Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1914-01-07
IMPROVEMENT PRIZES AWARDED
The :. G.. =. l. n. Committee DiStrib-
ute 81 900 to 30 Schools.
The State.)

Association held their session Tor
awarding prizes Friday afternoon.
This committee is composed Of the
officers and one member from each
Congressional District oC the State,
namely: Miss Mary E. Hite, presi-
dent, Aiken; Mrs. Dora ID. Walker,
vice president, Appleton; Miss Mad
ST. Matthews; Miss Isadora Williams,
corresponding secretary, Liberty;
Miss Florence Stubbs, treasurer,
Rome; Misses Carolina Dickinson,
Sadie Coggans, Newberry; viii Lou
Gray, Laurens; Leila Russell, Rock
Hill; Elizabeth Dickson, Darlington;
Ethel Dreher. Lexington.
Through the support of the State
Board Of Education the association
was able to award 900 in prizes.
This amount was divided into thirty
prizes, ten first prizes Of $50 each
and 20 second prizes of $25 each.
There were LAG schools from thirty
seven counties of the State making
application for these prizes.
First Prizes.
The ten schools receiving the first
prizes were as follows: Meggetts
school, Charleston county; Antioch,
Darlington county; Ridgeville High
School, Dorchester county; Trinity
Ridge school, Laurens county; Poma-
ria school, Newberry county; Nor
way school, Orangeburg county; Dali
8ell school, Sumter county; Rome
High School, williamsburg county;
Mt. Holly school, York county.
The twenty schools receiving the
second prizes were as follows: Floyd
school, Aiken county; Green Pond
school, Anderson county; Old Va
rcnnes, Anderson county; Double
Springs school, Anderson county;
AshIeigh school, Barnwell county;
Pleasant Hill school, Barnwell coun-
ty; Armenia school. Chester county;
McBee school, Chesterfield county;
MechaniCSville school. Darlington
county; Union school. Dillon coun-
ty; Good Hope school, Georgetown
county; Pleasant Hill school, George
town county; Burcol school, Horny
county; Beaver Dam school, Ker-
shaw county; Gray school, Laurens
county; Fair Play school, Oconee
county; st. George school, Orange
bur- county: Eutawville school, Or
angehurg county; Nesmith school.
Williamsburg county.
Mcggetts School.
Meggetts school, in Charleston
county, one Of the ten first Prize win
ners in the school improvement asso-
citation prizes, is located in the sec
tiOn transferred from Colleton to
Charleston county in 1910. Nowhere
in the State IS the contrast between
the old and new conditions more evi-
dent. Superintendent Waring has
made a success in giving this truck
ing community an efficient rural
school. This is but one step in build
no w tiS buSh county aiOuHu TIC
city Of Charleston. Miss Julia Sal
ham, the teacher Of this school. has
shown what can be done in the way
OF constructive leadership in this
school district.
Antioch school, in Darlington coun-
ty, is six miles from Hartsville. Three
districts have consolidated and erect
ed a modern building with eight class
rooms, two work rooms, an audito-
mum and all modern conyeniences
The trustees have purchased a school
farm on which teachers home is to
be erected. Three wagons will be
used for the conveyance Of pupils. ex-
tending the benefits OF the school 20
an area Of 40 square miles.
This type Of rural school Is a stand
ard toward which the country dis
tricts should direct their efforts. It
embodies all the excellencies Of the
graded school system and offers in
addition the best facilities for agr-
cultural an dintdiarsul
cultural and industrial teaching. The
principal, V. e. Rector, Is a graduate
OF the University of South Carolina,
recently returned from the Philip
pines. He is planning to make An
toch a model rural school for the
State.