The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1902-06-12
THE SUM MER SCHOOL
important Announcement From the
State Superintendent.

The following announcement maze
by State Superintendent Of Education
Mcltahan about the State summer
school soon to open at Rock Hill will
be OF special interest.
The enrolment in the State summer
school this year is not yet as large
as many people suppose. Letters come
to this Office asking is there still
yoom. have impressed tie fact. how
ever, that we wish only the serious
minded, who mean 10 Go faithful work
and stay to the end. AS Wi1t3:ope has
increased her domitory accommoda-
tioEs there will probably be room for
all that wish to attend.
Application from the teachers III
many of the city schools arc just be-
ginning to come in, as they have been
waiting for their boards 70 elect ana
also to determine finally the question
of giving financial aid. Appropriation
for financial assistance Of the teach
ers attending the summer school mas
been the policy of most Of the graded
school boards, but this year sllght
increase is made in many cases. Supt.
H. P. Archer has just written to me
that the Charleston beard on the 4tn
inst. voted $500 to every teacher
who will certify to the state super
intendent that he or she intends to at
tend the sessions of the summer school
from the beginning to the end, and TO
take advantage OF every opportunity
for Improvement; and, also, voted an
additional sum of $500 to every teach
er who may make 80 per cent. as an
average on the subjects taken up This
additional $500 is an increase on what
the Charleston board has heretofore
given. Moreover the Charleston board
has closed it's schools a week earlier,
in time to permit the teachers to at
tend the State summer school-the
Charleston schools having heretofore
continued their session until the end
of June.
In Sumter, which last year gave its
teachers $500 each, the board has this
year given $4,000.
The Laurens graded school, which
last year did not aid its teachers, is
this year giving them $500 each.
Chester last year rendered assistance
by raising the salary OF each teacher
who attended the summer school $500
a month (S2700). This year, upon the
same condition, the salary is raised an
additional $500 (S1S.C0). These are
cnly a few instances Of what is gen
NJ 10 Ctota n
encourage more substantially than ever
the attendance of earnest minded
teachers upon the summer school.
In Columbia, which led off three
years ago with the policy Of giving its
teachers their actual expenses, the
board this year voted an unconditional
raise of salary of $4,000, with the mere
reminder that its teachers would use
their own Judgment as to whether or
not to attend the summer school. 1t is
recognized that the teachers who have
tested the benefits of summer school
work will be eager of their own motion
to continue the enjoyment of its ben
efits. Many of the Columbia teachers
are going to the summer school Of the
south at Knoxville. which will draw
considerably on their own purses. One
former summer school student writes
me from the country in Marlboro:
"The prospectus of the State summer
school is like a good dinner. Though
l have marked certain subjects, one
would like a bite at ALL"
Out of the 259 students classified the
enrolment in certain classes may be
Of interest:
In Miss Annie Bonham's observation
and practice work 20; Ill Prof. Patti
sons drawing Sc; in Supt. Evans
Frye's geography 40; in Prof. Snyder's
poetry Of the south "a: in Miss Mary
Leonard's methods in language train
ing 34 in Supt Hands school super
vision 81; in Prof. Snyder normal L.
erature 20; in Prof. McCain's literature
for third to sixth grades &c: in Eng
lish composition %; in Prof. Bain's Be-
ginner's Latin IA.
The representation Of some of the
colleges by their graduates in this
summer school is thus far: Winthrop
Al; Due West Female college Is; Con-
verse 9; Erskine Z; South Carolina col
lege Z; Furman university 6; Green
vile Female college 6; Wofford 6; Pea
body Normal 4.
Two county summer schools have
opened. The reports the first day were
that the Sumter summer school had en-
rolled "a; the Horny school 40.