The dispatch-news. [volume] (Lexington, S.C.) 1919-2001, November 15, 1922, Image 3
I SCHOOIj NEWS;
By Julius E. Sharpe, Supt. of Educ-aHon.
The discussion of the report of Supt.
Swearingen on the appropraitions for
I public schools will be further discussed
this week.
Overcrowding in Lower tiriulrs of j
High Schools.
Overcrowding in the elementary]
{trades of h>:h schriols Is a serious I
handicap in many districts. This is
particularly '.rue of communities with .
a lar?e enrollment and ;i small |
amount of property. Under this law, I
6 4 district* qualified for State Aid in ,
a
9 the su.n Of 5130.401.00. The approp- |
rlation of *75,000.00 was therefore, I
pro-; ated on the basis of 57.32 per j
cent, leaving a deficit of $55,401.00 .J
The Stat ; Superintendent had asked j
the ^ej;-'.dature for $120,000. 00 under!
tlii.r A t. If this amount had been!
nll.iwcd in full, the estimate would 1
have lailen $10,401.00 below the tie- j
nmnd. These figures do not include
c-vernl belated applications that
reach d the State Superintendent's
desk after the disbursement of the ap- j
prop; iation. The total high schoolbudgett
submitted by the State Super-j
int -.iilynt for 1021-22 recommended j
S4. >,000.00, which , amount was j
< s:.. ied by the legislature t . (365,-!
o *.00. Kconomy in the expenditure J
?' public money is always advisable.!
i'.'it this scaling and crippl'-eg of ?>ur
.' '.ah schools ought not to be done iit j
, ae name of economy.
$ ' '
Seven Month.-' Term.
Districts qiiulifving for equalising I
.
- aid under the law guaranteeing aj
seven months' term were enitled to:
$475,002.00.
The legislature appropriated $370.-1
000.00. The defieit was therefore!
$105,962.00. The appropriation had j
to be pro-rated among 694 districts on I
the basis of 77.74 per cent. The recn
Stoneyway (
Successors to Snelgrove':
All kinds of autontohile repa
Automobile accessories carried
consistent with quality.
i Acetlene welding of all ki
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v^neviuiei pans carried lr
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Tafeplioiics: Day 1S-1: 1<5 01
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Assembly St.,
EVERY ONE L1KES T
Do not forget to remember
acount with us It does not i
gifts but increases in value, ai
which we add to the deposits.
Accounts are invited.
The Palmetto
COLUMB
RESOURCES
4 Per Cent interest Paid on
ommendatlon of the State Superin
tendent had suggested under this lav
$420,000.00 for teachers" salaries plu
$100,000.00 for Insurance suppllee
and upkoep, making u total of $520,
000.00 for the year. The Legislatur
reduced this estimate by $150,000.00
hence the deficit in part. The roc
ommendatlon, however .could not an
ticipate the rapid growth of tHl
group of schools. If the salary estl
mate had been adopted in full the ap
propraition would still have fallei
short by the difference between $420,
000.00 and $475,962.00. The deficl
would have been reduced from 5105,
962.00 to 555,962.00. The State Sup
erintendent will xtsk the Budget Com
mission to tranHfer to this equalizlnj
account any xtnd all unexpcnd?d bal
xinc.es credited to any school approp
riatlon on December 31st. If this, re
quest is approved by the fiscal au
thorities, a further small payment o
State equalizing aid will be paid to al
eligible districts at the end of the year
Problems.
The wide disparities in wealtl
among our forty-six counties are wel
known to students and inv? sttgators
These inequalities are accentuated am
emphasized by oven wider difference
in population The several State Ah
Daws attempt to standardize al
schools and equalize their oportuni
ties. This policy of State aid is basei
on local district interest and coonera
tlon througli local taxation.
