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EDUCATIONAL NUMBER POCFNS--FOTHL~ GEM7~PPR FPIK I ~OUNTY. A NEWSPAPER WITI CONSCIENCE VOLUME 5--NU.3MIEfR 33 PICKENS, .. I)ECEM lER S U19ITO .0 Y WELCOME TO PICKENS, T "ACHERS OF PICKENSCOUNTY Many New Schoc Being Built ii Although hard times have been felt in Pickens county, and almost every kind of business has been holding back, yet the school districts have de cided that the harder the times the greater the etYrt they must make in giving their children the best ed ucational advantages. They also re alize that the proper kind of an ed ucation, in a way, makes people im mlune from hard times. Therefore " they have se' to the task of improve ment with a vim and determination that knows no denial. The following is a brief account of what the different school districts have done during the past Tear: Grove School District was conduct ing a two-teacher school and was (o ing very well, yet they were not satisfied. About this time a fire de stroyed their school building. They immediately set to work and built at beautiful three-room school house, voting a small bond issue, and now they are conducting one of the best schools in the county. Maynard School District has prob ably done the greatest amount of work of any, that is, as far as the amount of money spent is concerned. They had a small two-room building which, when it was built was con sidered the best in the county. This building was overcrowed to such an extent that good work was impossible. The patrons of the district saw that something must be. done. As a re sult a $6000.00 bon( issue was voted 4 and a two-story building has been erected. It consists of four class rooms and a large auditorium. Rock and New Town School District. carne in next. They had for consid eration the question of consolidation. As the two districts are very mou i tainous it was decided that consolida tion would be impractical. Therefore it was .ec.ided to build a good two room school house in each of the dis tricts. Accordingly a bond issue of $1500.00 wits voted in each district and the buildings will soon -lie under construction. Helly Springs School District was having to teach part of its children in the school heuse, a small one room building. and the rest of the children in the Holly Springs church. Seeing that this condition could not he sat isfactory they also ",oted a hond issue of $ 1800.00 andu are nowv bild11ing a nice two-story building. This will consist of two class rooms oi the ground floor and an auditorium up stairs. It will soon be necessary for an miditional class room, consequently the auditoritini will be converted into twvo class rooms. On te (ommtienabhle thing abo~ut Ilolly Sprtinigs peopile is that. in allI the elect iotts thtat have bteen hel for schoo l purtposes, t hereI has nievetr been a dissent inmg vot e. It hast been utnanimiouts fronm the begin Hlagood Shol Distri, t until this past. summerm hadl only t wo mills for school ptirpoises. Sen tg that they cdnot give thle it lboys andti girls w inht they deserved they votedi ani ad dniieonal six~ m il s for curiret e penses and a bond issue of $:;500.00,. and in the ntear future t hey will be equiipped withI all the t 'ehin t ace that. they need. Ruhamath School District some years ago butilt a v'ery cred it able butihlingi. Tlhe mistak(e that wVas madec was int Put tinmg thle bii ing with in a - qluart er on the northern line of the schotol district. Tlhe popuiilation has shifted ntow andc it has btecomte nieces. sary to place the sechool bikIdi ng nett the ceniter (of the (listrict. Accordintg. cy a bonid issu' of S$2t000.00 was float e d and a h hree-ri om e t ru tiure is niow~ utndelr et nst ructiott. Tewn Cr'eek SchoolI IDistrtict utntil thIi s past sutttmiter lad ntever voted anty ittills for, lier schtoel. C onsequnently there was a very small one-room builditng which rontinded onie (when schltt o'as in sessionti) of the old wvo main whos lived int a shoe. However this wats reediedl and nlow atS you pass through that dhistrict you will see one of the best three-roomi school buildIngs in the county. Shadyoe nSchoo mDi~stc .x.. >l Buildings i Pickens County much wrangling came through with flying colors A modern two-room building is now under construction and will supplant the little one-room building. They also inbreased their mills to eight for current expenses in addition to the bond issue of $1200.00. Bethlehem School District is an other district that deserves great praise. For many y.ears they tried to do something for the betterment of their children, but something was always in the way. At last they got together and increased their mills to eight, which gave them a seven month school term guarantee, and a bond issue. Now they have a beauti ful three-room building which is a credit to the community. Several school district lines have been changed d'uring the present year. Keowee School District (lid not have the required nine square miles as re quired by the Constitution of the State. A survey was made and enough wvas added to make a legal district. Another change which was made was that of the Easley School District. 