The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1877-12-20
OUR coMl1oH SCHOOLS

MR. EDITOR: Feeling o deep interest I'm
'iie cause OF common school education in
the state, crave the use Of your columns
20 oi'sr lew suggestions to our legislators
! in Columbia.
is notorious fact that the common
school system os administered for the last
lew years under Radical rule was a misen,.
oie failure, benefitting nobody except the
thicyes who handled the swag. And it is
ADMITTED, l believe that the system vii,
nave TO be re-organized and placed upon
SOLID and useful basis. Now, what is the
oest pan TO accomplish the end in y;.wp /
,,imK u,;la's, tlat some plan like the following
ih,Sht help to secure the object sought.
First. Divide all the townships into schoo,
uistricts ot an equal number of square miles
Ssay iour,( and let the State build n school
mouse and furnish it with suitable desks The
schoo' mouse TO oe built as near the centre
ri I.p,I poJ1in'e -. anu neated by means of a stove
piaced IN the centre of the building
second. Let there be elected by tho ou.,i.
iep eiec.ors OF each TOWNSHIP p trustee. who
siaii be a bonded officer and have char,,e
oi All school matters pertaining to the tow1-
SNIP and who shall receive q per diem and
i.;i HiiJase 10 ne h&ed by law. In addition 10
MS duties as school trustee he should have
charge OF all matters pertaining to the roads
ana bridges in his township. He shonld
make an annual report on the schools TO the
county School Commissioner, who shall be
ms superior. He should make an annual
iePort 10 The County Commissioners on
iha,ters connected with roads and bridges
ana account to them for all MONEYS exnpn,j'
ed for all purposes.
Third. The township trustee 1ball appoint
q school director for each school district and
snaii De re duty of the director to call
Iheetihs OF The voters in his school district
on the first Saturday in Octoucr of each year
TO elect teacher for the ensuing term: and
the teacher elect shall enter into a written
contract VAL; siic township trustee. from
whom he draws his pay. The school dircc-
tor shall attend to keeping the house in re-
par ana furnishing fuel for the stove
Fourth. Let all towns and cities he const;
tuted into one or more school districts, apart
'Eom the county; and where there are i,ivh
schools let the school fund pay the tuition
III the common school brunchcs us Ear as il
will go. ~
Fifth. Let all public schools commence as
soon as possible after the school meeting i'm
october, by which means great many poor
people will be enabled to send their children
TO school i'll winter and have them at home
III the work season.
Sixth. Let the County Commissioners ap-
point school examiner, whose duty il shall
be to subject all persons applying for license
to teach to rigid written examination on
the common school branches lie shall also
be required to spend one day with each
school III the County during the school
term. Appeals shall be from the decision
OF the trustee to the County examiner, and
may be carried from him to the State Super
intcndent
do not claim that this is perfect plan.
but do think it would be far better than
what we now have. And my idea is that
this shall apply to the coloret people as
well as to the white. There shall be scpa-
rate schools, but one set of officers for the
whole. These ideas may be crude but if
you sec tit you may publish them as the
ideas Of one who has had some years expe-
rience Is n TEiCUER