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Established 1891 BAMBERG, S. C., SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1908 One Dollar a Year
THE CARLISLI
The Carlisle Fitting School was
erected in 1S9J by the friends of
Christian education in Bamberg and
presented to Wofford College, it'is.
Therefore, one of the oldest schools
in the State, dedicated to the co-educational
instruction of our youth.
The school is the result largely of the
efforts and foresight of that splendid
champion of Christian education. I)r.
John C. Kilgo. with co-operation of
Bamberg's leading citizens among
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of healthful, out-of-door exercise.
Aid and encouragement is given to
all forms of athletics, but some member
of the faculty acts as manager,
and accompanies the boys on their
trips away from town. Last year
the base ball team made an excellent
record?losing only one game to
other institutions. A shower bath
has been put in which adds greatly
to the comfort and convenience of
the students?especially in connection
with their athletic exercises.
DISCIPLINE.
Last year the military discipline
was instituted for the young men and
was so highly satisfactory that it is
the purpose of the authorities to con
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EDUCATION AS AN ASSET.
Parents Should Give Their Children
a Christian Eduration.
Happiness is the chief object of
our existence here, and what we
most need to make us haj py are religion,
education and mat rial prosperity.
It is therefore self-evident
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the first and most important debts
that parents owe to the children
with whom God has entrusted them.
Christian education not only unfolds
the depths and beauty of the
Christian religion ar.d reveals tilt
wondrous splendor of God's crea
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FITTING SCHwhom
might be mentioned the
Brabhams. Bam bergs. Hays, and
Folks. For fifteen years it has striven
to offer the benefits of moral and
intellectual development, under the
best conditions, to the youth of the
State and to embody as its ideal the
spirit of the man for whom it is
named?the greatest living Carolinian?James
H. Carlisle.
BUILDINGS AND EQUIPMENT,
j The school owns a plant valued
MLITORY FOR BOYS
tinue it. Many benefits are derived
from this change. "Military discipline
tends to muscular development
and physical well-being by an enforced
regularity in food, sleep and
exercise. It creates habits of promptitude.
order, discipline, and suborI
dination. It promotes self-reliance
! and personal character by removing
all social distinctions, and puts each
student upon his own personal responsibility."
The discipline for the young ladies
is home-like, and no privileges or
liberties other than those given in
any well regulated home are allowed.
HEALTH.
TIip health record for the past sev
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tioiis. but it also fits one to move
among his fellow-men in a sphere
preeminently above that of his less
fortunate brothers who are hampered
and handicapped by doubt and
ignorance, and at the same time I
places him in a position to become
real benefactor to any community
i:i which he may reside. As the
gentle breeze bends the heads ol
swaying grain while it moves noiselessly
about them, so the influence
of a real Christian character, armed
with tact and education, will as
surely and as unconsciously swa>
the minds or those with whom it
conies in contact and lift them to a
plane of higher life.
What higher or nobler aspiration
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at $:;<). 000. consisting of main building.
separate dormitories for the
boys and girls, the head master's
home, and four cottages. The main
building is a large modern brick
structure, affording a commodious
auditorium, music room, recitation
rooms, library, gymnasium, and two
literary society halls. All the buildings
are well furnished, well ventilated.
and lighted by electricity.
They are located on a campus conmay
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houses of worsh
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eral years has probably been unsurpassed.
During the past two years
there has not been a case of serious
illness among faculty or students.
This is no doubt due in a large measure
to the pure, artesian mineral
water which flows into all buildings
and is used exclusively for all purposes.
STANDARD RAISED.
The Carlisle Fitting School, in order
to keep abreast with the great
educational advance and thereby enter
into a broader field of usefuliness.
last year reeasted and expanded
the course of study, it now embraces
English. History. Science, and
.Mathematics for four years, with
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can enter the heart of a parent than ]
a desire to fit his son or his daugh- 1
ter to meet the responsibilities of r
life and become an honor and a t
blessing to that community in which i
he or site may reside? /
By 110 means can this be more 1
asily or more surely accomplished 1
than by giving them a real Christian (
education, and the parent who has 1
the means and yet fails to properly 1
nlucate his child not only docs his *
offspring an injury but also inflicts c
u wrong upon the people among <
whom that child must live. 1
But laying aside the question of
the higher life and the goon that t
would accrue to others, I ask < s a c
purely business proposition, does it t
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times no, and in my
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Carolina to lay a foili
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sibilities of this scho<
to be properly apprt
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from a smart family.'
