The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, January 26, 1922, Image 6
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/ SUPT. ALLEN AND
MISS LOU GRAY
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Visit Twenty-Six Schools Ir
Horry County Organizing
I Night Schools
WORK EXPLAINED
INTEREST SH0WI\
Gaining' the Support of All ol
t.ho Roof ?? r
?j. in xuvury
Community
Supt. 10. C. All mi and Miss Wil Loi
Gray, Supervisor of Adult Schools
Fpont the nasi week visiting school
for the purpose of organizing nigh
schools. During the week twenty-si
schools \v?re visited. At the ma:<"
ity of places an interested audieno
ot coirnv 'nit v i>?oj)ie welcomed th
two workers. The meetings \vev?
informal. Supt. Al'in exi r - <! h:
pleasure thai the State Supe. intend
ent of Kducalion has shown lr ii.
tcrert in the county hy s ?n<11n;
Horry a .State work< r. He s'.a'c
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i net i ru it \ w ys one o? the ! i v
ties in the Suity whore ov<' :<n p
cent of 1 '.10 white Dopuhi' i ?:i ' i '
read and wri'o, and on jvfii'iit (?
tho need for the work, he urgvd that
every nuhlic spirited citizen give t<
Miss Gray hi* heart io ' c> opr'n'io'i
^Miss Gray tlien ou lined the general
pldn for the schools. She -'at d
that for a 'one , hue it was folt
rot hi ne could lio !ono '* ) 1* tho people
who had been deprived of an education
in vheir vontit. I ut that :i :>h 11
had been dovised wh \ ovi rv man
and women in tho state could learn
how t'o read and write. I'ho solution
was found it the night schoolwhoro
for at 'ea^t three mghts >.
weak groups of workers could meet
and studv. She to'd of tlie efforts
which was now being made hy manv
to i?*et- an education and paid a high
tribute to the night school pupil-,
saying that they were following tho
example of men like Wilson and Kdison,
who were really America's great
est niglu >cheo! pupils, for they wore
students all tho time, and were not
willing to waste their nights in idleness.
She stated that last year over
11,000 pupils were enrolled in the
night schools of the Stale; that 2,000
of this number did not miss a ses
sion. The ages of those pupil:-, ranged
from, fourteen to eightv-four. the la*t
age showing that one never gets too
old to leani. To illustrate that one
never oan he so busy that some time
can't he found to study, she told
of a woman in Pickens county who
learned to read and write in one
month. notwithstanding the fact
that she had fourteen children to
look after.
The plan of work was explained in
detail. The schools are to me?t three
times a week and are oriranizecl
especially to meet the needs of people
who have been to school very little
or never. The course of studv embraces
the three R's, the alphabet
sounds of letters, word recognition
reading, writing, letter writing, making
out checks, hills, four fundamental
operations in arithmetic, fraction.'
and spelling. At least once in even
two weeks a community meeting wil
he held when outside speakers wil
he invited to discuss some topic o
general interest. It is planned tha
one of these meetings shall be uivoi
to the subject. "Mow to Fight tin
Boll Weevil," while one program wil
he given to bolter health. It i
hoped for the health meetimr tha
the State Hoard of Health will sen<
to the county its moving picture out
fit,' so that the rules of real livint
r*;in ho flrivon 1->r??ve l>\ the mp;ms O
excellent pictures.
* At ea^h meeting those plans wer
discussed and in every instance help
fill co-operation was nromised. Th
trustees and other citizens oxpressei
a need for such schovls and immedi
lately the nania? of pupils wore taker
At one place a certain man son! wor<
that it wa - impossible for him to ?> '.
to the meotine; hut t^at ho wbuld b
present the fir<t niufht or the sehoo
for he had heon wishinir some on
would come by and 'rive him a chnnc
' to learn to read and wit". 1,1 sovorji
palces husbands and wives joined.
In f'i .a1 sine; the work Miss f?ra
states that she has never sen bottc
local re?non;o. S!r? appreciates o.
peciallv the spirit of th^ trustees an
others w' ? have had t*ood educatioal
advantages and who for iho sak
cf example are enrolling in th
schools. She ur^s that evorv edca^od
per-'ai in 'he count v lend
hand in 411 is work by inviting oei
son<; in need of such school to atten
school.
Plans are boinir made to hold i
Omwav a County Commencomon
wh<Mi contorts in roa line writin
spelling and arithmetic will i?e hel
Prizes will 1 ?r? given not only to tl
ind'viduf's. hut to the schools whi<
make the highest scores, so ovei
school should determine right now
1)0 a v/iivi'^'. Three libraries valu'
at twenty-five dollars, will be giv
to the thre^ schools making the hi
est scores.
THK HOI SK HK.AVTI I'l'L
Whore th"rc is faith
There is love,
Whore the^e is love
Thore is peace,
Where thora is peace
Inhere i.- God.
W1 ioro l he re is God
There is no need.
MARKETS.
Cotton.
