498 A SKETCH OF EDUCATION IN SOUTH CAROLINA. 



In addition to this, the utmost good feeling has ever been reciprocated 

 between the students and the citizens of the town. 



The name of the institution, under which it was incorporated, " Furman 

 University,'' was adopted because, in its incipiency, it embraced an academic, 

 a collegiate, and a theoloc/ical department, with the expectation of adding 

 afterward, a dejiartment of laiv. Arrangements to this effect were on 

 foot when the war rendered them impracticable. The Southern Baptist 

 Theological Seminary, now located at Louisville, Ky., but originally 

 founded in Greenville, S. C, is an outgrowth of Furman University, 

 which gave up its theological department in order that other States besides 

 South Carolina might be brought in as supporters of a common Southern 

 theological institution. 



Soon after the war, the university sought to provide free tuition in the 

 collegiate department on the basis of bonds given for the support of the 

 faculty, on condition of free tuition for ten years. Having no provision 

 for the support of a preparatory department, it was not reorganized. 



The plan of free tuition for ten years proved a failure, owing, mainly, 

 to the fact that the bonds matured at the time of the greatest financial 

 stringency known in the State for many years. Out of $200,000 in bonds, 

 the amount actually collected enabled the trustees to invest $20,000 as a 

 permanent interest-bearing fund, the balance being appropriated to meet 

 current expenses. 



An experience of five years convinced the trustees that the plan of free 

 tuition would not be a success. Accordingh^, at a meeting of the Board, 

 August 30th, 1881, the University was reorganized. It was determined 

 to discontinue free tuition, and appeal directly to the Baptist churches 

 of the State for the means to meet current expenses. For this purpose, 

 the President visited most of the associations meeting in the fall, and such 

 responses Avere received as gave assurance that the institution would be 

 continued. 



The results of the last session, which closed June 18th, were such as 

 greatly to encourage the friends of the institution ; and as arrangements 

 have been instituted for the satisfactory settlement of the outstanding 

 bonds, a career of enlarged prosperity is confidently anticipated. 



The present organization includes an academic and a collegiate de- 

 partment. The former is intended to prepare students for the college 

 studies, and is under the immediate direction of a principal, who has 

 alread}'' achieved success in this department. The college department 

 embraces seven distinct schools, viz: the Latin Language and Litera- 

 ture ; the Greek Language and Literature ; Mathematics and Mechanical 

 Philosophy ; Natural Philosophy ; Chemistry and Natural History ; 



