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GRADE) SCHOOL SYSTEM. SKIEPTCh OF THIE OIwANIZATIO: OF THEl PUBLIC SCIOOLS 014 Ti1C CITY OF COLUMBIA. The Opinon of Prominent Iducators u the State as to the Graded School System Under which it was Or ganized. An Act to Provide for the Establish m,cnt of a new School District ii Richland County, and to Authot izO the Levy and Collection of: Local 'T'ax therein. SECi ION 1.--3e it eimet(Ni, by t.b, Senate and llou3e of Represeitative of the State of South Carolina, no0 met and hitting in G 1eneral Assem bly, and by the authority of tih same: ''hat for the purpose of main taining public schools in the city o Columbia, and promoting their elli ciency, the area embraced in the cor porate limits of the city of Columbi: is hereby declared to be a new schoo district, to be known as the Schoo District of the city of Columbia. SE:c. 2.-That the inhabitants o the said school district be, and thie) are hereby created a hody politit and corporate, with such governmient. rights, privileges and liabilities, a. other school districts possess undet the provisions of an Act entitled "An Act to alter and amndinl the achool Law of South Carolina," np proved 22d March, A. 1). 1878. SE:c. 3.-That the School Comn missioner of the County of ichland shall have jurisdiction only over 0h1 schools and all educational interest outside of the corporate limits of the city of Columbia. Si-:c. 4.-That the City Council of the city of Columbia shall irder al election to be held in the said city on the third Tuesday in .1anuary next, at which one School (oXmnis sioner shall be elected by the legal voters of each ward, who shall con tinue in office until his successor is elected and qualified, or shall retus to qualify; Provide , 'That the School Commissioner of Riclland County, and the Board of Trustees of school district No. 1 of said county, shall continue to exercise within the said school district all the pow.ers, aii discharge all the duties of sail School Commissioner and of School District Trustees now provided by law, until the Board of School Commiissioners provided for in this Act shall enter upon the discharge of its duties. At every general election in the city of Columbia thereafter, one School Commissioner shall be elected by the legal voters of each ward, who shall continue in office uutil1 his sucessor is elected and qualified, or shllI re fuse to quallify. SEtm. 5.-The Schiool Commiss:iin ers of the School D)istrict of' Cohnn biai so elected, togetheri with a meim ber' of' t,he City Council of' Coluimbia, to be elected by said Council. and whose term of oflice shall b)e the same as that of the School Comnmissioners elected as prov'ided ini the p)recedling Section, shall constitute a Schoo! Board, andl they may assemble at any time and elect a Chiair'man, a Clerk anud a S'upeinitendent of' city schlools, whose terms of oiflice, duties3 and1( Compensation, shall be prescr-i bed by said B3oar'd; but their terms of office shall not exceedl that of the Board electing the m :Prorilerl, That 1no memiber of' the Board of School Commissioners shall be el ig i ble to any salaried oflice withlin the provisions of' this Act. Th'le said' Board shall have t,be f'ollowing pow era and dIuties: 1. To di schanrge thIe saime duities in the city which are' required of' Schotol TFruMiees in flit counties. 2. Tlo dleteriine the st.ud ie and class books to lbe used in flit city schools. 3. To cause exaina tions to be muade of' teachers for the( city schools. 4. To elect, and dis miss superintendents and teachers prescribe their (duties andl term o1 office, andl to make rules for the' gov' eritnment of the schools. 