The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1886-10-28
T'E'A6HERs'GoLUMN,
j. G.. CLINKsCALEs, EDITOR.
The schools in Belton Township will
open Nov. /; those in Hopewell not until
Nov. %.
STATE NORMAL SCHOOL.

The board of School Commissioners O.
the City of Columbia have adopted the
following resolutions in reference to the
conduct of the new Normal or Training
School for Teachers, which has beer
secured through the efforts of Superin.
tendent johnson and the liberality and
wisdom of the trustees Of the Peabody
fund:
Under the authority vested by law il
the board of commissioners of the school
district of the City of Columbia, and
with the aid of the Peabody board, q
Training School for Teachers is hereby
organized, rs follows:
/. The school shall be known as the
"Winthrop Training School," in honor
of Robert O. Winthrop, the illustrious
statesman and philanthropist, who pre-,
sides over the Peabody board.
Q. The school shall be under the con
troll of the board of commissioners OF the
school district of the City of Columbia
under such regulations as they may
adopt, and the clerk of the board will
act as the secretary and treasurer OF the
school with such duties as may be pre-
scribed.
8. The entire amount of money now
or hereafter donated to this school shall
be sacredly devoted to the training Of
teachers for the public schools.
4. The officers of the school shall be 8
principal with such assistant teachers as
may be elected by the board. These
officers shall be elected at the time ap'
pointed for the election of city teachers
and their salaries shall be fixed by the
board
S. The annual session shall be coinci
dent with that of the city schools, and
shall be divided into three terms oi
twelve weeks each.
6. The fee for tuition shall be 50
month or SIS for the entire session oi
nine months. Tuition shall be paid in
advance for each term, unless where in,
diligence is granted by special vote o.
the board. The entire revenue derived
from tuition shall be devoted to the pur.
pose of the school and to such Incidental
expenses only as may be necessarily con-
nected Herewith.
Z. Persons engaged in teaching, and
actually in charge of. schools, will be ex'
empted from tuition fees, until otherwise
ordered by the board.
8. Diplomas will be granted to all who
satisfactorily complete the prescribed
course, which will entitle the persons
holding the same to become teachers in
the public schools of the State.
The school will be under the manage
ment of Superintendent johnson, who
will be ex-oficio principal, with expert
assistants in the various branches.
Already he has received twenty seven
applications for membership. The exer'
cises will begin November s at $50 a. nj,
Further announcement will be made
hereafter. In addition to the above, the
following resolution was adopted by the
board:
That the thanks of the board, and of
this city and State, are due to the Pea
body board for the appropriation which
has resulted in the foundation of this
school for the education of teachers in
South Carolina, and that to Superintend-
ent D. B. johnson is due the public
acknowledgment of his Jealous and
iudicious services in this behalf.-C0lum.
5;a Correspondence NeDs and Courier.