The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1910-08-04
STAND BY THE SCHOOLS
REPORT CT UNION COMMITTEE
on EDUCATION.
The Committee Makes Many Value
e.. bic Suggestions, Which Will BE
Needed by the People.

The Committee Oh Education of
the State Union submitted tine fol-
lowing report at the late meeting o.
the Union, which we commend to
the thoughtful consideration OF the
people. Here is the report:
We would especially urge upon
our people the Importance, The vital
importance, of the common schools;
the only colleges that 80 per cent.
Of our boys and girls will ever be
able to attend. We. would urge that
the buildings and equipment be i'm
proved; let the school house and
grounds be made attractive, for llt-
tie children absorb as much educa-
Iion from environment as from the
text books; and it is disgrace In
our boasted Anglo-Saxon civilization
that We snouid let our children be
shut up in unsanitary, uncomforta-
BILE school houses for several hours
each school day. We would urge.
that our text books and teaching
give more attention to Agriculture
and domestic economy, at the same
time demanding that the preparatory
work be as thorough as for any Of
the so-called learned professions.
We commend the boys corn clubs
and the girls tomato and poultry
clubs, and wish to see one of each
in every neighborhood,. with CEN
trail club in each county. For we
realize that the way 20 keep the
young people on the farms is to
make farming profitable and the
homes attractive.
We feel that the Clemson Exten-
sion Work which is taking the col
lege to the grown up farmers is due
to the friendly discussions in pre-
vious meetings Of the State Union,
and we can not too strongly urge
upon our people that they attend
these meetings with minds open 10
conviction, and with determina
ton to profit by. the information
brought to their very doors.
The U. S. Demonstration Work,
the U. s. Farm Management Work,
the Corn Breeders Association, the
South Carolina Live Stock Associa-
tion. the Department Of Agriculture
and Industries, and the FIVE or six
agricultural societies, some" of them
with hundred years of achieve.
ment to their credit, all have our
hearty approval. And our people
who are lot making use of sore oT
these agencies for their betterment
are standing in their own light.
We commend the Audubon Society
and the untiring efforts of Mr.. Jas.
Henry Rice for b,Id an1 -ame r:.
lection, and urge our people to in
form themselves of the great impo'- :
'ance of conservation of the illseci-
destroying birds. In this connection
We indorse the resolutions Of Sum-
ter County Union asking our Legis-
lature for gun license tax, the fund
to be used for game and bird pro-
lection.
In conclusion, some of these mat
te1s may not seem t. come proper
ly under the head of a report from
the Committee on Education, but We
respectfully submit that they are all
subjects upon which our people neel
information; that the information
these various agencies can, and do
give, Is Of an educational nature,
and that the greatest bar to the
progress OF the Union and the de-.
velopment Of our unrivaled natural
resources of climate and soil, is Ig-
norance; and if the Union does not
stand for Education of the best kind,
from the child up to the grandfather,
education in self-help and neighbor-
ly cooperation, it does not stand TO-
anything. And the handwriting III
the wall is so plain that a wayfariny
man, though fool, can not fail t..