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taining seven and a half acres, have
frontage on three well shaded streets
in the prettiest part of town.
LIBRARY.
The library, a gift of the late Gen.
F. M. Bamberg, contains nearly a
thousand volumes of well selected
books. The reading table is supplied
with a number of the best periodicals.
Access is given the boys and
girls on separate days. The students
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attention is given
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men and young ^
spiritual training
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campus a base ball
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lave an abundance
either Latin or modern language for
three years. In mathematics the
students are taken through Spherical
Trigonometry and the effort is male
to take the other subjects pari passu.
FACULTY.
The faculty consists of four experienced
teachers and two thoroughly
competent matrons. The head master,
Prof. W. S. Hogan, has been successfully
engaged in school work for
the past seven years, having had
charge of a large graded school before
coming here three years ago.
The present condition of the school
speaks for his ability as manager and <
teacher.
Prof. J. C. Guilds, a graduate of'
historic Wofford, who has for the ;
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3ay to educate? For an answer I t
*efer you to the history of the world. <
That nation which has paid most at- r
;ention to education has always s
nade the most rapid strides in civili- ?
cation and all else that goes to make c
nankind happy: that community i
vhose sons and daughters are edu- t
ated. has ever been the most pros- t
>erous and progressive, and that \
nan who possesses the best educa- t
ion has had his earning capacity in- f
meased thereby and has ever held
in advantage over his less fortunate ,
mother. i
Education is an invaluable asset f
o any man or any community. The t
educated mind is enabled to see and t
o seize opportunities and therefore t
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are encouraged to form the habit of
reading good books.
LITERARY SOCIETIES.
There are two literary societies,
the Kilgo for the boys and the Sheridan
for the girls. These societies
afford excellent opportunity for practice
in composition, elocution, and
debate. The halls are carpeted and
furnished with opera chairs and are
attractive meeting places. A mem
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past two years been in charge of the
department of English and History,
and has acted as first assistant, will
be in charge of this department next
year. Not only in the class room but
in every phase of school community
life Prof. Guilds is a teacher par excellence.
Capt. P. S. Connor, the efficient
commandant of cadets and instructor
in mathematics, is a B. S. graduate
of the Citadel. The Fitting School
is fortunate in retaining the services
of Capt. Connor for another year.
The department of music and elocution
will be in charge of Miss Ida
Blocker, of Tennessee. Miss Blocker
has studied under the best masters
and has had three years of success
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o accomplish results that the uneducated
could never accomplish.
This, in part, is the reason that the
services of educated men and women
ire ever in demand, and also ac-1
mints for the fact that their servces
command higher wages whether
hey be needed on the farm, behind
he counter, in the office, in the
vorkshop, in the school room, in
he pulpit or any of the great proessions
of life.
A well balanced education in reases
the earning capacity of an
ndividual from one to an hundred
old. according to the mental camcity
of that individual. It is
herefore a matter of easy calculaion
to determine whether or not it
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ber of the faculty presides at each
meeting. All students are required
to join one of these societies.
RELIGIOUS ADVANTAGES.
The Carlisle Fitting School is a
Christian school--one in which the
spiritual and moral influences are
positive and assertive. Pupils are
required to attend Sunday school and
preaching service on Sunday morning.
at such church as their parents
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ful experience.
Mrs. Josephine Beach, the matron
of the boys' hall, has been connected
with the school for six years. During
this time she has taken the place
of a mother in the life of every boy
who has attended the school and
there is probably no woman in a similar
position more loved and admired
than she.
The girl's hall will be in charge
of a competent matron yet to be selected.
With the above mentioned advani
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lages it win ue seen mat mc suuuvt
offers unusual opportunities to the
boys and girls of our State who are
seeking to prepare themselves for
college or for life.
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pays to educate. The most profitable
hours in life are probably spent
in an honest, earnest effort to oh
tain an education, and the money J
invested in education yields larger
and more profitable dividends perhaps
than any other money invest- \
ed in the world. A few hundred, or J
even a few thousand, dollars Jg
placed in the hands of an ignorant,
giddy youth can. and very probably 'Jj
will, soon pass into the hands of
another, but a Christian education
is an asset that will remain with the
possessor throughout life. It is
more valuable than a bank account
and cannot be dissipated in fast and \
riotous living, but will remain to
bless it's possessor and those about .J
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