The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1899-06-21
The Summer School for Teachers.

iO u HILL, -. t.. June ~.
EDiroE> I>TLLlMEN'lk: presume
enjoy reading something of the great
teachers school now in session ut Rock
Hi, not for The reason only that it is
doing work which is Of general interest
and Of great Importance to the whole.
State, but also because many of her
teachers are here preparing themselves
for doing more efficient work in the
highest ralli's of lifc-fiiting boys
ana girls to live life cOmUlctcly--tO
sustain the proper relations to their
icllowncn. whenever and wherever
they meet them.
The school opened Thursday with an
enrolment of about 3jO. but each in
coming train brings others, until the
d0rnillOrIrs arc all filled, aud The a,i-
th0rltics hay" been compelled to place
bcd-room furniture in some of he par
lOrs and offices. There are now about
800 III actual Attendance iipon rtrita-
tons
notwithstanding the immense crowd
the accommodation is all that could be-
wished for, indeed il seems there is
little more confusion or trouble in
handling and providing for the large
number than there is in the ordinary
ialnlly. 50 perfect is he organization
ana so adequate are the buildings, and
their appointments. y" place in the
State could have been more suitable
Tor Just such III institutions, and Ger
talnly the teachers cOhld have found
no more cordial welcome awaiting them
anywhere than has been ex xtcndcd them
by Winthrop College. and the town of
Rock Hill
There are regular rccitations con
Quoted i'll II great many departments,
amt there is plenty of work, hard work,
for all students, but with this one firds
some time for social intercourse, and
1t has been Il great place for the re-
ncwing Of old friendships. We have
met Ii;!ny Of our old college ciluns,
and find great delight in rciearsing the
many. pleasant incidents Of college
ne; indeed, some Of us fellows feel
IKE we were nothing more (nOthing
less, ] mean, for our wives are not
hcre) than college boys again, and
some OF the young ~ women, we'll
they. are real spry and gay. You
would think they had never been cross
III their lives: no. not even in school.
The following are the teachers here
from Anderson County, with the course
taken:
From the Anderson Graded Schools,
Snpt. Thos. c. Walton, physiograply
ana victorian poetry; Miss Nora Hub
bard, primary methods, drawing, ply
slology. vocal music; Mrs. NJ. T.. Novel;,
victorian poetry, arithmetic, Drawing;
Miss Emily i'ivvcr, physiography.
aritfimetlc, vocal music and drawing;
Miss Mamie Hardness, physiography,
arithmetic, vocal music and drawing;
Miss Zula Brock. physiography, arith-
mctic, vocal music and drawing; Miss
Docia Brock, photography, arithmetic,
vocal music and drawing; Miss Lille
FAINT, physiography, arithmetic, vocal
music ana drawing; j. w. w. Daniel,
primary methods, vocal music, drawing
and grammar; Miss Fannie Watkins,
tIigon0metry, arithmetic, physiology;
Miss Lottie Crosby. physiography,
arithmetic and physics; Miss Margaret
Brunson, Greek and Latin; Mr.. Herbert
NOVEL;, physics and English; w. B.
West, FseltOn High School, school
management, Latin, English and gram
mar.
john J. McMahan, Superintendent,
and Zack McGec. Assistant, are doing
nil they can for the comfort and profit
OF their large school. That they are
succeeding, every teacher in the build
ing will attest. They have done grand
work for the State in providing for this
school. Their efforts are sure to bear
fruit Wa believe South Carolina will
DC better State on account of this
opportunity for her teachers.
XNEN.