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“I ' *LvK - $ PAGE TWO \ ' . . THE CLINTON CHRONICLE. CLINTON. 8. C :; 1 - . > .... .-.V •; V*;..,. • • SUPERINTENDENTS REPORT SHOWS PROGRESS OF SCHOOLS r The following annual report, cover- to give some attention to the health |ng the work of,the county schools, was madw‘ by filiss Kate V. Woffond, county superintendent of education, before the recent meeting of county trustees held in Laurerft: The annual report of the county superintendent of education has been completed and forwarded ,to the state superintendent of education. Accord ing to the report the educational af fairs of the county have made steady and satisfactory progress during the session 1924-1925. Consolidations The system of Schools in Laurens ■county has been undergoing a com plete reorganization during’the past year. Districts are being enlarged and smaller schools consolidated into larger schools. When the county su perintendent came into office there were sixty-seven school districts, twenty-two of which supported one- teacher schools. Today there are fifty -one districts and only nine one- teacher schools. The latter will be consolidated as rapidly as local con ditions will permit. The following schools were consolidated during 1924- 1925: Palmetto with Poplar Springs high school; Pine Bluff, Longview, Spring Grove with the Cross Hill high school; Dials with the Gray Court- Owings high school; Belfast with Wadsworth and Eberneezer and Pat ten with the Fountain Inn high school. The following schools have cut their grades to seven grades and are send ing the high school children by dis trict operated hisses to the nearest high school: Prospect, Mt. Pleasant, Mt. Gallagher, Mt. Olive, Longbranch. Wadsworth, Goldville, Renno, Ora,. Waterloo, Greenpond, Eden. AH of the consolidations have been furthered by the success of the few busses which' were experimented with tost year. Last year five school buss es ran in Laurens county—for the coming session twenty busses will run, each carrying ' an average of twenty-five children. , f Study Centers The study center for the teachers *{ Laurens county was again held with groat success during the ses sion of 1924-1925. Four instructors were secured, namely: Dr. R. N. Dan iel of Furman University, Greenville 'South Carolina; Mr. J. Harvey With erspoon, superintendentr-^Df Clinton city schools, Clinton, S. C.; Miss Loulie Lane Hudson and Miss Elea nor Vaughan, of Winthrop College, Rock Hill, S. C. of the school children of the county. To this end a dentist was secured and assigned to Laurens county through the«cooperation of the State Board of Health. In order to successfully launch the dental work a fund of a thousand dollars was first secured through the cooperation of the Rural School Improvement associations of the courtty, the Business and Profes sional Women’s Club of Laurens, Watts mill, Laurens mill, Lydia mill and Clinton mill each gave one hun dred dollars to the fund^ Dr. Horace Carter, a well trained young dentist took over the work and make a great success of it. In this he had the hearty cooperation of the local den tists in the county. A total *of two thousand examina tions were made and fifteen hundred operations were given. The dentist carried his own equipment with him and the work for the children was ac tually done in the school house. In addition to actual corrective work, Dr. Carter also instructed the children tricts in which they are located, the superintendent recommends that a committee be appointed from this group to study the situation and that this committee make recommendations to the Laurens county delegation for a remedy for the situation. Some of our high schools, particularly those in the country, must be helped at ohee if they are to survive. 3. The superintendent; asks for the rapid consolidation of alP depleted schools where it is practicable and possible. School busses and good roads are making possible the ideal rural schooL If we are to keep our people in the country we must take good schools for them. 4. The superintendent also recom» mends that the Group Center be main tained in the county as it has beeifNn the past. The superintendent appre ciates the fine coopefation of the trus tees in dismissing their schools one Friday of the year to provide for this type .o^teacher training and asks the aa^^^cooperation for the year 1925- 1926. 