The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-11-24

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high school course and doing fou
years high school work: the sum q
three hpIdFsd dollars, each schoo
having a three yfars high schoo
course and aoing three years high
school work the sum OF two hund
red dollars ekch year to each sohot
having q tW9 years high school course
and d. lag tWo years high school work
Provided that money 30 Appropriated
to any high school shall be used to
increase the efliciency OF the high
school: Provided further, that the
total amount OF the apportionment
and expenses under this Act shall not
exceed ten 6hsu and dtlals in each
year."
Stme Ct Ihbe States provide only ono
high schOoE 10 the ulty. Some pro
vide for ,aalnany as sc ven In one coun
ty, and SOME provide for the organi
zation ofash,gh school in any terri
tory larger than township. or
course / should not favor State aid 10
any high school unless the commuui
ty, township or county should be vii
ling to admit boys and girls free OF
tuition from the county in which the
school Is located. In order to encour-
age local effort and initiative, think
the law Should provide State aid to
any territory as great or greater than
the township which would make a
special levy for high school purposes.
This levyli,eed not be large. II some
counties which would gladly take ad-
vantage ot q law OF this hkind a half
mill would be amply sufficient; and
do not believe that any county wtu'd
need more than one mill for this pur.
pose, TIE vigorous and successful
tfr) r)rts of several enterprislng com.
munitiesIn this State to raise funds
TO get the Presbyterian G Jllege, now
located ali Clinton, clearly shows that
suoh oitfgP and towns are ready and
ripe for the building of first class
high Schools W ith local and boarding
patronage.
AS inUimated already, the high
school has received very great encour.
agementin the middle and far West.
The next few years will witness great
development In this line in the South.
shouldslike very much to see the
South Carolina Legislature take the
lead In developing a first class system
OF high schools. Georgia will soon
make move In this direction. The
Georgia. University has already &C
copied the offer of the general educa-
tion board to pay half OF the salary Of
the officer who will devote half of his
time tothe inspection and classified
tion OF such high school work as Is al
ready being done In that State, Prof.
Joseph5S. Stewart has already visited
every section Of Georgia as an inspec
tor OF this work. He has prepared
an excellent pamphlet which clearly
showsthe conditions and plainly re
veals the need Of the development OF
q high school system. I have no
douhs6the Georgia Legislature will
rise tothe emergency. As is shown
by thg North Dakota law, this work
can be started on q comparatively
small ,rr"',riation, A majority OF
the high schools would have a three
years course Of study. Under the law
they get three hundred dollars aid.
South Carolina gives nearly TWICE as
much to feed, clothe and educate six.
ty eight boys with scholarships in
State Qallege. as North Dakota does
to encourage g system OF high schools
which prepares several Thousand boys
and girls for college. 1t see1ns to me
10 be rank folly fot the State to give
one thousand dollars to feed and
clcthe one BOY and give him "a col.
lege education, when that thousand
dollars might be used to encourage
the establishment OF 3 high school
which would prepare q hundred boys
for college In the same length OF time.
II you will give boy such prepare.
tory advantages as will get Eiu ready
for college, In nlna cases out OF ten he
will work to feed and eotho himself
while In college; nor should we forget
the vast amount of work along scien
tiiic, commercial and Industrial lines,
which can he done In these high
schools to prepare boys who 30 not
get to 90 to college for lils. l'know
OF no possible legislation that would
be mbTe faf-reaoh!rg with It's good
influences upon Cnr educational sys.
tenn that the enactment OF good
high school low.