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VOLUME XXXV CLINTON, S. C., THURSDAY, MAY 2, 1935 NUMKER 18 SCHOOL RANKS WITH HOME AND CHURCH IN TRAINING CHILDREN Special Edition of The Chronicle Calls Attention To Part It PlaysJ In Development of Youth. Varied Activities of Hijfh School' Students Give Them Training In Many Phases of Life. Work of All Departments Is Reviewed By School Waiters. Hy KatherirM* Graham 1 encourajres an appreciation of jfood The purpose of this issue of The Clinton Chronicle is to call your at- -tentiow -to- one of literature. Social club, and especially j debating ancTspeaking, teach ease and grace. The athletic and junior-senior nquets'giveh each year are antici flsset.s — pur |)ahlic schools. Thetpated >fc’Tth the gi-eatest pleasure. They schools do their work quietly withoutjare prepared ami presided, over by advertising their worth and we take | upper-clas.smen. This teaches poise them as a matter of course. Few peo-Und s<*If-i>os.session in public. Through pie know what’great educational ad-1 dramatics the pupil learn self-expres- vantages the children of Hhis townjsion and self-confidence. In the gram- enjoy. The importance of the school’mar school pl^iys are given in chapel can scarcely fee over-emphasized. It!from the first grade. While in high ranks along with the home and the school students present pla^ al inter church as one of the three great in-' vals throughout the year. Ho,wever, fluences in the lives of the young peo-jthe pravailing .sentiment of the .school pie. The children are in school from [is schola.stic and cultural. The Beta 8:30 In the morning until 2:15 o’clockjcl\ib recognizes high scholnatic stand-; r^ii in the afternoon five days a week.|ing and encourages leader.snip. Their working hours are largely spent} But most important of ?ill is the fact in thei not at home, riot at church, but in thef that the children are surrounded by schools, therefore the. schools have a good influences from the time they enter .school. .They are taught by effi cient Christian teachera who instill noble uleals. The Bible is studie<l from the first grade until graduation. The school emphasizes thorough- great opiK)rtunity for influencing and molding their lives. In a large meas ure the school is supplanting the home. For many children the public school i« the only refining and ennob ling inf^ence iij their lives. jness in every department. We ai-e ,The average person does not real-1 justly proud^of the high standing ize the variwl activities, in addition!which the graduates of Clinton High to the cuniculum, in which the chil-School take when they enter college, dren engage at .school. Here they are*Judge our school by its pnxhict. IxK)k d€velope<l physically, mentally and at our successful alumni Iwth in col- morally. There is a well-rounded sys tem, of athletics in which fairness and i5port8manship as well as victory are emphasized. The glee club inspires a love of music arid the school library, with a supervised system of reading. lege and in life We hope, therefore, that ypu will read this is.sue of The Chronicle thoughtfully and acquaint youj-self with the work of our school through those articles written by the students. CLINTON SCHOOL SYSTQII HAS . EXPERIENCED STEADY GROWTH \ State and County Asaiated Individual Pupila In Paying Tuition In Early Daya, When Private Schoola Were-Fumiahing Inatruetion* Wholly Tax^Supported Syatem Later Developed. Ne^ Building Added Aa Enrollment Grew and Funds Permitted. By Sant Anderson In September, 1891, Presbyterian CoMege of South Cartdina, as it was then called, ^s running an eight- grade preparatory department. Tui tion for students in this department was paid, partly, by the rtate or coun ty, which gave enough to run the school free for etudenU from this school district for probaUy three months. For the balance of the nine months school year the student had to pay his own tuition. ihere was at this time s private 8eho(d in Clinton, run by Mrs. Humph ries, where the same eitnation pre vailed, vis., state or county paid for ttaee montte tiition for stode^ from tUe school