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Educational For the Help, Encouragement a Trustees, Children and All W1 ment and the Educational Advai Conducted and Edited by Miss Sadii Newben SOLVER SCHOOL. Newberry, S. C., May 15,1915. Dear Teacher and Co-worker: Are you going to the summer school this summer? We l:.ope that you are, for we want a better and more competent corps of teachers in Newberry county next session than we have ever had. The work this past session in nearly all of the rural schools was satisfactory. Those of you who were new and inexperienced felt tne neea or more normal training, and those of you who were experienced felt the need of new ideas and a getting out of old ruts. But all of you showed by your faithful and conscientious work that you belong in that class of teachers who never cease to grow. The Vvintlirop summer school is de signed to meet tne neeas 01 just suci^ teachers. There you can broaden your ideas along general lines or on any special branches; you can get inestimable inspiration from being associated "with kindred spirits; and those of you who have never &ad the opportunity of a college course can get still greater benefits. The county board of education is doing its part to secure this efficient corps of teachers. They have offered r^fim/1 55 tn all tparfiprs -who nrpsent with their first pay claim a certificate from summer scftool stating that satisfactory work was done in at least two full courses. The board and matriculation for the entire term is only $32. By reducing this amount to $27, it should be in easy reach of every teacher. Reduced rates have been asked for on all railroads leading to Rock Hill. The results will De announceu later. If you nave not yet received a "bulletin and an application blank, you should write at once to Dr. B. D. Johnson, WintJ":rop college, Rock Hill, S. C., and ask for them. The term opens rm -TuriP 1 nth sn vrvn should atmlv for a dormitory room as soon as possible. A summer school especially designed for high school teachers will be held at South Carolina university. Detailed information may be obtained from Dr. Currell, president, Columbia, S. C., If you are undecided as to wfcat courses you would like to take we will be glad to assist you in selecting the courses that will aid you in your particular work. Please let us know what you expect to do. v Sincerely yours, Geo. D. Brown, Supt. Education. Sadie Goggass, Supv. Teacher. o Why I Am Glad I Attended Summer School I attended the summer school at Winthrop college laast year and I feel that it was time and money well spent. I know I !bave done better work to is year than I could have done without training I had there. Various courses were offered and the best instructors were employed. Each instructor was so full of his subject and so enthusiastic over his work tfaat one could not !belp "catching" some of \ the enthusiasm. It was an inspiration to come :n con tact with so many teachers, exchange ideas and discuss observation "work done in Mrs. Brown's Farm school and the Training scfcool. To see the work done in these schools is worth the trip to Winthrop. It shows how easy it is for a well-trained and well-prepared teacher to get good results. I I enjoyed the lecture courses, too. They were free to all ti'.e teachers and were given at such hours that they did not conflict with the other courses. We had some delightful speakers on psychology, pedagogy, home economics, etc. It "was quite a treat to hear them. Tben the entertainments were good and much enjoyed. Organ recitals, plays, reaain'gs, etc., were given. Dr. Johnson, the matrons and the instructors did all they could for our pleasure, and I think we all went home feeling tin at we had spent a pleasant and profitable five weeks at iWlnthrop and with the resolution to come again. Bessie Gryder. o ^nappeus trustees presented a peti* tion for compulsory education signed by every qualified elector u-ho was approached. o Ridge Spring qualified electors are petitioning the county board of education to order an election for a special four mill tax, by means of which they may employ two teachers in a rural graded school. J Department ? nrl Accictanrp nf thp Tearliprs 10 Are Interested in the ImproveI acement of All Onr People.::: ::: s Goggans, Supervising Teacher for , y County. I At the exercises at the closing of| Whitmire school seventh grade pupils : were given certificates of promotion to ; the high school and tenth grade pupils were awarded statement of work accomplished. o j Maybinton folk will have a fish fry i nr, tVid rivor Qa + nrr^av Alav KJII tUV- 4 4 * V. Jl KJUtUi y ?UUv' ? C. O Misses Lucia Winn, Gussie Dantzler, | Ruth Martin, Grace Boozer, Martha! Creighton, Edna Baldwin and Dorothy | j Buzhardt and Messrs. C. IM. Wilson and 1 L.eKoy weaaman are planning to at-; tend Winthrop summer school. 