The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1891-09-10

| superintendent tor bOth SchOOlS, ana
two principals and three assistant
teachers for the school for whites, and
| a principal and two assistant teachers
for the school for colored children, the
salaries being fixed as follows : Super
intendent, Sl,OO0.00 per annum; male
principal for white school, $1,000 per
month female principal for white
school, $4,000 per month; each assist
ant teacher for white school, $500 per
month; principal Of school for colored
children, $4,000 per month, and each
assistant for that school S25.OO per
month.
Our estimates were made for scho-
lastic year of eight months, as the
means at hand did not justify longer
term, but the term was afterwards ex-
teEGed to nine months in order to get
the benefit Of the Peabody fund. from
which we have derived the sum of
| $3.50 100 almost enough to pay the eX-
penses of the additional mouth. The
superintendent has had the supervision
of both schools.
The only other employees are two
! janitors, one for the school for whites,
at 500 per month; one for the school
for colored children, at $50 per month.
Male anG female pupils have been
classed together, the only separation of
the sexes being on the playground.
The results Of this co-education Of the
sexes have been entirely satisfactory.
The superintendent has been re-
quired to teach, in addition to the
other duties of his office. We regret to
say that our limited means will probA,
bly, compel US to require this duty Of
that officer for the ensuing year, If not
permanently.
In accordance with the desire and
request of those interested, and it ap-
pearng desirable to establish sepa-
rate school for the children Of the cot
ton mills, we have contributed $4,000
per annum to the salary Of teacher
for the school at the mills, selected by
the directors of the mills and the board
the mills paying the balance of sala-
ry. This school has also been under
the supervision of the superintendent.
Two lots, known as the Female Acad-
emy lot and the Male Academy lot,
respectively, have been decided to US
by their respective trustees for the pur-
poses of the white schools, under limi
tations SIT forth in the two deeds, this
board being required first to pay Oft an
Indebtedness of S222.37 which over
hung the same.
The persons who at the establish
ment OF the Graded Schools of New
berry considered themselves the trus-
tees of the Hoge colored school, and
,oh rrf fN
transfer the lot, building and furniture
cfthat school to this board. This board,
therefore, confined itself to the elec-
ton and payment of teachers for the
colored children, and the general man
agement and maintenance of that
school, as circumstances demanded or
permitted. 1t is believed that this
school property will soon be transferred
to this board, when it will be warranted
in making such alterations, repairs and
additions to buildings as may be needed
and within our means, and also III fur
uishing necessary equipments for the
colored. school.
The Female Academy building and
grounds have been used for the white
pupils; but the accommodations there
being insufficient, and the Male Ar-7d-
sSSey building undesirable for school
purposes, and inconveniently5locat, q,
he brick RA,building of Lfs..C. Mower
On Pratt aneSd g;s:..s:hpson streets has
De I,een rented at sil:00 per month, and
about two-6ftfsns of the white pupils
have been taught there.
The board 70. rund that neither Of the
wo lots ownec 4 by the two academies
for white child Hre1 was a suitable loca-
ton for the VIZ lite school. They there
fore purchased sss,, of G. G. DeWalt, at the
price of twenty two hundred and fifty
dollars, (s2,W,'t.sr, lot upon which a
school buildpio " is now being erected.
The contrse1 i'stor the erection of this
building, aB u" much advertising and
trouble, e,wsSe e,, ,,entually let to w. Davis
& Co., at lie price Of S11 :6SS.55 they
being prseS; tp!:ally the only bidders. The
trustees FOe,,t.e slow to adopt the Smeade
system otk~ heating and ventilation on
account II its eXpensiveness, but the
health an ID comfort Of the pupils ap-
peared 20 demand its adoption; and
that sysfoe will accordingly be placed
in the new building, at cost of s., 600.
To meet the costs of this building, of
the los upon which it is erected, and
for otllsr purposes, the board has been
furnished by the votes of the people
with bonds to the value of $4,000, of
which we are disposing at par as our
necessities require; and it further feels
itself authorized to sell for these pur-
poses the male and female academy
lots hereinabove mentioned. 1t is
hoped that the building now being
erected will be completed by the close
Of the year. 1t is expected to accolno-
date all the white pupils for number
Of years to come, and by its heaithful-
ness, convenience and comfort to render
that school much more efficient than
before.
The schools have been conducted
under rules adopted by the board of
trustees, and printed and circulated
among the patrons of tbs schools. The
accuracy of these regulations and the
inf1eNihility of their enforcement h We
enabled the teachers to preserve regu-
larlty Of discipline, without harshness,
which has, We believe, commended the
system to at least large majority 10Th
of patrons and pupils. Corporal pun
ishment, though allowed for boys, has
been rarely administered, and less
punishment of any kind has been in-
fiicted than we have ever known in any
private school which had any discipline
at all. \ record of the recitations and
department Of each pupil has been
kept, with the effect Of checking i'll
behaviour and idleness and stimulating
the indolent to increased effort in order
for promotion to a higher grade. Such
rules are indispensable, and it is one of
the chief merits of public school that
no pupil is advanced to a higher grade
until he has attained certain prof.