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C'o the Editor of the News and Courier: Save the short paragraph on com mulsory education, in which there is 1. presumptuous critic.i of school eachers, Senator McIaurna's platform published in The News-and Courier on Saturday could have been written in [)no word, Blieaseisin. his remarks it public education, however, lack the merit of i3lease positiveness. The note of arrogance-the pre sumption that he knows better how to teach children than those who have devoted their lives to the work is characteristic of the present-day pol itician in South Carolina. lie says that he is "not opposed to it on principle, and the time may come in South arolina when a policy of compulsory education is proper, but it is not now." Scotland, which is almost the exact size of South Carolina, but does not possess one-fourth the natural re sources, maintains a population three times as great. Many of the greatest statesmen, philosophers and scientists the world has ever known were horn and bred in Scotland. Education is not the result bul the cause of Scot Iand's fame and prosperity. The scheme foemulated by .John Knox; that education shall ie universal, free and compulsory between the ages of ilve and 1-1 years," is still the policy of ile nation. The schools as well as the 1m1en1 of the coniitry justify their boast: "Our leading industry is educa tion." .Japan, a little Asiatic state not half so large as California, maintains a pohilat ion of forty-seven inIllions mntore than six timles the number per sq(are mile that South Carolila su1p ports. Yet this little country has made greater progress in the last forty years than any other 11t1011. Education is compulsory 'low, and 95 per cent of the children are in the public schools. This is the direct caus( of ,lapal's progress. If these little yellow peopl:' can accomplish such mlarvelotts results in such a romark ably short time, should not a mlan who aspires to the governship of the once proud connon wealt h of Sout h ('a'olina, and who "feels that he ann render the state valuable service," he ashamed to say, "the tIme m'ay come ini South ('arolina when1 a policy of co~mpulso4ry eduentiton is proper, bmt not now?''" Th'le state though rich in natural re sottrevs is fintanciailly poor.: and poor she will remain ;!s long as she pays so much t'for in'co1mpet(ey In ollice, and so little for the education of her children; ain! so long as her politi 1'ians I'' afraid to advoeate a c'om1 imiilsory education school law. Edii eation is the c'ause a1(1 not the effect of substantial prosperity in ia repltblic, Yet lhis candialae for governor says ''the lime may come when i policy of compulsory eu111('tion Is proper, 1mt not now." If the time has not com1 for compulpsion in a "tate which stand: next the lowest in the column of Illit 'Iracy. when will it. 'none Shall W 'ait till we (11011 below l'orto ( ic and( the lhilippines?. "4enator' .\ Leaurin perhaps thinks hr is saying a smart. thing in th critcismil: ''''hat w'e need more teach. er~s whlo really tceh". "School Is if' 41essin fromu :1 ('clock till about 2:30 h'arin!, recitations, then the chib(ireti to home( to bie tauight." "If' the par ('nts are ignorant, these children hitav no teacher." "A teacher's comimilsory education law would greatly a(lvane( the cause." The asseti1onls here (Iuot ed are scarcely half true. The onl1) dai411y session from )tll notii la) 1)ter thar1 2:30W is general'1i in the S0outh ('ities Thliis wa'is tihe lenlgth oi(f se'ssin, too. ii St. Lotus under(1 tile dire4ction of WVi 111am1 Tlorr'ey 1ITaits, tihe grea'~test pub 1 114' teachler of is t imie in1 the world ( The samle i'ule ob)1aine unde 1111r Is d11. I ingulishled successor, Louis Soldan and14 it is tile same now uinder lie) llewell. As to plarenlts having to teach thil chi ldreni at ihomne: F'or some1( tIme: ha~ve taken'i note of tile parlent s wh< 4'omp1lain that tiley' have' to do at hom<1) for their ci ldren thle woik the tench ('r' should14 do at school1. As a 'til they are peoople whol4 are'4 not capalli~ of teachling any13thing1. Th'le workls o I Whe14)) scolCever stilt them; tile les sons41 are either too hiardl or1 too easy5 andit they enlcourage15 d1isbeienlce aI) inawlessniess bly theli' reck less abutse 01 the4 school anld th1e Iteachers'l' In thI j'aren'it adlvlses wlih his ('hild4's teach er', Iinsist s Oil hIs child14's carry'ing1 ou the direct Ions of (lie school, and)4 see thalt. 