Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1907-01-02
Anew Years Greeting.

noW yoai 10 noIo. DTlSnC hopes
ere ours. Wenow enter the seventh
year of our work for rural schools.
AS seven in the olden times was per-
fection, we trust that some of our
pndest hopes will be realized that
: the salary of the Superintendent
of Education raised, a live teachers
association, trustees meeting, al
mothers club, teachers library in
the superintendent's Office; that our
teachers realize that they are charac-
ter-builders and that they should
make the child "as straight as pine,
sweet as balsom, as sound as white
oak"; that Old Glory float over our
schools. and as it waves in the cir
may the people see that we are not
true to our noble ancestors, who
gave us this flag, while we sit idle
and do not try to educate all the
white children.
We solicit the aid of all teachers
in making this column success, and
we will gladly aid any school send
ing stamps for reply. Sincerely,
Marye r. Shelor.
Trustees aud pareuts have sent in
this complaint: eve employ al
teacher and she accepts, A week
before our school is to begiu she
writes that she has accepted another
place that pays more. We cannot
then get teacher. Give us rem
edy for this" This complaint has
come to me from all over the Third
Congressional District.
Teachers, isn't your word your
bond? Do you expect respect of
your children when you have no re-
spect for honorp Don't accept a
school until you are pleased with
your salary.
Mothers, do you ever think that
the school room needs securing and
the walls dusting? A clean school
room is a place where bright, pro-
gressive children are found2 We
visited school room last August
where two teachers were teaching in
one room one hundred children, sit
ting on backless benches; the water
bucket was on the floor, and around
it for several feet was a wet and
soiled place; big black dog came
by the bucket, but child drove him
off before he helped himself. Are
not such conditions dangerous to
healthp .@
Mothers and teachers, have scrap
book or scrap box for your children
to keep clippings of historical value.
Now, when child needs more than
text book, q collection of historical
items will be helpful. These clip
pings can be taken from the columns
of newspapers.
Margaret Sangster writes in the
Sunday State of November 25 to the
boys, "Boys, be politicians" If this
were not copyrighted 1 would have
it appear here 30 that every boy could
read it. l advise you to get copy
Is cents). 1t will be the best invest
ment you can make of five cents.
) Hang it up in your room and live by
pit. My dear'boy, Margaret Sangster,
when she said, "Be politicians" she
docs not mean for you all to be
officers, but to be men of honor, for
it is the voter who rules politics.
She advises the boys to read widely
and deeply of newspapers, biogra-
phies of noted men and local history.
We find the masses of people ignor-
ant on the history of their own
ancestry. Study, boys, and be men
of honor and the school room is the
place. We need men like our hero,
Wade Hampton.
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We ask why will the mothers all
form missionary societies and not
form a school improvement club ?
Isn't your child's interest more than
anything else? Here in Oconee we