The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1901-05-02
THE STATE SUMNER SCHOOL.
information for Teachers Who E;:.
pect to Attend.

ton relative 10 the State SUMMER
schCcl, to be held az Spagtanbu! 6,
which Will prove especially interest
iDS to all teachers who expect to at
tend. The attendance, flom ell indi-
cations, promises to be very large.
Arrangements have been made with
the Southeastern Passenger Associa-
tifcn by which tickets will be on sale
at the r,2te Of one fare for the round
trip. These tickets will be sold 20 the
State Teachers Association and will
be marked good to return June q, but
by G.apcGi. with the Superintendent
they will be extended until after the
summer schOcl close@. Teachers should
inquire of their local agents before
hard so as to be sure ,h2t the agents
have instructions.
In addition to these tickets the regu-
lar summer excursion tickets 10
SrrrEanburg Or the mountains will be
on sale.
The officers of Converse College Of
fer their services to the teachers dur
ing the meeting OF the summer school,
and Will regreat it if they are left ig-
norant OF any opportunity ~ contrib
ute to the comfort and pleasure of the
visitors.
Tie dormitories will accommodate
three hundred teachers. There is a
very pretty dining hall accommodate
ing three hundred. Hot and cold
haths are in each dormitory.
In the College buildings there are
ten large recitation rooms; two very
pretty society halls, seating about
eighty each; one large gymnasium,
110x3S feet, handsomely fitted up
with all convenient apparatus; gocd
appointments for laboratory wcrii in
lhyclics. There is an assembly Aall,
with opera chairs, seating c'jmforta ply
eight hundred people; a large audi
trC1.um that will accommodate two
thousand. There is a large ant room,
ARRANGED with eight divisions for pri-
vate work, besides the large main
work room, and all arranged with
good skylights and rcrth lights. The
buildings are we'll lighted with cleo
tricity; in each room there IS a
twerr.y-four- candle power electric
lamp.
The campus contains fifty-fve acres,
win good bicycle paths and tennis
and basket ball courts. A goicd bowl
ing alley is near the dormitory. Those
expecting to play tennis should bring
their racketS.
Garret Springs, with fine chalybeate
water, is only a half-nLle walk from
the college.
The mail comes To the college by
free delivery at $50 a. M, 2:3O p, II.
ard 4:30 p. m, and will be put inme-
diatelv into the college pcstoffice
boxes for distribution On Sunday the
mail will be brought 10 the College
at 1O:3O a. M, aid at p. m. The mail
is carried 10 the trains at the sane
time the delivery is made.
The Converse College Library will
be ct the service Of the teachers. The
hours wlll be from 9 to 2, and from 4
to 6. Arrangements have been made
so that the Wexford College Library
and The Kennedy Library in the city
VIII be open TO the teachers.
Arrangements have been made to
have the textbooks ard what sta
ticrery the teachers will need on sale
at the College.
V.rl.rs textbooks and school sup
ply companies have been invited to
make exhnL.ts Of the newest text
books and school supplies for the
benefit OF the teachers. \ suitable
place will be set aside for this pur-
pose.
The faculty will consist OF Prof. X.
Means Davis. history: James William
/ atterson, Of the Chicago Art lnsti-
tu.e. illustrative drawing; William n.
Brr2ram, OF Clark University Massa-
chusetts, history and practice OF %each-
ing: DR.. ]. l. Mccain, Ershine Col
lege. English grammer; Wa. {. A.
Hammel, Maryland state Norma
School. physics and manual training
Patterson Wardlaw, Souih Carc!lna
Couge, pedagogy: w. H. Hand, Ches-
ter Graded School, school supervision;
St James Cur mings, Citadel Acad-
emy, English literature; G. KEN
bert, Woffort College, Latin and
Greek: Miss Mamie Macfe.t. Winthrop
Ocllege, kindergarten principles; Miss
Sarah Wthers, Chester schools, pru-
mary methods; ]. V. Lewis, Glenn
son College, Physical geography; Miss
Sarah C. Thurston, nature s,u1y;
Marshall D. Earle, Furnan, mathe-
matics; E. L. Hughes, Greenville
school, practical geography; Frank
Evans. Spartanburg schools, Frye S
geography; R. H. Peters. converse
College. vocal music; Miss sarah
Chandler. Spartanbu-g schools, prl-
mary teaching illustrated; DR.. James