5. To lilt vacancies occurrinRg ini thme 1',ard Iby death, resignation, departure fr'on the Stat,e, 01' recfusal to qutal ifly; the stud v'acancies to be tilled fromt thc( said wards in which they otcur'. 6 To est ablish, when they deemi it ex pedlient, a Normal School IDepart mnt, anmd to grant diplomas ini said department, which s hall entitfle the parties holding the same to biecomec teachers lai the publ)1ic schtooil. 7. To make an annual report to the Super intendtenit of Edu1cation i as to the city schools, as is required of' Coin mtissioners of' county schools. 8. TPc erect suitable buldin1 gs f'or the puli school; to take in,ehiarge and keecp ii ord(er all buiildinlgs andtt prope(* ty\ used for' school purposes belonging to thc said city. 9. To dleterminei the manSi ner in which the tax hiereinaftiter pro vidled for shall lbe e'xpendled in manini tai ninig the city schmoolsa. shall be the treasurer of the Board of School Commissioners, and shall re cive as cuompensation for his ser vices, for the 3 ear 1081, a sum not exceeding one hundred dollars, and t" for each succeeding year such reas onable still) of money as the Board may determine; and before entering into his dities as such treasuer he -shall give an ofllicial bond, in the penal Son of ten thousand dollars, to the said Board, with two good 1 sureties, conditioned for the faithful discharge of hi: duties. Si:-. 7.-That the County Treas. 3 ure'r shall Ihold the constitutional r sclio l tax ani poll tax, to which the said clhool district is entitled inder the general provisions of law, subject to the warrant of the Board of said I School district. - Si:. 8-The said school district is al - so hereby authorized and empowered t to levy, on all real and personal I property returned in said district, a I local tax not exceeding one mill on the dollar, for the year 1881, and .not r exceeding two mills on the dollar for each succeeding year, to supplement the constitutional tax for support of public schools, by the persons and in the mode foli, wing, to wit : The said Board of School Commissioners shall, ot, or before the 15th day of Feb. ruary, 1881, and again on or before the 1st day-of February in each suc eeedingr year, call a meeting of all the legal voters living in said school district and returning real or person al property therein. That a notice of said m eeting, specifying the time, place and object thereof, shall be published in one or more newspa pers of the city of Columbia. at least ten (lays before such meeting. The persons answering the above desig nation, when thus assembled, shall appoint a Chairman and Secretary, adjourn from time to time, and de cide what additional tax, if any, shall be levied. No tax thu3 levied shall be iirpealed at a subsequent meetin~ held within the same fiscal year. The Chairman of the said meeting shall, in one week thereafter, notify the Cihair'nan of said Board of School Commissioners and the Coun "y Anditor" of the Riount of the tax thus levied; and the County Auditor shall at once assess such tax on all real and personal property returned in said school district; and the Coun ty 'reasurer shall collect the same with the State taxes, and it shall be a lien on all property till paid ; and defaulting tax-payers shall be liable to like process and penalties as de:aimiters for State and County taxes. S:. P.-All1 the moneys received by Se Coun ty Treasucrer from the loc'al I axes hierein, shall be Protected by thme olliciali bond of' saidl Treasurer as publi)c monecy, and kept by him as a separate and distinct fund, to be p)aid ouit only on the warrant of' the said lloard of School Commissioners; the said amount to be applied to the suppor)it ol the city schools, necessary expenises and salaries, andl tihe bal ance to the buhilding of' school houses amid repairis. S:. 