The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1904-09-07
SOUTH CAROLINA COLLEGE
Scholarships for Men Teachers.

Eighty-two scholarships for men
teachers! That is one of the fruits
OF the educational statesm an ship of
the last Legislature. This Legisla-
ture at its first session in 1909 esteh-
llshed in the South Carolina College
1orty-one normal scholarships, and at
It's next session doubled the number
OF these scholarships, making two
from each county. This was to pro-
vide new class, but as not all the
holdovers will return, there will
doubtless be as many as sixty new
scholarships awarded this summer,
one IN every county and two to
county In many instances. Any per-
son interested should write to Presi-
dent Benjamin Sloan or Prof. Patter-
son Wardlaw, Columbia, S. G.
Each of these scholarships pays $40
IN money toward living expenses, and
exempts the holder from fee Of $18,
which is exacted of all other students,
and also exempts from the tuition fee
of $40, which, however, is remitted to
any student who makes proof of ina
bi!ity to pay it. It admits man en-
tirely free and pays about half Of his
board. This muniicence of the State
is designed primarily to provide bet
ter teachers for the country schools,
but incidentally it aids poor but wor-
thy young men to obtain college edu-
cation and fit themselves for higher
things in life. IL order that the
scholarships shall go to this class Of
young men and not be gobbled up by
young fellows who could get to COL
lege without the scholarships, the
awards are not made solely with refer
ence to the marks made Oh the exami-
nation, and men nineteen years of age
and over are given the preference.
This gives an opportunity to the coun-
try young man, whose technical pre-
paration may be far less than that Of
the ifteen-yesr-old graduate of town
graded school, but whose maturity
and earnestness are guaranty that
when given an opportunity to study
in college he will pull through and
make man Of himself. Preference
is still further given to young men
who have taught school. It is often
the case that young man in the
country, although with poor prepara-
tion, attempts to teach the neighbor-
hood school. Foe his own sake and
for the sake of the schools he ought
to be given better education before
he becomes settled in life of inferior
work. Hence the special effort of the
authorities of the Soath Carolina Col
lege is to induce young men teachers
who are i'll prepared for their work to
stop now and go to college while they
can. The scholarship men last year
were Of the average age of 22 1-3
years, and the oldest was 33. It is
hoped that such young men, having
already developed some taste for teach
ing, and going to college with def
mite purpose, will adhere to teaching
as their profession. If the benefi-
diaries of these scholarships were diff
ferently selected, larger proportion
of them would do as college men 80
often do, turn their backs on the
country forever and become profess
sional men in towns and cities. But
where they have previously committed
themselves to public school work, and
then stop and 60 to college with the
ideal Of fitting themselves for better
work in that line, there is strong
probability that for the most part they
will return to country school teaching
"a result which will richly repay the