The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1898-01-05

Chesterfeld............-3 IS 500 8!
Williamsburg ...........3 % 5 o3 10
Alken-....................oU w D w w
CoIIeton- on-..........-...---4 w w . w
lckens..................4 w = w w
| SsIuoS....................5 w . W !"
| h0rry y.....................L oV w ~
Berkeley................ZZo - Oo ~ 40
| hampton. w ! w w
The above order may not 0s exsctiy
air inssmuch as the proportion OF
white snd colored schools is not the
same in all the counties. In many OF
The counties there are long term
schools which increase the average
length of session much beyocd what
| it would be If only the country school
! were clsased together.
HIGH SCHOOLS AND ACADEMIES.
There sre, including both mhhe snd
colored, SO high schools and academies
in tie State. Sixty-one for Wits
msde reports showing au enroilmen;
Of 5o4 pu pills, 70 buildings valued st
| ISl6,A50, 166 teschers. aud an average
session of s 50 months; for colcrso
reported showing an enrolment Of
1904 pur;ls, 90 buildings, valued at
500, Geo; so teachers and an aversse
session OF eis ht months. (See tabular
statement
GRADED sEooLs.
There are 80 graded schools IN the
State; cnly 81 of these reported TIE
reports show an enrolment of Il, 954
white and 11,005 colored pupils, 299
white and so colored teachers. IS
buildings valued at s417.15O, and an
aversge session Ct s.53 months.
COLLEGES
There are four StaJe colleges for tee
education of the white race, one for
the colored, and ths institution for the
deaf and blind with separs se buildings
for the races. The white colleges
show an enrolment of Lip pupils,
Isl teachers, 81 buildin-s. building
and grounds valued st $692 500 lex
clusive of Clemson's buildings and
greur6s), I've libraries contaiDing
40 500 volumes, valued st $50 ESQ: and
an average session OF 9 months, the
institute for the deaf ard the blind
being included in these figures The
colored college shows an enrolment
OF 1888 pupils, 80 teachers, 10 build
ires; building and grounds valued al
SS4, coo, and an eight months session.
There s,e 20 private colleges for
whites. The rsro>ts of these show an
enroJlment OF 703 pupils, 1S6 teach.
ers, IS buildings buildings and
erou1ds valued at 1886, 500 large and
va.usble Libraries AID an average
session Of nine months.
There are three private colored col,
leses. The reports CT these are not
full. but they show an enrollmeDt OF
1.191 puplls, 2S buildings, valued
1924 600, and the libraries containing
4 800 0columes, valued at $4,000. (See
lables for full and important inforna'
ton
TEACHERS INSTITUTES,
Teachers institutes for white tssco
ecs were helc in % counties, srd il 26
FOR coIored teachers. These institutes
were well received by the teachers
and people Of the S ate, as is shown by
me reports of the directors and lee
turers published in the body of this
report. The attempt WAS made to
sresent to the teachers the best meth
ods of teaching and OF school govern
msnt. We we're unable to continue
!he institutes longer than one week,
except in three instances, Ore week
is not sufficient for the best work. 1:
is the opinion of ths directors that
they should continue for two weeks.
iTais would give sufficient time in
which to present the leading and most
important SUBJECTS in fairly satisfac.
tory manner.
SCHOOL HISTORIES
Much has been written and publish.
I'd on the subject OF using Q 1ited
S:ates history in our schools which are
unfsvorahle to the south. For fear tia:
these publications may have caused
some member OF your honorable cody
to think that the State board of educa,
ton adopted for use in the public
schools an Objectionable and unfair
history beg to inform you thst Han
sells histories and Montgomery's Be
sinners' history were adopted by that
board, and tat no other history is
gauthcriz d TO be used in any puoic
school over which that bosrd has iu
risdiction. Monteomery's Beginners
history was meant to be used more as
4 reading book for primary pupi S
han as history. Other histories are
used in schools of this State, over
which that bard hss sd Jurisdiction.
LIBRARIES.
have already spoken OF the libra
rjes in the colleges Of TIE Stale. Many
# our best gradsd snd common
schools are prevented from doing th+
very best work for lack of libraries
It would cost no considerable suC o.
money to provide these schools with
suitable libraries aid the money neces
.ar.7 for this purpose could net be bet
,er spent. Only II graded schools re
por. libraries, aggreea.ing S,1SS vol
umes AID valued al $4,095. A numael
Ioi high schools also report lbrsries.
The sooner the youth CT tie Stat,
sre taught to operl y appIeciste 5
library the better it will be for then
/ ard tie best way to lDpress This les
sou On them is 10 provide the library
sard encoUrai tie U.s. of It.
] SCHOOL CENSUS
Tie lsw does MT p1cvice for tht
tshing Of scaooI census. The Ell
rJlInent and ayerase a'teud&rce O:
cupiIs stiending scnoo! are required Il
3e reported. Each years report show.
steady incresss in these. The Law
ishould also require the schccl censu:
to be taken ana reported each year
This would enab',c lnc school authorl
les to determine whetGer or 10! I
.Teater percentage CT our children I rs
sAch year enterir 6 cur schools.
LLITERACE.
Tbe United States missioner o
seducstion reports The illiterscy Of thi:
State as behind greater tran that O.
-ny olher State or Territory excep