The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-08-18
MUCH RED TAPE
In Making Awards of Scholar
ships In Colleges,
ACHANGE SUGGESTED

Winthrop Makes a Great Record
There Were Thirteen Hundred
and Twenty-four Scholarships
ssr,x Thousand Dollars Paid tor
Scholarships in the Schools.
rn.. ,ha entire method OF a!los-
ting beneficiary scholarships IL tae
several State colleges is wrons. IS
ths view OF the State supeT.ntel-
ssn. Of education. Mr.. J. E Sweat
toSsn. The cost il seveTa! nnAorea
dollars anruslly. the e1ac: amount
be.as unknown because the COUNTY
boards Of education are paio Out
Of ,hel- respective county funds and
not out OF the State treasury
Mr.. Swearinsea says that a.. o.
the examinations should BE nelc tue
same day and that the papers should
be examined for award by the rae
mites OF the respec.!v institutions.
This is the Law with reference 20
the scholarships at the University
With reference TO clemson
the county boards OF eou-
cation are the eroito-s. even after
the papers have been graded BY the
Clemson faculty. This means pos
sib,y a. additional meeting OF the
county board. for which each mem
Der gets s. per day. There are two
appo!ntiye members Of the board IN
each county and this would ass7e-
gate sa5s for the boards to meet
to ra:iey wha, the faculty had al
ready decided de tac.o.
The scholarship appropriation OF
the State are as follows: Clemson
s1s,seo. Winthrop s12.406. aniver-
sity $4,000. Citadel $4,000. To
tai $4,000.
For the vacan. scholarships at
Winthrop this year there were 1900
applicants. It has been IN inmens"
undertaking to grade the papers.
Every applicant must make an aV-
erage Of SO points OF each branch
OF study. Some have excellent
standing IN some studies and tail
in Others. Furthermore the county
boards OF education mus: ascertain
IL the applicant comes within the
restrictions OF law as to property
qualifications. The legislature IN
tends that these scholarships shali
be given 20 worthy and needy girls.
The Winthrop faculty is now grad
lag the papers. some 5000 Of them,
sne the report will be IN the hands
OF the State board OF education ear
y in September.
The Recommendations from the
South Carolina university faculty are
already completed.
Daily the State superintendent Is
seos!ng reaorts from rhe county
supenin:en6ents with reference &c
the Clemson scholarships. but the
entire lis: is FAR from being com.
pIete. Mr. Swearingen would like
for the county superintendent to re
port AZ once as he can not require
this information from the Clemson
faculty or trustees.
The county boards are required
to give preference 70 those applicants
for Clemson scholarships who state
that they wish to take the agrtcui
tura, OF textile courses. and she
spirit Of the la~ is 70 encourage ths
study OF agriculture. but the Law
does not make this mandatory 1,
giving the scholarships.
The board 0. visitors OF the Cha
de. met on the 10th Of July sac
granted permits for S: young men t:
stand the examination 70. Citadc
scholarships. These examination:
viii be held on the 18th Of AL
gust. making an additional expense
upon the counties Of IS per day 70:
each examiner. Nr. Swea1!nseH sas
found what ne considers another in
tustise-a youth will be successful!
In standing an examination ,o'
Clemson and viii then IN August
try for the Citadel vacancy.
and yet one other condition which
Mr.. Swes-ingeu seeks to correct Is
the inequality IN the amounts ap,
proprsa:ed. He thinks that Win.
ehrop and the university should be
on the same plane as Clemson
Winthrop has 124 scholarships al
500 each; Clemson 1S6 at $leo
each; the Citadel IS at $3.50 each
and the university AZ at 500 each.
There is frequently q vacancy
from county. In such case Ar.
Swearingen suggests ths: there
should be authority given to the
faculty OF each institution to allow
some worthy. deserving and needy
young man from another county to
become the benesciary-foc :hs year
year at least Such an arrangement
could be designed scholarships a.
large"
In brief Mr.. Swearingez suggests
that the matter OF scholarships could
be resolved into a much more SIM
pie arrangement. All applicants for
all scholarships should appear at
the respective court houses on the
same day. The couaty boards Of
education could see that the .estric-
tons as to property qualifications
were met The questions could be
answered and forwarded - the re-
spective faculties who would grade
them These papers would Of course
be signed by number and no one
would know the number until the
conclusion OF the examination Of the