Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1904-09-14
STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION
Review of Work Accomplished at the
Meeting Last Week-New Course of
Reading,

Meeting Last Week-NeW course OF
Reading,
The State board Of education is pre-
pairing course of study for teach
ers' reading circle, which will lead to
a Is or 20 years State certificate. The
plan is to arrange course Of study
that the teachers may read at home
and study at the county associations.
This course will be made to harmonic
with the regular courses in the public
schools and also with the summer
school and library work.
A committee appointed by the State
board in May reported at the meeting
Friday night and recommended at three
or four years course which shall re-
Quire a certain amount of reading and
study each year to be followed with
an examination either at the summer
schools or at the regular teachers ex-
animation. 1t is suggested that work
be done the first year in English gram
mar, language and literature, pedagogy,
arithmetic and civics. During this year
The teachers will be required to study
such text books as Benhler's Gram
mar, Chubbs' Literature. James "Talks
to Teachers" Peterman's Civil Gov
crnment," and to read such supplement
tary literature as "Enoch Arden"
"Evangeline," Birds and Bees,
"Black Beauty" Franklin's Autobiog-
raphy, Twice Told Tales "Gulliyer's
Travels" "Plutarch's Lives" Robin
son Crusoe," Self Help" "silas Mar
ner, Sketch Book" "Tom Browns
School Days. "stories of Bird Life"
Ill Of which are found in the regular
library list.
The second years course will review
the first and do more advanced work
in composition, literature, algebra and
history .As supplementary reading the
following will be suggested: "The Land
of Song" Lady of the Lake, - "Lays of
Ancient Rome,': Merchant of Venice"
"Vision Of Sir Launfal," Horse Shoe
Robinson "Ivanhoe," "Last OF tie
Mohicans," Poe's Tales" Treasure
Island," "Yemasse," etc.
During the third year the course will
contain studies of southern literature,
studies OF Tennyson, geography, nature
study and manual training, and for
parallel or library reading the COM
nittee suggests Pancoast English
Poems, Carson's Aims of Literary
Study, Koopman's Mastery of Books,
selections from Carlyle, Emerson,
Lowell and Ruskin, also Twelfth
Night, Macbeth" and Tempest" The
report of the committee will be printed
and submitted tn the State board at the
next meeting for amendent and
adoption. The board does not hope to
get this course in operation till next
year, but they hope to arrange one of
the best teachers reading circles in
the United States and thus have teach
ers a1Y over the State studying, along
the same line, at the same time.
The State board, at it's meeting Sat
urday, also voted to allow the granting
of certificate to teachers who sue
cessfully com. .ete nine courses OF
study in county OF district summer
school. A committee was appointed to
rivse the list of colleges while grad
yates are allowed to teach without ex,
ton, and report at the next
meeting.
a committee was also appointed to
nrepare rules and regulations to gov
crn the award of scholarships to the
State institutions.
In an appeal case from Newberry the
action of the county board was sus-
tanned, because said board acted strict
iy within it's jurisdiction under the
lew. The action Of the Saluda board
in dividing a school district was re-
duced below the constitutional limit OF
nine square miles A very complicated
appeal case came from Oconee, which
was heard, and a committee was ap-
nointed to consult with the attorney
general and the superintendent OF ed
ucation and prepare an order, suo!ect
TO the approval of the board. After
hearing and deciding many other minor
matters, the board adjourned Satur-
Cay.