The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-08-31
SOUTH CAROLINA COLLEGE.
Scholarships for Men Teachers,

Eightv-two Scholarships for men
teachers! That is one of the fruits OF
the educational statesmanships of the
last Legislature. This Legisture at its
first session 1903 established in the
South Carolina College forty-one nor
NAL scholarships, and at its next session
doubled the number of these scholar
ships, making two from each county
This was to provide new class, but as
not as all the holdovers will return,
there will doubtless be as many as sixty
new scholarships awarded this summer,
one in every county and two a county
in many instances, Any person inter-
ested should write to President Benja-
min Sloan or Prof Patterson Wardlaw,
Columbia, S. c.
Each of these SCHOLARSHIPS pays S40in
money toward living expenses, and eX-
empts the holder from fee of SIS,
which is exacted of all other students.
and also exempts from the tuition fee
OF $40. which, however, is RENTED to
any student who makes proof of inabili
ty to pay it. 1t admits man entirely
free and pays about half of his board.
ed primarily to provide better teachers
for the country schools, but incidental
y it aids poor but worthy young men
to obtain Il college education and fit
themselves for higher things in life. In
order that the scholarships shall 60 to
this class of young men and not be COB
bled up by young fellows who could get
to college without the scholarships, the
awards are not made solely with refer
ence to the marks made on the exami-
nation. and men nineteen years eff age
and over are given the preference.
This gives an opportunity to the country
young man, whose technical prepara-
tion may be far less than that OF the IF
teen-year-old graduate of town grad
ed school but whose maturity and earn
estness are guaranty that when given
an opportunity to studyin college he
will pull through and make man Of
himself Preference is still further
given to young menwho have taught
school. 1t is often the case that q young
man in the country, although with poor
preparation, attempts to teach the
ghborhood school. For his own sake
and for the sake of the schools he
ought to be given a better education
before he becomes settled in a life Of in
ferior works Hence the special effort
of the authorities of the South Carolida
College is to induce young men teach
ers 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 80. 1t is hoped that
such young men, having already devel-
oped some taste for teaching, and going
to college Gith definite purpose. will
adhere to teaching as their profession.
If the benefciaries of these scholarships
were differently selected, larger pro-
portion OF themwould do ascollege men
so often do. turn their backs on the
country foreverand become professional
men in towns and cities. But where
they have previously committed them
selves 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 State for
its liberal policy in providing for their
training as teachers.
Each year better sail, les are being
paid in the country schools, and Tor
several years there have been IN several
counties country schools which college
bred men OF high reputation are proud
| to teach. The simplicity freedom and