49G A SKETCH OF EDUCATION IX SOUTH CAROLINA. 



The first faculty of tlie college was composed of the Rev. W. M. 

 "Wightman, D. D., President ; David Duncan, A. ]M., Professor of Lan- 

 guages; James H.Carlisle, A.M., Professor of Mathematics; Warren 

 DuPre, A. M., Professor of Natural Science. To these were added, in 

 the following year, Whitefoord Smith, Professor of English Literature. 

 The regular exercises of the college were commenced on the 1st day of 

 August, 1854. During cur late war, the exercises of the institution 

 were never wholly susi:)ended, but a high school was kept up under 

 the supervision of Professors D. Duncan and J. H. Carli.sle. 



After the close of the war, the regular collegiate classes were again 

 frirmed, and the number of students has steadily increased. During 

 the last year, one hundred and forty were in attendance. The standard 

 of scholarship in this institution has always been very high, and the 

 services of its graduates as teachers have been in great demand. It 

 has given a large number of its graduates to the work of the ministry, 

 v\hile many others have been called to the field of educational labor, 

 others to distinguished positions in civil and political life. 



It is greatly to the credit of Wofford College that it has given the 

 advantages of liberal education to man}' poor young men who otherwise 

 would have been deprived of them ; and this is more to its credit when 

 it is known that its endowment funds were nearly all lost in the dis- 

 astrous effects of the last war. 



The college is beautifully located in the northern part of the town of 

 Spartanburg, and has a campus emljracing about seventy acres, nearly 

 all of which is delightfully shaded with forest trees. This section of the 

 State is noted for the salubrity of its climate, pure water, and general 

 healthfulness. It is known as a good summer resort for those living in 

 the lower part of the State. It is almost unequalled for the high moral 

 tone of its society. 



The cost of board and tuition is very reasonable, and the necessary ex- 

 penses of a student here are small. A group of students formed a mess, 

 last year, at a cost of only seven dollars a month to each, and their table 

 was as good as is usually found in private families. 



Sessions begin on the 1st October, and close on the Wednesday after 

 the second Sunday in June. 



The present faculty is composed of James H. Carlisle, A. jM., LL. D., 

 President, and Professor of Mathematics ; Rev. "Whitefoord Smith, A. M., 

 D. D., Professor of English Literature ; Rev. W. W. Duncan, A. M., D. D., 

 Professor of Mental and Moral Philosophy ; Daniel A. DuPre, A. M., Pro- 

 fessor of Chemistry and Geology; F. C. Woodward. A. ]M., Professor of 

 Latin and French ; J. A. Gamewell, A. M., Professor in charge of Intro- 

 ductorv Classes; J. H. Kirkland, A. M., Professor of Greek and German ; 



