The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1914-02-04
HAMMOND SCHOOL
BEST IN THE STATE
No Other Country School in
South Carolina Can Compare
With New Building.

Ii has been said that the prosperity
OF Il town or county can be measured
b" the number and class OF its
schools. II that be true, Anderson
county is far and away the best coun-
ty In South Carolina. This may be Il
sweeping statement, but il is never
tAelesS true and IL there be any
doubling Thomases who care to ques-
ton iL>they can easily be convinced
by trip to the splendid llammond's
school just about three miles east
OF Anderson. which is now completed.
IL is no eXaggcra ion TO say that this
Is easily the best rural school in
ftH'crson county and Prof. L. G..
Mc"ants. superintendent of the An
derson public schools, says that IL
Is beyond doubt the best country
school In South Carolina. Other
school men who have visited the new
school concur with Prof. MeCants'
statement.
Not long ago the people OF Ham
mond section decided that their schoo'
facilities were inadequate and Will
that spirit which charactcrizes not
merely the Hammond section but all
OF Anderson county, they set about
The work OF rectifying this condition.
How well they hnve succeeded is
evident when one inspccts the model
schee! house OF South Carolina be-
cause such 1t is and that beyond any
reasonable doubt. The men who have
made the school possible say that
1t was hard work at first to inter.
est the people whose financial assist.
nnce was Imperative but they finall,
succeeded. The first step taken
was TO form new school district
with Frank Eflody, Pat Major and C.
q. English as trustees These gentle.
men went to work with vim and tc
them is largely due credit for tho
splendid school which the Hammond
section children viii attend
Ihe plans for the building were
drawn by experts at Clemson college.
the building Is constructed along the
pungalo plan, having brick base
rising several feet from the GROUND
and that 'surmounted by the shingle
arrangement which gives the buildint
most attractive appearance. The
roof is covered with creosote-dipnefI
shingles, giving a finished air to the
structure. The painting will ba r
green and white effect, with N,
shingles stained an oak color. Thi,
VIII be completed in few days.
Ihe interior of the building, while
aeiignttul In its simplicity nc Il ne.
cessary ins7a school BUILDING, is more
than comfortable and SO fnr as can
De seen, not a single detail has been
neglected. The building is cut aparI
with a rolling partition. while thu
cioak rooms, teachers room anG
class rooms have all been arranged
WITH an eye to beauty and service
One striking feature supplied IN
the Hammond school that no otbc,
country scllol can boast of Is n SAINT
sewerage .arEaa5sfiiens Sish
running water. This will be n foa.
ture of which the school can be wei,
proud.
Sahother special feature Is the Hight
ing arrangement, so devised that thor, /,
Is hght on every aide of the building,
YET u is subdued to an extent 10 pro-
lect the eyes of the pGpile and al the
same timeto prevent a glare from fhe
afternoon sun when tile simmer ar.
riyes. This Is one OF the best rea:
lures OF the new school building.
One OF the trustees IlIscusslnr tbc
Guiding with an Inteilig6ncer rennrt.
or Yesterday. said that the total cost
oI the building would reach So, 200 and
that itmight possibly exceed that
amount by few dollars.
arrangements are now being made
ior the opening OF tie new schonl
which VIII takeplace ThQfsday aFtar-
noon at three O'Clock. At that time,
tnere viii be number, of} the school
YIFyiais ,UT anderson county in at
tendance and doubtless I;rorran,.
Viii be arranged for the event.
The trustees OF the new sci,oot
also feel that thief were fors,na,a -,
oeing able TO secure am excellent
teacher. Miss Mae Higgins, OF Honea
rath. Miss Higgins Is ans sinssrnctor
OF recognized ability ana under ber
direction the school viii prosper and
y. ~, FELTON,, euperintendeht az
education of Anderson county. told
an Intelligencer reporter yesferfIat-
that there was no dougt In his lIIr,s..
about the Hammond school being tl,ei
pest country school hi tIie sSl..e ana
he plans TO exhibit piiotoefashs of
the building when ne goes ~ tba
State sstai teaehsrss conveAtlon IN Syar-
tanburg, He says tiiat lie viii show
tlle other teachers OF tile state shat
5lney have their work cut out for
sgyHI u Tue InJenu KaepIH2S tp with
the pregreSs OF the Andets6h county