0 Misses Olive Feagle and Maggie Lee 1 Swindler are expecting to become fur-; ttier prepared for their work by trav-1 eling a while during the summer. ?0? i Indiect information has been re- j ceived in the county superintendent's office of the election and acceptance of j the following teachers: Miss Gussie Dantzler, McCrary. Mr. J. S. Wlbeeler, Mrs. M. C. Morris ! and Miss Susie Langford, Prosperity, j Miss Eunice Shealy, Fairview. Miss Jessie Rutherford, Central. Mr Phorloo T.inn Pnmaria Ui . WUUiAVU A WAWUiiU, Miss Edna Baldwin, "Wheeland. Mr. LeRoy Wedaman, Misses Lottye Lee Halfacre and Mae Amick, Hunter-, i DeWalt. Miss Jeanette Boone, Cnappells. , Mr. and Mrs. L. W. Bedenbaugh, ! Smyrna. Miss Cleon Hayes., Tranwood. i Miss Lucy Riser, Kinards. \ficc ">/To croria T aa CUTI'tiHIQT- "R^ + VI | .UlOO <uv UMiUUitl, XJ t tut j den. 0 Dr. ?. B. Setzler, Xewberry college,' is to be one of the English instructors at (Winthrop summer school. ??? ! Miss Sadie Goggans is considering attending Peabody summer school,! ! wis ere Prof. Tate, Mrs. Hettye Browne' and Miss Sibyl Browne are teachers. o St. Luke's Rural Graded School Roll of Honor First Grade?Jennie Hunter, Rutto : j Bedendaugn. C3 /iro r?n "VTinirt\' Innia K^WVUU V1UV4V O-rf T ^ iTAlAiiVA) AUUiW i Ruth Morris. ! [ Sixth Grade?Horace Hunter. Seventh Grade?Annie Hunter, Sue Minick. Eighth Grade?Beulali Morris. v? Getting a lVater Cooler. In our Improvement association at i Rutherford school we have had four regular meetings, beginning wit!h Jan-. uary of this year. We organized with j ten charter members; since then we! ' T _ J J _ 1 U. A J? _ j? ' ' nave aaaea iweniy-iour new acuve members and six honorary members to our list. We gave an entertainment in March 1 for the benefit of our association and realized the very nice sum of $18.25.1 Taen again we gave an ice cream sup | per in this month at which we realized ( :AA rr -n . xi. _ m x v _ v j j _ I .tsoin or me aoove entertain-1 iments did not cost the association more ; than $1. The cream, cakes and other necessaries for both occasions being very kindly furnished by patrons, residents and children of Rutherford school district. The association decided to use $10 of the above funds to purchase more books for our library, and $5 more with which to purchase cooler and individual drinking cups. The patrons and t):e school children met one evening and greatly improved the appearance of the school grounds. Ours is a real live association, and j every member seems anxious to make it better. Minnie L. Caldwell. Rutherford School Association. o Aewoerry-Lanrens Summer School Postponed j On account of the change in the of,fice of the county superintendent of education of Newberry county, tine preparations for a Newberry-Laurens summer school were delayed so long | ithat the school is now postponed until! l ' June, 1916. o Home Economies Institute. "Winthrop college invites the women of South Carolina to attend the second snort course in Dome economics arranged for them by toe college. It is offered in response to the interest evinced by the women of the State in trie subject of home betterment through the study of the whole wide range of subjects which enter into the profession of home-keeping. The meetings will be held in the home economics department of the college, July G-9. 