The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-06-15
"BEST REPORT IN HISTORY"
So Says Trustees of Report Of Car
Isle Fitting School.

Isle Fitting School.
Head Master Guilds returned from
Spartanburg a few days ago where
he went to make the report of the
| years work at the Carlisle Fitting
School to the board of trustees. The
board expressed themselves as being
, very much delighted with the splen-
did showing the school had made,
and declared that it was the best
report in the history of the school.
We publish the report in full as
we believe that it will be of interest
to the many friends of the school:
To the Board of Trustees: AS
Head Master of the Carlisle Fitting
School I submit the following report
of the work and progress of that in
stitution since June Is, 1910.
During the summer vacation and
before the opening of the session Of
the school just closed, about 100000
| (the exact amount can be found in
| Lut LlCoouAOl . 1OpOlI) was oPOAS 49,
repairs and improvements. Hot and
cold baths were installed in each dor
|'mitory; forty new desks were placed
in class rooms; the open fire places
were closed and CRATES put in; all
the buildings were overhauled and
put in good condition. During the
session we have spent, in round num-
bers, $4,000 for repairs and equip
| ment-such as stoves for class
rooms, maps, equipping of study hal,
etc.
We have enrolled during the year
64 students, with an average attend
ance of 50 and an average in the
boarding department of 40. Next
year we are planning to put boys In
both dormitories and the girls In
the home of the Head Master. This
arrangement will furnish accommo-
dations for 78 boarders. About half
the rooms have already been engaged
| for another year. With one excep-
ton every boy in the dormitory who
was not in the graduating class ap-
piled for room. Our people are in
terested and in a few years we ex-
pect to nave accommodations for $50
boarders-and we will have the stu
dents to fill it. My observation has
been that the people of our section
of the State are looking for good
school in which to place their chill
dren, and just as soon as they are
made Ito realize that we have the
school we will get the pupils.
The work has been of high standard
and the general department good.
We have been maintaining for four
months a study hall. The boys spent
one and a half hours in the afternoon
and three hours at night in this hall
with one of the teachers in preparing
| the recitations for the following day.
It has proved an excellent plan to in
crease both the amount and profici-
ency of the work.
The health of the students has
been almost perfect. We have had
no serious illness whatever. esti-
mate that $1,000 will cover our med
icine bill for the year. The girls in
our dormitory gained an average Of
liz pounds from September to
Christmas. I did not ascertain the
average Of the boys but dare say that
it was practically as great. We use
artesian water, from a well 535 feet
deep, for all purposes.
During the present summer we are
planning to do extensive repairing
and put in many improvements.
| Among them: re-seating the school
auditorium, enlarging the library,
study hall, and dining room, and
equipping one additional class room'
The faculty next year will be in
creased to three men in addition to
| the Head Master. This addition was
necessary to maintain the standard
we have set for ourselves and which
has been recognized by the general
| board of education, for our school
is now recognized as Academy class
"a" The teachers for the past year
have been reelected for another
year, leaving our present faculty In
tact. Mr.. Horace B. Anderson, OF
the present Senior class, has been
elected to fill the new place.
Mr.. Horace B. Anderson, the new
additional teacher in the Carlisle
Fitting School next year, made a
splendid record in college. He is a
young man of sterling character and
stood as one of the best students OF
his class. With the teachers already
in the school, and Mr.. Anderson In
| addition, the school will be in po-
sition to do the best work in It's his
tory.