Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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A COMMUNICATION Editor The Gamecock: In as much as the article re ferred to in the within com munication appeared as an ed itorial in The Gamecock, I re spectfully ask that you give space to this reply. I believe you will do this in justice to Winthrop College and her alumnae. Mrs. W. L. Daniel. Saluda, Feb. 16. The letter of Mrs. Daniel follows: "In an editorial in a recent! issue of The Gamecock advo cating the erection of a dormi tory for women at the Univer sity of South Carolina, occurs the following: 'Winthrop is the only moderately priced girls' college in the State. Its literary standards are certain ly not the equal of Converse, Chicora or the university, nor would its bachelor graduates be given the same rating at Johns Hopkins or Columbia University. Many girls go to Winthrop when if conditions would permit they would per haps choose Carolina or Con verse.' "Upon inquiry, it is found that Winthrop has the same en trance requirements, 14 units, as the university and has the same number of years, four, in the college course. It is also found upon inquiry that Win throp graduates have not ap plied for admission to Johns Hopkins, so far as is known, but they have been admitted to graduate study at Columbia University, and have been awarded the A. M. degree in one year's resident study. Have graduates from the University of South Carolina, Converse or Chicora ever been able to get to the M. A. degree at Colum bia University in less than one year? With the same entrance requirements and four years of college work, does the edi tor of The Gamecock mean to contend that the boys of the university really rover more ground or do more thorough work than do the girls of Win throp, and this in the face of her record in graduate work at Columbia University? "Why does the editor of The Gamecock state that 'many girls go to Winthrop when if conditions would per mit they would perhaps choose Carolina or Converse?' So far as we are advised, that is an unwvarrantedl reflection upon Winthrop ; for it does not ap pear that the applicants turn ed away from Winthrop this session for lack of dormitory room, amounting to some five or six hundred, have gone to these other colleges. On the! other hand, we are informed that the enrollment at the uni versity is some 200 less than in 1916, there being a good deal of dormitory space unoccupied because of students failing to apply for admission. It does not appear that any eligible applicants have been denied admittance there, as at Win throp College. Under all these circumstances, we fail to un derstand why The Gamecock should state that more stu dents would apply for admit tance to the university if there were more dormitory room. "Co-education is perhaps not demanded so strongly in this State as some think, and its practice in some of the col leges has already been practi cally abandoned as undesir able. "Winthrop's work speaks through its more than a thou-I sand graduates . It needs no further or stronger defense. And it has not been found nec essary thus far to belittle or discount the work of other col leges in order to boost or justi fy her own. The large patron age accorded her and the strong demand for her grad uates in the school rooms of this and other states speak volumes for the esteem in which she is held by those seeking education and educa tors. "There is ample . room in South Carolina for all her col leges, and those looking for ward and upward can find op-{ portunity for constructive work without discounting or seeking to discount the efforts of institutions with which they may not at the time happen to be connected. Winthrop ap preciates the confidence mani fested in her work by the large patronage accorded her from year to year, and is fully oc cupied with teaching those who come. "Finally, a school, not less than an individual, is known by its work. By this standard Winthrop is willing at any time to be measured beside other colleges, and is content to stand or fall upon this basis." At a student body meeting last Saturday morning William Lindsay, Jr., was elected stu dent body editor of The Game cock. Bill, as he is commonly :-alled, is a hard worker~and his many friends feel confident that he will be as faithful-or nearly so-to the Gamecock as he is to a certain Winthrop Globe Dry Goods Co. College Boys' Trade Solicited The Shoe Wit The College ATSON'S EAR ITHOUT ORRY WATSON'S SHOE COMP Cleaning ai Operated I 8--SUITS FI Regardless of Time THE VALE'I 825 Main Street DEPOSIT YOUR M National Loan an OF COLUN Capital - - - Surplus and undivided pro Deposits - - EDWIN W. ROBERTSON. Pres. G. M. 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