The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1910-01-14

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winthrop College. Ihls great
otate College for the girls OF our
commonwealth has continued to grow
with the years, and now has within
it's walls 669 young ladies. The new
dormitory has been completed and is
now being used, and a beautiful
building it is. It is hoped that the
new practice school will soon be un-
der way, and it is my pleasure to
state, that under the influence and
through the perseverance of the hon
ored and loved President, DR.. D. B.
Johnson, eighty thousand dollars
has been obtained in addition to the
twenty thousand dollars appropria-
ted by your honorable bodies with
which to build the model or prac-
tice school at Winthrop.
Clemson College continaeS to grow
in numbers as well as ii @2ot work
and, from it's report made 10 the
General Assembly, you will sec that
much is being done for the ednca-
ton of the boys of The State along
literary lines as we'll as agricultural
electrical and mechanical. The ex-
perimental station, established by
this College near the town of Sum-
merville, is proving a success, and |
z, look forward with much interest to
the work that will be done there.
The Military Academy has a larger
number of students on its roll than
in any previous year Of its history,
and I am pleased to know that the
work being done is of the best. The
building purchased flom the City of
Charleston has been fitted up and is
well adapted for the uses Of this IN
| stitution and has filed a long felt
need. More dormitory room for the
increasing number Of students who
desire to enter this college is needed,
and the Board Of Visitors has made
a request for an appropriation of
thirty thousand dollars to add an
other story to the building for this
purpose. I respectfully recommend
that the request be granted.
A bill will be introduced at this
session of your honorable bodies
looking toward change in the pres
ent law as to the examinations. fo1
scholarships in the various State in
stitutions. After consultation with
the representatives Of said State in
situtions, the bill which Will be in
Estroduced accords with their views OF
the changes which should be made
and I respectfully recommend that
the said bill be enacted into law.
The Deaf, Dumb and Blind Insti-
tute of South Carolina is one thai
every citizen Of the State should be
proud of. We are but doing oul
duty to these unfortunate children
when we give to them every oppor.
tunity that We can to improve them:
selves in the expansion Of thei1
minds and hearts,. The work done al
this institution commends itself tc
every right-thinking person, and
recommend that you invetigete fully
the needs Of this school. and appro.
pirate such sum as may be necessary
| for successful work.
! Industrial School for White Boys
! This school has been in operation
since November, 1908, and now has
within its walls thirty-six boys
Under the wise management Of Mr.
G. L. Emmons, the Superintendent
much has been done to make the In
mates feel that they are not culprits
but that they are boys entitled to q
chance, and that by right living
and right thinking they can make o1
themselves useful and good citizens
Of the State, A full report Of the
work DONE since the opening Of tht
Ischool, the expenditures made ane
it's needs will be placed on ,you1
ldesks. I recommend that adequate
appropriations be made for tht
maintenance and needed additions tt
the school.
The Colore1 Normal College a
Orangeburg is doing a good work il
> the industrial and mechanical train
ing of the students Of that institu
tion, as well as along agriculture
lines. The work done at this insti
) tution will compare favorably will