The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1886-08-04
GRADED SCHOOLS FOR NEW.
BERRY,

We promised few weeks nwo that
we would have something more to say
about plan for providing system Of
graded schools for the town Of New
berry. We find from the account kept
by the County Treasurer Of the school
funds that two thousand three hundred
and scventy-two and lS-l00 dollars {$2,-
372.lS) was paid in for the use of the
public schools by township I, nineteen
hundred and forty-cight and SG-l0O
dollars Isl ,9tS.SG) on real and personal
property and four hundred and (Si2N
twenty-thrcc dollars on polls Of this
amount the sum npportioncd to- the
schools in this, Nrwbrrry township, by
the School Trustees during the fiscal
year lSSl-lS}3 and paid was: Three
huntIrcu dollars to the Female Academy,
four hundred and siNty-cight dollars to
the llogc Schon', one hundred and
twenty dollars to the Male Academy,
taught by Miss Cotlcld, one hundred and
nifty dollars to Mrs. Tarunt's School, all
in the town Of Nrwhcrry and one hun
)
ONcall school (whitc) and two hundred
and seventy dollars to the Cleveland
School (colorctD ut Helena and seventy
five dollars to the Pine Grove School
aud cighty-four dollars to the Hartford.
y total OF sixteen hundred and forty-two
dollars. This apportonmcnt is based
on the average attendance for the town.
ships which Is rs follows: White, Male,
GS; Female, ll3; total, ISL. Colorcd,
Male, 1916; Female, l5l total 2S7. To-
tai white and colorcd lGS. The total
number enrolled was, white, Male, 80 !;
Female, lb7 total 250. Colorcd, Male,
23l, Female 25?, total lSG, and Il total
enrolment OF 73G white and colorcd.
1t will thus be seen that while the
property holders Of No. township pay
about twcnty-four hundred dollars for
school purposes only about two-.hirtls
OF 1t Is expended Oh the schools in this
School District, and then It is divided
into so many parts that no one of these
schools could be kept open for more
than three months of the year. For cx-
ample, take the Female Academy,
where there are three teachers, and
we are sure you will agree with us
when we say that the school will have
rendered full service for three hundred
dollars when it has kept open for three
months; as this would pay the teachers,
one fifty dollars month and the other
two twenty-five dollars each, for their
services, and we believe Cant. Pifcr
would be justified in doing this, making
no charge to any during this time. lie
could then reopen his school rs Il pri-
Vate school and require all to pay tut
ton, and we have no doubt but that
this plan would be more satisfactory
than the present way of running the
full school year and crcditing on the
accounts for tuition monthly, the por-
tlon to which each pupil is entitled of the
school fund.
We are not surprised that the people
should complain under such system.
We think 1t would be better to give the
entire amount to two schools and re-
quirc these schools to be kept open for
ut least six months In the year than for
1t to DC divided MS it is at present, and
have 1t so that neither Of these shall be
allowed to charge tuition to any child
residing within the township. We be-
iicvc that good schools do more to build
up a town than anything else, and to
the, graded schools, and University
Columbia is largely indebted for her
present prosperous condition and we be-
licvc that tho people can by voting an
additional two mill tax to be expended
In the town Of Ncwbcrry on graded