The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1917, 1914-03-27
MISS GARbIxGroN's WORK.
Has visited Many Schools In Anderson
County.


Following is the report or Miss Gar
lington. the supervision OF rural
schools 10 Prof. w. H. Tate:
The last of September. 1913, be-
gan my duties az supervisor OF the
schools 0f Anderson county.
The county board. the trustees,
and patrons have co-operated with me
from the beginning. ard they have
made my plans possible. The trus-
tces and patrons have very generous
B sent me from school TO school
believe that Charity begins at
hCmc." and my first work was to-reno-
vatc the offices of the county superin-
tcnieht. This took a week of hard
work
The schools l visited first were the
ones competing for the prizes Offered
By the State School Improvement AS
6ociation-Green Pond. Double
Springs. and Old Varennes were for
tEnatc in securing these prizes, which
have been used for further improve
ment
Later have visited schools where
was needed for some special reason,
and to the schools where the terms
were short, that l might reach them
before they closed. Up TO the present
time / have visited 81 schools. Some
of these needed very little of my time,
while in others / hope | have done
nuch good.
I have organized forty-seven q0
school Improvement association Arti-
Gle ii Of the Constitution says:
The purpose Of this organization
shall be to unite all the people OF this
community for the improvement Of
our public schools; Cd by placing in
the school facilities for health. conf
fort and education, together with OBJ
jects Of beauty; (2), by planting trees,
shrubs and flowers in the school
grounds; CD by encouraging the es-
tablishment Of library in the school;
4D by making the school center for
the community, by furnishing instruc-
tive amusements.'
In the past five months these asso-
Citations with 1,205 members have
raised over $1,25349. They have
spent this amount fer naint. desks:
CHRIS, water colors, libraries, black
maps, globes, pictures, teachers desks,
the smallest part OF the 50ud T15iiitiii ;
from the workings of these associa-
lions. The inrera1t aroused is above
price.
i have aided the teachers in teaching
arithmetic, geography. history, spell
ing. writing, physiology and reading.
/ find that reading is more poorly
taught than any Of the subjects.
For the school ROOM, l have suggest
ed the re-arrangirg and lowering of
pictures, regulating inc heat of the
room. re-arranginB OF seats, that the
children might not face the windows,
have urged the purchase of shades
that the children might not sturdy in
the sunshine, encouraged the estab-
lishment and enlargement of libraries
and have helped to re-grade the chill
dren, as l find SO many of the classes
very poorly graded in a general mix
boards, improvement of the grounds.
etc, : The money raised and spent is
up.
A part of my time has been spent at
the office as there were many duties
there in getting the work in hand. AS
the county and schools were new to
me it was with difficulty that learned
and arranged list of the principals
of each school in the county. Mnny
business letters have been written and
many circulars sent out.
Anderson county field day was PLAN
ned during the GUNNER. Ideas were
gotten from Supt. Swearingen, Prof
Tate, Supt. Pitts, Miss Mary Eva Hite
and the Ladies' Home Journal. Prof.
G. w. Chambers of Anderson city
schools has charge of the athletics and
has drilled the boys from each town.
ship. The teachers, pupils and pat
rons are working for the day with
much enthusiasm. They have got
ten up an exhibit to be sent to tho
state Teachers Association, and then
to be exhibited on Field Day.
The Anderson County Teachers
Club has more than doubled this year
in attendance. AS chairman of the
program committee, / have helped to
arrange attractive programs that
would be of benefit to the teachers. AS
l have visited the schools, l have
given the teachers pressing invitations
to all the club meetings, and have
urged the trustees and patrons to feel
1t their duty that the teachers reached
for the meetings. The
county board has furnished lunch
each time which gave profitable So
cial hour. This has proven great
drawing card.
The trustees of the county have an
and meet quarterly. and in
this way have been able to reach
them as n body.
/ have aided them In securing teach
ers, selecting paint, desks, black
boards. pictures, chairs, teachers
desks, etc.
There are many other things have
but the above will give
you an idea OF my work. ;.
Maggie NJ. Darlington, Supervisor Of
Rural Schools.
Speer's Statement
To Be Disregarded.