The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-02-05

HOSTILE TO COLLEGES.
Many Memoirs Of Legislature Dis
play Decided Enmity. A..
Statement Made That Legislature
Would Abolish All Scholarships I'm
State Colleges II Opportunity or
forod-senator Tillman is Not Pop
!. ular.


Introduced In this house abolishing
every free scholarship In every state
Institution Of the state, 1t would go
through like FASH" was the remark
o. q prominent and infientlal member
o. the house upon the refusal of the
house to increase the scholarships in
the University. This Is another ex-
preston of the hostility commented
upon frequently In this correspond
ent by the representatives of the
masses Of the people towards the ex-
tension Of aid for higher education.
The bitterness Is growing more
marked and decided In proportion as
the people are accepting the idea
that education should be carried to
the masses In the doses that they need
for the conduct of every day affairs.
There Ia no use to argue that without
the institutions Of higher learning
there would be no way for the equip
ment Of teachers. The popular de-
mand is to take all the money that
can be raised by the state for educat-
ion and give II to the common schools.
The feeling that rich mems sons and
daughters secege the scholarships in
the state institutions is the very gall
OF bitterness to the masses They re-
sent 1t. and 1t is unless to point out to
those very members who make the
greatest objection on that ground
that they, perjure themselves every
time that they sign a paper making
II possible for children Of rich parents
to get the scholarships, and that they
could not get them without the per-
jury OF the delegation and the county
officers. they insist that they need
more law. law which they. themselves
cannot get around. This leaves things
In a rather hopeless muddle, and
emphasizes the necessity for a recast
OF the entire educational laws, and
the creation of general education-
II t1bd In the state Which shall
provide for every community the
school that 1t ought to have and the
harmonixing Of the interests of the
common school system with the
systares Of higher education. II this
Is ncs s6ou done the higher education
institutions are going to be wiped
away.
1t was very gratifying to the
friends of education that the bill to
provide for a commission to revise
tre laws went through so easily
yesterday but 1t is by no means safe
yet.
The committee on education has
had several long conferences on the
high school law, and the sentiment Of
that committee is that the intention
or the law to restrict these high
schools to rural communities has
been defeated by the state board, and
they will endeavor this year to fence
the proposition in with stronger de-
fenses which cannot be so easily got
ten around. The purpose is the de-
velopment of the rural communities
for the good of the state. not for sup
plying a bonus for the towns and
cities of the state.
There are two educational laws
clio together on the calendar, and
about to come up If that everlasting
liquor question does not take up all
OF the time Of the house, one is the
much talked Of and widely demanded
compulsory education law and the
other relates to the systematizing Of
the examinations for teachers. With
an hours more time in the house
yesterday morning compulsory ed
ucation would have been right in the
forefront. everything is side tracked
however. for the liquor question.
Some men who are advocating the
prohipition bill this year openly as
sert that 1t will be the only way in
which they can secure the high
license law for the state and they
VIII therefore do all that they can
to continue the process of upsettlng
the law until they get what they
want.
While the case In court has not
affected the sentiments Of the mem
bers of the general assembly towards
Senator Tillman. IT was really pitiable
to note the difference Of feeling to-
wards him In the house. When he
came In yesterday ne was less noticed
than many an ordinary visitor would
have been. and the indlsposition Of
the members to invite him to address