diatrict, and the individual was oUiged to pay his own tuition for the rest of the sdiool year. In the fell of 1895, a private school was begun in the old building which , was then on the site of tbs present Academy Street scliod building. This WM run by two ladies, Mrs. Mary' lisle Sims and Miss Annie C. Spencer. The c<rflete at about tbie time cut off all except about two preparatory grades. The ladies rsceir^ state or county aid for theHr pupils from this distriet, .but iwt enough to pay for more ^n thr^ or four months. About 1897 or 1898, Kenneth Mc- a graduate of Presbyterian eoUege, was added to the~iehool fac ulty; and^aleo ateut this timer-the profMrintkm fw school aid wu increas ed until gradoilly the stgta'or county furnished enouri^ money te pay tuition for each etndent for a foil term of nine moaths. Lntor improvemerns were made on the buikHngs when Ihe board of trus tees, indudiitg Dr. J. J. Boot^, J. P. Robineon and R. Z. Wright'sponsored a 85,000 bond imue. Later, when Mr. Wri^ resigned, B. L. King was se lected to take his place. This money Sms used to build the brick building, leflaciiv ^ wooden buildiBg, which is now Academy Street school. This was a four-room buHding. Later a 81500 bond issue was voted by the .people which enabled the trustees to ent high school with the land now used as a playground, and the enlarge ment of the Academy Street building. The school system expanded rapidly about this time. / The National Honorary Beta club wa.s organizcil in 1921) In’can.-^e it wa.s believed that the ideals of schola.stic excellence and character development should be enepnraged in high school .students and the <iualities of loyalty, courage, leadership, honesty arid in~^ .tegrity pn()mote<l. The colors of the club arc black gtid gold. The emblfm is a .shield with the American eagle with outspread wings at the Imse, and a star over the head of the eagle; over this'is a bar, with llie letters “B. K.” It is u.sed on all charters, certificute.s, document.s and stationery of the club with a knight’s hen<l abo^e and “Loyalty, ('ourage, la'adership,’’ circling un<h'rneath. All high schools accr<*dil(‘d by the State Hoard of lulucation are eligible , for a chapter of the club. The niem- Associale jj. from the junior and fse'nior classes of the high schools To — — — 'become and remain a pK^mber, a cer-^ SENIOR CLASS REACHES END OF JOURNEY BEGUN ELEVEN YEARS AGO; 41 COMPOSE MEMBERSHIP £ CLUB PROMOTES DEVELOPMENT OF HIGH PUPILS National Honorary ^Beta Group Orf^anlzed In 1929 To Foster Scholastic Excellence and De-^ “ velopment of Character. Left to right: Marion Chaocy, Hetty Spratt, Katharine Graham, hklitor-in-Chief, Margaret IKditor, Tench Owens. lIugbeN, J I low the standard, so a sjyecified time First Gritde Entered In 11121. Several Different Grammar Schools Started. Them On Their L\)urse. ira^rndxr Teachers Throughout the Years Recalled As History Is Reviewed. is still unre^leenusl,. he/is dropped By Elizabeth Dobbina and Modene Finney Eleven years ago tne present senior cIms of Clinton High school entered joyfully, perhMpe-fenrfolly, and won- deringly, fifxt grade of the four different sehoeds which contributed to our prisent senior cleas. At the Acad emy Street school. Miss Myra Lea- man, now Mrs. L M. Smith, initiated the group into school life. Another group began its* school career at Lydia vrith Iflra Owens as teadrir. A third section met at Goldville to begin study with Miss Essie Bell Hunter. Wads worth, the fourth school, wae the first ford, Harold DeYoung, Marvin De Young, Irby Ferguson, William Glenn, Billy Hart, Vernon Hill, William Hor ton, L. T. Lawson, Jack McNeace, Clark Meadows, John Nabore, Clar ence Neal, Thec^re Painter, Carlisle Rumph, Ced) Rumph, Robert Spencer, William Terry, Theodore Todd, Thom as Willard, Jodie Chandler, David Dixon, Lykee Henderson, Louis Mur phy, Dorothy Adair, Faye “Anderson, Sara Frances Baldwin, ^mnee*- Bar- hdl, Trerie^Bartori, Louise Chambers, Bhrline Copeland, dive DeYoung, Lila Mae Awards, Elizabeth Dob bins, Emily Ferguson, Modeene Fin- from membership unless the Superin- exploreii the dark ages and