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VOL. LV1 NO 22. UNION, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, JUNE I, 1906. $1.00 A YEAR.
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THE UNIOF
SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS JEFFRIES. 1
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Brief SketG*i ol Life?Bom in Union \
County?Served Twelve Years t
as Superintendent.
Mr. Davis Jeffries was born (y
March 10th, 1868 in Wilkinsville, ?
Union county. He attended j
school ijj Gaffney and taught for t
three years at his home. In 1
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I Ultll^L 1 UI XJtrrr? ...^
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By Miss Fr.-ncwa II. Whitimro, I r.i ci- '
pill Won I hfitl graded School.
Bread and mealworm the basis J
of our daily food, and without
this staff our bodies become weak, i
But bread and meat alone, become
monotonous diet. Our appetites
crave variety and delica- i
cy. And as our mental appetites
call for something besides .
the bread and meat of school life, ,
we, as teachers, should not dole ;
out to our pupils their daily ration
of "Three R's" without an
occasional desert, when Truth's
larder is filled to overflowing with
so much that is good and beautiful
for the mind's assimilation.
> Mother Nature keeps an unlim/r
ited store-house. Her goods
bear the trade-mark, "Genuine:"
and of her we may obtain numberless
good things. Her price
is simply this: Use of the senses.
By spending five or ten minutes
daily, or twice as much every
other day in Nature study,
both teacher and pupil will derive
much pleasure and benefit
'*To liiin, who, in the love of nature
hold?
Communion with her visible forms,sin
speaks
A various language, for his gayer hour
She has a voice of gladness and asmil
And eloquence of beauty; and sh
glides
Into his darker musings with a mil
And gentle sympathy, that steals nwa
Their sharpness, ere he is a wart "
The purpose of this work ma
be enumerated as follows:
1. For information.
2. To quicken sense percej
tion.
3. To create a desire to kno
and love the things which G<
has made.
4. To cultivate an eye to tl
beautiful in nature.
5. As a stepping stone to tl
sciences, botany, biology, geo
raphy, etc.
6. As a help in language, 1
means of conversation and wr;
ten work.
7. To lead up to the study
Literature, by learning memo
gems and reading selections a
propriate to the object at har
8. To help in drawing, as t
objects studied should be dra^
by the pupil.
^ The seasons, as they come a
v fro, lurnish iooa ior tnougnt
this line of work.
Autumn brings the changi
leavG3? the ripening nuts a
I
i GRADED
.894 he was elected superintend;nt
of the Union City Schools,!
vhich position he has acceptably
illed for twelve vears.
Mr. Jeffries is not only a suc;essful
school superintendent,
)ut he is also a gentleman of
splendid moral character. His
ife will help the children brought
mder his management long after
le has passed from the earth.
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DAVIS JEFFRIES. I(
Then winter comefWiTii lucTI^.^ \ ice
and snow. After the long,
cold winter when plant life has
been enveloped in sleep, comes?
"Spring with that nameless pathos
in the air
Which dwells with all things fair,
Spring, with her golden sun and
silver rain,"
Bringing with her myriads of;
flowers and flocks of birds. Then, \
surely we should bring a breath |
of spring-time into our school;
room; open our pupils hearts to
new delights, teach them to see
life in the hard, brown twig, and
the tiny seeds mat are waiting
J to grow.
To imbue my pupils with the
spirit of spring-time, I read to
them several pretty poems, among
them Timrod's "Spring," and
that beautiful song of songs, a
part of which we memorize:
"Lo, the winter is past,
The rain is over and gone,
The flowers appear upon the
earth,
The time of the singing of birds
is come."
By studying plants, childrer
', learn to love and protect them
e j They see in them a perfect life
something that is born; must eat
* : drink, live and grow like them
selves; creations in which the;
see the hand of a mighty Maker
ll an ever present God, whose wor
y is always harmonious,
The information we obtain i
y this study is the kind obtaine
by observation. We must stud
objects by means of the senst
> needing no text books. Th
teacher should be informed upo
w the object of study, and shoul
>d give such terms as the pupil ca
understand. My second gra(
ie pupils know these terms: Cora
la, calyx, petals, sepals, stame
ie pistil; the parts of a leaf showir
g- that roots and leaves take in fo<
for the plant; that plants lei
?y toward the sunshine, and oth
it- interesting and useful knowled
concerning plants.
Concluded next week.
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id. Notice.
he
yn The Union Cotton Growers As
1 ciation will hold their regu
nd monthly meeting in the Co
in ( House Saturday, June 2nd. at
1 o'clock.
ing, F. M. Faiui, Prest
ind T W. W. Colton , Sccty
SCHOOLS
:nrollment of White Chil
of Colored Children 7<
School Buildings; New
Graduates This Year
School?T eachers
Work?All are tc
Miss Susie Par
Mary Boyd v
w i*
appiy ror k
26 Teacli
White
eoloi
The closing exercises of the
Jnion city schools will beheld
?riday morning at ten o'clock, i
n addition to the musical num)ers,
class prophecy and delivery
>f certificates, Dr. R. P. Pell,
resident of Converse College,
,vill deliver the address to the
graduating class.
