Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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OUR SCHOOLS. tl The Value of Expert Super-'J vision Strikingly Emphas- d ized by "Well Known Ed- B J k ucator. w In South'* 'aroliua there arc three units of school administration?the Stato, tlio county and the school district. "An educational system is a great business." " In evory organized business tlioro must " bo machinery: that machinery must bo ropaired, adjusted and articulated, and sl some competent, responsible person 11 must supervise that machinery. A site- n cessful supervisor must be a capable ll man. an exnerienced man and a conra. ' geous man. He must bo reasonably [ w woll paid, definitely responsible to S1 somebody ana reasonably secure in fiis ^ position as long as be is efficient. What of the supervision of our educational S1 system? What do v. e ox pert and what have we a right to expect? What does the fundamental law of w the State require in the office of the State superintendent? Does it require ei that ho shall be an educated man or a v man of experience in school affairs, or " a man who knows anything of teaching and of teachers, or a man himself qual- I ified to teach? llo is expected to direct tho educational policy of a State and to *r maintain a system of schools for over 300,000 children. What salary is offer- '* ed to a man big enough to fill this posi- ft' lion? Nineteen hundred dollars a year. tr llow does this lank with the salary olfere<l a man big enough to run one cotton mill? llow does he get the position and on what does tho security of it depend? What is likely to be his reward for any display of courage in his office? sl Kvory second year ho is compelled to 1,1 neglect the duties of his office for at Sl least two months and to spend at least ?' $400 to get the opportunity to speak 10 n minnlou in na..|, nnimlv lolliiw, (lw. W ...... ... X/.? .. VVIU..J ^ V**.C?. (indifferent) people that he should bo reelected. I'uderour present system of electing the State superintendent and witlj^the two-year tenure of office tlio w entire educational policy of the Stale 'n may be reversed inside one year. In a lu recent editorial The News and Courier ai pertinently says: "In late years the S1 people have shown a growing improve- m ment in their estimate of the place of superintendent of education, choosing as a rule trained teachers for it but there is no assurance so long as the cc office is filled by popular vote that in- s,i capable men will not be elected to it OA nolelv hccniiav of their iuernt ii?t ini' manner, or as a reward for political servico The superintcdent of edu- cr cation should l>o appointed by the gov- rtl eraor or by aeommission, after thorough lo investigation, and the salary should bo sufficient to command the service of ex- 1M perls and at the same time remove them P1 from temptation." s' A succession of able State superintendents could not build and maintain a system of high class schools unless ai tho county supervision be good. The wisest policies of a State superintendent would avail but littlo unless the county superintendents were able, willing and courageous enough to carry these policies to success. In the matter of ad ministration the county superintendeney is the key to the situation. What do we require of the county superintendent, what do we expect, what do we get, and?what do we give? !