The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1904-08-20
SOUTH CAROLINA COL
X GE.
Expansion Of ITS Work and
Its Splsndid Facilities.

For three generations of men the South
Caroline College has wrought its greet
wo'k for the unifcalion and prosperity Of
tn" state For three generations her SOUS
have honorc their alma mltar by useru
lives and splendid citizenship, and today
IN ,hs character ard strength of the ,,or,-
berr OF It's faculty and in tho variety and
thosorghness of its literary, scientific. and
law courses, IT stands eminent; i'm the cual-
MY OF It's work it is the peer of any uuivcr-
sity O; the South variety of cours,
leading to the several buccalaureate degrees
In Arts, Science, Law, Engineering (Civ;,
and lltctricaD, and Pedagogy. is of red.
with tie most liberal choice of studies ar I
the idest possible elective oppo,tu,jty
Tho faculty has recently enlarged ard IL
crtH'ed the facilities for postgraduate
work ana has paced the opportunity for
such advanced university study within
reach of all who may desire it, and who
cannot 90 out of tho State to obtain il.
Every year the College has a number uf
students working for post graduate de-
greeE.
Its chemical. biological and physical
labrG!ories are we'll equipped and have
each master teacher at it's head; and the
College library, with its 80, 600 volumes. is
the delight OF n students heart
The College offers special iuducen,en Is to
an bi.jous young men and women in it's
generous provision for the conferring of
scholarships on msritorious students at the
clos" OF each session. Five of these schol-
"silrS are conferred upon distinguished
members If the Freshman class: four in tn,
Sophomore class, and three in the Junior
c'asr. In addition to these scholarships. by
an Ac' - the General Assembly in 1894,
two Special Normal Scholarships for men
teachers are given to each county in the
Sta.e, the value of each being equivalent
to S9o. This gift cannot bo regarded ms n
charity-far fro n it. The money will be
paid back to the State a thousand fold in
petterlpent OF the common schools OF the
State. which are established aud maintain
Cd solely for the purpose (or should be) OF
realln8 good citiZens-mcn and women
whose lives shall be devoted to the common
veal The men who honestly accept these
Scholarships are not accepting charity, but
are simply being partly paid in advance for
the hard work, the self. sacrifice, the grind
, to hich they subject themselves for the
good OF Il e state
The teaching force of the faculty numLe
seventeen professors. adjunct professors,
and instructors, each of whom is a special.
lst in his own department. and has enjoyed
the finest advantages offered in the great
universities of this country or Euro le
The president, acuity, and students are
wo!@ing together harmoniously and as
unit for the good of the College.
On the 18th day of last March Prof. II,
Mcans Davis. Professor OF History and Po-
iitlcal Science. the great teacher, tho big
hearted man, the model citizen died His
'oss to the College and to the State IS in
calcnla5le At its meeting in June the
Board OF Trustees elected Prof Gordon Il.
Moore, NirGinian 10y birth and South
C"r"linian by years OF service Professor
Moore is a gentleman and scholar. man
ci hign character, OF great menta strength
and viSor, and Of long experience in sue
ccsriul teaching. 10 also has u worth rep
ntai!on as great Baptist preacher
The Chair of Adjunct Professor of Eng
Iiah has also been established. and Mr. ii.
Q. Davis. n South Carolinian and a grad
uate of the South Carolina College, and lust
session teacher of EnSii>h in the Uniyer
sitv of Washington, at Seattle was In June
elected to fill this chair The College is
to be congratulated u.on securing his
sevicos His success as Il teacher j.. as
sure l.
The advantages cffered to the Young men
of the state by snch nn institution are in-
valuable.