The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1886-09-08

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dollars towards the salary OF n super.
tcnucnt Of The schools. who should
he man fully up to the requirements
OF tho times and an expert in the
system of graded SCHOOLS. With this
encouragement and with the aid Of
the local TAX, the hoari soon laid the
foundation Of the system which is
now in opCraticm in the city, and
which it is hoped will in due time
prove M honor TO this community
and Il blessing to tho people. Finally,
after frequent and protractcd CON.
situations, the plan Cor the schools
was fairly outlined, and in May the
board proceeded to the election of
school officers. Mr.. David b. John.
son Of Tennessee. recently supcrin.
tcndcnt Of schools ut Ncwhcrn, n.
, G., and formerly at Abhcvillc s. G.,
was elected city superintendent; :;
Prof. X. II. Clarkson, principal Of
the male school; Miss q. a. Garlinw.
ton, principal Of the female school :;
and Mr.. VIM. NJ. Dart, principal of
the colur1u school. As subsequent
meetings the organization OF tho
corps Of teachers WAS perfected ly
the election OF one male assistant
and eight female assistants for the
white schools, and two male and
five female assistants tor the colorcd
school. The superintendent reached
Columbia in August, and after Scrv.
ing on Tie faculty Of the Normal
! Institute as lecturer on arithmetic
and algebra, he was soon rnrrgcG-
cally at work on the organization Of
the city schools. Ills first work
WAS the preparation OF y report to
the board, giving an outline FOR the
proper graduation and organization
Of the schools, with the rules and
regulations for their governments
This report was submitted to the
board and is the basis OF the course
Of study and regulations which were
finally adopted. The course of study
and the regulations, together with
the list Of text books selected by
the board, vii! be found appended
hereto.
The hoard hah appointed Scptem.
Der 2Sth as the day for the opening
Of tho schools; but for several weeks
previous to that time the supcrin-
tcndcnt hal been husiy engaged in
preparing for the upcning day. \
hcrculpan task WAS before him. The
buildings had 70 hc entirely recon-.
structcd and rc.adaptcd to the new
purposes to which they had been
devoted. School furniture and ap.
paratus had to be provided, many
minutim had To be l00kcu after, and
with it all the host Of pupils who
! presented themselves in advance TO
the superintendent Had to he OK.
amincd enrolled and assigned to
their proper grades. All This the
well his labor las been performed
is evidenced Ivy Che success which
has crowned his efforts. 1t WAS
arranged that the higher grades Of
boys should l.c taught at the male
academy, and the girls and lower
grades Of boys should be taught at
the female academy, while the How
ard building was to be occupied by
the coiorcd pupils, male and female.
All OF these buildings have been
greatly improved. The female acad.
cmy was painted throughout the
interior, the windows were enlarged,
the small rooms thrown together,
making large, handsome and cOmmo.
dious class rooms. with the addi.
ton Of many OF the improvements Of
modern schools. The male accadc-
my and Howard building were also
ovcrhaulcd. In the supervision Of
these improvements. in tbc labor Of
cXaming and instructin@ his teach.
crs in the line Of their duties, in
arranging the course Of study, and
in the important and difficult task
Of grading the pupils, the super
intcndcnt has shown that he was
the right man for his place, and he
deserves great credit for the very
able and satisfactory manner in
| Mhich lie las ucrCnrmcd his Lu.ins