This is the closing of one of
he most successful years in the
school's history. Many improvenents
have been made during
.he year in the various lines of?
vork, and a large class of well
rained graduate rewards the
rear's labors. The attendance
>as been increased, and the rolls
ihow for the year 1199 white pu- i
lils and about 700 negroes. The
ncrease in enrollment warrimts
;he trustees in erecting another
cmilding. Already there are five
commodious and weljl furnished
school buildings within the city's
imits. They are the Central
school, West End, Monarch, Excelsior,
and Howard schools, the
last named being the school for
negroes. The trustees will build i
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xnvtnci oi/iiwi J.U1 tlic licgxuco I
5n Macheth street back of Judge!
^yte3|oTkdne(fcft1sT^!
that t e building will be ready
for use at the opening of the
next session in September. The
present value of the city school
property is estimated at about
$37,500.
There are twenty-six graduates
i CENTRAL SC
t
1 to receive certificates this yea
y They are: Kate Dickert, Mai
, H. Meadow, M. Mabel Howe!
k Sarah Louise I^ong, Belle 1
(Crawford, Evvie Inez Bailey, J
n Virginia Briggs, Dudley Cu
(j Beaty, Ida Rowena Palmer, Be
y sie Elvan Charles, Marcus W
?s son Arthur, Imogene Hunt
ie Young, Rebecca Louise Murph
,n Daisy Watson, Louisa Merrim
Id Duncan, Sarah Marguerite Tow
in send, Mamie Brandon Charh
le Harold C. Smith, Lois Ire
1- Tinsley, Kate Elaro Smith, Sar
n, Pacolette Rice, Mary Ther<
Murrah, George Graham Pc
>d Albert Drane Oliphant, W
an Shepard Nicholson, Edward R
er 1 fin Osborne.
ge The Union schools are on
credited list in South Caroli
and certificates therefrom
title graduates to admission i
the freshman class in any of
I State colleges. Many of i
: year's graduate's will go to
go. lege next year,
hir The corps of teachers in Ui
urt numbers twenty-six?twenty
12 whites and five negroes.
Davis Jeffries is superinten<
tof all the five schools; Mr. S.
Rice, principal of Central set
CLOSE i
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Idren 1,199?Enrollmen
)0?five Commodious
Negro Building?26
from the Central
Have Done Good
> Return Except
ker and Miss
/ho Did Not
e-election.
lers?21 >
and 5
red. J
Miss Frances Whitmire, princ
pal of West End; Miss Smitl
principal of Monarch; Miss Sai
tor, principal of Excelsior; an
A. A. Sims, principal of Howarc
All the teachers of this yea
were re-elected for next, excef
Miss Susie Parker, of Gaffne]
and Miss Mary Boyd, of Spartai
burg, both of whom did not aj
ply. Union has been fortunal
m having teachers who ha\
given suck unqualified satisfai
tion; and it is a matter of gener;
regret that all the teacher:
without a single exception, wi
not be in their usual places nej
year. However, the new]
elected teachers come highly re<
ollimendefV,. and it is believe
that they will fill their positior
creditably.
Ugion.ivas one of the firi
ci^iSs'Jn the State to introdu<
night schools. These schools ai
being conducted in all the m;
Villages here, and are the sour<
of much i good. Mr. Jeffri<
states tihat instead of detractir
from tap day schools that th(
build i&em up instead. Pupi
get Sk. start, their interest
i schools.
i The closing of school is an ii
portant occasion in a city's lif
I Amid the show of learning ai
progiess, the public mind is i
freshed on matters education
cfivforl fn orrpntpr pndpnvr
IIOOL BUILDING.
r. and new ventures in this f
y In the light of what the U
II,, schools have done and are do
3. let the people be proud, bu
/I. them not rest on past glo
lp | there are newer fields and gi
is-1 er things in the matter of ed
il- tion than we have yet dreame
an Lost His Toes.
n
-s> Obediah Keenan, a negrc
thirteen years old, came to
a" I Thursday morning about
jsa o'clock. Obediah was <
>0b what he ought not to have
"J* doing. He \yas attemptir
u*" swing a passing train at
Main street crossing. His
the missed the mark and the b
na? and the one next on his lef
en" were crushed so that they 1
n^? be amputated. The boy
our I carried up to Dr. Hamiltor
L"1S fice and his toes amputated.
c?l" Going assisted in the opei
There is a city ordi
lion against the practice of iu
one J moving trains, and it sno
Mr. strictly enforced. The v
lent is that there are so few acc
M.unf the kind that has co
K SUCCESS
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PRINCIPAL SPENCER M. RICE, JR.