10.-That all Acts and p)arts or' Acts inconsOistenmt with this Act he, and thm same are hereby re Sm:c. I l.-Th1'at, this A ct shall take e'fect from its p)assage. A ppr'ovedL, Dceere 24th, 1880. p 'nler th is Aet-which in many respects is similar to the Act under which thme Public School system of the C it.y of Charleston is organized - -a e11tlettion for School Commils sioner's was he&ld ini January, 1881, anid it resul ted in tIhe selection of' the following Board: Col. P. W. Mehla:st er, Messrs. W. J. D)ufile, Na. than iel l. liarnwell, ,J. S. Muller and J. P. Arthuar. Tlhis Bioard, as soon as they had qunalihied, took stdeps to hav' (lhe ijulestioni of ''tax'' or ''no tax"' submitted to the citizens of Cohnnh1)1 ia. P~ursuant to notice, a mmeting. of citizenIs was called early in 1881, and1( it resultedl in a resoln iolli t votec no special tax f'or the In no wise dlisheartenemid b,y this fai lure~i to 'drouse thme peopl e to the gr&eti issue invo;vedl. thme lloard whenanoher earhadrolled aroundo -ui uleC ano'ther. m>r'(t to get thme inewsofwa ., gini were the Board dloomed 1o disappoin:tment, and( for a Mecoind tunie te cit,izens of' Col uimbia ref1 m used to impflose thme addi tional tax. In; tihe mneantime a nlew t"ollow~ing' lioard~ of' School Comamis ionersI wet.nt info oflli(e ini Aplril, I 8:!: (ol. V. W\. McM%aster, Messrs. it.e L. myan, Nath!an,iel 11. 11: --l. wel J.C.Stanlhey and *J. P. Thlomnas, Th'1 e c'odition11 of' thme city schools -~h was deplor'abb-.. T'he school f'und ap p)m ortie t.o the city from thec couinty proper support. The accomnmoda tions for white pupils were utterlj insufficient, and the attendance upoi these schools-never very great dwindled down to a very small num ber. Very few of the citizens of tin community availed themselves o these schools. The total attendanc for the past two years had scareely averaged 500, and of these a larg< majority were colored children. Th< length of the school session was bIl a little over three months. As th< general school fund of the county is distributed in each school district it proportion to the number of cl ildrer attending the public schools in thal district, it follows, that as the school attendance falls off the revenue of the school district falls oil' in a lila proportion. As a result of this statt of affairs, although the city of Colui bin pays into the general county fund about $7,500 annually, yet on account of the small attendance on public schools the city has heen .oear!y receiving in return scarcely over .l. 700 as its proportion of ti.s fund Therefore, when a public discussion of the new movement took place this fact was brought to light, and the pub. lic began to see the great need of the supplementary tax asked for. 1t be came clear, that if the city ever was ,o reap any benefit from the coisti tutional two mill tax, it must make a movement in its own behalf. l'u:,iie interest in the school movement became aroused to an extent never before known in this conununity. The new board called a public meet. ing to subulit the question again to the citizens. January 81, 1 83, proved to be an eventful day for the city of Columbia. At the meeting held on that day )r. A. N. Talley was called to the chair, and Mr C. M. Tow acted as secretary. After some discussion a resolution was car ried, by a decided majority, levying a tax of one mill for the ensuing year for the support of' the public schools. These schools had al rmclv been closed on account of the defi ciency of funds, and the boaird de