494 A SKETCH OF EDUCATION IN SOUTH CAEOLINA. 



late Dr. Hearst, of Abbeville, S. C. He left two-thirds of his estate to 

 the Collef!;c. About $11,000 has been realized on it. , 



BmJdingH. Tlie first permanent building was erected in 1842, and is 

 a large fine brick structure of three stories ; affording ample rooms for 

 recitations, library and other purposes. A second building was erected 

 in 1850-1. It is also of brick, and has two stories. The first floor is 

 divided into chapel, school and reading rooms. The second floor, with 

 a seating capacity of 1,200 to 1,500, is Commencement Hall, or " Lindsay 

 Hall," named after James Lindsay, Esq., in consequence of his liberality 

 as builder. Llere all exhibitions and commencements, not only of 

 Erskine College, but also of the Due West Female College, are held. 



Attached to this building is an observatory, about one hundred feet 

 high, on which is mounted a large and valuable telescope under a re- 

 volving cupola. 



In subsequent years, two other brick buildings of two stories each 

 were erected in the campus. These are appropriated to the uses of the 

 two Literary Societies connected with the College. Each contains a gen- 

 eral hall for forensic practice, a library and other rooms. They were 

 built by contributions of the members, their alumni, and other friends. 

 One was built in 1858, the other a year or two later. 



BENEFICIARY SCHOLARSHIPS. 



Provision has always been made in one way or another for aid of de- 

 serving students in straitened circumstances, and many young men have 

 been enabled to graduate in this way. Until recently, however, there 

 has been no regular beneficiary fund. In the last year or two the " Duane 

 jNIower Scholarship," has been founded, the annual interest of which is 

 offered by the Faculty to worthy, but indigent young men. 



The buildings and other property are valued at about $40,000. 



The foregoing is a brief sketch of the history and purposes of Erskine 

 College. During the forty odd years of its existence, it has annually (ex- 

 cept during the war period) sent out a considerable number of alumni. 

 It has graduated more than four hundred young men, most of whom are 

 now honoring all the learned professions in many States of the Union. 



ASSOCIATE REFORMED THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY. 



Since tlie origin of Erskine College, a Tlieological Seminary has been 

 connected with it, though in no sense a part of it. 



Its funds are distinct from the funds of the College. The only connec- 

 tion, is that the two institutions belong to the same body of people, and 