5. It is further recommended that the trustees see that each school has si^ hours actual work a day. The county schools are ^ready handicap ped because of too imny grades and too few teachers. There is a further THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1928 ■g- I" i h \ C T “ f , the I t<K * h and gave tendency by . few teacher, and tnj,- tooth brush drills. Last year every child who was examined received a tees to shorten the school day. This , , , . , . . i , . should not be, the time in school for tooth brush free of charge w.th in- the coantry chiM is short ^ structions how to use it. It is hoped 1 to carry this work on further this year. In addition to the dental clinic we were fortunate to secure the services of a registered school nurse through • the cooperation of the South Carolina Tuberculosis association.. The schook nurse remained in the county four 6. The superintendent recommends that the trustees make an effort to en roll every white child in his district in school. Enforce the compulsory at tendance law and see that after the child enrolls he stays in school. The superintendent also recommends that thisl^body go on record as favoring a , , / new compulsory attendance law, ade- months and examined hundreds of: . . .. . . * quate in its requirements and carry ing an appropriation sufficient to en force it. 7. The county superintendent rec ommends that -each board of trustees study carefully the financial report of his district, which will be handed to children. In addition she gave health talks and instructions to the children or the proper physical care of then\- selves. Permanent Records This year a permanent set of records for every white child was i.. . . . . „ , . V- , . him today, and on the basis of the installed in the oftice of the county . . . . , .. . ... , , .... rr,, • , , ^acts contained therein and the sched- supenntendent. Ths meets a long-1*\ • , j j -j * i ule of teachers salaries already dead-. felt need. N6 permanent records of, , , the work of the children with the ex- ed upon ’ mak * a bud?et for h,s sch ? 011 tne^worK oi tne cnimren, witn tne ex | di trict for 19 25-1926. The successful ception of the high schools, has ever , ^ * v i , .. ® * handling of the finances of a school been kept in the county and misun- , .. demanding have arisan a, 4 result. : d,st . rlc , t 18 a real re8 P on8 ‘ b ’ h ‘ y and thc good trustee knows where the money \ derstanding With the present system kept up-to- n „ ^ u * v • „ j * * u i will come from before he signs the date a permanent record of the class-... . • k . ..... room work of the child is kept from ; a * ain!,t hl8 dl8t . rlC t the time he enters school until he The Jeannes Teacher This covers, in brief, the work that I has been done in th\ county during I the past year. T , T * j The county superintendent wishes Last year Laurens county made an ^ * •. * . . • t . , , 1 to take this opportunity of expressing experiment m Jeannes teacher work , . - Ii_ .»• ^ ., , , , i . ., her appreciation for the fine group among the colored schools of the coun-: » • u . . r • v* ii , . i | , of men in the county who are serving ty. Janie Maxwell, a trained colored; v i * * m. l / , . ! . • .« , as school trustees. They have ever , teacher, was selected for the place , . ... , , , . j u i * i One hundred «nd thirty teacher, 0Ild has been ^ „ do „„ ,„SZ ^f n , fa,th / ul ' loya l and helpfu '- enrolled for the Study Course,. Clas-1 ; K . e of work shf vi9ited | ast Tcar , Whatever of sueees, that may come to ses were held every other week for p , e olorod school in thc count has . the county, m school administration 5 :x month,. An average of one htm-1 Bllia >tudy center for eilored dred was niaintained for the six teachers, held training classes in cook- fnonths periond. The classes were^ of jj.g, sewing and home nursing among untold value to the teachers of the |. er own race a nd has ca,rricd out all county and the Superintendent of education wishes to take this oppor tunity of thanking the trustees for their cooperation in making this suc cess possible. During the coming school year another study center will be maintained with one change in the faculty. Mrs. Hetty S. Brown, an ex- of the instructions of the county su perintendent of educatiqn in regard to negro schools and negro teachers. She has collected and deposited with the county treasurer over tvffo thousand dollars, collected from the colored peo- ple of the county for the support of the colored schools. Since the colored pert in Rural schools and author of people, as a whole, pay little taxes, several text books will have charge of the primary work. Teachers’ Participation in Teachers’ Organizations Laurens county was again a hun dred per cent in paid-up membership in the state and county teachers’ as sociations. Only five other counties in the state can report a similar ncord. 