Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1908-01-22
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Representative Werner Writes OF His
Trip TO the Big Institsstion.

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Columbia, Jan. Special: The
three most important measures be-
fore this body for the present session
are: "A bill to provide for State pro-
hibition;i bill to repeal the lien law.
and bill to change the drawing OF
Jurors, all of which were brought
over from last year 3 u \ ]
1t cannot be said what will be-
come of either one, or all OF them.
Guessing at what the Legislature
will do Is like guessing at the YER,
dict of a jury, or little more SO.
The House passed a resolution to
buy Glenn Springs water to drink. /.
was not in favor of this. The river
water, filtered as 1t is here, Is fine
drinking water and good enough
for any one; still they say that those
who drink Glenn Springs water must
leave off their liquor, 1t being kind
of light Kelley cure. If this be true,
maybe 1t will be little money we'll
spent. si ~ l3, b
The members " ent to Winthrop
Saturday, ostensibly to see IL the
States money had been wisely
spent there, but really, I think, to
have good day and a big dinner.
They got both. s. Z.
I have been on the holding back
.oAoO III iOEs COlI6RCS
In this State for eight years. have
criticized the management OF some
OF the State institutions, and still
feel that there Is room for great im-
provement In the conduct Of some of
them; yet / must say that, SO far as
i was able to sec and have been able
to learn, there Is very little to OBJ
ject to in the management of Win
throp. They want new dormitcry,
so as tc care for and educate more
girls. They need 1t, and will get 1t.
The great majority of country chill
dren are now taught by women, and
1T is well and proper to fit these " o.
men to teach, as we all recognize
the fact that the greatest need in this
State to-day, on the line of ,educa-
ton, is better equipped school teach
erS.
President JoiiIsuI seon,s 70 u.
the right man for winthrop. and
while we know that comparisons are
sometimes odious, still we cannot
help thinking how much better we
would feel about some of the other
State institutions IL we had stronger
men at their heads. 1t would. be too
great a task to tell you in this let
ter of all the good work being done
at Winthrop, but would like to say
that saw a few things there that
would be better left OFF.
The Kindergarten, where little
children from two years to six, are
playing with putty and paste board,
1T seems to me, would be better done
at their homes, playing In the sand
and making mud pies, but then, I
guess, / am an old fogy, and will
have to let them alone. rs
They teach what ia called reading
To hear one read you would call 1t
speech-making or reciting, as there
was no book or paper Of any kind
to read from. 1t was we'll done. 1
suppose that again I am behind the
times, for I have never yet heard a
woman In public speecb who did not
seem out OF place. I believe. they
should perform on musical instru-
ments or sing in public, but public
speaking, never. Let them learn to
teach, to sing, to keep house, to
that they learn at Winthrop but l
think 1t would be better to leave the
speech-making to men. The girls
are, not taught laundrying at Win
throp. 1t seems to me that they
have about as much need for that
kind OF training as any, as the boys
all over the country now have to
send, or rather do send, their laun-
dry off to town to have it done.
1t is little curious to see young |
lady REC1TING about the country, |
while the brother has to send his col |
lars fifty miles to get them done up
to suit him. didn't mean to say that |
our girls cannot do collars and cuffs |
good enough for our boys; still If |
these country lads wish to appear as
spick and span as their town cou-
sins, why should not their sisters be
able to put the fixings on them just
right?
This letter may be growing tire
some. My excuse is we need to talk
Of these plain, common things to