Spot rot ton prices declined nix
around l(i.X2c per lb. Now Y<
2.r< point- ('uiiiuv the week, closi
"around H>.S2c per !>. Nov Vr
January futures down 18 poii
closing at 17.48c.
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TEACHERS MEET,
TALK PROGRAM
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Teachers Told of Progress
Made in The Organization
of Might Schools
On Saturday morning at 11 o'clock
a number of teachers met in the
court room foi the purpose of discussing
the best methods of teaching
aduit^. The meeting' was presid
ed over by Miss Wil Lou Gray, State
supervisor 01 Aciuit scnoois. Alter
a few introductory remarks, each
teacher told of the proirress which
had been made in her local community
toward the organization of i\
school. Where the work had been
given any pubicity., the teachers reported
marked interest. All the
schools were making preparations to
I open on Monday night, the 2.3rd, and
i wwe planning to teach three nights
a week.
After the teachers' reports came a
detailed discussion of methods of
teaching adults. In connection with
this, the books and materials used
i were demonstrated and explained.
, This phase of education has pro-j
, grossed so rapidly that special texts
rave been prepared and no longer
does the ridult have to struggle with
the books used hv the children. For
| a beginning reader the Bible Story
Reader is used and when a person
. has completed the book be really has
. mastered the fundamentals of read]
ing. Many persons have road through
? this text in one month. The Writj?
ing and Composition book is so art
ranged that it is self-teaching. T1t>
^ pupils are not expected to spell
through a spelling book but they are
I first given the hundred commonestn
words which can be found in th?
columns of <his paper, later they
j study the one thousand commonest
words found ;n the book of Arnold'
, Mastery of Words, the text used in
} Mastorv of Words, the text used ii.
the day school. For arithmetic, no
text is given, but the pupils are recp
ommended to study the four funda'
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The Ini!'?w inu' teachers were presv
iit: Mr. !. ,). Ral)on, of Jumper i
Hay; )* C. W ilson and L. I). Hainer,
of Aynor; W. 1\ Carroll, of Whit.
Oak; Mi-; llattie Ludlam, of Enter
prise; Mr. Thelbert Lewis, of Wildwood;
Miss Genieve Wilcox, of Collins
Creek; Miss Katherine Guess,
Mi<s Mair'iie Lucas, Mrs. FranceCooper,
and Miss Bertha Kinard, of
Socastce; Mr. G. R. Butler and Mis*-I.uti?
Cartrette, of Allen; Mrs. Essi-'
Sommeriyn, of Savannah Bluff; Mrs.
Christian Johnson, of Salem. J. F.
Chestnut, of Red Hill; T. W. Boyd, o"
Beulah: Miss 11a Vault and Mr?. |
Lena- Oavi^, of Eight Mile; Miss
Mary Shingle and Miss Bell Shin>>'le,
"f Hickirv Gro?e; W. L. Mbhoe. of
PrinceviHe; Miss Maud F'ovd ard
Miss Bernire Pace, of Rehoboth;
Miss Mary Harlee, of Conway. Th?
following trustees attended the meetin
l-: H. W. Boyd, of Beulah: W. E.
Hardee, of Hickory Grove: ,fr?hn Marlow,
of Burgess and J. W. Smith, of
Savannah Bluff.
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KY, S. 0 , JAN. 26, 1922
NIGHT SCHOOLS
FOR GROWNUPS
F. A. Burroughs Calls Attention ;
to Grey Matter That is I '
Undeveloped
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(This interesting article bv Mr. R
A. Jiu rroughs was brought to the
Henald tod late to anneai* in our issue
of last week.)
To the Editor of the Herald:
I ar.i departing* somewhat from
fixed habits when I write anything*
or the newspapers. 1 have always
"lii*red the popular attitude toward
the man who is continually "break*
nto print," who has what Hen
Tillman used to call "scribbler's
\rl." The purpose of this article is
(? call public attention to plans of
to Sta-e Department of Education
o cstal !" h night schools, in Horry
iimty so that every man and
voman may be g:vcn opportunity t
< "?v tii.' 'mlameptals of an education.
Anvthing which tends t<>
n\ib!i?'i^v 'n th's movement
' seems to me to be legitimate.
All South Carolinians must have
en gratified to read in the papers
!*?ys nco lhat during the
period from UHS) to 11)20 this State
e iuce.' :u i'litevac\ more rapid I.
ban any ( ther sta'e in the union
ere can be no doeM tbat iho mos1
pouant fa'.'tor in this work ha*
j : t'.e activity of the ?Sta<"t. Coi .
o;ssi< n n Adult liiiteracv. During
Mm period since it- ostab'ishment
three or four years ago ever eleven
ib. inand iVien and women have boon
taught to lead and write and giv\ r.
a knowledge of tlr fundamentals of
arithmetic. This was done b\ niglu
schools fostered by the Commission.
During one year the Commission
-elected Pickens County for intensive
work in the eradication <>f illiteracy
As a result Pickens County Ii;i^ now
the smallest percentage of illiteracy
of all the counties in South Carolina.
