The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1912-02-14
AN INTERESTING MEETING.
MISS RUSSELL AND SIJPT SEIG
LEX ADDRESS COUNTY
TEACHERS ON WORK IN
THEIR COUNTESS
Plans for School Day Announced
TO BE Held on Saturday, April I3
at County Court HOusc-Nr. Will
damS and Supt. HaynswOrth Want
Boys to Join Corn Ciub-FieId Day
Changed to County School Day.

CHANGED to County School Day.
The meeting of the Sumter County
Teachers Association held in the
Hampton school building Friday was
one Of the most interesting teachers
meetings ever held in this city. Plans
for County School Day were announc
ed at the meeting and Miss Leila
Russell o. York County and Superin
tendent of Education Seigler Of Aiken
County made very interesting ad-
| dresses to the teachers.
The meeting was we'll attended and
was in evelv way a success. Supt.
itaynsw worth, as president of the Sum-
ter County Teachers Association.
presided and made few remarks of
interest and helpful to the teachers in
their work He and Mr.. j. Frank
Williams, trustee and president of
the Farmers Union, spoke strongly
| in favor of getting the teachers i'm
re county to interest their girls and
boys in the work of the corn and to-
mato clubs.
Miss Russell told Of her work in
York County, where she is supervisor
of rural schools. She showed the
teachers where she had helped the
teachers in the rural districts in her
county and gave them advice about
their work and how to make it in
terestlng to the children in the
schools. Her address was listened to
with the deepest attenti IN and MANY
Of the teachers stated that it was the
best practical address of it's kind
which they had ever heard
Mr.. Seigler told Of how they had
secured the services of a supervising
teacher in the rural schools of his
county and the good which she was
doing in assisting the teachers in their
work. He urged the teachers to do
work outside Of the school room, as
it was this work which counted most
with the children and the parents in
the end.
The plans for County School Day
were then read by Prof w. NJ. Scott,
of the boys nigh school who was
chairman of the committee to arrange
the plans. They outlined the work
which would be taken up on School
Day and the prizes which would be
| awarded to the children who were
successful in the competitions. An
addition to the prizes offered last
year was made at the suggestion of
Mr.. Williams that a prize be given to
the boy bringing in the best ear Of
corn, the boys competing to be men,
bers Of the Boys Corn Club.
During Miss Russelrs address she
mentioned the fact that in her coun-
ty they had held such exercises as
were held here last year, but that in
place Of calling the exercise Field
Day, which was misnomer, they had
called it County School Day. Later
on during the discussion Mr.. Scott
proposed that this change in nomen-
clature tie made az it was more ap-
propriate. Prof. Edmunds also
made a motion that Mr.. Scott be ex-
tended the thanks of the association
for his work i'm securing the prizes
ard in his efforts to make the occa-
sion q success. This motion was
unanimously carried.
1t was decided that County School
Day would be held this year on Sat
urday. April 18th at the county
court house as last year. An all day
basket picnic and old time picnic din
ner t. be a part Of the occasion. The
| prizes announced were practically
the same as last year. The program
will he completed and published
| later.