Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1907-10-02

TOm Iuo Ody ebio oP'S
stitution first opened it's doors in
our midst there has been q very
perceptible improvement aud de,
velopment of the town along all
lines-intellectually, socially, re-
ligiously. materially.
The town has been b nehtted
intellectually by the new impetus
that the institution has given TO
the cause of education in our
midst. The conscientious and
efficient corps of teachers have 80
aroused the latent forces in many
of the young people and quicken
ed their ambitions, as we'll az the
ambitions of the parents for their
children, that The intellectual life
of the community has beer. raised
to a higher place. Through the IN
fiuence of this institution the
literary tastes of the people of the
community have been gr. atty
elevated. This can beat be illus
trated by the attendance upon
public entertainments and the
character of the entertainments
that are now given in oul town.
Some years ago it was we'll nigh
impossible for a lecturer, however
gifted and magnetic he might be,
TO attract an audience in Edge
field Of respectable size. High
class entertainments such as ly-
ceum entertainments were slimly
attended and were looked upon is
being dry and boring. But under
the new order of things, lecturers,
even whea comparatively un.
known, draw large crowds, and
the lyceum entertainments a:e
we'll patronized and are thorough,
ly appreciated and enjoyed.
The tow~ has boen benefited
socially by the example and high
ideals that are set by President
Bailey and his faculty OF Chris
tian men and women; also the
very excellent department., in
private and in public, of the stu.
dents of the college has had q
wholesome andarefniug influence
upon the young people of Edge
field.
The town has been benefited
religiously by the moral and re-
ligious atmosphere that surrounds
the college life, and that emanatef
from the South Carolina Co
Educational Institute. Further
more, the daily walk and conver
sation of the Cody men and wo
men who compose the faculty. af
1aHrry, did an inspiration. to th1
people of the community. The re-
.Iligious instruction in the instl.
J sssitjon, the prosperous Young
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the Young Women 8 Christian AS.
sociation have q wholesome in
huence upon the day students as
we'll as the boarding students of
the college. i
The town has been benefited
n, ,aterielly or commercially by the
increase in the volume of busi-
ness that has come both directly
and indirectly through the col
lege. During the school term the
students themselves, as do all col
lege boys and girls, spend a con-
siderable sum in our town. One
of the greatest benefits, however.
accruing in a material way, has
been the increase in population.
Many good substantial citizens
have moved to Edgefeld to edu-
cate their sons and daughters who
would have gone elsewhere had not
our town through the South Caro-
lima Co-Educational Institute
offered superior educational ad-
vantages.
Finally, in the development of
the hitherto dormant musical tai
ent of the community, the college
has been a great boon to Edge
field. Before the S. c. G. 1. was
established here the ladies, young
or old, who could perform suffi-
GENTLY we'll upon the piano to ap-
pear in public could almost be
coupted upon ones fpgera, while
now, even in so short time as
nine years. girls and young ladies
who perform exceedingly we'll can
be counted by the scores. So price,
less are such benefits to a com.
that they cannot be esti-
mated in dollars and cents.
The coming of the S. G. G. l.
to Edgefeld has not benefited
the town alone, but the county at
large has profted also. During the
past nine years a number OF
young men and young women
many of whom are now teaching
have been educated in this instl-
tuition. Even now, for the session
Of 1907-0S, there are twenty-six
students boarding in the college
from this county, many of whom
we're financially unable to 60
great distance from home to in
,titutions with higher rates but
which do no better work than our
Institution.