The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-05-11
SCHOOL CLOSING
AN EVENT THAT WE ALL TAKE
GREAT PLEASURE IN.
Election of Teachers and Other
Business Transacted by the Trus-
tees on Friday Afternoon.

Business Transacted by the Trus-
tees on Friday Afternoon.
The time for the closing eXer-
cises of the Orangeburg Graded
School rapidly approaches. 1t is an
event that all the citizens of Or
angeburg are deeply interested in,
as nearly every house hold in the
community is represented by some
: bright boy or girl in the school.
As usual the closing exercises en-
brace Thursday and Friday, May 2S
and %, and will take place at the
Opera House.
During the past school year every
thing has passed off pleasantly, and
good work has been done by the
teachers in all departments. The
enrolment has been over seven hun
dred pupils, and we are glad to say
that no death or very serious 5sick-
ness has occurred among them dur
ing the year. A large class of girls
and boys will receive diplomas this
year, all of them having finished the
course laid down by the trustees.
The class would have been larger
than it is, but several of its men,
bers failed to pass the examinations
and secure the marks necessary for
them to graduate and receive di-
plomas.
The board of trustees, which is
composed of Messrs. w. L. Glaze,
w. B. Thompson, B. H. Moss, j. L..
Sims and Geo. V. Zeigler, met on
last Friday afternoon to make final
arrangements for the closing eXer-
cises of the school and elect teach
ers for the ensuing year. Misses
Fannie B. Beckman, Christine South,
Elizabeth Baskerville, Sadie Tuck
er, Maize Breeland, Winnefred
Kinard, Maud Houser, Minnie Her
bert Glaze, Rebecca Albergotti,
Lizzie Sheridan, Kittie Albergotti.
Meta Kartjohn, Winnie Bryant, Mary
Copes, Ruth Holman, Gertrude Dib-
BILE and Mrs. Lizzie Melton were
elected teachers for the ensuing
year. All these ladies have taught
in the school the past year, except
Misses Ruth Holman and Gertrude
! Dibble, who were elected to succeed
Misses Daisy Hartzog and Bessie
Bronson, who declined reelection,
to the regret of the trustees.
Miss Hartzog will not teach any
more and Miss Bronson expects to
teach in another city. Misses Hol-
man and Dibble. who have been
elected to succeed Misses Hartzog
and Bronson, are both graduates of
the Orangeburg Graded School and
Of Winthrop College and are well
qualified for the position to which
they have been elected. Miss Hol-
man is now teaching in the Bambe
Graded School, where she has been
reelected for another year. Miss
Dibble has taught during the past
year in large school in Williams
, burg county. Like Miss Holman,
she has been reelected for another
year, which is the very highest en-
dorsement that could be given these
Young ladies, but they will resign
to accept the PLACES here, SO as
to be near the home folks.
Miss Dibble is native of this
city, and is the eldest daughter OF
the late E. C. Dibble. Miss Holman
was born and reared over in the
Fork, and is a daughter Of the late
John A. Holman, who lived only g
few miles from this city. 1t is an
; unwritten law of the board Of trus-
tees to give young ladies from this
city and county the preference in
electing teachers, where they are as
we'll qualified to teach as ladies
from other places. The trustees
think this nothing but fair to our
own people, who pay the taxes to
keep up the schools. Misses Hol-
man and Dibble have double claim
to the positions to which they were
elected under this unwritten law.
They are both not only natives of
this city or county, but commenced
their education in the school in
which they will teach next year.
Whenever teachers cannot be had
from this city or county, then the
trustees go out into the State, and
if they can find suitable teachers
elect them. If the teachers they
need cannot be had in the city,
county or State, then they are got
ten elsewhere. So far the only
teachers that have ever been elected
! from outside the State taught in the
high school department. The teach
ers in that department are specia-
| lists, and sometimes it is right hard
to find the teacher that IS needed
to teach certain branch. At pres
ent there is only one teacher from
outside the State in the school, and
she teaches in the high school de-
partment. She is a young lady from
Virginia, and is most excellent
/ teacher. She has just been re-
, elected for another year.