The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-11-16
Summer Schools for Teachers.
The Spartanburg Journal has the folio

The Spartanburg Journal has the follow
ing to say anent summer schools:
Tie last summer school supported by
state aid was hold at Winthrop college i'll
1906. For the last two years a most help-
full and successful school for teachers mas
been held ut WofTord college. II teachers
did real work there and were nlShly
pleased with results. No state AID was
Syiven. The instructors worked about as
much for glory as money, and received Il
little more of the former than the latter.
Yesterdays State announces that VIM
throp will ask the state for S5,OOO DeSidea
The 81 500 secured by Governor Anscl from
the Peabody fund to assist III having Il
summer school at winthrop:
If that suggestion comes from FreSluei6
Johnson and the trustees of Winthrop it
shows that they are somewhat selfish, OF
are conscious of their superiority III con-
ductinp q summer school for teachers.
The results O their former attempts ought
to be a warning to them. The winthrop
idea is wrong. II the money should be
appropriated, it should not all be given To
one school,.
With this revival going on now in school
work there should be a half dozen schools
for teachers in this state.
1t is very inconvenient for poorly PalG
teachers to travel 80 to 200 miles 10 atCenu
q summer school and they are the ones
which need the INSTRUCTION. some Oh eaJ
teachers who have q little money, attend
these schools as Il sort Of vacation frollc
and do very little studying. Give all the
appropriations to one school M common
teachers needing the training would re-
ceive little benefit. ,,
Legislators should consider this matter
carefully and with a view or helping lne
teachers in need OF help. 1t is the teachers
in charge OF country school who need the
instruction. Few of them are able to bear
the expense of railway fare and board.
Five schools could be located in the state
which would accommodate the teachers OF
every county and they would 40 i've times
as much good as a school located III one
place and near the state line out 'of reacn
of the remote counties.
Railroad fare for 100 or even 200 miles
does not amount to much. The board OF
teachers is the main item OF cost. They
can get board at a lower figure in either
Clemson or Rock Hill than they cal any
where else. The difference in cost OF
board would more than make up for the
difference in price of railroad fare to some
nearer place.
What we have been preaching for a long
time is better schools. Teachers are Just
like other people. They will not attend
something where they get nothing for
their trouble. We need better summer
schools in order that we may have better
common schools.
Concentrate your energies and money
Don't dissipate both. Have one summer
school in the State and make it q good
one, one worth attending. Make the
price for board low. Use public dorml-
tories ofthe State Institutions with, cooks,
help, and every thing necessary. Run the
school for teachers just as it is run fol
pupils.
In the second place, get teachers o.
ability for the work. Pay them for thei1
service. Get lecturers worth while and
make it to the advantage Of every teacher
in the State to attend.
1t would not be a bad idea for trustees
OF each district to pay the railroad fare OF
each teacher in the district to and from
the summer school. If this offer were
made to the teacher she would feei ii
incumbent on her to CO.. AS a matter OF
fact one can get board at these Institutions
about as cheap as they can at home.