cided at once to make no attempt to reopen them until in the fall of the year, which would give sufficient time for the necessar, arangements to be made, in the reorganization of the whole system. Just at this time, when the board had begun to feel that a new era of prosperity was about to dawn upon the educational interests of the city, they were called upon to perform the sad duty of elect. ing a member to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Nathaniel B. Barnwell, Esq., who had been a mem. ber of the board from its first organ ization. D)r. R. S. .Joynes was elected on February 1st, 1883, to fill this vacan. cy in the board. In the meant,ime the board went vigorously to wvork to dlevise thiri plan of organization, andl at the-ir first meeting in February a resolu tion was passed p)rovidling for thme ap. pointmnent of a committee to report to the board what p)lanl should be :Klom)t 0(d to secure thLe most econondeal~ andl efficient condluct of the public schools for the largest possible num ber of pupils. Col. McMaster, Prof. Joynes and Mr. TVhoimas constituted this committee. The main difliculty which con. fronted the board in the beginning, was the want of the necessary school buildings. At this time the hoard had control of two buildings; the Sidney Park School f'or thme whit.e children-which was totally iniade quate for the purposes for which it was intended, and the 1lloward School, which did alTord suilict ac commodation for thec colored pumpilIs. It was at this time, therefore, that ther board resolved to petition the trns tees of the Male and Female A cadle mnies for the use of those two spaucious buildings for the white chil dIren of the city. TIhese build. ings had long been noted 1land marks in this coimmunmity. and they hanve in the past contributed larg;ely to the educational facilities of the4 city. It was thought, hiowever. t!,a tihe use to which tihe boardI propoused to putt them wvould widen tihe iel of their usefulness. It is but just to. sany that events have fully jiustilled the action which the trust.ees toomk in turning these buildings over to tht school board. A petition in wiritinge was presented to the trustees by Dr1 JToynes, in behalf of thme hoard, and to show the scopeO of' the work un deri taken b)y the board, extracts Cror this petition are here inserted: "Gentlemen of thme hoard or' frus tees :--* * * * I amn not ad vised of the terms or limitationis by~ which tihe several prioperties uinder your control are held. I assu me, howvever, that an examinat,ion of the( dleeds of gift or bequest wiould shmon provide il'or the e<itleation of the peo- e( I)le of Columblia in the broadlest andl 41 Iost. 1perImIa'nent st'n:". If the con ception of publiC schOOls, ats nO% h)w known to us, di<l not exist in their o (1ay, it Woulhl Ibe 1uitjust to limit, their s wise an lii'eral I'orethou ghI by the e (ef'ects of their generation. The ti geris of benevolence by them planted '< shtoul1 be ttuttire'(I in the bri"Iter it sunlight of imioern p)rog rcss; am 11'i we N b est honor the':r mlem1o1ry an(1 their ) (chiarity Iv ma;1kiI their 'its t,he A .1re14(4 of a lrger (levelOpint and 1 usefulnlit, than they perIa1ps ever St (conciv;'t o'. Thus their e'nelvO- i lec co m tO:ues ilimmortal, and will b) grow with1 t he "rOwth of the comni .t munity they sought to bless; otihr- so wise, un(ler the irresistible expansion t< Of' ileas,. it will sooII expire by its ( own limitations. In their na ', %V there:or., as well as in our own, an<d 1 in thei' be11;imf as; "(l" as for the peo- 0I pie O'f Co!unlhia. we present this tr petition. A "Ali (ldSSes of, the com ntiity are ' alike 1iteret"'l in the petition