The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1910-02-16
COUNTRY SCHOOLS
WILL SOON HAVE SPECIAL SUP.
ERvISION By A

E1St aS4ON o1 4
D State Superintendent Of Elenaentar:
Rural Schools, Who Will Be Prof
". X. Tate, OF Charleston.
The State says the department o
education is soon to receive a Stron;
addition b. the appointment OF ". X
Tate. assistant superintendent a
Charleston. TO the position Of Stat,
, supervisor OF elementary .ura
schools. This position is made pos
sible by the liberality Of the Pea
body board and the Southern educa
ton board.
The establishment OF city and State
systems OF public education was fol
many years the great aim OF III.
trustees administering the will 0.
George Peabody. who in 1867 gave
s3.5O0.000 to the cause Of public
education in the South. Next In or.
der the Peabody undertook TO foste:
normal schools in the fourteen South
ern States. The great work accom-
plished In South Carolina by the
Winthrop Training School. now Win
throp College. has been literally sup
ported by this board. and the recent
endowment Of s1,ooo.0o0 set aside
for the George eabody College fo-
Teachers at Nashville forcibly en-
phasizes the purpose and practice
which the trustees have consistently
followed.
The latest experiment introduced
by Dr.. Wycklire Rose. agent Of the
Peabody board. Is a direct effort to
improve school conditions in remote
country districts. This work has
proved so successful in Virginia and
North Carolina tha. the board has
deemed It wise to introduce 1t also
into South Carolina A trained
school man will be associated direct
~ with the State department Of edit
cation and will devote all his time
and energy to the rural school Of the
State.
The man selected for the work IS
well known to the profession IN every
county. Coming to South Carolina
upon the invitation Of Julian Mitchell
at that time chairman Of the board
OF commissioners Of the city schools
OF Charleston. Prof. Tate is thorough
~ identified with the educational in
,erests. His work in the Memm!nger
school. in several State summer
schools. and on the State beard Of
education is we'll known and fully
appreciated Throughout the State
He is the retiring president Of the
STAFF Teachers Association and at
me recent meeting in Colum bia made
q forceabie presentation Of the con-
| aection between education and good
citizenship.
When first approached with the Of
fer Of the position as State super
visor OF elementary rural schools. he
! made this characteristics reply: "A
man with frontier blood in his viens
is irresist!5ly attracted by the diff
culties and manifold opportunities OF
this new work Prof Tate will do
lecture work in the university and
perhaps at Winthrop College. /. is
probable that the trustees Of the
university will make him professor
of elementary education. thus giving
the students in the pedagogical! de-
partmeat the benefit Of his ability
and experience IN their preparation
FOR active duty in the school room.
The girls at Winthrop will also be
afforded like opportunity to hear
Prof Tate's lectures. II his duties in
the country schools do not require ell
Of his time.
| TIE thanks Of the educational de-
partment are directly due to DR..
Rose and Gov Ansel for securing
from the Peabody board an app-o-
priation Of s2.100 for this work. and
Dr. S. c. Mitchell for his assistance
in securing 81. 900 additional from
the Southern educational board.
These appropriations will enable tn"
State supervisor of elementary rural
schools to visit any community with
out imposing any expense whatever
upon trustees. teachers or supe-in-
tendents His work IS intended to
reach communities unable to secure
skilled supervision and suggestions
in school improvement. Prof. Tate
will enter actively upon his new work
during the coming summer. and is
70 be the right arm OF the State de-
partment Of education.
The development OF this work in
the hands OF Prof Tate recalls the
great service already rendered South
Carolina by the trustees Of the Pea.
body board IN 1875 Dr.. Sears. the
arst general agent OF this board
made possible the adoption Of the
school law formulated by Hugh S
Thompson. and his colleagues. Three
wears later he also b7oush, to South
Carolina Dr.. Edward s. Joynes. pro-
!: feasor emeritus OF modern language.
. IL the university. In 1886 the Win
,hrop training school was founded
! ay Dr.. D. B. Johnson. with the as
sistance Of that great educat!ona
pioneer. DR.. J. L. N. Curry. In 1910
Dr.. Wyclike Rose. the third sgen
: Of the board. has made possible thi:
. work for the too-loag NEGLECTED.
country schools. and in giving Z
South Carolina the services Of Prof
Tate he has placed his finger upol
the weakest link in the school system
, OF the State.
Voted IL Down.
! Antasoa:sm TO Hale and Allen bill