514 A SKETCH OF EDUCATION IN SOUTH CAROLINA. 



lows : Alabama, 51 and 65 ; Georgia, 51 and 65 ; Indiana, 47 and 61 ; 

 Kentiick}', 49 and 59 ; Massachusetts, 51 and 63 ; New Jersey, 50 and 60; 

 New York, 50 and 61 ; North Carolina, 52 and 65 ; Pennsylvania, 50 and 

 65 ; Rhode Island, 51 and 62 ; South Carolina, 51 and 59 ; Virginia, 

 51 and 59. 



From the above it will be seen that South Carolina is doing relatively 

 more for her daughters than many of her neighbors. Her people have 

 long patronized female academies at home and abroad. 



Before the war the schools at Limestone, Barhamville and Orangeburg 

 especially enjoyed high repute ; while female colleges in Laurens, York- 

 ville, Sumter and other places, aided in forming the character and train- 

 ing the minds of hundreds of the women of the State. Female academies 

 and schools also existed, some of which are still in operation, and are 

 noticed elsewhere. The fact, however, remains that the daughters of the 

 State have not as yet received as many advantages as her sons, yet it is 

 hoped that, at no distant day, education will be more nearly propor- 

 tioned, if indeed the balance do not turn in the opposite direction, under 

 a new order of things, which sends boys into the business walks of life, 

 while girls are kept for a longer period at their studies. 



In this connection it is proper to mention the female colleges now in 

 operation in the State. 



GREENVILLE FEMALE .COLLEGE. 



"In 1853, the Baptist State Convention of South Carolina appointed-a 

 committee to take into consideration the subject of female education as a 

 denominational interest. At the ensuing meeting of the Convention, 

 held in Greenville in 1854, the committee reported, urging the establish- 

 ing of ' a Female College of high order,' and, to secure a liberal education 

 for young ladies, recommended that ' the standard of attainment be 

 high.' " The report was adopted, and the enterprise was begun. Green- 

 ville was chosen as the location, having been long ftimed as an intellectual 

 centre, and remarkable for its health and social and religious advantages. 

 A handsome building was erected, and under such educators as Professors 

 Duncan, Sams and Judson, the college entered upon and maintained a 

 highly successful career. 



In 1878, Prof. C. H. Judson resigned the presidency', to accept an 

 equally honorable and responsible position in Furman University, and 

 Prof. A. S. Townes, the present incumbent, was chosen to succeed him. 



The catalogue of 1881-2 shows a lar:.;er attendance than at any pre- 

 vious stage of the college's history. The number of pupils in the primary 

 department was 29 ; in the academic department, 62 ; students in the 

 collegiate department, 80 ; irregular students, 9. Total, 180. 