here It presented. We I r+p)1--el ti; estalh- c( lish a syst.em11 OIf ptllit sc OoIls good t' enough for'lii the iebevt'i. 4'heap a enough1 (''r the p!o('res:t, of our. p)e-. plle. Tlhereo r n o ) subitijt. now ti1 taught in the e'st 1riVatt( scloil ( which itay not he inclutied in our ( public schools for the benefit of all- itI not, as nuow, of a few only. Tlhati Ii publie 'chools admit. of better gra- a (lation, atl therefor e o f ictter as ( vell :t more Co('('noical instructioii tLI than privat.' shoo1, is an Axiom that v needs no c.rguing. Ia the city of 1.1 Knoxville, where I have lately re- p sidie<d, the actual cost per pupil is less of than $10.00 per SeSSiOn of ten re months; ani thirty teachers teach 'I 1,G00 pupils. As to elliciency, it is b equally clear that better gradation o secures better instruction. It secures fi (')1ncentratin of energy and ofI skill. a It aduits of teachi ng larger classes LI by the same t.oncher. it. gives I'll] tl 'ope 1'or l)ecial i'lents, no lw frittered Ii away :ttnoni a m1 ult,itune of' Subjiects. throug; a Imultiti;l( 4f arit's. In a h vord, 1rwei,(l<<., I)OSc hi' only in of lriige public chOh,)!'. is the kt'y to p: huathl e'OnOml:11 na+l eflicietcy inl Iten1- t ing, etc. . A 't: With equal p truth it. mayt\ be1 a<ltlt <l, that pubhlit' l( schotols are( no)1tltt n oin<ily (t) private b) School teacher's. :l 1111 of tli' hsO will st genel(rally ob tain positions inl Inuiic p, selhol s, liettter, 111re P1er1;anent and d 11e't sc(CIlre0, am1t in which they can p 1do mr1' sat.isftOi'y vork, than inl i theit' (Wna1 private s('huol,. T1'o othleris I the fiel (i private enterlwise is p sitill left. open. A. public school tl sy'stem,i 14 '4 O.5~'1 moreover1secure iuevI. a wartls of meit'-ini a wor<d, profe's- . ituiess, for' the truelt teacI(her, un- h, kitw elesewhere-C V it i~.. No~ goo<t private bi teachIer' has reason t4o dreadi 1the de- a It is thel itenCtionl of1 the ityL school aj conun1IIIi Tioner1 Is to origaize ihe f public g school': of' Coluimia on1 the miost ti ofileicint plani. All the subjeefs legit- a imui U'ly embraced04'4 in the motI4st coim- LI plct,e se!mo41 l c1 ou wlli, we hope,w heI A grlaction theiy illI be tauiht, more~ C economticallyv :..s well as more(P1 e i-i1 ('iently th.m is 35 un irwise'l41~ p lIe. L No ('lass of1 I;upil- wvi l (:1 enlh4 up. n oin to) .surremCIler :my3 adv~1i:tjes they' ( no0w eunjtov, while pri1vi lteyts now open1 ti onily I0the faci'uvorled 1e w.i vill be m1:14le n paretot1 1( n.i) 1y1 them. Th'ie lowerci 4) gl,rades wiill beC ifree to4 all. Thei( higlhr LI may. otr the pr'''een ta, least, heC sull'p.' plemieinted by4, a small ituitioin fee; butI C': in all caises 51uch tuit,ion lee will Ibe a IA -A A A lowv faru we itty reas. o iinably I hope forc a succe'ss 4 will 1epend P1II "(hignied) I'.. S. ,I0 Y N ES a "For I oard oif School (Com1."' w M arch''i 17. ls.::. I A iler aifuIl 'cnsi'ilrat,ion of)1.h jusl prpoito moi~le lo them1i the [ros. if tres a''fe(t4 to lease4 tli'he lini(Ii ' ., iesi(" :41 tr of -:1'0 rs. his e iend o4upoe sunin (sp11( ll aI s *2~4:41 indi:'d a i( armon a a1s .- it \lace the 44) i. -'3 ners at L1 C. in44( ~hi i to. I:i Si n,t3e' ; the jah (expedi31ture of3 3i' 3limied schMool I m11nt1 oif the schIol- a1d the1 employ. ment. I 14f com ;r4'3:: -nt techer( Soo I ( thiroug~.IIh rof. .Inoy.-s, the: itfeigence1'( 14 that. I )r. Curry,3W the' n!ent of' the, l''a- t4 body 111nd,1 woubil sho' w I hs~' sympathy 11 wi thne efVrts of t he boardi tol g'ive ;I ident, of tile s ch(oi. who sho1uld L a nl:1 fullyV u) to the rcirtliemnelt; i the tine :al ano expert in the Istern oh' g;r'led shooils. With this Ic(lragelneit :and wvit,h the ahi of Ie local tax, the 1>alrdn lan h1id the mlndatioin of the syt'ItIm which is Ow in (peratien,h in the' city. and hich it is Iope c"d v i ill due time rov. ant hon to thi- con'llulity Id a ble4S.ing, to t he I"eopIle. 