Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1914-06-17
;EDGEFIELD'S SCHOOLS.
Superintendent T. J. Lyon
j. Writes of Work of Past
Z Session And of Plans
For Future.

ScSSlOn ANQ oh Ioiio
For Future.
ITO the Patrons and Friends of
EE The Edgefeld Graded and High
|I3s Schools:
We have just completed a
Every satisfactory years work in botn
EShe Graded and High School. The
Isiaachers have worked hard to make
lfhis the first wear of the graded and
tSs,igh school under the new manage
I|3Ilnent a success. We have been
greatly assisted in our work by the
Rbaarty good wishes and splendid
Incorporation of the people OF the
Il avn of Edgefeld generally. We
lssrre tlssre now to lay our plans for another
( sssion, and "a superintendent of
iShe schools / desire to speak few
t5~ords through the county newspa-
y .stsars to the patrons and friends of
IIs3ssae school. There is no reason why
fILdgafeld should not have school.
second to none in the State, and II
she people will continue to co-ope-
tate with the management we Will
surely have it.
lsss::s BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS.
S'The building now occupied by
ETfne Graded and High Schools with
some needed Improvements can be
I1aade into an ideal Graded and
|lfigh School building. OF course it
ian nnever be made beautiful, but
Fl r Ill practical purposes it can be
isade, to serve admirably our needs.
rear of the main building
siere is barn with stables. This
been used this year to grea:
/; Vantage by pupils from distance
bSs8o during bad weather put their
n 1ses and vehicles in this building.
he grounds are naturally beautl-
Fl There is something like eight
b sas IN the play grounds and every
s. tftlis5 grocnd is shaded by
fsBssntifnf trees. T6e teachers are
trying in every possible way to pre-
serve these trees. This year we
lave spent good deal of money
a I'D time in planting more trees and
towering plants. With very
small expenditure of money and Ia
hor on the part of the patrons we
Gun make the school grounds the
most beautiful in the State.
The TEACHERS.
The teachers thus far selected by
the Board OF Trustees are all men
and women of experience, who are
not teaching simply because they
havn't anything else to do. But
e,oh one has decided to make teach
iIg life profession and is in the
v ork not for the money (for all will
a,lmit this preposterous) but for the
I'VE of the work and the good that
c.n be done.
Prof. Clay G. Ross, one of the
ncw teachers, who will teach En-
glish and Latin inthe High School,
c ,mes to us very highly recon-
nended. He was first honor man
ct Carson-Newman College Jeffer,
son City Tenn. His college record
is all that can be desired. And be-
sides, be does not como to us mex
I'erienced, but has had one year Of
successful experience in the school
room.
THE ELEVENTH GRADE.
The question as to whether the
school should consist of ten or
eleven grades was discussed at great
length by the Board of Trustees.
After all conditions were carefully
considered it was decided shat our
High school should have eleven
grades, and thus give an opportuni'
ty of one more years work 10 those
boys and girls who would never be
able TO go to college and at the
same time better prepare those who
do intend TO enter college after com
pleting their course here. But If
the people do not patronlze the
eleventh grade the school will not
maintain it. 1t has been the hlsto-
ry Of all high schools that it does
not pay to maintain an eleventh
grade, unless an average attendance
of at least five pupils can be had
each year. Most Of this state will
accept students who have compile
ted the work of ten grades. But
the majority of the college presl-
dents recommend that boy or girl
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