'he lines of Easley were extended so is to include the boundry lines of Lenhardt. This will make Easley one Af the largest schools in the St-ate, as well as helping the school facilites in the old I.enhardt District. Hampton School District was not. satisfied with her school facilities. They did not have the necessary room for an up-to-date school. As a re sult of finding this out they voted an $800.00 bond issue and now have one of the best two-room school buildings in the county. Twelve Mile School District like wise has made wonderful progress. Having a small one-room building and more children than they could pos sibly aeccmmodate in it, they set to work and now have under construct on a fine three- room building. To mild this they voted a $2000.00 bond ssue. Their location is fine and with lhe new building their community ;hould be justly proud-. On account of the compulsory at :endance law so many children have >een returned to school that many of he schools of Pickens county have m(d to add additional rooms to their mildings. Among those doing this ire Wolf Creek, Kings and Palestine. )t hers have had to do remodeling. Phese are Ambler. Dlaeusville, Mica mld Pickens. Pickens county is very proud of the act that she has made this record in pite of the fact that. things have meenl better and times easier. Proh ibly the revaon for this necessary a1w hais return'ledl mainy (lchildren to *chocol who had stopped. an1d a1 great inny who had noeer at tended. If IPickens counlit y can i 'onit inue toI Ilo(re'(ss aIs she hias inihe pas1 131t teni ('ers we havi~e no0 doul~bt that1 she will II at1 the top of the hubder ini theOd 'almiettIo St ate in a1 few yealrs. ION~t 1 SCO Ol, im.l Fi rst Grade - Osie i ee Ni~x, Dun13 -rd D urham11, Eu Ilistis P atte rsoni. Adv. First Gra'3de-HelenI I l,ewis, ';reel hi rezieale, Marie Snider, IEvie Say , 13arenice Stephens'1i. See< nid G rade-A sa Whitmiire, Free.. 1113a Gillesp jie, Art ie Ma~e Nix. Ilaninahu >e'l I I ughies. .1(ohnite I '1meron,')l Art hur iran lt .1 'sse lIeece. iouth i( Grade Itla3 lIrezea'le Gre Br'ezenl1e, I essile Turn mer. Oha Pa3tter-i' Gradth e 3301' ttchera D urhamii. 3ra'h lIughies,PaulhI ie Coope~,(r, Walac thOl'homs, Pl'3 ine HraeI. Sixth Gr'adte-O.liverl' liughes, .Jam~ie Irez:eale, Rluth Stepihenis.. Seventh Grad(e- -.1 ouise~( li-ezeale, 'Xdna D)3iura, Ruth Granit. Eig th Grade---Marshallt Hughes. ?ortrudIe Mati, Gertrude Lewis, The Calhoun-( About twenty-five years ago ther existed in this vicinity two smal "one teacher" public schools, one it the town of Calhoun and one on the road between Clemson College an< Cherry's crossing. These school were open about three months eacl year and were poorly attended. Soot after Clemson College opened a pri vate school was started on the col lege grounds which was supporter by private funds. This very unsatisfaetory conditio of affairs existed until about twelve years ago when the college trustee erected a school building on the col lege grounds for the use of the publi school and which accommodate many of- the children of tWie tw school districts. Old Stone chure No. 32 nd Calhoun No. 8. This school ran for live years an was a big improvement over the for mer arrangement, but it was far fron adequate or satisfactory. The patrons of these school dig LOCALS ANI The Improvement Association of the Liberty Iiigh school has purchas e'd a beautiful curtain for the stagt in the auditorium. The Association is to be colngratulated on their in. tiests an1(d get-up-and-get spirit. A large. number of the 'ivkvi County Teachers have applied to the State l)etpart:inct of Education for Life (cr tilicntes. This means that they have taught school for ten year and( have given enltire satisfaction as n teacher. Istitlute t his week. lThe ('onlsit ittion ofl tlit Teatcs .\oiaivill be' remIl beforel~ the IP. .