1he takes a mIoderalte time1 f4a P studly each dlay. Ini thle pimlary3 gi'adc home11( work is not nece'ssary'. hit II the grammar11111 school children(1 shiouil hlave a certain time~ in whiche to stud14 Ialone -a (Certi'i1n ( ie foi'riep~enldei wiork. Foi' .many4 ol(f the (1 14 hi'en, pac ticlarlflly tile boy3s, ani ihour's (ie Sseriotus work at home in thle evenlin or4) even two hours, i'Ss an1 exc'ellei Sthlin*g. D ra w ing ma14ps, writillg comp1I" sit ions5-wit hout11 assistanIce - --stud~yi 4 h istory3 4)1 rcadling someI be4auitiful ie<o k of il i1tatre is ai moreI'~ pri'ltable4 wr hteac14h 11heir ('1hidren lit home to spot' pron'er)4iy, t~o tell tihe Iiuthi, in the 'onive'rsa, 1)ns wVithl one( ano1ther;' mofo(4l h'te thir v'~oices4 and4 nlot 51hr'I ian 14 I'ream in th(le str'eet, and114 to i cot I oilo r and pol)01ite In th'eIr manniie I -"inrk .vhich every parenCft is expec. (d to undier~istand~-and~ stop citicisih melthodl and14 text books which they rnot ulndlerstand, (11heir cildren woni be educated biothi amiorally andi into ]Senator' McTMaurin's suggestIon thi "a teacher's compulsory education ht would greatly advance the cause" lanother smart speoech. Of earno j teaching there is no lack; no lac~k self-sacriflcing struggle on the part Ithe teachler atgainst tihe odds of ovO -crowded classes -and of depressing ( hvironment. There is true cause I FcongratulatIon in vIew of the resu Igenerally attaIned through the eftt of the teachler, through effort tirele unselfish and ill-requited. Of I fifty-two white teachers in the scho4 under any direction, all have studi in summer schools at their own ,)ense; twelve of 'them--nearly . a rourthe-have done post-graduate work it Harvard, Columbia, Cornell or Princeton at an outlay of from 25 to 10 per cent of a year's salary for every session. , But where in the educational scene are the politicians of South Carolina? Do they, as a body cherish any high Ideals as to popular education? D*o they know, or care to know, that of the too meagre amount of money ap mrolriated to the public schools at least one-fourth is wasted through non-attendance? Do they know, or care to know, that there are hundreds of boys and girls under 12 years old now working in the cotton mills--kept there by greedy parents who have falsified their children's birth dates? Do they know, or care to know, that there are in every school house boys and girls who cannot see well, cannot hear well, cannot breathe properly; and that these defects might be rem edied by proper medical treatment? Have they tried to teach the voters what an expert is, and how experts should be utilized in the public ser vice? low does Senator McLaurin stand on these questions? If he were elect ed goverhor would he veto a law for compulsory attendance, law for medi cal inspection, or a law extending the time limit for child labor from 12 to I- years? 'T'hese are fair questions. One miore quotation: Senator Me Lauin says: "In 1890 our common schools were ve'ry poor as compared with what we have now." I began leaching prior to 1890. 1 have seen the rise of Tillnanism and its culmination into ih(easeism. I recall when .lohn Lowndes Melau'in was first in the state legislature, when lie was in congress, when he was defeated and remanel'] to private life, and later non he was sent again to the state s ;iate. 1 f h-- has advocated any ron st 'ue'iv' icisl~at(in that would in a!Iy way benefit the children of South Carolina, I do not remember It. During this time I have known such teachers as Woodrow, Carlisle, Fur man. Grier, Meliride, Woodward, Sloan, Shepard, Holland, Davis, Cow ard and Thompson, who with their honored associates gave force and dig nity to the profession. Compare this list with that of the successful poll ticians of tile period. There is another class of educators of no less im portance than the ones .mentioned, for whom I assoume tihe right to spinak: I mean the host of devoted womten representing the best blood and the highest talent in the contnonwealth who are teaching in the public schools from the kinder garten through the high school. The stupid reactionary Influences that have made Illenseism possible arc not d~ue to inicompletenlt teachers, but to peanut politicians. Frnnk 1Evans. Spartalnbur'g, S. C. * WATTS MILLS * * e " t a1 * * * * * * * * * * * * Watts Mill, April 20.- -\li. (. Whit .\lartin and wife went to Gieenwoo( "iturday to enjoy a lirthday dinn r a the home of their daughter, \Mrs. Lau ree Duvall. .\ir. .1. .\i. .Mloore spent Saturda. night with his parents, .Mr. and Mrs. 0 l'. Moore. (i" correspondent had the pleas re of visiting the hone of Mr. Whit Martin last week and report a ver. pleasant visit. We wvere very'3 much delIghted Sun day morning to see such a large crow: (lit at chur ich and1( hear thle beautifu sonigs the choir sang and to listen t< a very stronig anid forceful ser'mon. Mir. Rt. 10. Thompson ai,)d wife visit ed at the home of Mr:. and Mrs. R. U1 lDonaldson Suniday afternoon. Oni last Wednesday aifternoon, MIs Maggie JIones and Mir. Jessie Aver werei' mnarriedl at the home of Mr'. A. 'M Martin, the l1ev. (1. C. ledgepeth otfi d ating. MISS l7~mima D~avenpot hias ret trne to hiei home at. PiInceton after' a ver pheasant vIsit at her sister's Mm's, (. ( Iliedgepeth. ~'Mrs. Oxlcy, of Pinoree, spent Sur day wIth lier' daughter', Mr's. TBurns. -iMr.,U~en Oxley, of 10noree, was a yit I Ito:' In ou r village Sunday. SMaster .Jay Clar'k SPenit the weel end with r'elatives in 10noree. 'fThe secotnd (Iuarterly confer'ene d the lanr'ens circuit was held at Hlolme y Street church Suntday afternoon I lRev. P. F'. Kilgo. The report shov t, the wvork in this circuit to be In ft ,shap. D~eafness Cannot Be tired C bly loenl applicatlons, as they cann y reach the diseasedl por'tli of the ef g Th'lere is only one way to cure deri y niess, and~ that is by constitutional r'ei Ik edies . D~eafniess Is caused by an I ir' itimed coniilt ion of thle mucous aln to of the IEustachian Tulle. 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