The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1909-04-22
SCHOOL PRIZES kHNbUNCED.
Important Information Forwarded to
County SuperintendentS OF Education.

| ColumOla, Aprll O:-oIate ouPei-
intendent of Education Swearingen
to-day sent ont to county superinten-
dents an announcement as to the
| prizes offered by the Rural Schoo
Improvement association of South
Carolina. This work has been mad,
known throughout this State for the
past few years by the good work Of
Miss Mary t Nance. This year Miss
Theodosia Dargan of Sumter count
is president of the association.
Two changes are noted IN the
prizes rules this year. 1t will be
required of all schools that compete
for the prizes to send answers to
questions relating to the conditions
under which the Improvements have
been made, and in the rules this year
the change Is also made that schools
of towns of more than 400 may not
be benefited by this fund. This 400
instead of 500 limit is made to con-
form to the high school act of the
session of the Legislature just closed.
In statement issued to-day Mr.
Swearingen says of the associations
work:
"The Rural School Improvement
association has resumed its offer of
thirty-6ve prizes to the schools of
South Carolina. The contest is open
to all country schools, as well as to
schools in towns of less than four
hundred population. Last year nine
ty-one entries were made, and the
committee of award were so i'm.
pressed with the exhibit made that
they subscribed two hundred dollars
for eight additional prizes.
"The smallest rural school is ELI
gible for the contest, and if there is
a log school house remaining in any
locality in South Carolina, it should
this year be replaced with comfort
able frame building. The more
backward the community, the great
er should be the teachers incentive
to improvement. All schools entering
the contest should communicate with
Miss Theodosia Dargan, Dalzell, S G.
The prizes are to be awarded in De-
cember, and one hundred entries are
earnestly desired"
ANNOUNCEMENT FOR 1909.
The South Carolina School I'm.
provement association offers thirty
five prizes to the schools of the State
for the most decided improvement
made during given length of time.
Five of the prizes are to be $lOO
each, and thirty are to be $50 each.
Regulations concerning the thirty.
five prizes that are to be awarded by
this association are as follows:
l. improvement must be made be-
tween November l,190S, ,and Decem.
ber 10, 1909.
2. Prizes will be awarded to
schools where the most decided ma
terial Improvements have been made
during the time mentioned.
8. Under material improvements
are included local taxation, consolid-
alton, new buildings, repairing and
painting old ones, libraries, reading
rooms or tables, interior decorations
beautlfying yards, and better general
equipment.
4. No school can compete for any
of these prizes unless it is rural
school. No town with more than 400
population shall be eligible to the
contest.
5. All who wish to enter this con-
test must send their names and de.
scriptions of schools before improve
ments are made to the president pri-
or to October /.
6. All descriptions, photographs
and other evidences showing i'm
provements must be sent to the pres