\I. and4 ( discuisiolis will I ollowv as .1 itS adopti)on(41. Flvery !earberl is .x Jected to bile prlesent. .\i. ii. TI. (Cox, !rofessor of ( helm stryv atl Purmnan Un1.Jivers ity~ is also I tte'1dinig the Teaceherl's Ilust itult e. It. is ai leaur1e to) have thlese genit emen41 from11 t Furman anuid othe1r Cogl (ges and1( Universities wvith us. P ickens coun lty. is prolud o f the tact 'hat. e<.nsidlerinhg ho1th raes she has (ee illiterates thanl anyl other coun~l y. ill South C arolina. ?Iiss .\ lini .\leleat of Winthrop4 'olle'ge wiill atlso he zat th T1 eacher'll~ s Inlst itute. She willI he. iln (ehmI e o4f he P imar D1)eVI)parItmen~lt. .\liss .ie 1(eat hats had very id le exper'(ince iln the pr imalry workl an d her dis-uls I (ilns illb o retb ne.t h AllI teachers attend(ing the inist ituLte Ire ieuesl(.ted tI. re(gister at the Supt. If IEduet in('s oflfice an td be assigned to homes. This reg.istration is im portant wvhether you have -already cutie n' 2 hemon o not lemson School ~" M I T tricts began t realize that their only hope for expision and growth was to consolidate, as they were limited in territory and I'nancial ability con I seq'uently the districts were consol idateds and the ncessary bonds were voted to erect the present school building. We now have a first class hgli school which is doing splendid work as is evidenced by the excellent stand which the pupils from this school are-. taking at the various colleges and the further fact that for tht past two years girls from this schoo have made the highest marks on th competitive examinations for Win throp college. * I This school will maintain i nin months compulsory term this year t We had a very active school im - ( provemenlt association which is (rend. i ering fine service and the whole c(oni munity is proud of the sehcol tad the wortk it is doing. ) PERSONALS The teachers of l'ickens county will comlplete their organization of the 'T'eac'her's aassociation t.n Wed nesday afternoon at :1:00 p . ml. .\Iiss .\ary .\lorris one of te P'ick ens Iigh school teachers has returned lom (Clumibiia. She was maid of honor in the I)ov'- -'.nglishi wed'ding. .\r. I''lton C'hibire:.>s. t'ormerly superintendent oft. tile Six Mile B ap tist Acadeimyi has et ed'lIt('I the prin - eip alship of the .\ilt. C'reek Scthool. W t ari'e ghiul toI hav..".. l .\r. ('hibIress bac4'k iin thle public0 whdii \u rX o h liri. Shayer'' %j w ih ii th l'li:I c l alt thIis week. lit' will !fi\ ii -I 01in '. it'n leeture on 11'ublii fli at joui. s .r. Iubbell Arofet lr of ea ' : sry~t ou f he historyihoub' b'taueht i ihf pub:lish shoola it 1heiStt1 e. 'The lad'ie.i '6f the, town are4 Sivint anii informaliig recetio to1 the tei'ahurs natledn thtbe inst11itu ain Thursdayi ait' the p.m. All~ h'e teher ar e chaire ofieiha. h 'nvriy o School Attendanc County Sho The 1it that Pickens county real iz's fully the importance of educating ier youth can best be proV'en by statistic's showing what she has done, itid the tact that she intends c(on tiluing her efforts in this directioin. by what she is dying at present. Last year there was 7,135 white chibben en'it roIled in the schools of P'i:".ens county and from this number there was al average attendance maldl ;f .1,182. 'This is an average of 62 .1-5 per cent of .he total en-. rt.lhment. l'rom present figur's available it appears that the enrollment and aver age attI endance for tI w l'present schol istie year will be it great increase ov'r' the year palst. Possibly reaching at 20 per cent increase for enrollment, atnd 75 per cent for average attend it lce. ,last year Pickens eounty had twelve one-teefier seh.ols. This number has been decreased this year by half. A one-teacher school is only an excuse, and must be remedied. Until Pick ens county eliminates this seemingly necessatry evil, she will not be able tt keep apace with her sister coun ties, nor give her youth what they deserve. Besides her one-teacher schools she had sixteen two-teacher schools, fif teen three-teacher schools, and ten three-or-more-teacher schools. This is in a way encouraging, yet it is only necessary to look etsualy about t< see how much better thimes coulh be made. The aim of Pickens county in th future nist be toward consolidatio - and the establishing of centratlizet -J high schools. This will e(ntb' the . school Children to receive the neces. sarty attention. and give t hem the al vantage of at high sehool education. Until we do this we will not have doie all we could, atnd may as well eon coinsidet' ourselves as standiniig in the wiy <.f the educated manhood and Womatithooli of tomorrow. ', ''h(se in charge of the schools of the county lunmbered last year 118. Of this number 112 helI first grade tertificattes, a i 18 third grae eer Certificates. 