Brief Sketch -Born in Union County.
Graduate of Wofford?Principal
For Three Years.
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Mr. Rice was born in Union;
county in 1862. He attended
| WofFord college and was graduI
ated in 1883. He taught school
I
I ^
i | principal spk>
By Henry A. Wia<\ Mrtponnrcimrm uJoncsville
Graded School.
>e Perhaps now, more than a1
n(j ; any other time, the attention oJ
?e_; the public is drawn to th<
J schools. It is the Commence
)rg' ment season, the end of th<
school year, the time when w<
(look for the results of our work
; To the pupils, it brings th
! ''times that try men's souls,'
j examination time, when promc
: tion or graduation depends upo
,the way in which they answe
! certain questions that may b
put to them. It is the time whe
those who have worked sha
i reap the benefits thereof, an
when those who have played als
receive their reward. For tl
one the reward is success, f<
the other it is failure. It is tl
time too, when trustees ar
teachers are making plans f<
the ensuing session. How ca
the condition of our school 1
improved7 Who is the teach
best fitted to fill the positioi
Will a change be beneficia
What can we do to bring o
school to tne sianuaru wc na
j in mind? There are many wa
, ., i in which these questions may
, answered. Many of them c
uion ; pen(j Upon the conditions pecul
to each school. What may s
Ve*.one may not suit another. T
rie?? I need cf one school is not alws
reat" 1 the need of another. But th<
'^ca" j seems to me to be one that is
:d sential to success in all <
schools, one thing that might
termed the greatest need of <
school today, and that is, tfc
ough teaching. It is with
boy doubt the crying evil of the co
grief try school as a whole, and
eight very many instances of the tc
loing school as well. What causes
been Why are not teachers thoro
ig to in their teaching? Why are t
t the willing to let pupils go f
foot their school with a little smat
ig toe ing of this, a little less of t
-C?i. i 1 nf oil r?f anmAt.l
L 1UUL anil IIUUllll^ ab an Vi
iad to else? Many things contribut
was | this state of affairs. One is
i's of- mistaken idea that teachers 1
Dr. | of pleasing the parents, an<
ation. the rapid advancement of t
inance i pupils. They must go thr
mping many books, whether they V
uld be the contents of those boo)
/onder | not. Like the dog running i
:idents the train, what are they ?
me w^en they get thro
TThey know nothing of what
hl_ .
IHJL YEAR
at Kelton, Cokesbury, Blacksburg,
and Aiken institute. Was
chosen principle of Central
schools in 1803. He is a teacher
of fine ability, and his work in
the class room is of a high order.
He believes in strict discipline
and in thorough class-room work.
He is a worthy man and citizen
as well as a first class school
man. ^
Ajfc , j
f
]:,{ M- NICE, .in. J
j
L, VY ailVQ AIIO VlliiU* VI* vv . ???.WWy
f but the essential thing is that
i they advance in knowledge as
- well as in grades. The teacher
e, who makes the mistake of proe
moting a pupil in order to please
the parents is fading in his duty
e to parents, pupils and himself,
" as well as storing up trouble for
>.! some other teacher,
n! Another reason is the small
>r salary teachers receive. The {
>e trustees apparently value their
n services at very little, so they
11 live up to the expectations of the
d trustees. As a rule we don't
io expect hundred dollar work from
ie those we value at twenty-five.
>r To me this is a mistaken idea on
ie the part of the teacher. If you
id accept a position with a twenty3r
five dollar salary it is as much
in your duty to fill that position
3e faithfully as tho you were paid a
er hundred dollars. That is the
n? only way to see if you are worth
j? the latter sum.
ur Perhaps in no one thing is this
ve lack of thoroughness so noticeya
able as in fractions. In the or- '
be dinary school you will not find
le- one pupil in ten that really knows
iar fractions. As every one knows,
uit they are the foundation of arith'he
metic. And if they are not
iys thoroughly learned, arithmetic is
jre always a drag. Many teachers
rvnrt l'MAiir urlinf if ia fA fin/1
03 i UUUUHCI53 IVI1U w w nut iu jo vv iinu
)ur pupils apparently working probe
portion, interest, or averages,
>ur and yet have absolutely no conior
ception of a complex fraction,
out You may know, too, that the
un- most difficult of all things in
in teaching is to teach something .
iwn that has only been half learned.
; it? What a pupil knows is evidence
ugh of his teacher's work. Show me
hey a pupil who knows fractions and
rom I will know that he has been un,ter
der a good teacher,
hat, We do not realize how serious
ling this question. A pupil loses just
,e to as many years if his life as he
lave Passes through school without
j 0f thoroughly learning the subjects
-* i L:? \ir^
,heir that eacn year orings mm. ?rc
o' so of the South have seen too well
mow w}iat effect a little learning has
Jiw had upon the negro, and this
*oing sh?uld guard us against "little
ugh? : learning" and "half learning" in
they | our schools.
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