1'inall!y, I'ter !'r<(Inent amd pro tranted con iltatio ns, the plan for the scchool, as fairly ( Il;lin':l, :1i1 in 'M ay le ard plroll'clle4d to h( election of 'hood (lli't tr. M ir. I Viid 1'. .h!;n. m1) (f TInne":,c' rt"ecently" Su i nt1i1. 'lclent ()f schoolsy at. Newhcrn, N. ., anl foIm'rly' at A)tlievilic S. (., Is electe, c'ity su perintmident; rOI'. R. 11. Chirkison, principal o 1e male schiOol; Mlis (). A. (;arling Im, principal (ofI the I'Cemale sclh>l;l )(1 Mr. Wiml. 'M. Dart, principal od 1c (lo( r,(1 shltoo)l. A\", sub sq,tuent eetingsc the (o rani.ati+n of the ar i's of ten. i wl:;1 pI'rfected 'by le election'h 11 ufone atltle as-ihtanlt Ill eight t'emale assistants for thie bit. sehol(,11k 111(I % ,wO aie a e femalde assci,tants 't"r thet ceol(re'd -hll . TIhe Sup eriline:et r'eached ('hllnhi a inl Augusnt, :und atriIerv c on tht' faculty of the Normal )stit te as lecturer nl :1rithmi etic' id alg'eb'ra, he was sc(otn energe_t tlyt :at w(rkl: ()n the p.rganizatioIi (If it, (ity schl (lS. lII first wor tk as the pr1ep,aratio n of at report it) he lo>ardl, giving all ('ut.1ine !or the 'l)per griadatism :un(l rg.anizatthml the ScholdS. wvith11 t rules amd gulationls ti>r' their gov)1elrllllent. his ret,l Was submllittedl to the )>r(1 :und is the batsiS (ot the course study :nid regulations which were i:1lly :(lit('d. The eCu.roe of(3 study i1 the rel 1dati()ns, tiigthecr with t' list of te\t booksko selected by le bo ard, will be 1'rIlml :tppjmlende 'reto. T1he boa,trdl h:"1 appot(inte(l -ejttem ri :?.t.h as' the dayLN forIl the ( peningl' the ti.ol3( S; but f(,r" s v('erlia1 wi ks - i0:(ll' +s to lat tilll(' the -' u int'i-lll in(t'lt hod ibeen bulm:nii 'eparing ?'or the IIening day. A 'rei1l,anI tasi wats b.fourte Iml. Tlhe ildins h:l t h be entirIl re-.(oln ruc't(d a11,1 re-ad tpedl It (;e newV,tIts' l N IiI h v lal le l vOtedl. Scrhool turiliturI :and ap-) tr"atus hadl to bet prmviltl. , :my inut.iw hI:ad to be l,i.'tt after, :n i itlh it, all tie host fI Puplils who rl'.ented themuse:lves inl :t(lvant'e to) Ic surip''.rin1tenden't hol to lbe (x. nil 'i liditl alll a1ssi:.Inei 1to3 15ir proper 11 wh 1, . All08 twisth rran3igeul tlhat t.he( highe'rci gra''des of oys shold1l I e Iiught atL the male1 13ulemy, lc he:llll1113 girlscan lwe r:. uiis of'. boys sho(l be 3c:mgicht at le female1' taci'adenly,W.) VI while (the1low. rd3 building was3i1 tl beWl tovenpiIby 131. clred puills. malei and3 femal.1 illo thee huih~ lnes have.is been ely improved.the ('l ema'(I SIle' e:11 ny was1l 1:1 palnee l trougou the -:3 ter igr,th wit11 orhvs were(33 enlarged,Q hinkin' lae,:: )Ifo'nu hmal.some in l cm. on' ofmy f th 3'improvment of3 3 andi Sl1lowardIl hling 'Ii wer I a'l 1'3ljLverha l. In tlhel sueris(' (I)3r)) '(eseiiC imrvements.el in 3 the labor of room. Until 2 o'clock the regular routine was proceeded with, and some recitations wNere hal. Thus it was that, provision had been made in ad. v"ance for every pupil who entered ' ani 930 children--550 white and 38t) colored---presented themselves om the first. (lay and were accono dated without delay, confusion or inc nvnienience. These numbers have Since inerease,l to ia total enroll. ment ot- 1,120 pupils; 602 white and S I; colored at this date, (Oct. 25, 188:.) and the nnmnher is daily in Cinment is uinncessary. Suillce it to say that this attendance is some. thing; unheard of in the annals of' the school historv of' Columbia, and in proportion