The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1913-01-16
SCHOOL INFORMATION.
SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT URGED.
Beautiiying the School Grounds
Important A diunct to Good Work

erS ana patrons VI S@Nll "tAi1N 'C''0'
in Williamsburg county to meet at
their earliest convenience for the
purpose of organizing a local School
Improvement association. The fol-
lowing is a copy of the constitution
of the local School Improvement as
sociation":
Art |, sec 1.-The name of this
organization shall be the Assocla-
ton for the Improvement the public
school,"
Art II, sec 1.-The purpose of this
organization shall be to unite all the
people OF this community for the
Improvement of our public school
I'd by placing in the school facilities
for health, comfort and education,
together with objects of beauty; ~
by planting trees, shrubs and flowers
in the school grounds: (3) by encour-
aging the establishment of library
in the school; (4) by making the
school a center for the community by
furnishing instructive amusements.
Art III, sec Amy white woman
or child interested in this work may
become an active member without
the payment of any fee; any white
woman may become an associate
member upon the payment of a fee
of 25 cents.
Art w, sec 1.-The officers Of this
association shall be: A president, a
vice-president, a secretary and treas
urer, who shall be elected at each
annual meeting.
Art V, sec This association
shall meet once month or oftener,
at the call of the president.
ArtVI, sec This association
shall send to the secretary of the
County School Improvement associa-
ton a formal report of its progress
annually. This report shall be sent
in one month before the meeting OF
the State School Improvement asso-
citation.
Art VII, sec This constitution
may be amended at any annual meet
ing by a vote of two-thirds of the
members present.
want to beg our patrons to read
and re-read Article II, Section |.
Think we'll upon this as it means so
very much to the eternal welfare OF
your immortal boy and girl. If an
association has at heart the best in
terest of your own son and daughter,
how much more should you contrib
ute to the cause? A natural parent
always wants his child to have the
best training that our State, or any
other for that matter, can afford;
that training can be had at your
own school if you take the necessary
steps. Will you?
Steps are being taken now to raise
a number of prizes, money prizes
and various articles of value to
schools as prizes for improvements.
These will be announced later. We
hope to haye some prizes that will
attract any school. These prizes
will be awarded not later than May
or earlier than April. This will give
all schools competing sufficient time
to win a prize by beginning now.
Which school will be first into the
game? Have your organization pub
lished in The County Record, and
send me notice of same. Ihope that
shall be able to make most fav-
orable report for Williamsburg at
our State meeting in Columbia, March
l3-l4-15, so please do not delay.
A few days ago l received this
letter from Prof C F Niven of Glenn
son College:
Clemson College, January 8, 1913.
Miss Florence Stubs,
Rome, C.
Dear Miss Stubbs:-
/ have just received letter from
Miss Lizzie Rogers of Bennettsville
and she told me that you were very
much interested in the improvement
of the rural school grounds and ask
ed me to write you in regard to same.
The Extension department here at
Clemson College is doing what can
be done in the way of helping out
with this work. Just at this time
we are propagating plants to be sent
out to these schools provided they