><? we re- ' quire thai the county superintendent shall be an expert or experienced educator? Is lie required to have any knowledge of schools or of teaching? j--. Is there anything to prohibit an illitcrate from holding that oflice? lie is not required to be competent to teach, although by law he is required to give his teachers instruction in tho art and method of teaching! I>oes the county ti< demand that its superintendent be at hi least the equal of the superintendent in m the court house town? To be perfectly of plain and honest, have wo not had men g< elected and reelected to llio offloo of tli county superintendent, to supervise the bl whole county, who could not have been or elected to any position in the best m schools of their counties? They under- ni stand full well that the public does not ni expect such fitness of them. That is di our fault, not theirs. The public mind s| does not think of a county superintend- is ent as a man of education, experience, in tact and leadership in school matters. Tl It thinks of him as a man who listens ca to neighborhood quarrels about dis- d< trict lines and about tho appointment ai and removal of trustees and who sits in as his oflioo one day in tho week to sign a>. teachers' pay warrants. at In speaking thus of incompetent w oouiity superintendents, I have no in- la tention whatever of being personal. I v< am happy to count among my host ci friends in tho State many oi the county ct THE LANCASTE uperintondents. Many of tliom are Tuboreulos oinpetont and efllclent mon, sacrificing ings. lemsclvos 011 tin- altar of an unnppre- 1 Hacteriol lativo public, for their reward is con- time that It nnptible. We ask 42 qualified men to beasts and irect over 0.200 teachers, to act as I The disease uardians for 314,000 children and to J termed "th eop and to disburse noarly $1,500,000; ' eles. Hut, o oiler them an average salary of from one < !$84, an insult to an otllciont man! The j vortiblo ui Ity of < Jreen ville has convinced itself, tubercle l>a rat it is economy to pay its superin- forms of li tndont $1 ,soo a year to supervise the'from each ork of 11 teachers, while < Jreenville ' feetion mm aunty pays its superintendent $700 to bacilli deli1 uporvise 275 teachers. Sumter pays tlic great qi s superintendent $2,400 a year to di- j the extent? >ct 30 teachers; Sunder county oilers j culosis to s superintendent $000 to direct about: Koch, the 30 teachers. It is a source of wonder : who render hy we have as many ofllcienl county j tor by first uperintendents as wo have. All honor j cillus, decli ) the competent man patriotic enough ' nary consu > serve his county 011 a eontomptible | ject was cai ilary! Hut shame upon a people who I tion or air impel patriotism to crawl in tlio (lust! , from the sp I know tliat wo have some people the disease, 'bo claim that our schools are already That tula >o much supervised. That depends ly to nuint ritircly upon wliat is meant by super-! admits of < is ion. ff it means the constant mod-j that many linn in petty details, or the jealous in- disease imji rforenco with teachers in matters con-j child is a \ rning only themselves, or the insis-' cuts of the ! nee upon teachers becoming cheap! In the Ne nitators of a tad-fiend superintendent, exhibition icn perhaps wo have too much. But! the C'ongres supervision means the readiness and taining mai ility to assist the teacher, the power was cntith ? inspire her, the test to prune and re- Prevented,' tie and strengthen her. and the man-1 "1. Hy | nod to sustain her (and it usually well people, aes), then I dissent vehementlv. sumptive's i ' II over the State we have young men j 2. Hy t id women who as teachers ought to destroy his lecced, but who are failing because "-'1. By i ley have no one to advise them and to tion in the I ipport them in the crucial moments "4. Hy ( "trial. This is especially true in the or work in 1 iral and village schools. Is it any ".r>. Hy s onder that the young teachers llock to and proper e towns'' ' ? ? ? .. iui K*?, rtiu The rural schools must have bettor other place? iporvision. Nearly 70 per cent of the "(5. Hy j bite so' ool chilcrdn of this stato are the streets the rural schools. They are entitled water, as Rood and as close supervision as "7. Hy s ly other children. Proper supervi- dusters, on can not be Riven as long as we ''8. Hy t ultiply the ono-teael^er schools with clothing, i pupils each, and permit [the popular "9. By < ections of supervisors at a salary of house tly. 184. <>n a salary of $084, what can a "10. Hy uinty superintendent do toward the i