The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1912-01-18
LETTER PROM WINTHROP.
Girls Enjoy the Snow but Some
Mishaps--Report of Trustees.


Winthrop College, Rock Hill, jan
uary l2:-On Saturday evening, jan
uary 6, it showed and sleeted here.
On Monday we had more snow and
sleet, followed by a freeze which
made the campus a fine place for
skating. The snow and ice have not
melted yet, and the girls have been
enjoying it to The fullest extent all
the week. If anyone going out hap
pen to escape falling herself, she will
be sure to see some one else fall,
which is just as pleasant an expert
ence. Three girls have broken arm
or wrist as a result of falling on the
ice. Only one of these unfortunate
three is from Williamsburg county.
Our first term examinations be-
gin on January %. This is the last
session that will be divided into two
terms. Next year there will be
three terms.
A new bulletin called the Rural
Life Conference Bulletin" has just
been issued by Winthrop College. 1t
contains many of the excellent ad-
dresses delivered at the Rural Life
conference held here during the
summer school. This bulletin is for
distribution ard may be obtained by
anyone free Of charge who will
write President Johnson asking him
for it.
The annual report of the Board
of Trustees of Winthrop College to
the Legislature has been printed. 1t
contains great deal of interesting
and valuable information about
Winthrop College. The enrolment
this year is 745: the number apply
ing for admission at this session,
1856. Notwithstanding the greater
enrolment this year the Board of
Trustees is asking the Legislature
for less appropriation than last year.
The money rec uested by the trustees
is to provide for the additional
teaching and executive force and the
additional expenditures required to
care for one Of the largest educa-
tional institutions in the South and
the only one supported by the State
of South Carolina for young women;
also for work by Winthrop for all
the rural school teachers of the State
county supervision of rural schools
for the conouct of an experiment.
al school and for extension work in
household economics in the interest
of the women and homes of the
State. The trustees claim that Win
throp is one o. the most economical
institutions ir the country. The
economy that must be practiced in
doing all the work undertaken by
the college with the appropriation
asked for is seen when it is known
that it is only about one-third of the
amount required to run institutions
of about the same size as Winthrop.
South Carolina could we'll afford to
appropriate as much money for the
higher education of young women
as she wisely does for her young
men, but as matter of fact she ap-
propriates faI' less, although the
Young women outnumber the young
men of the State, and far greater
proportion of chem are prepared for
college annually, as the records of
the high schools will show.
We do not believe that any insti-
tuition similar to Winthrop is run
more economically or can show
greater or better results for the
money expended by the State. For
every dollar appropriated by the
State on the Winthrop plant Presi-
dent Johnson has raised another
dollar from other sources. The Win
throp plant is worth more than
twice as much to the State to-day as
the State has spent on it. Ell.