•")"2(> A SKETCH OF EDUCATION IX SOUTH CAROLINA. 



Industkial Department. The farm of one hundred and fifty acres 

 of choice land, and a carpenter shop connected with tlie institution, afford 

 an opportunity for manual labor, by which students can defray, in part, 

 the expenses of their education. 



1st. Literary Department. College course of four years, both Clas- 

 sical and Scientific. 



The course of study covers about the same range in higher English, 

 JNIathematics, Natural Sciences, Ancient and Modern Languages, History, 

 iNIental and Moral Science, as is usual in the better class of colleges. 

 North and South. 



2d. Normal School Course. The object held in view in this school 

 is the preparation of teachers for the common schools. 



The course of study covers a period of three years beyond the ordinary 

 common school studies, and embraces History, Rhetoric, English Com- 

 position and Criticism, Higher Arithmetic, Algebra and Plane Geometry, 

 Physiology, Natural Philosophy, and Chemistry. 



3d. Grammar School. The object of this school is to prepare students 

 for the higher departments, and will be a necessity till the common 

 schools of the county shall do a higher grade of work. 



The course of study covers two years, and does the work of the better 

 class of common schools. 



ATTENDANCE THE PAST YEAR. 



In College Classes 24 



In Normal and College Preparatory 136 



In Grammar School 184 



Total 344 



GRADUATED IN JUNE, 1882. 



On College Course 2 



On Normal School Course 10 



Total 12 



A valuable apparatus for the Natural Sciences and higher Mathematics 

 adds to the facilities for instruction in these branches. 



The library contains about two thousand volumes and a large col- 

 lection of pamphlets. Many of the. books are very valuable as books of 

 reference. 



Faculty : Rev. Edward Cooke, LL.D., President, Profe.ssor of Ethics 

 and Lecturer on Agricultural Topics. Rev. W. H. Lawrence, A. M., Pro- 



