The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1901-02-06
Or School.

We have frequently been invited to
pay 4 visit to the graded school and see
the work it is doing, but never availed
ourselves OF the pleasure until yester-
day. when we sought pleasant company
and decided to pay the school a call.
The first department we entered was
the room of Professor J. P Inabnit, the
principal, who greeted us most cordi-
ally. In addition to the general super
intendencv OF the school he has charge
of the ninth and tenth or collegiate
grades. We found him closing 4 re-
view in arithmetic and explaining to
his grades some of the far-reachln@
meanings of the term per cent. as
apart from simple interest. After this
came a Latin recitation or reading IN
Caesar. After the lapse of some years
since we dealt in any such delightful eX-
ercises as reading Cesar it had to us
sort of dizzy and hazy sound. but never
theless was interesting listen to.
We then called on Miss Jessie Nc
Lean. who has charge OF the third and
fourth grades. Miss Mclean was thor
ouchlv drilling class in reading, and
as it is very much easier to understand
English than Latin anyhow, our COM
pany timely remarked that we could
now feel more at home.
Thence we were uShered into Pro
fessor J. 4. Thackston's room. He is
engaged in expanding the heads Of the
seventh and eighth grades, and just at
this time was taking them through q
a lesson in history and discussing i'm
portant matters which occurred during
the DAYS of Andrew Jackson, Clay, Cal
houn. and the national bank trouble
which occurred during Jackson's ad-
ministration.
When we were ushered into the room
of Miss Lizzie Perry, who has charge OF
the ideas in the fifth and sixth grades,
we found her, too, busy and perfectly
at home She believes in teaching her
pupils something of the beauties of the
English language as well as other
things, and was giving them some Spe-
cial instructions in composition from
dictation.
The last room we visited was that of
Miss Carrie Legg. Hers represents
the least in size but not in numbers.
She has charge of the second and first
grades, or in other words the nursery
department, and splendidly and with
patience does she drill them and keep
them all occupied. Miss Legg's de-
partment is most important one in
deed. as she lays the first principles in
the foundation OF an education with all
pupils who make their beginning here.
After visiting all of the departments
of the school we were impressed with
the fact that The Moses Levi Memorial
Institute is an institution of learning OF
which the people of Manning and VI
cinity ought to feel proud. The school
is now well equipped with many mod
ern appliances. and with corps OF such
competent teachers they are doing
good work, probably much more than
the public appreciate. We commend 1t
to the people of the community and es-
pecially to the patrons to sometimes
visit the school and see for themselves
what is being done for the advancement
of their children and then probably
many word of censure will be spared
the teachers for children not learning
as much as parents think they ought.
Standing for six hours and going
through the mental strain of teaching
forty or fifty children with its .accompa-
nying trials to the patience is equal to
about ten hours Of any ordinary work,
and the teachers are therefore entl-
tied to the fullest support and co-opera-
tion on the part Of the parents.
Professor Inabnit has arranged to
have a series of lectures delivered, one
every month during the remainder OF
the session, 10 which all patrons are in
vited, and the first OF the series will be
delivered by Rev. P. B. Wells on the
evening of the 18th inst. We think this
capital idea, and one that will bring
the people closer in touch with the
school.
We could write more of the school,
of its origin, its founders and the vlcls-
situdes through which it has passed,
but will not now, and will commend 1t
to the people for its good work, which
can easily be seen upon casual inves-
tigation.