The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-05-05
The CouEtry School.

There is a noble band Of women scat
tered throughout this fair land of ours
! who ;.ce engaged in the most !audable.
enabling and e!eva1iug OF ali vocatlons
ard that is inSiiilinS into the minds OF
the Young the elements Of education.
which is 10 be broadcned and developed
as the wears roll on, but after all the
imother OF al education is the country
school, without it what would be the
great institutions Of learning.
All honor to the worthy struggling,
/ painstaking untiring efforts of the coun-
Try school, teachers. both men and wo-
men Of this glorious republic for I'M
parting into the minds OF the little men
and women, the cardinal principles of
truth. character and knowledge
When these children leave the kind,
patient and devoted ministr2tlons of
these teachers, for the higher schools,
colleges and universities, We should
never forget them and in highest esteem
regard what they have done to impart
knowledge when the young idea did not
| know the mysteries Of the alphabet.
And when We point with pride to our
statesmen. soldiers, poets. scientists.
noveliSts and historians we must reflect
and comprehend that without the COM
mon schools OF this country they never
could have been created.
Three OF our ablest Presidents, Lin
coin. Cleveland ard Garfield were the
direct products OF the country schools.
and this writer whatever educational
advantages he possesses which in all
candor is lamentably limited, was Sc
cured from fair young teacher, many.
many years ago, it is true she delight
ed to ilrpart to him the elements of
fiction, poetry. rhetoric and history and
he surely absorbed them with avidity,
but when it came TO mathematics she
was not so eager, neither was !. mil
for the rule of three he could noU, >
and fractions drove him to Gistractio.
And who shall say that this school
will not produce from amongst these
boys and girls d ''Ccomwell guiltless of
his country's blood a Pope who lisped
in numbers for the numbers came q
William Gilmore Simms. who will
again explore the ledge OF the swamp"
and the fascinating and mysterious Sar-
tee, and u Henry Timrod with his no.
5lest woman of her race;
y George Elliott with her matchless
Adam Bede and Daniel Deronda. an
Elizabeth Barrett Browning with her
'.Aurora Leigh'' and the Beautiful
homes of Englapl, a Somertield who
solved The higher branches OF mathe-
matics
And one word more while the men
and women Instructors of this State are
giving their very best services TO the
coming generation, their remuneration
is very meagre there is 10 field of en-
deavor so poorly remunerated. this
should not be. this palmetto state should
recompense these devoted educational
servants, who are devoting their best
wears TO intoxicating knowledge into the
minds OF the young Of this State, much
more liberAlly and even justly.
The far town Of Manning recognizes
what education requires by erecting
magnificent structure OF learning. ag-
gregating I. cost of more than (S65.OO0.
sixty FIVE thousand dollars. this is as It
should be for the church and the school
go hand in hand and must be fostered
and protected for the good of society.
And to the trustees the full need of
praise" should be given for their ardu-
Gus and untiripg efforts in erecting
splendid building. ;iThe Sardinia
school" for without their efforts it
could not have been accomplished.
At the commencement exercises OF
the Sardinia school every person pres
en5 was impressed by the progress
evinced bv the boys and girls showing
the care, attention and indefatiga5!e-
ness bestowed on "these young ideas"
by their fair instructor from Fairfield
county.
And so | conclude with:
"A little learning is dangerous thing:
Drink deep. or touch not the Perian spring