The task itas be.-n well begun, i'ub
lie school appropriations in 1922 rep
resent about three mills of the Slat
lax levy. From the view-point o
dollars and cents, twenty counties ar
beneficiaries and twenty-six are con
tribtuors. in this development
few counties have lagged. Kven i
the most progressive counties! a fe\
uuchwani districts are sun lagging.
The groat bulk of the money, how
over, is repaid directly to the school
Parage Co.
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iring at reasonable prices.
I in stock and at the lowest prices
nds.
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Bros
Columbia, S. C.
0 BE REMEMBERD
the children with a bank
depreciate like many other
(led by the liberal interest
National Bank
!A, S. C.
$10,000,000.00
Savings Account!
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- of the territory from which it Is colr
lected. The total sum paid to the
s twenty beneficiary counties ' by the
i, twenty-six contributing counties was
- $367,361 .74. In fact this sum must
e be-reduced by the allotment of $42,i,
693.SC In Federal aid under the
- Smith-Hughes Act. leaving an actual
- difference of $324.667. 8S.
? Only a fair, fearlesc and Impartial
- administration of the several State
- Aid Uwn can protect and conserve
n this policy. The principle underly
ing the whole question, is how much
t, (lo the schools need and how much
- can they use. and not how much nr,y
- one school, any one district, or any
- one county may pull out of the State
5 Treasury.
- | Kxiunlnutlon and Ccrtlf knit Ion of
Teachers.
To date nearly ZO,000 teachers' cer"
tificates have been issued by the State
t Bureau of Examiners. The short'
use of teachers has been fully re'
lieved. Today there are more than
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two certified men or women available
for every classroom of whafaoNever
type or grade South Carolina
. \
The three examiners conducting
tfiis work have been overwhelmed by
an avalanche of examination papers,
r applications, renewals, college transcripts.
and letters. They have been
given ej'cry possible assistance by
every member of the State Superintendent's
staff. , The work, however,
lis mofe thah three people can do.
The discussion of the lntormatlon
| given out by Supt. Swearlngen will
be continued n*xt week.
TWO STATES COMBINE
FOR NEAR E\KT RELIEF.
D. Cameron K&lston, state director
of the Near East Relief for ^South
Carolina, the executive of A. -F.
I^ever. state chairman, and Morris A.
Iiealle, state director for North Carolina
decided at a conference held in
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Anywhere in South <
urchasers.
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,reet,
Open Eve
Columbia this week to work together, J
using: the entire resources of bath
states at one tfme in order to facilitate
the work in the larger communities
and to strengthen the cooperation between
North and South Carolina in
the campaign this year.
Bishop Cannon of the Methodist
church, who was an eye witness oC the
Smyrna massacre,, will help in launching
the* campaign in North Carolina.
Mr. Ralston hopes to have Bishop
Cannon speak either in Columbia or
Charleston.
The forces of both states will meet j
in Asheville. N. C., December lOth.l
and will come to Columbia the fol-:
lowing. Sunday. The campaign in J'
anaerson win np neld November lltli.
On that day Mr. Beulle and his staff
of volunteer speakers will augment
the forces of the Lever organization.
On December 24th Mr. Ralston will
take hiH organization to Raleigh to
J help in the campaign there.
' Mr. Lever hopes that all Near Bast
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workers in South Carolina will be in
readiness to die their share In putting
the palmetto State ever the top this '
ycur. ';
An Oklahoma editor tells of an old
Indian that came into his office and
subscribed for the paper. The oditor
took the money, then Aie Indian wanted
a receipt. The editor tried to talk
him out of it. Mr. Indian insisted on
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getting the receipt. making it
the editor wanted to know why h? was
so persistent in getting a receipt, "the
Indian said: "Me die sometime, go to
big gate and Si. Peter ask If I been
good Indian. I say yes. He say did
you nuv the editor for nnnpr' 1 imv v?u.
He ?ay, where is receipt. I no have
one. I have to run all over Hell to
find you and get one."?Pipe ProgreusT
The old-fashioned religious revival
depended on faith. And so does a
business revival.
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