learned to'tendenf and a majp/ity vote of the appreciate the eviLs of the industrial revolution. From our ranks we select ed Sara Frances Baldwin, John W. Finney, and Mary Stone to direct bur course members recommend otherwise. In November, 1934, our local chap ter was organized under the direction of Mr. Grebne with our club sponsor Miss Lily Mae Werts, of the Clinton Now in our senior year we have lost High/SOhool faculty. A certificate fee The superintendents of the schwltf jg26, adding a fifth school to the ones to date are: E. R. Ayewk, now hvwig second grade work to our w • 1 present eleventh grade. This year the F»ll.. A. C. DMiel. of Iritio, and J. H. Miw Wrth«ra»oon. the prewnt aupenntend- Acadomy Stmt, Miaa frib- ent (The writer appreciatea tha infor-. mxtion gi'ven by Dr. A. E. Spencer and B. L. King). Excdlent Record For FootibaU Team McQueen and Henerey Put-Out SuecetMful Squad. Season Rec< ord la Six Wins, Two Defeats. add xix class roosns and an auditorium By* Marion Chancy Under the expert leadarriup of Coaches McQuean and Henarey, the white and crimson- rode jto sneoeas in a finni score of six victories end two defeats. The' district^^ampionship, never before bestowed up<m a plhiton ^igh team, was attuned by the Red 'Devils of *84. The team, eompos4^ of twenty-Hve boys, was truly a Moper- ative body. As om the members worked toward the goal which they finally adbieyed'. __ ~A sturdy Imm and a shifty backfirid led ^ team to vietory over Winns- boro. Woodruff. Neiri>erry, Duncan, Laurens and Thornwell, bowing only to Rock Hill and Abbeville. The boys fdayed hard in every game. Members of the team were Captain Henderson, J. W. Finney, Henry Fin ney, Lawson, Dflly King, Archie Adair, Brown, Freeman, Forrest Adair, Ow ens, HaH King, Tranunril, Clyde Smith, Burnett, Norris, Bishop, Roy Smith, Snellgrove, Dixon, Jacobs, Furr, and Manager Chaney. ^» Letters’ were awarded to J,, W.' Fia- ney, Henry Finney, Brown,^ Forrest Adair. Owens, Freeman, Clyde Smith, alma mater of another group, andi^^Y* Nora Fyller, Mary Ix>u Girk, Mrs. J. .B. Hart Uught it. Katherine Graham, Fxlna Hamm, Aga- Plorida Street school was built ini^ba Jones, Laetitia Jones, Elizabeth Nicholson, Vecnie Mae Painter, ('hris- tina Sowers, Willie Mae Sta'rnes, Mar garet Sullivan, Avis Turner, Lucile Wilson, Mildred Young, Hattie Boyd, Mattie AndeYhon, Eiiubeth Bagwell, to the school. While this improvement was being made, for a part of two ses- sioBS, a hall was rented for some of the high school classes. The <^ruste^ during this time were: B. L. King. H. L Horton and Lee Fitts—later Morgan Todd. B. L.'King and Lee Pitts. The neat baard was Gaoige A. CofMlaiid. B. L. King Md Laa Pitta. Follswiag them am B. H. ~ ‘ Dr.;T. L. W. BaB^ and C. M. Iqat ho^ BpsgpoKsd ^ bttikl> floritt aCrMt achtol, the Roy Smith, Dohnan, Trammell. -Stars were fwj^ed to^ Henderson, Todd, Stone, Lawson We, the students of Clinton High ble at Lydia, Miss Beat Boekhart at Gddvile, Mrs. J .B. Hart at Wads worth, and Miss MeSwsin at Florida Street. During our third-year the same acho(rfs offered us as teachers: Miss Bethea (Academy Street). Miss Nan Co|>elan^ (Lydia). Miw Louiec Davis (GMdviHe) and Miaa Bridges (Wads worth). * Miss Margaret Blakely taught the fourth grade group at Lydia. Mrs. Hugh Workman at Academy Street. Mrs. Rhett Sloan at Goldville, Mrs,. San Davis at Wadsworth, and Miss Benita Booser at Florida ^reet. In the liftih year, the number of contributory schoole dropped to three, as Academy Street school <^ffeTcd only four grades at the tim. Our teachers were: W, A. Hart' at Goldville, Miss Irene Workman at Florida Street, and Miss BalentiM at Wadew<Mth. “ Fn the siim ^ grade, the Goldville' pupils were delighted with a new school buMding. in Fhi<^ Miss-Rosa Dreher was teacher. A new principal. G. N. Foy, also came to Goldville. Dur ing the sixth grade the teachers at the other schools a^ere Miss Irens Workman at Florids Street, and Miss Balentine at Wadsworth. Crowning our grammar scIkm^ ca reer. we received certificates of grade, uation at the oomi^etion of county ex aminations during the spring of our