to the population of the city will compare favorably with the attc))(inice of school children in those cities where the public schools i:av"e been in suc',essful operation fr lmany years. The most serious qujlestionls now remaining fcr the liOard are. how to provide ae(!colmlo dations for the constantl i' increasing uu1n1iber of ap1)licatts, and how to secuttre fn111ds to laintain the schools, during th' preaent year of' extraordi inary necessary expenditure, in full ("l1le ."ncy Cor. the entire p)rop)osedl term of ni n1011 tus. Thus auspi. "ioi'sly has the new era of Columbia's new school life begun. And the fric :1m1 of education here aill else. wh('re will he disappointed indeed it' this mlVenlit does not redoumd gireatly to the general attractiveness a:t lrospe'ity of the city. If the Ibeinning thus made is any criterion of the results to be accomplished, truly will the city have cause to he p roud of' her public schools; for they will open wide the doors of popular education, and give to the citizens schools ''good enough for the richest, chealp enough for the 1)oorest." Fini s ('or)ninul Op1s. (',l)uN ' /i( R is/r' Mrch 18, 188:1. ()1TWis l:i i F. W. MMari,:l. .Ti'r"r4l:N1:V .\NI) COUNsE.L.OU AT L AW\v, No. S. hAW ItANUI". ((.1 u"nlA, S. C., Atug. 28, 1886. 'I" .A. . .Ii,ones, K1ti'rr, S. C. \I % I )4:., Sm : Yours of' the 25th just receiv"eI. You ask my opinion 1' tlhe svstntii anl ad vantages of. the i;ra<led sholol:n ovei'l the common schl1(1s. I suppose you mean by the commonll+)u sc'hool, a1 school with one teacher. ma all ages, from the pri miiary to the highest classes. The worI "grale<" applied to schools mieans simply that all scholars of like proliivcien('ly ar 1 put inl t,ie same claiss, mLtil is apiplicale to all good schools11, wI ht,ber piub lie or ) piviate. Thie word' gr:uled is somectimties ap l i ed to lairge sch ools beicau so froim thei nmbe anii'Jttenin Jg, the grades can he moreJ' per'fect,ly made. Thme beme lit of' t.eachin g schiofars in onie grade is111 m if'est, anid it is neeld less f'or mec to speak of it to a man of' your in. tell ig. uie. The gr'eat advantage of' hain'ga(ded teachers is the adivanit age which ar'ises in all departments (If work from divisioi of lauor, (e. g.) a ta:ilor' (an make a bett,er coat than :1 semniistr'ess, so a young lady ofi (i:lhteeni c:nn leach a child how to rem:ul 1better thlan D)r. G irardeau, whlileI the 1 )oet,or ('ouldi teach philosophy to young t~11(1 m en btteir thanlii the youn~g hly can. T1hiis explalins thme whole imatt er' :Ii n our large schools the teeesare a1ccmmliodatted to the scho l ars. Thie go->d done10 here 1by ouri s;chools is i nealciilable, the prof fi'eincy oif the little chliiren'C is re-' 13urkICale, aiido I ne ver' visit the school but i I amii struck wvi th woiidr a':t tIhe o(lv:uItage oIf the school here to that of' old Mt. Zioii, in W\ insboro, where I was educated. You~i can't get along ini Newberry wvit,houit a local tax of' 2 miffs extra; but with two years exper'iecJe, the people1 will be~ delighited. lIn greCat hact,e. I r'emaini yours truly, 1". W. McMAS'i'm.. I'. S.- I ami satisfied( that wioimeii imaike( the~ be(st teatcherds of theIii hiest dep ar'tmienits-hence iith a male pr icipal (to do the threshing, &c.,) alil your othier' ieachers shoul lbe fe. males. F". W. McM\. Ll W ciFciV goxiy & Tuols, i ' I n :i ('i a, jil. ('., A fiust ch5, i19 thi nb our 1r;eh le schilds taut m ra,ntel :ruh ing ane. t hit everi 13 goaos ichooi is, (in ra:iu'y. rel,/ h l Te er isgce'alon ai'ilaoi patO '( iCbi,4 hove,to deS,ignte (iow I hooil( it wshii(bave regita tiouse elai' a ii wai tecil is ught (o e i and u Nt.ith teI (ctsST iOcesth