The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1912-04-05
PROF. TATE TO TEACHERS.
Made Valuable Address at Meeting OF
Association at PrOSperitl-Ad-
dress by DR.. Wyche.

The teachers association Tor New
berry county was held at Prosperity
on Saturday at the high school build
ing. There was a fairly good attend
ance If both teachers and trusHees.
! Among the teachers present were.
Messrs. H. l.. Dean, T. NJ. Mills, J. S.
! Wheeler, L. d. Wilson, ]. W. Beden-
baugh, l.. W. Bedenbaugh and J. B.
ONeall Holloway, and Misses Myrtle
! Dennis, Sudie Boulware, Dolly Mae
Sem. Susie Langford, Gertrude Bobb,
/ SaIlie Pugh, Lottye Lee Halfacre,
Louise Cunningham, Ellie Jacobs, Ell
berta Sease, Carrie Abell, Kate Sarratt,
! Eva BooKman, Rosalie Wheeler Eliza
/ beth Mcmillan, Kate Thompson, Eliza
/ beth Hawkins and Mrs. Frances RaWI
Prof w. X. Tate, supervisor Of rural
schools, was present and made yalu-
able and Instructive talk 10 thu esso-
citation. He impressed upon the teach
ers and trustees that they were the
most influential body Of people OF
their communities, who would either
make or mar the citizens Of the com
ing generation, and that the excellency
or deficiency of the schools would de-
termire The number Of people that are
going tC move into the towns, the at
! tractive school acting as a magnet to
draw the people 10 it. He said that we
needed not big towns, but towns only
as trade centres, and that We wanted
good schools, good farms and good
churches.
He called the attention OF the trus-
tees to the five legislative acts to en-
courage the Improvement and better
ment Of the rural schools and insist
ed on their taking advantage Of these
if in aeed Of them The first act pro-
viding appropriation from the State
treasury direct to the rural schools
was the library act; second was the
high school act, which appropriated
/ S60,000: third, the term extension act,
Or the Garris act, under which a dis
trict voting a two-mill special tax and
not able to run five months could re-
ceive aid; fourth, the rural graded
school act, under which community
Of three or four teachers can get aid;
fifth, the building act, which aids in
putting up new school houses, dupli-
eating dollar for dollar put into the
building. He very clearly showed the
advantages to both teacher and COM
munitY Of the consolidation of weak
schools, and urged that the trustees,
if possible, elct heir teachers at the
end Of the school term, and encourage
their teachers by keeping them and
increasing the salary, thereby show
ing their appreciation. He urged the
teachers, wherever possible, to stay
with the same school and leave the
school and community as a monument
to their industry.
He very interestingly told the marks
by which school could be judged. It.
was lot SO much large things IS the
little things that always count. And,
first of all, have clean yards, have
large yards and yards that show signs
that the children delight in playing in
them. On the inside the little things
! that are noticeable are pictures on the
wall, flowers on the teachers desk,
clean floors, WOOD boxes. A program
of the different recitations shows that
there is system, as does the marching
out and in Of the children. He also
stress Il the Importance OF giving eX-
pressioE to reading, and that history
| be q study by which is acquired lar
ger vocabulary.
Dr. c. T. Wyche, chairman Of the
educational committee Of the house of
representative, was present and made
most interesting talk en- the two
classes of people, ramely, the pro-
gressives and the stand-patters, eX-
pressing the Importance of the teach
ers and the leaders Of the community
being progressives, helping to solve
the problem Of ignorance.
The next meeting Of the teachers
will be held at Little Mountain on
April IS, at 1920 o'clock, and it IS
hoped that there will be a full attend
ance of both teachers and trustees.