191"). Class and laboratory instruction will be given in the selection of foods, principles of cookery, sewing, home sanitation, house furnishing and decoration. Such practical problems as diets in health and in sickness will be discussed. Laborsaving methods be demonstrated, as well as labor-saving apparatus for housework. One miming will be devoted to methods in dressmaking, with the demonstration of the use and alteration of patterns to suit ti.e individual. There will be demonstration of tf:e use of the cheaper cuts of meat, of bread and cake making. Simple tests for food and textile adulterations and the removal of stains from linen will be shown. The offerings will be varied: but all will bpar nnnn thp woman's ! problem of better homekeeping. Each woman's club is invited to elect one delegate and one alternate. Thus, in case tl.:e delegate is prevented from attending, there will be some one duly appointed to take her place. The hos pitality of Winthrop college is limited to fifty because of dormitory limitations. The delegates will be registered in order of application until the maximum number of fifty is reached. Each club desiring representation sLould communicate with Miss Mary E. Fraser, Wnmo TTlrrmnmirs "Rvtpncdnn r>pnart_ 1 ment, Winthrop College, Rock Hill, S. C. | The delegates will be the guests of Winthrop college. No preparation in ' the way of training is required for this course. Those who elect to come will be met at the train, and every effort ,made to make their stay pleasant and nrnfitahlo i o SS-ite Aid For Schools. Newberry county, through the efforts of the county superintendent of education, received from the State superintendent from the contingent fund for specially needy schools the following Newberry, No. 1 $500.00 Long Lane, No. 4 40.00 Cromer, No. 6 50.00 Hartford, No. 11 35.00 Johnstone, No. 12 > 84.00 Saluda, No. 15 85.00 St. Lukes, No. 13 219.00 I.Vlcnticello, Na 17 58.00 St. Phillips, No. 22 100.00 Pomaria, No. 26 50.00 Little Mountain, No. 30 250.00 AMheeland, Xo. 31 203.00 Union, No. 32 47.00 Hunter-DeWalt, Xo. 33 227.00 St. Paul, Xo. 34 26.00 Mt. Pilgrim, Xo. 36 20.00 Vaughnville, Xo. 38 25.00 Cl:appells, Xo. 39 30.00 Smyrna, Xo. 44 250.00 m?: _ u \*? a r n ? s\ r\ iixiuiij, ?\v. to 40.VU Trilby, No. 51 39.00 Fork, No. 55 50.00 Zion, No. 56 50.00 Silverstreet, No. 5S 50.00 Total J $2,513.00" 0 j program For Teacher's Meeting 3Tay 15 A* 10:30 Saturday, May 15, in Newberry High school the county teachers will s isemble for their last meeting. The i.rogram will be as follows: Jr<troduetory remarks, Mr. J. B. Ballentine, president. "Care of the Teeth," Di*. P. D. Brooks, Columbia. ; Music. . "The State's Need of Teachers," Mr. W. R. Sauls, Charleston. Music. Business. o Prirate School Fnnds. From April 1 to April 31 in the county superintendent of education's office private funds for schools of the county were deposited as follows. April 10, Long Lane $12.00 " 17, Long Lane 3.00 " 8, Prosperity 5.33 1, Jolly Street 40.20 " 10, Jolly Street 3.75 10, Jolly Street 13.00 1, St. Paul 26.00 1, Smyrna 250.00 " 24. Beth Eden 10.50 " 17, Zion 18.35 1, Belfast 32.00 " 14, St. Lukes 5.00 o What I Got at Summer School. I'm not going to tell you what you should get at summer school, or what others got, but what I got at Summer school last suJnmer. I was tired when school closed. The summer school opened in two weeks and I felt that I should go. I screwed my courage to tine top notch and began to do the work necessary to get off. I 'had to hold myself to resolution I had formed. I am still glad tlhat I did so. Make up your mind to go and lildl 25 Licrv. LIT \yXXLA. C. JL^V-Tix u iv.b v ?v,i j passing opinion change you. Have you ever felt that your mind did not work as well as when you were in school? Have you never wanted to test your mind in class room work again? I foave often. It was really a pleasure to sit in a class again. When I selected my course, I took some studies because I knew I needed them, one because I wanted to. Tien I went: to work to see if my mind was really j in working order. I did not overload on my course, j ' taking only three studies with class- | room work of four hours a day. I took j drawing, because I am sadly lacking in that branch. The work I did helped me a great deal. The children's work : this past session shows me wr.at I got J from that. Do you dread story-telling? If you j do. take that, learn to tell one to a j class of teachers?and see how much ! easier it is in school. Ii means work j to tell to story well, but its worth the trouble. Tl.:e room will be so still you I can hear a pin drop, and several will ue able to reproduce it fully \v en you . finish. There was a course in arithmetic I enjoyed very much. It dealt with fundamental facts and how ro nrespnr the