The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1879-12-04
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altar the public money ia exhausssil.

after the public money ia exhausted.
The Cbarl6aton Rete8 and C6g1ses rays
that my preference for school feea ss q d
abstact question Of ofsnpeEiority; and thai
the popular vote wopld be for local ssxa
ton. hope I have HLoWnf that It is 4
very concrete matter affecting very Berf.
ously the popular pocket, wiisc tlia I,t,.,-
ular yots may be trnstcd TO protect. TEis
certainly isa very serious and by 40 nlearg
an abstact question. Are we read to t,a
taxed heavily enough 70 pay $9 or $40 .
year for every child in the State
1 am glad 10 lind that my suggesti to
( IrsiIg THE sCHoLAsTIo AGE
from GIG 10 8-14 years has been sc fay-
orabIy received and heartily!ad dyoeated by
the pEess. This, conceive, would be &
great and manifest improvement, lettiuR
loose fallyoIe-third of the public money,
and thero increasing largely The Stafs
contribution PSF capita.
4time permitted should tliscusa other
important anbdivisions of my aubjeot. but
lean only briefly refer to one crit1o and
then close this address. iF5--t5
If we ever shall have a
CoNsTITUTI0NAL CONVENTION
in South Carolina. and IL school matters
are TO be discussed ard sZ,jusied therein.
il would be o wise police to set cur pubI
lic school System entirely, freq from Che
Constitution In all but tho lsvying OF the
achool tax. The systen would WorE BET
ter and be more elastic if placed under
the control of the General Assembly!
The Constitution SHOULD create the publ
lie school system and provide money Tor
its support, but it should leave al The
details of its working TO the General Aal
ssembly. 1t would also be q rise policy
in Constitutional Convention TO frce
the Office of State Superintendent OF Ed
ucation and County School Commission
era from the injurious influences OF pom
nn!!ar eieelie!s Men shon!a he he a....s,is.s "a
and not elected TO such offices, for oh
vious reasons.
The last thing I shall advert 30 is the
miserable
HAND-To- MOUTH BxIsTENcE
which our public schools and their teaact-j
ers are having at the present time, b.
cause the work of the school is done be-
fore the school tax is collected. We are
just one year behind tho taxes. The re-
suit is, that poor teachers cannot get sheir
pay certificates cashed ut the County
Treasury, and they have to submit 10 the
usurious shaving process, whereby their
poor pay is made still poorer. Let the
public consider this question Would sit
not be we'll to stop our public schools for
one year, 80 as to get ahead ofthe school
tax? lsee noother way out of this great
trouble, aud no other aalyatiunS Tor the
teachers.
And nov, ladies ladies aud gentlemen, my
long address Is ended. / thank yoil for
the close attention with which you have
listened to mean attention owing more
to your indulgent patience than to my
power TO interest and entertnin4iyou. I
have tried to diacuss our public school
system and lis fund in practical map.
ner, and with the light of our own expe.
rience and the experience OF the North
ern States. where exist systems somewhat
similar. 1t is good for uB Of this time 10
study our own and other school systemsl
Ours is not yet thoroughly organized
We must, therefore, try TO insure SC
against failure by making It not only 10
good Gs but better than the othersystems.
Defects in7the Massachusetts system ara
iwarnings TO South Caroline, and adrans
tRgeS ;ii t.;e, tt!. Mes, yayk a,'aten, are exam
Piles for our imitation. The coat that f,tg
Connecticut may be too tight for South
Carolina. We have the raw material to
mako our coat from and shape ie O. we
please. South Caroline isi passing
through transit period in education is
lin many other respects. OF the raaiiy
cad losses caused By the war. among the
saddest Is the loss of those educational
traditions for which this Stata waa dis.
tinguished. It is ours to try to restore
her to her former high place among tie
intelligent and educated Commonwealshs
of the world. We can do Ea. in anita nf
many difficulties, with good public
SCHOOL eystem. We can do so iF We mo
OUT enormous school fund 30 ssto diAhse
elementary instruction and, elevate tho
masses, and also 70 encoufag higher ed.
ucation, even the highest, and give the
Goor mans Bon the chance TO acquire Is
complete education. We can do So ii.
while spreading tho genial warmth OF
tud,mentary instsue Hon, We afS casefal
to keep alive the lamp Of higher lehSh-
|ang. We need not ho discouraged if lin
our short life We shall not zee The =esk
Ct our hands completed nor our whole
sssiifss i.!ttllen -llt q Good, aolid work Is
always slow. It may NOT DO ours sc
uuiiu tus uctutilut tStnple OF kuOWleURe
which is one day to riSo In South Caro-
lima. Concerning che Ietnpie as yeknaa.
lem, it was soid unto David; fsT'fou
shalt not build an houae for my, name.
beca.se thou hast bean q nan OF wax and
hast ehed blood.n' But it was permIt ga
to him 70 give 10 Solomon. his con sstiie
pattern IL may DO thar tihis Eanerstion
of onrs likewise ig .fosbid t5i4n. to b,siId fh6
temple of knowledge. But iss is permits
ted us too to give TO our sons the raj toyr,.
IL is in our power, is our duty lie isotir
nigh privilege, to lay deep, bfoaa and
enduring the sure Foundations, aud TO col
lect and prepare the material for build
ing the temple that is to be-.