The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1907-04-17
Rural SCHOOL ASSOCIATION.
An Interesting Meeting of the Wom-
ans ASSOCIATION for the Improve
ment of the Rural Schools at the
Gen. sumter Memorial Academy.


day. the 9Th instant, the Woman's As
sociation for the Improvement Of Ru-
raj Schools Of Sumter County held
its third meeting at the General Sum
ter Memorial Academy at Stateburg.
This meeting OF the County asso-
ciation was perhaps the most salts
factory in the history of the organi-
zation. In the selection Of the place
Of meeting, a more prosperous and
typical rural institution could hardly
have been found in the county nor
even in the State, and perhaps not
in several surrounding States.
The exercises were opened with an
appropriate musical selection, beau
tnully and artistically rendered by
Miss Theodosia Dargan at piano.
Miss Georgia Dargan, 1st ziolin, Miss
Bessie Dargan I'd violin, and Miss
Eugenia Dargan, bass violin.
The order of exercises was as fol-
lows:
Meeting called to order by Miss
Theodosia Dargan, president Of the
county association and members OF
the state executive committee.
Song, America Dy students of G.
S. NJ. A.
Minutes of last meeting read and
approved.
address by Miss Tneodosia Dargan.
Programme read by secretary OF
the County association, Miss Mayo
Reese.
: Miss Anna P. Stark, of Winthrop
College, introduced by Miss Dargan.
reports of teachers Of County as
sociation.
Song High School Bells" by stu
dents of G. S. NJ. A, assisted by Miss
Theo. Dargan.
Address, Expenditures upon
schools as an Investment" by Mr.,
Hugh c. Haynsworth, Of Sumter.
Miss Stark explains prize offers OF
closing session concerning greatest
material Improvement of rural
schools. 8
Song. aTenting on the Old Camp
Ground"
Dinner.
The addresses by the distinguished
visitors with that fthe president or
the County association We're extreme
" strong and practical.
Miss Anna P. Stark, of Winthrop
who is an officer of the State associa-
tion and is one Of its most able and
enthusiastic workers, presented 70
the teachers. in her careful painstak-
ing manner, most earnest and
forceful appeal for undivided CO.
operation in this WORK which mas
been so nobly Instituted for the de-
velopment of rural institutions Her
conception of the movement IS a
most practical, concise and optimistic
one. While ardently enthusiastic
she is bv no means extreme in her
view Of the rural school problem; hef
end is not only Intellectual develop
ment. but, moral and physical as
well. In her endeavor to bring oe-
fore the teachers the Importance OF
instilline in the minds Of the chill
aren that most vital question OF ru-
raj Improvement, which leads ultl-
nately to the intellectual and soclai
development of the rural dlstrlcts'
she has drawn a most vivid and per-
fect picture; and she is most unique
and potent in her portrayal Of the
hazardous problems that confront
the youth on leaving the country and
making his home in the city. She
begins by planting a foundation OF
granite blocks OF common sense and
builds upon these the massive and
permanent structure Of human devel-
onment that will ultimately restore
the rural districts of our country to
a higher and more important plane
intellectually, morally and socially.
Mr.. Haynsworth, in his classic and
scholarly style, discussed fully and
ably subject of prime Importance
to the movement. He seemed to have
been touched with the feeling Of the