seventh year in school. Wadsworth and Lydia held separate comnnence- jments, while Goldville joined Florida Street in graduation exercises. Nannie Sue Adair, then a senior in CKnton High, welcomed the seven^ grade stu dents of Florida Street and Goldville to Clinton High school, wlule Eliza beth Dobbins, a seventh grade pupil from Goldville, replied. Mr. Brooks, then county superintendent of educa tion, presented our certificates to us. some of our flight and sometimes an noying ways. Under the leadership of our officers, Walter Xodd, W.C. Bald win ithF' Liniiw Chambers, we have tried to prepare ourselves to take our places in this great business world of ours. Some have put forth more ef fort than others and consequently the results have been and will be greater. Louise Chambers, our valedictorian, has won first place in both the D. A. K. examination/on the Revolutionary war, and the U. D. C. examination on the Civil vfSrv" Ma<leline Cassanova won second, and Katherine Graham third place in both qf the.se examina- sohool, are exceedingly prouid of the Red Devile of *84. Dqr sincere hope ir Cn September 3, 1931, we made the that the outstoading ability, courage, great jump from grammar ecbool to and loyalty will ramain wHh the mem ber* trf the team who graduate thi* year. Hie team wiU loat seven men this year thfrough fia4Wtloa: Dixon, Todd. Porryet AdMr. AxHiia Adair, J. W. PMHMiy* -Lfkee Hendwxen and Joa This was one of the happiest days of our life. high school. The following fftart^ the long journey through ClintoS. Hi8h aehool together: John W. Finney, WU- liam Jacobs, Walter Todd, Arcliie S. Adair, W. &. Baldwin. (Triton Ben- JmIb. Harold BUbop, Leon BoKck. PraiMt ftx>va. WUUam Byard; WUliam Castor, Botevd Cranford, Maj^ Craw- Pearl Bagwell, Irene Bufgm, Wilma Buigess, (Gertrude Cannon, Madeline Cassanova, Fay Cauley, Ghrietina Crapps, Eloise Crowe, Beverley Davia^ Florence Davis, Elise Dickey. Aly* Roce Gaines, Earline Helms, ^ynelle Kanning, Ruth Kinf,'Luvima Nabors, Elisabeth Price,. Margaret Sample, Rutb ^ith, Snelgrove,. Lois Stone, Mary Stone. 'Thie number, 87, seems rather large as compared with the graduating class which numbers 41: ^[ohn Barnes, John (k>bb, Joe Donnan, John W- Finney, Faye Anderson, Mary Anderson, Sara Anderson, Sara F. Baldwin, Madeline Casaanova, Louise Chambers, Ehrltne Copeland, Ellizabeth Dobbins, Emily Ferguson, KaiDterine Grah^, Booker Henderson, La^itia Jones, Elizal^h Nicholson, MartKa.Ramage, Christina Sowers,, Margaret Sullivan, Archie Adair, Forrest Adair, 'W. C. Baldwin, William Boyd, , Roy J&urgess, Lykes Henderson, Louis Murphy, Walter Todd, Mary Brock, MiMred Brown, Faye Cauley, Clive JDeYoung, Modeene Finney, Margaret Hughes, Gayneile Kanning, Ruth Smith, Mary Stone. Hazel ^rickland, Mildred Young, Mattte Anderson, and Davj<I Dixon. OUr leaders from this grwp^ were: Kathtrine Graham, president; Lykes Henderson, vice-president, and Archie Adair, secretary-treasurer. During this first year we ewountered many obstacles, such as book reports, liter ary societies, and mbnthly tests. Quite a few gave up the race before the year was but. In her first year Louise Ohambers distinguished lierself by tying for first place in the spelling contest for the echoed. Whet^e gathered together the sec tions. Ix>ui8e also won first place in the di^rict - spelling contest. Sara Frances Baldwin is representing our sc)k>o1 in the state French contest. The graduating class has contributed muoh to athletics aa well aa scholas tic work. Dn the grkKnon we boast such men as Lykes Henderson, For rest, Adair, John W. Finney, Walter Todd, and Joe Donnan. Cn the gym floor, Christina Sowers, Hazel Strick land and Mary Anderson have fought to bring victory to Clinton High. On the whole, we feel that our class has not been a failure. It is our ardent Hope that our class, the class of '36, will always reflect sri'eat honor upon our dear adma mater. The four years we have kpent in Clinton High school Kkve been e.njoyable ones and days which will not be quickly forgotten. of e1ghty-/ive cents" was paid by each member. The pledge was repeated by all, the