The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-09-01
Wednesday, Sept. 1, 1909.
Nuggets From Fridays Educational
RaIIy.

Cooperation is the secret of success in school
work.
Dissention will ruin any community as far
as schools are concerned.
Ifthe people Of Abbevllle appreciated the
value OF Education, Abbeville would have
better schools.
The wealth producing power Of a com
mnnity depends directly on its educationa
advantages.
The Educated man makes SIC. 1000 In bis life
time while the uneducated makes $4,000.
Each day in school is worth $40 to a boy or
girl.
1t is better to put the labor OF the land Into
the boy than to put the labor Of the boy into
land.
Illiteracy is the heaviest burden that any
community can carry.
Only three generations can live in the city
before they must get back 10 the rural dis
tricts or die.
Education must prepare for life rather than
for q profession
The most important machine known &c
civilization is the pillow.
No school is better than the teacher who is
the head OF 1t.
Many teachers are being paid more thai
their services are worth.
The dog catcher Of Washington gets Sl5N
per year while the school teachers get SOO
No educated woman will Iear an up
educateducaicd family.
Denmark n Massachusetts have taxed
themselves rich.
The school house is the heart Of a com
munity.
The progress Of a community is Judged no
by Its churches but by its schoolhouse.
The school Is of economic value to a com
munlty.
Good schools demand q community OF II
terest and a breadth Of interest
The brain OF a man goes into his business
but the brain Of mother goes into her hom'
and children.
II the women are educated the vexiDi
Question of compulsory education is settled
forever.
Many men confuse lice nee with freedom
and say they wan the latter when they ash
for the former.
Put good books in your home and you,
schools.
The two most serious defects in our schoo
system is the saleries Of teachers and length o
terms.
In the community the individual has los
sight Of his responsibility.
The state never intended 10 pay the whole
cost OF of schools. 1t desire tina the individual
do his part
Very little can be accomplished In al schoo
that only runs three month per year.
Most schools OF Vaudeville county are poorly
ventilated, poorly lighted and poorly tquipT
ed.
Rural people live well at home and miser-
ably at school.
Sixty pupils can be better taught in one
building than can fifteen pupils each in fou,
buildings.
The present Educational csmraiep is no
one of politics but patriotism.
Our greatest curse Is Ignorance.
Our duty in educational matters does nc;
stop with ourselves but extends 10 our neigh
bors children.
The children OF a community are our wards
both In law and in morals.
A man can get along without a strong body
but he cannot get along without a strong
mine
Our people should study the matter OF com
pulsary education.
We need q state schoo commission just as
we have q state railroad commission.
Our girls teach in order to get married and
our young Iuen teach tn order to study a pro.
f~ession,
Riches may tak wings and fly away but
an education sticks.
The state tina has the smallest percent OF
illitsracy has the smallest percent OF vice.