The commission has n w selected
Horry to duplicate the work done in
Pickens. For several weeks nigh'
schools will be conducted and efforts
will be made to enroll every man ami
woman in the County who cannot
read and write. The aim wili be to
enable every man and woman in th.
County to learn to sign liis or her
name, to read English and to mak.
his or her own calculations.
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Every one knows that there are
those in our county who have ampK
intelligence, who have plenty of gray
matter in their skulls, but who, fcr
lack of opportunity for which they
were not responsible, must rely on
others for most of their information.
All that they want is a chance t'>
learn. The State now plans to give
them this chance. And good ci 11 I
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ens everywhere will back up th( j
.State in its efforts. "
The times nowadays, more than
ever before, demand the ability to
read. Times are hard. We arc trying
to figjit the boll weevil. We ,
ure trying to change our crops so '
that something profitable may be
grown and sold. Our State and
Federal government, our schools and
colleges, our well informed men, are
preading information about what
our people ought to be doing. The i
great bulk of this information come.in
printed form. The man who can
read gets the benefit of it. Wo
want to soo that every man and
woman in Horry County is prepared
to take advantage of this information
for" which there is at this lime aim-gent
need.
'I'llis is. but one re-;son why thes<
schools should bo generously attend
ed. The chi^f , aire of the ability
to read may no! ' o a eommere'ione.
1 rom <1ip -i.-in?! point ' 1 \>xr
tal recreation. and n oral improvenen*
their creation is more tl.a
justified.
'1 oi r \ ('onnt v has done wonder
iully well in the matter of schoe
improvement. The schools th;-t \
have roach only tho youth. Vv<
want to get away fr ?i the i<!
"a man gets too old to learn," ??i
that "you ean'l teach an old dor; ne
tricks.'' TM throw been (I
proved in Horry. Wo now want this
proved all over So: Caiv-Jina.
will be disproved n I! ivy. W
want to i>et awa; from our nreseu
latinjv among the five mo ' i'l'teral
counties of South Carolina. W
want to and will move inio h'gh i
cop panv.
'I he?e schools wii! ho e-tahli -h "d
within the next <ew weeks. A
hurdred per cent enrollment wil'
mean that a decade from n.w whe?
j>eoplo tl'iiik of the mo. t n/oeressiv
counties in the State their thought
v iil lurn to 11 orrv.
F. A. Bli KKOl.'CiHS.
WEEK BRINGS A
FALL OF SNOW
Yesterday morning there was
light covering of snow over the
earth, extending through this section,
probably over the entire eastern
part of South Carolina and North
Carolina.
There v as some snow at intervals
through Tuesday night following the
slow, cold rain that fell throughout
the day on Tuesday. The rain as it
fell became transformed into icicles.
Yesterdav was a very cold day.
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is a irood way to pull the businesout
of a rut if it is in one.
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CLASS HEARS I
TWO SPEAKERS I
Make Addresses on Stamping }
Out Illiteracy in Horry <
County '
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The movement to* stamp out illiteracy
in Horry couivtv by tlio establishment
of adult schools wherever
they ,'ire needed was called to public
attention and given a strong' impetus
at the meeting of the Hut Bible class
on Sunday morning.H. W. Ambrose,
teacher of the class, in brief prefatory
remarks before the presentation
of tin* speaker of the morning, acnUainted
the members with t)!ans of
the State Department of' !Mucat<on
for immediate and well ionsidere<' efforts
to teach every nvia and woman
in the county to re.? I ;,,, l write.
Mr. Ambrose. pjv.ented a liteiacy
map of 'be state, prepare 1 bv the
extension department of the University
of South Carolina, which showed
that in the matter of literacy Horry
occunies a verv unenviable position.
It is ranked \fith the fiw most i"uerate
counties of the l\lr. \mbrose
called on member- of the class
1 o 'end their snnpo''t in rv^rv w.'iv
possible io the establishment of adult
school s.
Iv. I?. ^' arb'n-ouirh. the sneaker of
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ini1 hicm miii!'. wns so mum I'liprcs^'Mi
wi'h (11o imnerat ive necessity o*' the
illiteracy worl* tha' ho devoted a c< nsiderv.blo
'part of his time to a discission
<? that subject. Mr. Scarborough
made the point thai to I so
illiterate was had enough. hut to he
unashamed of one's iPiter.^cy was far
worse. M was a reflection on the
county, he said, to have grown r on
and women sinning their names hy
marks to deeds and other legal inst
rumen ts.
All hope of progress for the county
in a commercial and agricultural way,
said Mr. Searborough, was wrapped
up in edue,Mt.ion*>I advancement. The
county would not rise above the level
of intelligence of its citizen*.
The remarks of Mr. Ambrose and
Mr. Scarborough apparently met with
the hearty indorsement of the ninetysix
men who were present. Members,
of the class were requested to report
to the countv superintendent of education,
E. C. Allen, names of any
men or women of their acquaintance
who were unable to read and write,
with a view to enrolling these men
and women in classes to be formed.
The meeting of the class on next
Sunday will be addressed by Rev. W.
L. Parker.
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