The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1900-07-12
TEACHERS TO MEET.
The State Summer School and the
Educational Convention.

The teachers in the State will soon
begin TO move The National Educa-
tIonal Association opens on Saturday
in Charleston Most OF the teachers
will go down on Friday and Saturday,
though many will probably not go till
Monday.
The summer school for teachers
opens at Winthrop College the week
after the n. E. A. so that the teachers
will be On a strain for about five weeks.
This summer school bids fair to be
even a greater success than the one
last year. The announcements and ap-
plication blanks for admission have
been sent all over the State, the teach
ers are everywhere alive and applica-
tions are pouring in to State Superin-
tendent McMahan and President john
son by every mail.
Speaking of the coming State School
Prof. MCGEE OF the Office Of the State
Superintendent said: The courses OF
study are stronger and more varied
this year than they were last year and
1t seems that they will be OF even more
practical value to teachers than they
were last year. The general opinion
among those who were at the school,
last year is that the success OF last
year can scarcely be improved on.
There are some points, though, which
are perhaps a little stronger. For In
stance. the course In practical school
geography by Supt. E. l.. Hughes will
be something thai the teachers actu-
ally need in their school room work
and had no opportunity of taking last
year. This is in addition to the course
in photography, which this year will
be in charge of Prof. Lewis, OF Clemson
College.
Then there will be this year a course
in practical physics by Prof. Hammel.
Prof. Hammel has been one OF the
strongest attractions at the North Car
olina summer school for several years.
Supt. McMahan tried last year to get
him but he could not come then, being
already engaged in similar work. He
shows the teachers how to make q
large number of simple devices for IL
Illustrating physical principles. The
course he gives in every particular is
one adapted to the needs Of the public
schools. 1t is not advanced physics but
elementary physics as lit. should be
taught in all our schools. There was
nothing of this kind at the, school last
year.
Still another feature OF the school
this year which does not}.appear to
have been in the last school will be dhe
course in nature study. Miss Thurston
is such an enthusiastic teacher of ele-
mentary science and has so many ways
of interesting people in the things
around them that there is little doubt
she will arouse enthusiasm in this line.
"Supt McMahan seems to think that
one of the chief drawing things about
the school will be the drawing. Prof
Pattison, the great Prof. Pattison from
Chicago Art Institute, who so delighted
everybody that took his course, will be
on hand again. He was such success
that Supt. McMahan last year engaged
him on the spot for the work again.
And he is to have five assistants,
Misses Virginia R. Brodie, Fannie l.
Saunders, Emma Graham, Emma
Lucas and Katie Manning. 1t is likely
that there will be as many as 200 in
the drawing class and those VINO take
this course may just depend on work.
ing, too.
These are tho features of the school
which indicate improvement"