Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1904-03-16
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Trustees wishing good teachers
can get them by writing to President
ID. b. johnson, of Winthrop. Presi-
dent johnson is spreparing his pupils
for rural school work.
We want every trustee in Oconee
to ?rledge himself TO employ both
principal aud assistantsteachers who
are first grade teachers. Do away
with the second grade teachers.
Emmerson said, "If you would
lift me up you must go on higher
ground"
Mrs. Agnes Scott prayed for
twenty-five years that college
should be built whore young women
could be educated heart and head
with as high standard as man. To-
day in Decatur, Ga, there is Agnes
Scott Institute, monument to a
sainted woman's7 prayers. May the
school workers take heart at this, for
God will answer our prayers eif we
work and ask'for better rural schools.
Letters came from student at col
lege, who had poor training in the
rural school, saying, 81 now see and
feel what poor teacher has done
for me. l am so behind my class"
Yet our Legislatures and rich oiti-
zens donate to colleges TO help the
poor young man or woman to get
educated, while one in a hundred
ever enter a college. If they would
send teacher who could teach in
our colleges to the country our peo-
pie would be better educated. We
must have better teachers and build
ings.
Just think of the people in Oconee
growing up who can not read
Not long ago we, visited school
where disorder reigned. Pupils
were coming in at all hours. The
teacher was hearing a class. Half
the children were not there, but came
in later. This teacher said that form
and government was not wise for
children. Too much red tape made
them go astray. The same teacher
owed merchant small amount.
The merchant said, eThe teacher is
careless, for he bought goods last
spring and has forgotten to pay it.
A by-stander said, "You can see
that he is careless in money matters,
but you cannot see his careless ways
are being taught your child, who
comes late to school," What an
awful responsibility there is in shap-
ing the destiny of school child.
The teacher should, have the CO.
operation of the parents. Hear your
child's lesson at night, read to him
parallel subjects, get him colored
pencils for his map studies, make his
work play.
A,gentleman visited the Walhalla
Graded Schools last week and was
greatly impressed with the system of
government. Over two hundred
present and not but one late. The
children were there with bright
faces. He said, of all the schools
in Oconee were under the same
government and had such teachers
we would have fewer courts.
We are like an old woman who
wished tree cut down that W as
damaging the church. She asked
the good deacon to cut it down. He
would say, "I will do it tomorrow"
One day the sister got an axe and
marched through town to the church.
"What, sister," said a man, "you
can't cut down that tree?" "No, l
cannot, but can make a racket and
some one will come and cut it down.
SO we are, we cannot better the
school, but we will make a racket
until some one comes and stirs our
rural schools up, first for better
teachers and buildings. Remember
we need you, and lend hand, please.
Marye r. Shelor,
Cor. Sec. O. Il. S. |. A.