The Pickens sentinel-journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1903-1906, 1904-11-02
Of Picksns Graded School.
~ Part of Exercises Held
in Court House.
An Able Address by Prof. John G.
ClinksCaIes w. T. McFaIl
Presided.

ems was the laying Of the corner
stone of the new graded school
building Wednesday.
The teachers and pupils had hol-
iday, and the pcop'e OF the town
and the surrounding community
for miles around attended the in
teresting ceremonies.
Court, which was IN session, adj
journed until o clock in the af-
ternoon. The exercises of the day
began in the court house at 10
O'Clock in the following order
Music by tho Pickens band.
Invocation by tho Rev. O M.
Abney.
History of the school by Prof.
w. e. Dendy.
America" by the school child
ren.
Address by Prof. John G. Clink-
scales.
MUSIC by Jhe Dahu.
Benedcuoh by Rev. G. l.. Nc
Cain.
An Interesting fact revealed IN
the history of the school showed
that about five years ago, when
the special levy of four mill tax
for the support Of the school was
voted there was not dissenting
vote. Prof. Clinkscele les made one
of the ablest addresses heard in
Pickens III NANCY day.
He discourseT at length upon
what many people term "old
He avowed his love for
the ola blue back spelling book
. and sssptH}; e;Ga., mar. mar
He asned tho question: "What
on earth is the matter with the
spelling of the American people?"
He answered it by saying that it
was due in large measure to the
discarding of "old blue back" lie
eaid that one Of the dangerous ten
.dencies of the times in school work
is the desire of many teachers to
make frequent changes in text
2 books, whose merits have not been
tested. Teachers, as we'll as par
ents, Introduce every new tangled
Mtext that comes along and imagine
they are progressive Mr.. Clink-
ecules said the ''old fogy' method
of exacting obedience from child
rem in the home and at school
fplayed out 40 years ago. WEcn a
boy got thrashing at school, il 1t
was found out at home, he got an :
other. Latter day methods are very
different; the boy comes home and
relates his tale of woe to c ger cars,
and the enraged parents assure the
boy that they are going to geta gun
and go after the teacher. The
speaker declared with great earn
estuess that the reign of the law.
iessness now abroad in the State
Js due in large measure to just
such methods of control. The
State Is degraded daily with crimes
Of every description, and these are
only indication Of slack methods
oi control in the home and in the
school.
The most important lesson a
child can learn is the lesson OF
obedience Any branch of study
can well be neglected in preference
! TO neglectiDg the Lesson Of obedi.
!, e1ce.
AT the conclusion of the exer-
cises in the court house a process
sion was formed to go to the grad,
cd sehool building. The process,
u wass.headed hg'lthe Pickent
IL I, followed by the M
.,osIS. of p, the school child.
rem AID civilians.
w. +. McFall, w. h., of Keo.
wea lodge, presided oyer the inter
esting ceremonies of the corner
etone laying, according to the ole
and time honored rites of the ma
sonic fraternity. There were 1
nnp4ber of Waiting craftsmen pres
ont from neighboring towns.
Hon. Martin r. Ansel of Green
vile was morshal of the day, an,