The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1873-01-19
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Sunday Horniux. January 10. 1873.
3dIoatfoa In soath G1roila.-fsepereo;; Q;
tho State superintendent.

8 tnO 6SAtV V0WPeSAhSehouAks
We have ldooiksssaa With some interest
into the fourth annual report OF the
State Superintendent of Education. It
.~aa promptly furnished TO-, the Legisla-
ssnts,S is carefully compiled. and IT'D
records attest tho industry and zeal OF
the Superintendent. He seems to pos
raees;a -just sense Of the responsibilities
ofi Bis tlfce, a,id 0: the value of a wider
.difsdon oil educational 1, advantages
,among. the people. . he lamonts the
.oiusteoles, which have been thrown in the
svay ois shiSlbprpap, and sagaciously con-
.ulQaes. that there is. something rotten in
Bsnn&k.8 Etsrything which ooncerns
edutati3n id the Stale isrso hupslessIy
--.nddlaa she: we ssre anables fe aeoide,
either from our own observation and
eeadipg, or from the pages of this report,
.xhetherl there has BEEN any advance in
,It or not. Az a matter of study and of
:, considerable interest to our readers, We
present. some.ef its principal and best
-ssvettainedfasts. The County Of Charles
<sa aas:the largest scholastic population,
-iiil; M, sos; Pickanis the smallest. viz.
1855. The school attendance for the
year 1879 was, white, 81. 7.0s7; oolored;
36685; total; 76. 322. Increase over the
.s1ears1 1871. 10. 2e6. Ten Counties-Barn-
well Beaufort. Charleston. Colleton,
saeorgesown, Horny. Kershaw, Licking
ton, Druugeburg and Williamsburg and
she city OF Charleston-show decrease
sins soholasties attendance. There has
Sseun an increase in tho number OF
&eaehers employed in 1872 over 1871 of
:za87: SThe average monthly wages paid
ITO male teachers are, $32.55 to female
.s231.25 The number of free common
sschools for the year was 1913, showing
anincrease OF 280 over 1871. Abbeville
.sxeperts the largest number-117; George
Town the smallest -15., Returns from
: a41saty-six Counties show the average
.number OF months the free common
aaohools Of the State were in session dur
sing 1872 to be five. Abbeville, Chester,
AElarendon, Marion and Pickens did not
make returns as 20 this item. Reported
-as built during the year 226 school
Ehouses. at cost of $11, ,5O55O. Text
sbooks have been distributed, during the
year, to every, County in the State. ex-
<aept to Clarendon and Newberry.
Ihs largest number Of students in the
ssstate University for the year. up to
June 29. 1872. was eighty-eight. Pupils
-At the South Carolina Institution for
Mducation*of the Deaf and Dumb and
the Hind, for the scholastic session
~shich closed June 27, 1872, was forty
stga. The annual reports of County
School Commissioners. which form the
basis for; the preparation of the annual
creport sf tue Superintendent. are often
sand Sexatiously delayed, and made Tout
0ithout due regard to completeness and
Aoorrectness.e The Superintendent gives
IA estimate Of the funds required for the
'>sdocational department. Of the State.
Aexcfdsive Of appropriations to the Uni
sEessity, for tho year commencing No.
~sember !. 1872, viz: For salaries, $685.
200: contingent, $4,000; school fund,
special school tax. $500. 900; deficiencies,
sfE5 .0O0-amonnhng to the enormous
-oou Va %SAosAoV. 0OIuo OtueI UlbCOu-
sraging particulars arc to be cleaned
from this report. The plan of furnish
ing school text books by the State to the
-4ree schools has not worked we'll, and
should he discarded, says the Superin-
eendent, as impraotioable. Experience
sdoes not any longer justify it. The
Board OF Education did not have q
quorum at its meeting in Columbia, in
'Aaotober, 1872. The Superintendent
soonctades that the whole System, in its
ssI'sesent condition. is q reproaoh to those
~he claim to be its friends and advo-
-oAtea. He recommends two things as
aosaantlal to SUCCESS hereafter: I. Such
sleglsiation as will secure liberal and GER
Hnn school revenues. 2. The election
-ssnd appeiatmens Of none bat comp etent
.Aand efficient persons as school officers.
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