The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1900-12-27
MILLS AND SCHOOLS.
A Report Containing rluch Valuable
Information.

HO lSpOlI vi thS SS&OS
dent of education has gone to press
and is now being worked upon by the
State printer. 1t is very elaborate
report and contains, besides the pre-
sentation of the statistics Of the
schools, a general review Of the educa-
| tional conditions in the State, present
ing in a condensed aud we'll ordered
manner many facts, features and fig
ures OF every kind and grade Of school,
In the State, from primary school and
district school to college university and
professional institution. The discus
sion by Superintendent McMahan en-
phasizes the very great importance OF
better supervision as to the "sin Qua
non" Of good country schools. He goes
very fully into the subject and makes
comparisons and arguments which are
very suggestive and convincing.
The statistical report is OF a most
comprehensive and elaborate character,
One table shows facts about each in
dividual school district in the State,
number of schools, unmber OF school
houses, number OF pupils to school and
TO teacher, and the name of the chair
man of the board OF trustees; also the
greatest number fnlIes the children
have to walk to school in each district.
Another table gives an itemized state
ment of the receipts and disbursements
of each school district in the State.
with average amount paid to teachers.
These two tables were given in the first
report of Superintendent McMahan
have been made in them and the name
of the chairman of the board Of trus-
tees OF each district has been added.
These facts are given complete for the
whole State, with the exception of Ker-
shaw and Marlboro whose county
superintendents failed to send in the
required facts for the financial report.
Besides this and the usual tables, the
report has several new features in the
way of statistics. There Is a table
about the mill schools in the State It
gives the unmber of operatives in tho
mill, with the Hnmber OF children un-
der 10 working in the mill, the unmber
Of children in the school, together with
the amount Of money given by the NIL
authorities for the support Of the mill
schools. To these are added several
very able discussions on the subject Of
mill schools by the mills Officers.
Other very interesting features are
reports Of the town schools and Of the
| Institutions of higher education. These
reports are by far the most elaborate
reports OF such schools ever attempted
in the State. The town school report
shows the number of pupils, girls AMI
boys, white and colored, average at
tendance, estimated school population,
number Of teachers, average salary
paid to men and women, salary OF the
superintendent, number OF hours per
week he gives respectively to super
vision and class work, the value cfthe
buildings, furniture, apparatus, ETC.,
name of the superintendent and the
chairman of the board OF trustees, to-
gether with a number Of other inter-
esting facts. The college report shows
name of president, nuber Of faculty,
men.sand women, the enrolment, boys
and girls, tine number Of the various
kinds Of students, the endowments,
income, etc.
The summer schools occupy a consid-
cradle part Of this report. Mo- only
are these facts interesting, but Super
intendent McMahan in his discussion
on the subject makes them the basis
OF his plea for the better supervision
of the schools. He considers that the
establishment Of the summer schools
Is & sep towards the Improvement OF
the teachers and the recognition OF the
need of an expert in each county to
instruct the teachers and look after
the intrests of the schools from a pro-
fessional standpoint