The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1901-04-24
The State Summer School GREAT STORM

! especl8tiy Interesting ~
who expect to attend The attend
ance, from all indications, promises
to be very large
Arrangements have been made
with the Southeastern Passenger
Association by which tickets viii be
on sale st the rate of one fare tor the
round trip These tickets will be
sold to the State Teachers Assocls
tion asd will be marked good to re-
turn June q, but by deposit With
the Superintendent they will be ex
tended until after the summer scnool
closes Teachers should inquire OF
their local agents boforehand SO as to
be sure that the agents have lnstruc
tions
In addition to these tickets the
regular summer excursion tickets to to
Spartanburg or the mountains win
be on sale.
The officers of Converse College
offer their services to the teachers
during the meeting of the summer
school, and will regret it if they are
left ignorant of any opportunity to
contribute to the comfort and pleasure
of the visitors
The dormitories will accommodate
three hundred teachers There is q
very pretty dining hall sccommodat
ing shree hundred Hot and cold
baths are in each dormitory.
In the College buildings there are
ten large recitation rooms; two very
pretty society halls, seating aoout
eighty each one large gymnasium,
lIoxSs feet, handsomely fitted up
with all convenient apparatus; good
appointments for laboratory work in
physics There is an assembly hail.
with opera chairs, seating comfortably
eight hundred people; a large audi
torium that will accommodate two
thousand There is large art room,
arranged with eight divisions for
private work, besides the large main
work room, aud all arranged with
good skylights and north lights
The buildings are well lighted with
electricity ; in each room there is a
twenty four candle power electric
lamp
The campus contains fifty Eve
acres. With good bicycle paths and
teams and basket ball courts A
good bowling alley is near the dormI-
tory Those expecting to play tennis
should bring their rsckets
Garres Springs, with fine chaly
beate water. is only balf-mile walk
from the College.
The mail comes to the College by
free delivery at 80 m 2 80 p N !,
and 4 80 p m and will be put i'm
mediately into the College posiofice
boxes for distribution On Sunday
the mail will be brought TO the Col
lege at 10 80 q m aud al i p N
The mail is carried to the trains at
the same time tAe delivery is made
The Converse College library will
be at the service of the teachers
The hours will be from 8 to 2, and
from 4 to 6. Arrangements have
been made so that the Woford Col
lege Iibrery and the Kennedy library
in the city will be open to the teach
Arrangements have been made to
have the text books and what station
cry the teachers will need on sale ct
the college
Various text books end school
supply companies have been invited
30 make exhibits of the newest text
books and school supplies for the
benefit of the teachers A suitable
place will be set aside for this pur
pose
The faculty will consist of Prof R
Means Davis, history James Viii
liam Patterson of Chicago Art Inst
sute, illustrative drawing William
H BurDham of Clark University,
Massachusetts, history and prsctice
of teaching Dr. j. l Mccain, Frs
kline College, English grammar Wm
G a Hammel, Maryland State Nor
nal School. physics and manual train
ing Patterson Wardlaw. South Car
Dina College, pedagogy " Il
Hand, Chester Graded School. school
supervision St James Cummings,
Citadel Academy, English literature !;
A G Rembert, Woford College.
Latin and Greek Miss Mamie Mac
feat, Winthrop College. kindergarten
principles Miss Sarah Wishe,s.
Chester schools, primary methods !;
V Lewis Clemson College. physi
cal geography Miss SARAH O. Thurs
ton, nature study; Marshall D
Earle, Furman, mathematics : E L
Hughes, Greenville schools practical
geography Frank Evans. Spartan