The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-02-08

be member OF that board. No per-
son is eligible TO the county board
who is no; : qualified electoc. rhe
compensation IS limited 70 z per
diem The allowance Q. mileage in
the old las is stricken out. The
number OF days service IS made the
same n Al! counties. not ence@c!rS
twenty days. The per diem IS 1--WE
dollars
The most drastic ?-ov:sio: o. ,hc
new school proposed law. IN the
words OF th commission. and n the
opinion OF man: IS tina; section pro
ridins that the county superintend
ents OF education be selected by the
county board OF education. instead OF
by the people in the primary as a,
present. The section OF the bill pro-
vid;aS for lh.s says:
ITO select and employ for a term
Of four years suitable expert. as
hereinafter provided. tor county
superintendent Q: education. and &c
fix his salary. which shall be paid
out OF the special county tax: Pro-
r!ded. ,ha, no county superintendent
OF education shall be paid less than
twelve hundred dollars 4 year
The commission says that there is
very general demand that some
means be secured for expert super
vision Of the schools The tollcSin:
safeguards are thrown about the
employment OF county snpeTintend-
ent The commission claims:
First OF al the county superir-
.endent IS made an employee OF the
county board and not an orice-holG-
ec. The evils a;tendan, upon the pc
l:tical securing Of 4 job are TOO wA'l
known to need rehea-sing.
The superintendent, must be nc,
less than 25 years OF age. thus In
suging maturity and professional cl-
oerieace IN the works OF the coz.
mission.
He shall nave beeG a resident Of
he State !o- not less than one yer
prior &c his election
He shall nare servei as : -esuia:-
teacher or superintendent in some
organized school or school system al
least two scholastic years before b.
IS eligible 20 the position.
The bill n:akes provisions 10 pre-
vent the waste Of money or :IeGec
tive plan, for school 5u:,l..S. !" !:
guards Against incompetent; leach
ecs.
What tho Commission Wants.
Here are SoUie OF the radical rec
concentrations CT the CON mission prt
into the bill now before the Genera.
Assembly bearing favorable report
from the committee on education:
/. An amendment TO Section ..
Article II. and TO Section %. Article
III. Of the Constitution. viii remove
the obstacle that presents many O..
our best men from serving as school
trustee. Though the Constitution
fo-b:ds the holding os two Offices.
this provision has. by common con-
sent. been widely disregarded. This
amendment seeks merely 10 leSaljZe
service 20 education when rendered
IN connection with other service TO
the State.
.. The State Superintendent OF
Education is held responsible for the
acts Of the State board OF education.
and. in the opinion Of the comm!s-
sion. he should have some voice IN
selecting its members. 1t is. there
fore. recommended that Section >.
Article NJ. OF the Constitution. he
amended so that hcnce:orth the Gov
e-nor shat; appoint the State board
Of education. upon the recommended
ton Of the State Superintendent.
5. The commission recommends
the appointment OF State board OF
examiners for teachers IN order that
the present varying standards NAV
be ha-monized by the establishment
Of q uniform method in the esamina-
ton and sradation o. applicants 20
teach.
ton and sradation OF applicants 20
teach.
I. The county board OF education
IS given larger and d!ctator;a! pow
ers in three important respects:
Firs,-It is given the right to levy
a special county without taking 2
vote on It.
Second-lt IS given the right 70
apportion all schoo! funds.
Third-ll is given the right 20
choose from eligible applicants tn"
county superintendent OF education
TO serve for term OF four years
This takes away the -:sh, o: the peo-
pie TO vote for this official in the p-i-
mary as they now do.
5 The right o: all special school
districts organized under special
Acts Of the General Assembly TO
adopt their own textbooks has been
withdrawn. The State Supe-ictead-
ent OF Education is empowered TO
appoint textbook commission. com
posed Of i've public school men. 20
act concurrently with the State board
OF education to adopt 4 dual list O..
textbooks and TO prescribe the uni
.ied courses OF study for all the free
public schools OF the State.
s. The mem bers OF the State board
OF examiners for teachers shall serve
also as division supervisors OF
schools. who. under the direction OF
the State Superintendent. shall audit
school accounts and perform such
other duties as may be assigned.
I. The county superintendent OF
education is TO be elected by the
county board OF education. IN order
that restricted qualifications may be
demanded of s:ii applicants. The