The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1907-08-21
GROWTH OF
ASSOCIATION.
polImprovement
| Its Meaning.
1000 MEMBERS.
ID II

Being Made to Organize an
Non In Every County
In the State.
iof the most helpful agencies for
Cardinals good is the School
cement Association. This is an
tation, mainly of women, which
IT'S object the betterment of ru-
iools. These women are fast con-
hg the absurd idea that four bare
and a few straight benches con
ste a suitable place for boys and
% 3pend from seven to eight
nay.
ne Association now has over a
lsand members and is e~ndeavoring
lsecure the hearty cooperation of
public spirited woman in the
abopes to soon see the time
SRill be no more one room
and no more bare walls
grounds.
Rdertaken to have an
n each county, and through
Csc it wishes to interest the people
the neigorhood Of every school house.
ny white oma who will pledge her
kelf to do at least one thing for the
Improvement of at least one school
Ipe time during each session may be-
member. Those who cannot
their time to this active work, but
to help a become associate
| Hh orc hu ,Nn,,,. tlo .n r. n
Y$l.0O Men can join only as associate
4 members.
The County Association should be
composed of teacher, county officers,
ministers, and all public spirited people
tho are interested in the upbuildine of
Aral schools. The purposes of the
Snty Association are to arouse the
Est of the people of the county in
~Ahe Improvement of their schools, and
to establish a local Association in every
school district in the county.
The local Association should be COM
posed of teachers, patrons and pupils.
The purpose of the local organizations
is to unite all the people of a commu-
nifty for the improvement of their
school. These associations can have
new school houses built or the old ones
repaired and painted, comfortless
benches exchanged for good desks;
floors scrubbed, stoves polished, and
windows washed, shades or curtains
added to windows; a library stand and
Kept growing; Improvement made on
school grounds by planting trees and
flowers, and finally it can uphold the
hands of the teacher and through this
\ Qrk the community will become in
terested in its school and it's children.
Every school in Laurens connty
Apught to organize a local association
o as to get the community interested.
the interest of the patron is once
Weakened help is sure to follow nearly
Always when the patron is Indifferent to
ehe condition of the school it is because
he does not know what condition exits,
and what he could do to help.
The South Carolina Federation of
women's clubs and the School Improve
ment Association are now closely
bound together, and the Federation
will send free a travelling library to
any school making application to Mrs.
A. f. McKiss!ck, Greenwood, S. c., all
Of the railroads in the State have given
free transportation to these libraries.
h. This year the School Improvement
Association has offered fifteen prizes
to the school of the State for the most
decided material Improvement made
between January 1st. and November,
18TH, 1907. Five of these prizes are
worth 500 each and ten are worth $50
each.
Miss Mary II. Nance is giving her en-
tire time to the work of the Associa-
ton, and will be glad to visit and give
personal assistance to any school and
community in the State upon request.
Miss Nance has recently been to the
~Greenpond, Harmony, Dials, and
Friendship schools and made most help
full and instructive talks. 1t would be
a well for everybody in the county to Sc
cure her services before the opening
of the session. q
LaurenS County Teacher.