The log cabin Democrat., 1907-08-22

great philanthropist, who was born in Georgia. One or more build ings are erected every year, and their total valuation will exceed $500, ,ooo.
 "The attendance at this normal is about GOO, and is limited to this number only on account of a l lack of facilities for caring for stu dents. Dr. Branson said that they were turning away students all the time for lack of room and that at one time there were about one hundred students in tents on the campus. The work of the normal consists in a review of common and high school branches, techni- cal training in teaching, as well as training in the principles of agri- culture, horticulture, live stock raising, cooking, housekeeping, etc., in all of which branches the young ladies receive exactly the same instruction as the young men.
 II talked with a number of cit izens of Athens in reference to the the value of the normal to their city, and found them all proud of the institution and loyal to it's in- terests, believing that 1t had been of immense financial benefit to them.
 A young farmer told me that land near the town had increased in value from s. 50 and S5 to S25 and S35 per acre since the normal was located there. This was due to the increased demand for the land and the practice of scientific agriculture such as had been taught in the normal.
 South Carolina Normal.
 We next visited the South Car olina normal at Rock Hill, town of about 5000, on the northern edge of the state. The people of this town, which had only 5000 population when the school was located there I2 years ago, voted to issue S6o,o ,ooo in bonds to se- cure this normal. It was at first located in another town, which failed to raise the bonus promised, causing a delay of one year in its establishment. Our stay at Rock Hill was limited, but Dr. Johnson, the president of the normal, took great pains to show us everything possible about the institution. Dr. Johnson is man of strong lndl- vidualty and great executive abll- ity. He has been with the school since its inception, and laid broad plans to which he IS continually building, and as result of this the whole campus, with its fifteen or twenty buildings, presents an appearance of unity and CoherenCe such as is not usually found. Among the structures is hand some library building presented by Andrew Carnegie. Other splendid bequests have been made, Dr. Johnson stating that when the state failed to appropriate the funds he wanted he managed to secure them from men Of wealth. v MT. Donaghey described the buildings, grounds and equipment in detail, showing that all were planned by a master brain and finely executed. He estimated the valuation of the normal prop ertv at about $500, 900.
 The attendance at the Rock
 Hill normal also taxes the capacity of the school, said MT. Donaghey, land it is considered great priv ilege among the teachers to secure scholarship in this institution. l The model school is splendid : feature. The children from this department are selected from the nublic schools of the city and their parents would gladly pay liberal milton for this training, but no : fees are charged.
 Value to Community.
 , "From what I have said 1t can be readily seen that as financial investment alone, these schools pay
 Iarge returns on the money which { the communities pay to secure . them, Take a period of ten years
 and if there was not a single stu . dent in attendance nor any money I spent except for the buildings L;oh wi11 he erected, the item ot