Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1899-05-10
STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION.
Important Action With Reference to Sum
mer Schools.

Important Action With Reference to Sum
mer Schools.
Columbia State, Saturday.
The state board of education recon
vened yesterday at noon. The hour
was fixed at 12 so as to give the COM
mittees time to hold meetings. The
matter of appointing county boards OF
education came up for consideration,
and the state superintendent of educa-
ton read the recommendations from
various counties. Each member was
asked about the men suggested for the
counties of his district. The county
boards of Anderson, Saluda and
Williamsburg were not appointed but
left for the governor and the state su-
perintendent to appoint later. The
boards in the other counties were ap-
pointed. In most cases the old boards
were reappointed.
Courses of study having been sub
mitted from the South Carolina COL
lege, Due West Female college, Bene-
dict college and Clafin university, res.
olutions were passed declaring that the
degree of liceptiate of instruction
awarded by those institutions should
exempt from examination for certifi-
Gates.
The matter of greatest interest and
importance that has come before the
board is that of the arrangements tor
the summer schools.
Mr.. McMahan made full state
ment of the plans he had formed and
asked for confirmation by the board.
The question of the summer school at
Winthrop was not under the Jurlsdlc-
ton of the board but it was left with
the board whether or not to give the
work their moral endorsement. A res
olution was offered requiring attend
auce on either the county or the state
schools as a prerequisite to certihca-
ton. This brought forth much discus.
sion but as 2 O'Clock arrived the board
adjourned to meet again at O'Clock.
The board reconvened at 4 p. IN.
The following was adopted:
Resolved, That the income from the
permauent school fund that shall have
accrued by October l, 1899, be apportioned
equally among the counties Of the state
for the purposes of teachers institutes in
said counties, and be paid out of the treas
ury upon the warrant of the governor and
the state superintendent of education.
Section Is Of the rules and regulations
of the board was amended by inserting IN
the last line after the word ''shows" the
words ito the state board of education,"
SO that the section reads as follows:
Section Is. A first grade certificate may
he renewed by the county board from
which it was issued. If, however, a
teachers institute or summer school Is
held in the county, a first grade certlhcate
shall not be renewed unless the holder at
tends the institute or summer scnoois, or
shows to the state board OF education
some satisfactory reason for not doing so.
Section II was amended by abolish
ing the usual county teachers exami-
nation in September and adding the
following: "That the county board
shall also hold an examination of ap-
plicants for teachers county certiti-
Gates of qualification during the last
week of the session of a teachers ill.,
stitute held in their county, on ques-
tions to be prepared and submitted by
the state superintendent of educa-
tion."
1t is the understanding that this ex-
animation shall be on the course of
study taught in the summer school or
institute in each county.
The following was also unanimously
adopted:
Whereas, in the opinion of this board it
is essential to the welfare of our school
system and to the profession of teachers
in our schools, that there should he "a gen
eral attendance of teachers at sessions OF
the county school institutes, be it
Resolved, That in order to express this
desire Of the board, the superintendent
be requested to address circular letter TO
the county superintendent and trustees
of each county showing the necessity ol
attendance of teachers, and that the
school trustees be asked TO make some
provision to aid and assist the teachers IN
their county to attend the said Institutes.
The board approved the questions
reported by the committee for the ex-
animation of teachers in June by the
county boards.
The regular dates of the meetings
of the state board were fixed on the
first Tuesday in January, May and
September, except for this year, when
the date of the September meeting
will he the third Tuesday.