97 per cent of the teachers were also members of the National Educational Association. No other county in the state can report a like record. Again the Superintendent wishes to thank the trustees for their stand on this matter. No such rec ords could be possible without the hearty support of the faithful trus tees. Because of the excellent record of the money collected was put to the ciedit of the district where the col lections were made, and disbursed through the regular channels of school claims signed by the white trustees. The appropriation for the support of this work was cut off by the Lau rens county delegation but because the work is a success and the services of a Jeannes teacher is needed the coun ty superintendent was able to secure all of the Jeannes teacher's salary from sources other than the revenue of the county. The services of the Jeannes teacher is therefore retained for another year. Statiatical . For the year 1924-1926 $304,128.69 were expended for all school purposed. rfeci feels, be in a large measure due to the faith and the strong support of the local trustees. Yours faithfullv, KATE V. WOFFORD. Local Scouts Have Interesting Meeting $89,550.06 of this amount were reoiv- Ummn, county in Tencher,’ AMOcm-l^ gUte 4j<L wera CTr ; 1U d tion work the State Teachers’ Asso ciation at its annual meeting in March, in Columbia, elected your County Superintendent its President. This is the first time in the forty years’ history of the Association that the honor has ever come to a fwoman, j children of the / county ajicMhe First time in the same period on jy gQ j •1' time that the honor has ever come to Laurens county. High School Districts ‘ * It has been the aim of the county Board of Education to divide the county into high school areas, avail in the white schools 5,733 children and 4,893 colored children were enrolled in the colored schools. 209 white teachers were employed, all of whom had first grade certificates except two. The average attendance for the was : County Commencement Day On April *24, 1925, rhe county schools held their county commence ment on the baseball grounds of Lau rens. Forty-two schools took part and presented a historical pageant which able to ail the white children of Lau- attracted state-wide attention. All rtns county. So far the plan has the parts were taken by school chil- ^ sv st 1 tu 1 1. S S ________ A* _ . been a success. The high schools es- dren, each school presenting a separ- tablished are: Laurens, Clinton, Gray. ate part of the whole pagean-'. Clinton Mill Troop No. 4, Musgrove Council, held their regular meeting last Monday evening, as usual, out in the woods. As soon as the meet ing was assembled the camp fire was started, followed by regular busi ness, amusements, etc. Mr. Thos. E. Epting, scout executive, then gave an interesting talk on Scouting., His principal remarks wereron the coming Jamboree and Efficiency Contest. The Jamboree will be held at Newberry, November 11. The Efficiency Con test will end December 31. The above troop unanimously assured Mr. Epting that he would be compelled to deliver both trophies to them. The entire troop was glad to have the Scout Exe cutive with us, and showed their ap preciation by their work. The Scouts present were: Carter, Byars, Jacks, Parker, Malpass, Tramell, McClendon, Whitlock, Bennett, Quinton, Abrams, Oxley, Epting. W. M. JACKS, Scribe. | Buy Your n i x i m a i n U ICE CREAM U — and — ESKIMO PIES — at — ^ P. S. JEANES Court - Owings, Lanford, ’ Poplar Springs, Hickory Tavern, Mountville and Cross Hill. These districts are Much interest in local history was taken by the county schools, some of the schools preparing their own ho used as a basis for much of the school torical material for the pageant. Next administration in the county. V [ year a similar celebration will be nald, Office and Field Work j in which 1 the county superintendent Carefully kept records in the office; asks the continued cooperation of the *f the county Superintendent show tiustees. v that 5,110 pieces of mail were sent from the office during the year. The county Superintendent travelled ap- "prcrximately 4,000 miles on school Recommendations 1. The superintendent asks for the further cooperation of the trustees in furthering the work of the Study Cen business. She made 212 school visits! ter v and Teachers’ association work. •nd made 125 talks in the interest of schools and education. She attended •very meeting of the Laurens County Teachers association;—the—aiftiiuU meeting of the State Teachers’ asso ciation in Columbia and_went as a delegate from the State Teachers* - as sociation to the National Educational association which met in Indianapolis, Indiana, June 24. 1925. . Health Work During the year 1924-1925 the tyunty Board of Education decided Often teachers would attend the Study Center if the trustees would only speak to them of the importance of it. Many teachers have no way to reach urens for the Study Center. The trustees should see that the teachers are provided with a way to make the trip. 2. The 6-0-1 law has been of great benefit to the schools of the county^ with the exception of the high schools. 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