bow not to ipervision of 150 tear hers scattered all bors. rer a county, in perhaps 100 school "11. Hy ruses? that are fre< ltc<|uire that the county superintend- tenement In it be an expert educator, let him be "12. Hy ipointed by a board and responsible its early stn that board, keep him in oilice as long thus remov i he is eflleient, and pay him an ex- others. >rt's salary. We shall find the men "13. Hy reparcd to do the work. Then we to the natui lall stop frittering away the school preventabh nd, increase the fund, and we shall ble. >t results. Sooner or later our people "14. Hy c going to come to look at this mat- their generi r somewhat as did lion. John J. Me- shape as to ahan in his report for 1900. j germs. William II. lland. I "15. By I'niversity of South Carolina. J door life, si ????? i o iinifMuui' Woman Interrupts Political "l??. Hy Speaker thus pn-vci \ well dressed woman interruptn J a po.ical speaker recently by couttnnnlly M?rr! mghing It slio bud taken Foley's Honey /iiarri id 'l*i*i* it would hnvi cured her congli .1 married tickly and expelle 1 tbo eold from h?-i her of the fa stem The genuine Foley's Honey and Foley s Iloni ir contains no opiatts and is in a yellow and lung ti ickagc. liefuso substitutes s Nothing elsr ___ troubles I la. oontu.n? ighting Tuberculosis---The 1 Civilised World "Warr ng on a Greater Than War."! Charlotto observer: Tbo Interna- i Oflic? in rmal Tuberculosis Congress, which I p 9't^ *s just adjourned at Washington to I'liOUf' eet next at ltome, is undoubtedly one ! ' the world's greatest agencies for j rod. It has as its object warfare upon \ A r io worst enemy of mankind, a vegeia- VV . I , eorganism visitde only through pow- A l l fill microscopes and yet the death of J/lice over illions year by year. The men who X... gani/.ed this congress some years ago Prompt :itl e the men who have led notonlviti . . .1 ^covering mm mo great plague is] T ( tread only by germ infection and heme ! ahsolutcly preventable but In mak- I^fujMc g that discovery known everywhere. Office over hej- also have a message that in many - Ail ? uses cures can he elVoctod by a long, i itcrinined fight, with sunshine, fresh j . r, complete rest and nourishing food j T^OI i tho chief weapons?the value of fencios like tho various tuberculosis ^ iMl^rlHy '?! iti-toxins and mercury is still some- gj?ne<] vvill hat problematical; but tbey rightly guardian < y chief emphasis upon means of pre- apply to th mtion. rt is as much to educate the ?vJ . M. ii vili/.od world in this regard as to ex- Yoder lange ideas that the International Hept. '24, R NEWS, OCTOBER 1Q, (9Q8 is Congress holds its moot- **r"v.wjw;?!S ogisls have known for somo ^ ^ Vj iberculosis occurs in certain S U<T^?* 1 in birds as well as in man. ' v. 'v -* ''J ti AWirt > manifestations in cattle long ? I i riV* S.' j" . e grapes" are really tuber- Mr"8* MGM while evidently descended K 1 ommon typo and intcrcon- I '1 he old Woman \ ider proper conditions, tlie Sj 'i lie IY1C11 W'hc ) live eilli attacking these different I [fo liavo yet come to vary a other enough to render in- I '-S- _ j,. Ii less easy where the wrong ror tlio attack. Here arisos A K.~~ J teslion of danger, or rather B ' >f danger, from liovino tuber- al r'$j: man. In HU.l Or. Uobert eminent Herman scientist *v-.0.' v A i \\ v^rjAp 4j, .( - v^fr? ed the human race his dob- J V -t' v' jfe; ' ./y, discovering tlio tuberelo l>a- gj \/V ired bis belief that pultno- ! 9 I S*' mption in the human sub- Xj jj /.-? I iivnl.ln K-- ?<-- ( B B KJC'V .? ov.vi,, mo iniiiiiit- S?J J L E .E It \ >?/ contain in nted with germs \ utum of htimnn victims of ?T ilj)JI I ^rculosis milk, raw. is dead- 8! W) (<$ >erless chiidrcn every year ui ?^J. inestion from no one, and \ v^-2 an adult victim received the f t ilnntalion in milk drunk as a >V \ \ iew now hold hy most stud!\v York department of an j given in connection with (pjvV TltfM :s was a printed card eon-[ :<?" '-fiB ny excellent suggestions. It ^wOW jd "How Tuhereulosis is Hi W AMj/lj ' and we reproduce it here: El IL^aj^ [ZJu!