The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1895-05-01
A Graded School for Manning.

A petition is being circulated among the
taxpayers Of Manning and Manning
township requesting the township board of
trustees to advertise for q meeting OF the
taxpayers of said township for the purpose
Of considering the establishment OF q sys-
tenn of graded schools for Manning. So
far as the spirit of the enterprise up to
date is concerned, there seems to be no OBJ
stacles in the way for successful issue.
There is nothing that will contribute
more to the building up of any place than
frst-c,ass school, and of ali kinds of
schools. graded schools have been the most
successful. Just so to any town that has
been enjoying graded school privileges,
and You will find the peoples pride GEN.
tered in that institution. The advantages
of such system are so apparent to most
people, that it needs but little argument to
convince any of the importance and benefits
to be derived from it. Whenever and
wherever there is any opposite feeling, it
results from misappreheosion of how a
graded school works. A graded school
means school supported either wholly by
taxation, or to such large extent that only
small supplement will aid IN completing
the necessary funds. Such supplement
is raised by charging moderate tuition rates
after the pupils have been advanced beyond
q certain grade.
| It is believed that a large majority of the
citizens Of Manning and vicinity are highly
in favor Of such a system. As evidence OF
| this, many do not expect ANY direct returns
| from such an Institution are heartily IN
favor of it. An extra two mills tax will
only increase an individuals tax 81 who
owns one thousand dollars worth of prop
erty. Tuition rates in the average school
ranges from one to four dollars per month
multiply this by ten and you have from
ten to forty dollars annually to pay for one
F.! pupil, which at the extra tax OF two mills
would require from five to twenty thousand d
dollars worth of property. Any one will
see by O little calculation for himself that
the average person who sends to school,
pays many times as much for tuition as the
increase Of his taxes would be. It is un-
doubtedly of greatest benefit to the lndi-
vidua! of moderate means. If the largest
taxpayers are patriotic enough to work for
the success of this move, then no one else
can afford not to- The average length OF
time in attendance ut schools when they
are supported by direct pay patronage we
dare say will not average over five months;
whereas, in graded schools they would at
tend from eight to ten months. 1t is a
great relief to know that you can send
your children to school an entire yeai
without the worry and anxiety Of being
able to meet the monthly accounts as they
fall due You would pay your tax at a
time of the year in which you could best
afford to do so, and paying your tuition II
this indirect way. you feel that you are
getting your service absolutely flee.
A graded school combines the entire pat
ronage, thus making one fourishing school
Ia school that gives prominence to the
town and e1erts beneficial influence upon
the entire community. 1t systsmizes the
work by dividing the pupils into grades
or classes by which the teachers work is
more Of q specially than when he has SC
many of various stages of advancement tc
instruct. An illustration will help to make
our ideas clearer. In shoe factory eacl
one does special work the practice max
ing him very skilltul. None makes a palI
out and out, so in graded school, pu
pills are advanced from grade to grade, &C
cording to the proficiency attained in th'
preceding one. NoX PoPULI