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

s:'1S; Feeling deep interest in
'le cause OF ec!amcc sci;ool education in
lns Staso, crave the use of your columns
to offer few suggestions to our lepislotora
in Columbia.
~ IS notorious fact that the common
school system as administered fo. the last
lew years under Radical rule was a misera.
uie failure, beneft:ing nobody except the
'nicves who handled the swag. And I. is
s'mitted, believe, that the system will
nave to be re-organized and placed upon a
solid and useful basis. Now, what is tho
ues' pian TO accomplish the end in view? l
think that some plan like the following
niSht heip to secure the object sought.
;. First. Divide all the townships into schoo,
distr,cts OF an equal number of square miles.
!say iour. and let the State bnil.i ;. school
mouse and furnish it with suitable desks, the
sciiooi house 10 he built as near the centre
aS possible, and heated by means of q stove
Piaced IN the centre Of the building.
second Let there be elected by the ouali.
lleu electors of each township trustee Who
eieaii oe a bonded officer, and have change
VI aii schooi matters pertaining to the town
s.nP, anu who shall receive a per diem and
mileage TO be fixed by law. In addition TO
ms duties as school trustee he should have
ana bridges in his township. He should
make ON annual report on the schools to tho
county School Commissioner, who shall bn
ms superior. He should make an annual
report to the County Commissioners on
matters connected with roads and bridges.
ed for all purposes.
ihifd. The township trustee shall appoint
sGhooi director for each school district. aud
IL snaii DE the duty of the director to call a
meeting oi the voters i'll his school district
on the FIRST Saturday in October of each year
10 10 eicct teacher for the ensuing term; and
sho teacher eject siiuii enter into written
contract with the township trustee, from
whom he draws his pay. The school dircc.
10: shall attend to keeping the house i'm re-
pair and furnishing fuel for the stove.
FOURTH Let all towns and cities be consti-
tuted into onn or more school districts, apart
from the county; and where there are hiyh
schools let the school fund pay the tuition
III the common school branches us far us il
will 90 80 -
Fifth. Let all public schools commence as
soon as possible after the school meeting in
Octoper, 1y which means great many poor
people will be enabled to send their children
to school in winter and have them at home
IN the work season.
Sixth Let the County Commissioners ap-
point school examiner whose duty it shall
be to subject all persons applying for license
70 cacn 10 rSlu written examination on
the common school branches. He shall also
nG required to spend one day with each
school in the County during the school
term. Appeals shall bo from the decision
OF the trustee TO the County examiner. and
may be carried from him 10 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
tiiiS snail apply to the coloreu people as
rate schools, but one set of officers for the
whole. These ideas may be crude, but if
you see fit you may publish them us the
ideas of one who has had some years expe-
rlence as TEACHER