first steps in number work to children. The work was very Lelpful in subject matter, also in other things of which the teacher seemed unconscious. Do you ever get disgusted and out of pa I tience with a pupil for not seeing something very simple to you? In that class, I determined to be more patient. If that teaci.er could stand there and quietly explain day after day the same simple points to teacher-pupils, and still t'.iev not grasD it. how could I get impatient with a small child? That point struck me afresh day after day and meant almost as much as ms' teaching. The lectures given at night were very instructive and enjoyable. When you live in a small town, or in the country, you long for such. I prefer them scat- ! tered along through the year. When that can't be, I'll take them in a lump. Some of their points will stay with you forever. Don't forepr. thp roripprts ' readings and moving pictures. Some of the entertainments were very pleasing. A few nights they lasted for three hours, but the people were willing for imore. I enjoyed the music, especially when it was on the pipe organ. I won't forget the friendships formed. That must hold a very promi nent place in one's life. I know some girls so much better, and love tftem ! imore for having been with them at 1 summer school. Let me tell you a secret. I was afraid of Miss Goggans until last summer. I still get a little i i nervous when I see Ler coming, but' I love her nevertheless. I found the exchange of ideas with other teachers most helpful. How you teach this,tJ':.at; what you think of this book, that one; ?"U ? 1 4- T?:^1 J J ~? T- * 1- A - A - ixie mat neia ua,y exniuu, eic. ; The model school and 'Mrs. Brown's sd:ool give help along the same lines. I could not spend much time at these schools. There was a discussion of the day's work every day by some of those present. This helped me get their plans. Don't think I'm Reaving out the fun at the summer school. It's there. Shall I tell you what I enjoyed most? The i midnight feasts?college girls again. These last years all gone?just a set of hungry girls. The change is helpful. It really did me good physically. i Some get more than I did. But I think my money was well spent. Try it and take t):e whole time. I've tried just a dip at it?hut there's so much more satisfaction in finishing what you begin. Susie Langford, Prosperity School. | o How I Used What I L&imed At Summer School At the summer school of the Soutlh last summer there were many teachers who were an inspiration to every one ! in the teaching world. My summer's work was of more i practical use in the way of method than in snhipr>t mattpr Pnr PYflrrr.lp i I ~ , in primary number work my method of teaching multiplication tables before I attended summer .school was very tedious. Now it is a pleasure, because I have taught the child to work out the tables for himself, and not depend on his memory; and in long division, whereas the work used to be i purely mechanical, the child is now able to see the reason for each step ; taken by a simple device I learned at ! summer sd.ool. In this the child learns iirst to get his trial divisor. j second to multiply, third to use his I eye to see if the trial divisor is not 1 too large, fourth to use his eye to see if his trial divisor is too small, fifth to bring down his next figure. Tnis ; j device pleases ti:,e child and does away : i with all the tedious mechanical part of the work. The primary object of : arithmetic is to develop the reasoning i power, and hence he should be taught to reason in bis -very first year of, school. i In reading also my method was i changed through observation largely. J The children in the practice departi ment were mediocre children, there lore i saw usea iu gouu eiu\ciuuigt: iue pl'aonic system in the case of children who were backward. I had used a combination of phonic, word and sentence method of teaching reading, but! , (Continued on Page Three.) fill j|^sio^V= TAKE CARE 0 You Have If your eyes tire yoi glasses now is your char fitted by one of the leadin Dr. Whittemore, of t Company, Columbia, is at Today and 14th an and all glasses fitted by backed by our personal gi tt/yit* n, 1 rJ ]arc wrl" vJCi V JIVUi V1U 1V/11U VV J.. cate them for you. Prescriptions filled no F. C. 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