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clences of Christianity, Whateley's Rhetoric, Steedmaii's English Compo- 

 sition, Elocution, Drawing. 



A fall classical course is optional. 



This school deserves special mention as the only strictly military 

 school that was established before the war, and is still in successful opera- 

 tion. 



GREENVILLE MILITARY ACADEMY. 



Another military academy is in successful operation in Greenville, in 

 charge of Capt. J. B. Patrick, formerly an officer and instructor in the 

 South Carolina Military Academy. Capt. Patrick has three assistants 

 and the attendance, according to the report for 1881, was over fifty. 

 Though comparatively a new institution, it is in a prosperous condition. 

 There are several other academies in the State, in which certain military 

 features exist. 



IX. FEMALE EDUCATION. 



The census of 1880 shows that fifty-nine per cent, of illiterate adult 

 wdiites in South Carolina are females. It is true, also, that the females 

 have a preponderance in the total population; but the excess of popula- 

 tion is not in proportion to the excess of illiteracy. This is startling to 

 those especially who believe that intellectual progress depends upon the 

 education of Avoman. Some consolation may be derived from the fact 

 that South Carolina is no worse off in this respect than her sister 

 States, and that the excess of female illiteracy in this State is decreasing. 

 In 1850, females constituted sixty-two per cent, of the adult illiterate 

 population of South Carolina ; in 1860, sixty per cent. ; in 1870, fifty- 

 nine per cent. ; and in 1880, fifty-nine per cent. In 1870 and in 1880, 

 females constituted fifty -one per cent, of the entire population. 



Turning to the census of 1870, we find that there are more illiterate 

 females than males in all save three States of the Union, California, 

 Nevada and Vermont. In these, females show the following propor- 

 tion : California, in population, 40 per cent., in illiteracy, 44 percent.; 

 Nevada, in population, 24 per cent., in illiteracy, 20 per cent. ; Vermont, 

 in population, 40 per cent., in illiteracy, 48 per cent. In only two States, 

 Nevada and Vermont, can females claim educational superiority over 

 males. 



South Carolina compares favorably with the other States. The per- 

 centage of females as to population and illiteracy is respectively as fol- 



