The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1904-08-24
SOUTH CAROLINA COLLEGE.
Expansion of its Work and it's
SpIeadid Facilities.

For three generations of men the
South Carolina College has wrought
it great work for the uniication and
prosperity of the State For three
generations her sons have honored
their alma mater by useful lives and
splendid citizenship, and today, in
the character and strength of the
members Of it's faculty and in the va
riety and thoroughness of its literary,
scientific, 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 baccalaureate degrees in
Arts, Science, Law, Engineering
(Civil and Electrically, and Pedagogy,
is offered, with the most liberal choice
of studies and the widest possible
elective opportunity. The faculty has
recently enlarged and increased the
facilities for postgraduate work, and
has placed the opportunity for such
advanced university study within
reach of all who may desire it, and
who cannot 60 out of the State to OBJ
tain it. Every year the College has
number Of students working for post
graduate degrees.
Its chemical, biological, and physi-.
cal laboratories are well equipped and
have each master teacher at its
head; and the College library, with
its s., 600 volumes, is the delight Of
Students heart. u
The College offers special INDUCE
ments to ambitious young men and
women in its generous provision for
the conferring of scholarships on meri-
torious students at the close of each
session. Five Of these! scholarships
are conferred upon distinguished
members of the Freshman Glass: four
in the Sophomore Glass, and three in
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 bieng equivalent to
s98. This gift cannot be regarded as
a charity-tar from it. The money
will be paid back to the State thou
sand fold in the betterment of the
common schools of the State, which
are established and maintained solely
for the purpose Cor should be- of rear
ing good citizens-men and women
whose lives shall be devoted to the
common veal. The men who honestly
accept these scholarships are not ae-s
cepting charity, but are simply being
partly paid in advance for the hard
work, the selfsacrifce, the grind to
which they subject themselves for the
good Of the State.
The teaching force OF the faculty
numbers seventeen professors, adjunct
professors, and instructors each OF
whom is specialist in his OWL Depart
ment, and has enjoyed the finest ad-
vantages offered in the great universi-
ties of this country or Europe. The
president, faculty, and students are
working together harmoniously and as
unit for the good of the. College.
On the 18th day of last March Prof.
R. Means Davis, Professor Of History
ard Political Science, the great
teacher, the big-hearted man, the
model citizen died. His loss to the
College and to the State is incalcula-
BILE. At its meeting in June the
Board of Trustees elected as his sue
cessor Prof. Gordon B. Moore, Vir-
ginian by birth aud South Carolin-
ian by years of service. Professor
Morre is a gentleman and scholar, a.
man Of high character, of great mental
| strength and vigor, and of long exper
ience in successful teaching. He also
has worthy reputation as great Bap-
tist preacher.
The Chair of Adjunct Professor of
English has also been established,
and Mr.. H. G. Davis, South Caro-
linian and a graduate of the South
Carolina College. and last session a
teacher of English in the University
of Washington, at Seattle, was in
June elected to fill this chair. The
College is to be congratulated upon
securing his services. His success as a
teacher is assured.
The advantages offered to the young
men of the State by such an institu-
tion are invaluable.