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SCHOOL OF EDUCATION MAKES RAPID PROGREESS IN 22 YEARS (Continued from front page.) scholarships in the School of Education, the Normal, the Ex emption, and the Peabody. The normal scholarships num ber 44, one from each county in the State, and are worth $100.00 each with exemption from all University fees. These are awarded by examinations. The holders are required to give notes for the money advanced or pay within eight years afteri graduation. The exemption scholarships are granted to men from each I county upon their declaration of intention to teach. These schol arships entitle holders to free tuition. The Peabody scholarships, two in number, arp supported by the' interest on $6,000.00 granted to the University as the nucleus of, a fund for an education build ing. These scholarships are awarded to teachers of experi ence and promise who wish to pursue graduate work in the School of Education. "For salaries and equipment, the University annually appro priates to the School of Educa tion $6,370.00. The State grants, $4.400.00 for the maintenance of 44 scholarship students, one from each county. The interest on the Peabody grant of $6,000.00, amounts to $360.00. The total annual revenue of the school is $11,130.00. " The number of students pursu ing the regular A. B. course in education, or electing studies in' this school, average about one fourth the entire enrollment off the University. The statistics of schools of education in state universities, given in the United States report of 1910, shows a larger percentage of students in the School of Education of the University of South Carolina than in similar schools of other Southern un iversi ties. Since then the number taking work in'( these courses have been steadily increasing. A list of those who have taken a part or whole of the courses in the school includes, one State Superintendent of Education, four Assistant Superintendents of Education, one State Super visor of Rural Schools, one Pres- 1 idlent of the State Teachers' Association, several college pro fessors, many superi ntendlents (of town or county), and many I teachers, male and female, bo0th rural and urban. An investiga tion made in 1910 showed that 91.6 per cent, of those who had Ij takeri either the A. B. or L. I. had engaged in teaching--a large number permanently. Proh- e ably the percentag-e is somewhat;a TOM FARMER TELLS THRILLING STORY Speaker Gives Life Story to Students Monday. In spite of the rainy and cold weather, a large crowd of the tudents were out Monday night o hear Tom Farmer tell his ife's experience. Sometimes amusing, some imes pathetic, but thrilling hruout was the story told by 'om Farmer. He told how he >egan a career of robbery. He ;aid "I started with little :hings." He told of some of the nethods he used in evading the tuthorities and making his 'getaway." "Often I was dis tppointed," he said, "when I hought I had snatched a fat ooking role of money from the iand of some lady, and when it vas opened there would be noth ng but a handkerchief, a letter, The speaker then told of his hxperience in train and bank -obbery; of how he managed to )reak jail, and go to other towns o spend the fruits of his spoils Lnd plan for another haul. He aid that he would carry a saw oncealed in the sole of his shoe, nd would make his way out 'almost before they had locked he doors." He then told something of his inal apprehension and convic ion and of the penalty said be iind prison bars. At the close ie said, "I tell this story so thers may profit by my mis akes." maller now, but, if so, the de rease is very slight. There are now between eighty ve and a hundred teachers, in ctive work, throughout the tate who were students of the 'chool of Education at the Uni ,ersity. A good many are in ther states. Antioch Industrial 5chool, the most noted rural chool in the State, is presided ver by a graduate of this chool. Three of the five origi ial agricultural schools in Dar ington county, have as princi-. )als men from this department. The faculty of the School of 4,ducation keeps in close touch vith the public schools of the state. The Dean is chairman of he County School Board of Education of Richland county md( wvas active in the reorgani :ation in the county. One memn >er~ has served for several years is secretary of the State Teach ~rs' Association. 3U R N ETT-W HETSE LL, D RU G GI ST S ~odo, Cigars, Stationery, Toilet Arti les, etc. A gents for Jacob's Candy. 09 Main St. Phone 1261 Even a King can' you should like o I it so happened that Fatimas were originally tl "Made and bj4nded for li the King of ,Whaoiz"- m would that fsct prove that tit you were going to. like atimas best? m It would not. th Aman'staste is his own. co A cigarette that mig ht de- Ix. light some old potentate's in palate would not neces- w sarily please you. ol1i Th ,t's qvhy qve leave * Fatimas up to your taste. ot But there is something r,1 more than good taste that ot is mighty important to you. No matter how good F" tasting a cigarette may be -it can only be the SEN - ! SILE cigarette for you if it is comfortable, too. Its pure tobacco must be cool and comfortable to your throat at all times. 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