A SKETCH OF EDUCATIOX IX SOUTH CAROLINA. -ISO 



in May following, elected five additional professors. The college opened 

 in October with flattering prospects, the attendance reaching one hun- 

 dred and fifty in a few weeks. Mr. Miles having resigned to accept im- 

 portant private trusts, the faculty elected Prof. J. M. McBryde Chair- 

 man, and he was subsequently elected President. 



FACULTY AND OFFICERS. 



John M. McBryde, President, and Professor of Agriculture and Horti- 

 culture ; James Woodrow, Ph. D., D. D., Professor of Geology, Mineralogy, 

 Botany, and Zoology ; Benjamin Sloan, Professor of Mathematics and 

 Natural Philosophy; Wm. Burney, Ph. D., Professor of Analytical and 

 Agricultural Chemistry; E. L. Patton, LL. D., Professor of Ancient 

 Languages; E. S. Joynes, M. A., LL. D., Professor of Modern Languages 

 and English ; ReV. W. J. Alexander, A. M., Chaplain, and Professor of 

 Philosophy ; R. Means Davis, Professor of History and Political Science. 

 Secretary of the Faculty, R. Means Davis ; Treasurer, X. B. Barnwell ; 

 Librarian, Miss E. W. Barnwell ; Marshal, R. S. Morrison. 



COURSES OF STUDY, FOUR YEARS EACH. 



There are three Science courses, conferring the degree of B. S. The 

 first is of general science, the second of applied science (mechanics and 

 engineering), and the third of applied science (agriculture and applied 

 chemistry). 



There are, also, tAvo Literature courses, conferring the degree of B. A. 

 The first embraces a first course in classics. The second substitutes 

 modern languages for the stud}^ of Greek. 



There are three special courses, Practical Agriculture, Practical Sur- 

 veying, and Practical English. 



Tuition is free. A charge of ten dollars is made for rq>air.-. &c. 

 Board is secured at reasonable rates. 



BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS. 



The college buildings are enclosed in the college grounds, which con- 

 tain about sixteen acres. The " campus " contains nearly four acres. 

 Around it are the recitation rooms, the tenements, and the professors' 

 houses. The dormitory system is adopted. For each pair of students 

 there is a suite of three rooms, thus insuring comfort and privacy. The 

 buildings are valued at §250,000. The library contains about 27,000 

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