Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-09-12
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THE STATE COLLEGES
Too Much for Higher and Not Enough
for Lower.

Too Much for Higher and Not Enough
for Lower.
The Yorkville Enquirer, the Herald
and News Of Newberry, and the Green
wood Journal, judging from their re-
cent utterances, do not seem to be too
friendly towards the state colleges.
The Journal and the Herald and News
even go so far as to say that it is no
part of the duty Of the state to furnish
higher education" The Yorkville pa
per chimes in with this, when some
strong, capable leader takes up this
question in the right kind Of way he
is going to revolutionize our whole
educational system, with the result
that the higher institutions will lose
their present strong grip"
While we are strong advocates of
the common schools and would like
to see them get every dollar the state
can afford to give them. we do not
want to see the state colleges lose
their present strong grip" whatever
that expression may mean. Better
give both common schools and col
leges a better grip than to loosen the
grip" Of either. Such institutions as
the Citadel, South Carolina College,
Clemson, and Winthrop are doing too
great a work in educating, enlighten-
ing and broadening the rising genera
ton for any Of us to wish to cripple
them. God knows South Carolina Is
woefully in need Of all the colleges,
both state and denominational, as well
as all the common schools she can get
Lancaster News.
The Lancaster News does the Her
aid and News an injustice In not quot
ing the position Of the Herald and
News in full. We do not think 1t is
in the province Of the state to furnish
higher education, but we said also
that we did not intend to butt our
head against a brick wall. The policy
of this state for hundred years, and
of every other state has been to fur.
nish higher institutions Of learning
and the history Of education show!
that no country ever had a fiourishine
system of common schools that did not
nourish and maintain higher institu.
tions Of learning, and we do not op'
pose these institutions. We did say
and repeat that we think the free
scholarships should be cut out ane
that these higher institutions should
be more economically run. We thinl
South Carolina is spending too much
money on higher education In pro
portion to what she is spending fol
the common schools.
You know that more than ninet!
Der cent Of the children Of the stat'
never go to college. and yet the stat'
is spending about fifty per cent a.
much money on the less than ten PEI
cent as she is spending on the NOR
than ninety per cent for education
There is where the revolution" abou
which The Enquirer talks will come
IL 1t comes at all. The great problem
before the American people today i
the problem Of rural schools. 1
the members Of our legislature woul'
take a trip to some Of our countr.
schools, instead Of one Of these trip
to Winthrop or the Citadel or Glenn
son and see conditions as they exist
we believe they would provide NOR
generously for the country schoo
and be just a little bit more careful
in some of the expenditures Of tn
colleges. That is the point we wer
trying to impress.-Newberry Heral
and News.