The herald and news. (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, September 13, 1907, Image 6
FORTY-THREE HIGH SCHOOLS.
Each Dis ict will Receive From $300
to $800 as State Aid for Es
tablishment of School.
News and Courier.
Columbia, September 11.-State
Superintendent of Education Martin
and Prof. W. H. Hand, who is high
school inspector under the new law,
were in conference today concerning
the establishment of high schools un
der the Act of 1907. Mr. Hand now
has a list of 43 high school districts
which have qualified under the law,
having held an election and voted a
special tax. These 43 high school dis
triets include 150 common school dis
tricts, as in many cases several school
districts combine to establish a high
school. There are six or seven other
districts which have partially com
plied with the hiigh school re-ulations
and which will doubtless be able to
qualify by the time the state board
meets on the 20th inst to consider
these applications. It would be well
for those districts which have held
elections and are planning to secure
high schools to send in their applica
tions before that date.
Each of these high schools will re
ceive from $300 to $800. the average
being about $500. At this rate only
about one-half the appropriation of
$50,000 will be utilized this year. The
amount received by each high school
under the Act cannot exceed 50 per
cent of the amount raised by the
high school districts through a spe
eial tax or otherwise, and the matter
is regulated by a rule adopted by the
state board as follows: An approv
ed two-year high school shall receive
$600, an approved three-year high
school $700, and approved four-year
high school $800; provided that in
each case the above amounts shall not
be more than 50 per cent of the an
nual income of such high schools;
provided, also, that schools which
meet the requirements of the Act and
of the board 's regulations in rigard to
courses of study and number of
teachers, but do not have annual in
comes double either of the above
amounts. shall receive 50 per cent of
their annual incomes available for
high school purposes; provided, fur
ther, that for each additional fifty
high school. students aibove the first
100 of enrolment a high school shall
receive $100 of additional aid, and
that an approved high school having
at least $300 worth of equipment for
teaching industrial or commercial
branches shall receive an additional
$100 a year. provided, of course, that
the total aid does not exceed 50 per
cent of the annual income of any high
school district. The state board has
reserved the right to apportion any
unexpended .balance upon the basis of
enrolment to the schools which have
not received as much as 50 per, cent
* of their annual income for high school
* purposes.
The establishment of 50 or more
high schools within one year in
*South Carolina, as. now seems proba
ble will be a very good start indeed
towvards securing a high school sys
temn to fill the gap between the com
mon schools and the colleges. This
step forward is secured at a very
small cost to the state, comparatively,
and the success that has followed the
enactment of the high school law
shows how easy it is with little effort
and organization to induce communi
ties to improve their school conditions.
* While the state makes an appropria
tion for these high schools the com
munities themselves really bear the
burden, and in this way the principle
of self-help is impressed upon the pu
pil.
Mr. Martin today sent to all coun
ty superintendents of education the
following letter in regard to this mat
ter:
September 11, 1907.
To the County Suprintendents:
Dear Sirs--We are very anxious to
get the high school applications into
the best possible shape prior to the
meeting of the state board of educa
tion on September 20. There are
many places which have voted fav
orably, but have not filed their appli
cations. The state board cannot take
action unley it gets the information
asked for in that blank. Some places
voted early as single districts and
sent in their applications in accord
ance with satch elections. Nearly all
of these have since voted as "an ag
gregation of districts'' and these
complied with the law, but in some
cases the amended application, has not
been filed. Please use your influence
to get all of these papers correctly
filled and filed at once. The state
board of education will prob:ibly
make arrang'ements to receive appli
cations after the 20th instant, but it
is highly desirable that as many re
ports as possible be sent in at once.
Tncloned you will find some blanks
Wh!lci ask for infurmation up to date.
Please see that one is filled out at once
for each high school district in your
county. Sincerely yours,
0. B. Martin,
I State Superintendent of Educeation.
The blank to be h'led out and re
turned is as follorws:
Dear Sir: In order to furnish defin
ite information to the state high school
board at its meeting, Sept. 20, please
answer the following questions at
once:
1. What is the name of your high
school?
2. How many common school dis
tiriets compose it?
3. How many months will your high
sChool run, 1907-OS ?
4. How many years in your high
Ilschool course. 1907-0S?
5. Teachers in the high school. 1907
OS: iving names. salary, time given
in high school.
If a teacher is to teach full time in
the high school. so mark it; if he is to
teach only part of the time, give care
fully the fraction of the whole time
he is to -teach. This is important.
6. How much available funds have
9 high schools salaries
for 1907-08?
7. Have you arranged to teach any
industrial or commercial braches? If
so, how much invested for equipment?
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