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

tute to this place nine years ago
From the day this splendid in
stitution first opened it's doors in
our midst there has been q very
perceptible improvement and de.
velopment of the town along all
lines-intellectually, socially, re,
ligiouEly. materially.
The town has been b nefitted
intellectually by the new impetus
that the institution has given tic
the cause of education in oul
midst. The conscientious and
efficient corps of teachers have &c
aroused the latent forces in many
of the young people and quicken,
ed their ambitions, as we'll as the
ambitions of the parents for then
children, that The intellectual life
of the community has beef. raised
to higher place. Through the IN.
fuence of this institution the
literary tastes of the people of the
community have been gr' atty
elevated. This can best 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 be might be,
TO attract an audience in Edge
field Of a respectable size. High
class entertainments such as ly'
ceum entertainments were slimly
attended and were looked upon as
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 been benefited
socially by the example and high
ideals that are set by President
Bailey and his faculty ol Chris
tian men and women; also the
very excellent department., in
private and in public, of the stu
dents of the college has had 8
wholesome andsrefniug 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 emanates
from the South Carolina Co.
Educational Institute. Further,
more, the daily walk aid conver.
sation of the Cody men and wo.
men who compose the faculty. aE
tah1drry, a75 m inspiration 70 The
people of the community. The re.
ligious instruction in the instl-
'tcsioa.->the prosperous Young
Mems ChSistap- -Assael;ssttTon aud
the Young Women's Christian AS.
sociation have a wholesome in
fuence upon the day students as
we'll as the boarding students of
the college.
The town has been benefited
materially 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, az do all col
lege boys and girls, spend 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. G.. G. I, was
established here the ladies, young !
Or old, who could perform suffi-
GENTLY we'll upon the piano to ap-
pear in public could almos! be
counted upon ones fpgers, while
low, even in 80 short a time as
line years. girls and young ladies
vho perform exceedingly well can
70 counted by the scores. So price,
ess are such benefits to a com.
nunity that they cannot be esti-
1ated in dollars and cents.
lne coming OF Cne ,. v. v. l..
, Edgefeld has not benefited
20 town alone, but the county at
'rge has pro6ted also. During the
ast nine years a number of
oung men and young women j
any of whom are now teaching !
ave been educated in thie insti-
ltion. Even now, for the session
1907-08, there are twenty-six f
udents boarding in the college {
ON this county, many of whom J
ere financially unable to go {
eat distance from home to in I
itutions with higher rates but v
,ich do no better work than our a
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