oertificaiM distributed and the Clinton chapter of the National Honorary club was thus organized with the following as charter mem bers: Sara Anderson, Sara Frances Baldwin, Frances Bouknight, Made line Cassanova, Ix>uise Chambers, Marion Chaney, Dorothy Clark, Mary Crawford, Helen Davis, Katharine Graham, I^Swrence Hall, I.aetitia Jones, Adelaide Roberts, Christina .Sowers, Peggy Sprunt and Jane .Stur:? geon. At the first meeting of the club Graders Mias Josic Pressley Directs New Group In Study pf Various Branches of Science. By Margaret Brice Organized less than a month ago, the eighth grade Science Club, spon sored by Miss Josie Pressley, is the newest of opr High school organiza tion*. "" ' - Meetings are held once a week, at which programs planned by a com mittee composed of Betty Spratt, Mar garet BriM, and Archie Dixon are presented by various metn^rs of the V Katharine Graham was -elected- Presi dent, Peggy Sprimt, Vice-president, and Marion Chaney, Secretary-Treas urer. The Executive, Program, and Entertainment committees were also appointed foi* the year. Our meet ings are held once a month during school hoprs at a different period eadh month. —- Under the excellent guidance. of Laetitia Jones, Chairman of the Pro gram Committee, the club has enjoyed many instructive programs. We un dertook as our principal study,-South ^rolina. For the different meetings, certain members are assigned portions of the subject to be discussed and a wonderful spirit of cooperation has been shown by the inspiring reports that have been rendered at th| various meetings. We also had.the pleasure of having Dr. F. Dudley Jones give up a talk on “Famous South Carolin ians,” and Mrs. J: A. Bailey honored urwt one of our meetings by a discus sion of “Old Churches of South Cfro- , lina.” ^ The Indians of South Carolina were not forgotten and none of our meetings were more entertaining than the one~given to the discussion of this subject. .^After our study of South Carolina, we made a pilgrimage ^west ward by reports on the Grand Canyon, the National Parks, the Geysers, and other places of interest. Because we have so recently had the*pleasure of seeing Robert Browning and Eliza beth Barrett in “The Barretts of Wim- pole Street,” it seems fitting to de vote our meeting in May to the study of this beloved author and his works. * The activities of our Beta club are not confined to merely intellectual matters as it is considered ef^ntialt- class. In the past programs were in- . ^ ^ . _ - .eluded discussions of aviation, rep-*-'^ intervals, social ond time we found that several of our Liles, rare plants, electricity, and mag-icultirate the ^mer cla.sa-mates had fallen by the^netism. Every member of the clubi’*'?',**'^fellowship. At our fi^t so wayside. These have been replaced by shewn an eagerness for the day of some of our pre.sent class-mates. ThisLjjg^jrjjj^ arrive, and has-willingly sesaion Miss Werts led us deeper iotO|^|^]^en part in the activities of the or^ Lakin, and Mi«s Livingston taught us gi^^^^xtion ' In commaiHi w«-e Lou- firtt pro*r«n, which » . typi- iM Cliambers, president; Sara Fran ce* Baldwin, vice-presid^, and Ar- ^e Adair, secretary-tr^urer. Sara Fmitoes broiight honor to the school by wimiinf first place in the state bMofy contest. We raced through our third year, truly bearinf cut the name. *^Jolly OUf-'Jxaion.* With Mr. •Duckett we cal one, consisted of talk*.on: 1. The Myth “Daedalus and Icarus.” 2. The first Balloon and basket. . 3. The first Airplane. 4. The first parachute. 5. Three seetioiM of the book “We**, aa autobiociraiihy by Colond Oharles Augustus Un^rgh. cial there was a form of invitation,.-, for each member, various games were enjoyed and a variety of refre.shment.s served. ,Our second social was like wise very enjoyable, held at the home of Jane Sturgeon. ,v Beta CHub members, besides the en joyment they get from the meetings and socials and knowing they can con tinue as members even after gradua- tioQ, baee something dse to sriiich they can look forward. Every year thcra is offered a prize of a one-year * (Continued on page two) ■H 1 ■'l.-