18 second grade c:'rtili-I tales, antd 18 third g-rade enrtili cates. This is another thing that must be in prove'd upum. 11' thet tch ing prtofi'ssion wishes t d4 t I, it best for th'ueir Ishol andur i their sch. o fo h i c o l ti w t r -lchibren, the'y must he c . :itimtly <ma the Job of :elf--im provemei nt. T'h$e.aim of every teacber sihoulh- inn p(1 er c ti. SIn1fictiency in thre e liats: t ani this lli require o In st i .re l t :1e1m p litin ntS $ .I n t hslf-im ro t:e 'tg esion la tist. yea t ai:l t'' I'tii .lt lily meilt'u let hitit Wheubtbe exn p''t il weireit thi s wet len hi ardlyht W(' etr Itl('l tn(*ottn by tni hefre oe. $2 .1 it~ lie te:-tt' mnt h in retm5oO f nt A tst yttr ih t't rii rieept fi tilt I hos ofiii P ikns ent ny w ere $1 tt 1.tt', -1- .721. h t otla ou t e pen giThte avre am It tnn't eiene e sahrty-paid to techersi5 wa14. 50 seevo th situt'ie'iolW ar8 epctn something lrngthing.ti tan.ht we 4 daty urbysm.grl n$2.. e in Pickens vs Large Increase Amount expellded per pupil, $3.03. Sahary paid teachers, $144,00. Value of grunds, buildings, ap paratus, ete, $:31,350.00. (()NSOI(DAED'l) SCHOOLS The educational leaders of the Uni ted States in 18(19 decided that if the public schol systemn of the difl'erent states of the union met the require mu'ats of the people the small schools wouIld have to consolidate. The con solidat ion of the small schools have bee'n carr iec ("n conitiniuoully ever. siO'ee, and where it has been accom plished nil re than:: 80 per cent of the pt ople arv pleased with the change. It is ii 1.l :'gressive step step among any people. There are miianiy advalltagtges that a consolilahteI s'lhooil possesses. It In creases the revenue fo' the school; it gives a larger teaching force; an im centive is given to make le'matnent' impe'vem'nts, to beautify the schooi gr'oundts, seuire modern sanitation ald(I wei'('h' imLll Iv school room e(luip ment. . The liatrge number of children as selbld in a centrally loeated school makes pt.ssible graded classes and a better division of the school day studies can be introduced which re quire special equ ipmenit and spec ially trained teachers, such as agri culture, home e'(;mollies. manual training, music, advantages almost unattainable in small district schools. It will form a social cenlter and will encourage literary sociaties, seeia and agriculturai clubs, and (n tertain ments (.f various kinds. (1 od rm('1(1 !IV(' h-ause(d nn:iny comn tIni'.ies tt. convey their pupils to school by truck. The consolidate(I -school helps by retaining atten(lance in the frammer grades, facilitates and encoulrages the ent ace into high school of' these who canlot hope to go to college. It is properly called "The peoples college." It l nituragesl' permanency of resi de'n-e of teachers and makes possible the formation of long-tmie phains, the teachers often taking the lead in soc~ial andl literarty activities. I''reiiu' :t change of leachers re acts illfalv (rably upon ptipils, owing to ('lhantIg(es of llet hods of inst ruiet lon ad11(1 ('hunges of dlisc'iplinle. Ilter 1uatlilled t(achels are more eatsily; secure'(d andl~ rettainled. Sulper.. Visi(.a is facilita tedl and1 manty other adtaget~~ts could be (elnmerated1 in 1'at'.r tif t he consilolidlated' schools, as aI.~gainlst the iold systemI~ of oneii, twoi Iing pictur show' w14\V iil be( features of Il ;iieel ing 4of thie Il'iek('ns C~ounityv l'i in Il'iekens nlext Saturday, D ecembern~i I1(t hi. the4 4'uty is ('xpeted'l i to atten this m1eet ing. An excel lent po gramti oif ('nitertinmen00lttand4 istrutct ioni hats her of 11he i'orni c'lub will bei ~it''eced 9(4 bing Ii'i ('aris of corni. lFive do(l liris inl gold will be' given the boy who brings 1the best cor1 exNh ibit, I e'garl'el.es uu'iwhat' eimad on his Trhe free. dinner' at I.the hotelI wilt he for c'lubl member~'is only, btt the free movinv g pictureIt shiow at I le Alex - an ld('r t hea re will bie foir 'verlyb~ody. infly inivitedi. fl'fchl'NS HII II S(fl01, ('ARNI VA I. G I'VAT SI;CCE1SS TIhe' I'iekenis H1igh School (Carnival was a gr'andi success'5. Ini spite of the ba~d weatther I here was a large cro(wdl o~ut, anid abiout $100.00 waus reatlized(. We wish to congratul~ate. the high sclhool children (on their efforts as well its the teheh-ers who was instru-' rnenital in getng nU n the nffai. .