and two 10 acoupty in many
instances. Amy person Interested
should write TO President Benjamin
Sloan or Pra. Patterson NNardlaw, CO.
aua'i.ia, S. C.. Is
E'fcs, OF these scholarships pays
$40 ia money toward living expenses,
and exc'npts d.c holder from fee of
SIS, ~hici. is exartcd Of, all other
students, and also cxeiupts from the
taittm fee Of $40. which, however is
ie,pitted to at,y Student who makes
proof of it.athlityto TO pay it. cit admits
:, I,'aar c,,tivciy free and paws about
hall oa his l,oari This nuniiicence
pf ,.,e State is is,esigaed primarily to
provide better ts.acacrs for the coun-
cry scaools, bat incidentally it aids
pocs Iut worldly young men to OBJ
tain a co,sege education and fit them
selves for higher things in life. In
prslcr that the scholarships shall go to
this class of young uncn aud not be
gola,isd ZIP by young fellows who
<outi get to college without the sc,,oI-
nrsl,ips, 'tisc awards are not made sole
ty With reference to the marks made
on tic examination, and men nine
tccn ycars of age and over are given
the prcfcrcncc. This gives am oppor-
"''nty TO the country young man,
whose technical preparation may be
far icss N,an that of the fiftecn-year-
I'D graduate of a town graded school
Nyi9se p,atneity and carnestncse
{ca guaranty that When given an
, Pportuni'y TO study in college he
gill Null through aud make man of
himself. Preference is still further
given IL young met who have taught
school. Il is often the case that a
yo"sg n'k kn in tic country. although
will, Icfr preparation, attempts to
teaci, tl)A ncigi,l,Orl,ood school. For
his c~d sake aud for the sake of the
schools he.ousht to he given better
education before he becomes settled
in life of infcrior work. Hence the
special effort of the authorities OF tho
South Carolina College is to induce
young men teachers who are i'll pre-
pared for ti,cir work to stop now al d
so 10 college while they can. The
scholarships men last year were of the
average agelcf ~ Ia years, and the
Oldest was33. II is hoped that such
Young men. having already develop
cd SONG taste for teaching, and going
10 college with a definite purpose,
VIII adhere to teaching as their profcs-
sion. II the bcnefi,ciaries of these
scholarships were differently selected
large proportion OF them would do
as college men SO often do turn their
backs on the country forever and be-
Genre professional men In towns and
Cities But when they have previous
" con,mitted themselves 10 public
schooiwork. and then stop and go to
college will, the ideal Of fitting tacm-
seIvcs for better work in that line,
there is strong probability that for the
most part they win return to public
school teaching4-a result which will
richly repay the State for us liberal
policy in'proyiding for their training
as Teachers. 4
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