SKETCH OF EDUCATION IN SOUTH (CAROLINA 469 



The Misses Martin have a private school of great excellence and long 

 established reputation. 



The female school of the Misses Reynolds has sent into life many 

 young ladies thoroughly and carefully trained. 



A female boarding school of high grade has recently been opened by 

 Mrs. Mary Preston Darby, chiefly for the accommodation of visitors from 

 abroad, who seek the climate of Columbia for health or pleasure. 



The Palmetto Academy was established by the Odd Fellows. It has 

 been in existence a number of years,- and has done much good. 



Other private schools are in existence in the city. 



V. CHARITABLE, EDUCATIONAL, AND LITERARY 

 INSTITUTIONS. 



1751. South Carolina Society, Charleston. 

 1757. Winyah Indigo Society, Georgetown. 

 1769. Fellowship Society, Charleston. 

 1777. Mount Zion Society, Winnsboro. 



1777. Catholic Society, Camden. 



1778. Salem Society, Camden. 

 1778. St. David's Society, Cheraw. 



1788. Beaufort Society, Beaufort. 

 1780. St. Helena Society, St. Helena. 

 1787. Camden Orphan Society, Camden. 



1789. Claromont Society, 'Stateburg. 

 1791. Beaufort District Society. 



1798. St. Andrew's Society, Charleston. 

 179"). Upper Long Cane Society, Abbeville. 

 1800. John's Island Society. 

 1809. Mt. Pleasant Academy, Christ Church. 

 1811. Free Schools established. 



The reader cannot but be struck with the number of these societies 

 organized between 1751 and 1809, which are a proof that though little 

 was done for public schools, attention was directed to private institutions. 



Mr. B. J. Ramage, of this State, in an essay read at Johns Hopkins' 

 University, attributes this fact to the tendency existing in South Carolina 

 towards local self-government, it being believed that each neighborhood 

 could judge better of the educational needs than the State at large. The 