^ >reventing the infection of B|_lj|\ fijils' .through germs in the eoncaching the consumptive tt> ' >roviding light and ventila- *Trar=j^ ?s m v> tiomes of the people. sU SpV, | >. \# teaching people not to live I I B \ , badly ventilated rooms. I | | \f \> ecu ring adequate ventilation Isanitary conditions in fac- I res, schools, theatres and I Jg, ? of public assemblage. r abolishing dry sweeping of I ^j| and compelling the uso of tbolishing the uso of feather I ^ . , kj Our stock is noi *? prices on a basis \ exterminating the common 0<Z^(KCZ><)0<Z^>00<II>00<n; loachinK the con.un.pUve, We TlotC a few infect his family or neigh-j 2000 yds 3-4 sheeting. i 1500 yds Gc plaids.... removing advanced oases 100() , 10(J outjnff ? fro,,. Infection, from .heir 20(j0 'd ? ^9 Qutin times to hospitals. nnnn. l 1 v 1 discovering the ,lise.ee in ?000 yds yard-Wide sh .gos nnd enrinjr the paiient, aOO yds ted wool nana ing ft source of infection to Wc llRVG SOTOC JODS in 24 men's $7.50 suits at educating the community 24 men's $10.00 suits ? re of the disease, thai it is Nice line overcoats an curable and communica- 50 prs 14 WOOl blanke go at educating people lo keep 25 doz 50c overalls, do .1 physical condilion in ,nch m j men.g 50c un(, enable them to resist the advocating fresh air. out- We are headquarters : inshine, rest, no overwork, food, temperate habits. Men's fine shoes from protecting the milk supply, ^?aQQc? iting infection from cattle." . u.u-? I Don't fail to get a p led /Wan in Trouble. I ery pair guaranteed. i man who peruii's any men I Olll* line Of (ll'eSS gO inily to take anything except I best. ny and Tar. for coughs, colds I ' " ,, . oublc, i- guilty "! nc-jl ?. B k.'uYlC l< 3 M KWO during their working hours in Barry jS ? tneir icot are concerned. j?| We are recommending 11 .is"?* Shoes to our ? cu*-miners bee uis the} .re ent a wide vari ' cly > 'i-. v<p l.ucsi. .styles, 5 ''IJ 1 ''ion ,al orof t agfo. V nu?i.et iais which are r.ot cv- 5 celled l.y those used in any shoe we bl ow of. I *; iiiatiser.i igh for us and that will uj ' be enough for you, if you will give the shoes a chance. Give them a fa "y chance rig; lit now. hri u Lv*!u{?<>n ( <>? V: ^ Kiincaw^^ . ^ # /Kt fUUUDi jower Prices ?v complete with new goods and vith low priced cotton. :>oo<n>o * o<=r>o(><z>o(h=zr>o?c^?o(>?=i=>flO<r=>o items to sustain our claim. 3c yd 4 1-2 yd 7 1-2 yd 7 1-2 yd eeting 5c yd el, a bargain 12 1-2 yd men's suits that cannot be matched ; $4.48 it $7.50 d rain coats from $3.75 to $15.00 ts, worth double the price, these $2.00 uble-knee. all we ask vou 35 or5 erwear, to reduce stock it goes at 75c suit for shoes, women's line shoes at 85c pr up to .$3.50 $1.15 to $5.00 pr =>co<rz>o ' ?air of our cushion shoes for men; eviods is complete from the cheapest to ) see us and save money. Yours to serve, rally trying on thebuyer, but if yon know the several t brands, the superior reputation and quality of Stare's >r even for hesitation. Tho ingredienta arc absolutely -h individual piece <n manufacture and handling results ^HB > it is wholesome. Sold by all Drucciits and Confectioners. iTTLEF/ELD A STEERE CO.. Knoxvilte. Tenn. Hp STJ38 DR. DOUGLAS McINTYRE I ? DENTAL 8UKOEON ud'a store Oflire over Heath-Jones Co.'s Store. LAfCANTKR, H.O. > is us good for nil pi lmoimrx II he genuine Foley's Money uuo j 0 : no opiates arid is in u \?llow I ?. j. 6-welsh 'I Funderb DENTIST Emmons !?uil in^ - _ Fip i National Bank -.r Crawford Bros. I>rug store. |&| SeUtllon of candy is aenei [ills promptly attended 23^' J^vmtho""?*^oTdoubt"r night and day. 102 pure, and the caro given ca< hereby given that on the' R^| ' October, lwos, ttie under i ^XCIllolV I make his final return as >f J. Herman Yoder, and e I'robate Court for I,an- f f A 1^ V nty for letters diamiaaory. A " Oder, (Juardian J Mermen A I 1 (>I{n I* 1 -A i-Ij/4 Offices tn Springs niock, Over Cloi 11KJ8. LANCASTER, S. C