The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1913-04-10

monthly salary for male teachers is
S9045, for lady teachers $45.44. The
average school term Is IL months. SO
districts have special school tax. 6
new houses have been built this year.
Generally we have good teachers.
who are doing honest, conscientious
work. There are few who make no
progress. They run along each year
in the same old way. Efforts are be-
: ing made to dispose of them.
Below are given some of the school
activities that are doing a great deal
for the life and growth of the schools.
Ihe schools and teachers who are not
taking part in these departments of
school work are sleeping and should
be awakened
The County Teachers Association,
The success Of the County Teachers
association this year has been most
gratifying to all concerned. The
regular monthly meetings have been
we'll attended and much interest mani
tested. 75 have joined. A profession
al library has been established by the
association. These meetings have been
source of much and varied encour-
agement and assistance to the teach
ers.
Local School Improvement Associn-
tiOns.
Every man woman and child in a
school district should be working for
and interested in the Improvement
of the school. This is the object of
. .'the local school Improvement associa-
! lions. They are succeeding well in
many places Thirty two schools of
the County hav well organized
working associations. These organi-
cations have raised 100000 this year
by means of entertainments, free-will
offerings, etc. This money has been
spent for exterior and interior school
Improvement. Every school district
SoCiation
The County School Journal.
During the present school term the
County has been issuing monthly a
County School Journal, neat little
booklet containing about 40 pages.
The success and results of the Journ-
al have been very much greater than
was at first expected. 1t goes each
month into about thousand homes
of the county. II is edited and man
aged by the children of the county.
The county suterintendent assists in
the business management and the ru-
raj supervisor assists in the literary
department. The contributions of the
different departments come almost en-
hrely from the children of the coun-
ty schools. The Journal is meeting
long felt need, that of teaching the
= children to express thesr thoughts
clearly and neatly in writing The
children eagerly anticipate the coming
Of The Journal each month, and as
some one has expressed it "They read
every word in it." The reading habit
is another great benefit to be derived
from this publication The teachers
and parents also read The Journal.
The schools of the county are thus
kept within close fought with each
other. The success this years assures
its continuation next school term.
Reading Certificates.
In order to encourage reading among
the school children the county de-
parbment of education has offered a
certificate to the children who read
five library books and file In the coun-
ty superintendent office short
sketch of each book read. This has
encouraged the children and many
of them will get the reading certifi-
Gates.
Ferfect Attendance Buttons.
The county department of educa-
tion has offered a perfect attendance
button to each child in the county
who does not miss a day from school
during the school term. Several hun
dred children will get these buttons at
the close of the term. This is a
means of encouraging better attend
ance. 1t is working we'll Several
hundred children will proudly wear
their perfect attendance buttons.
Honor Roll Motion Picture Tickets.
Mr.. Lavender, the manager of the
motion picture theatre, very kindly