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COMMISSIONERS Com.
MEND SUPT. SPA|O.
Resolution Approving His Efforts to
Upbuild The County Schools, And
Calling Upon The Teachers to
Render Loyal Support, Adopted
At Today's Meeting.

| AT IOudy > McolHS.
At the meeting of the County
School Commissioners today, after
the transaction of the regular rou-
tine business, a resolution was Off
cred and unanimously adopted by
| the Commissioners, assuring Super
| intendent Spaid of their co-opera-
ton in his efforts to improve the
county schools, and calling upon all
school officials and the public gen.
orally, to assist in the work of
bringing the schools UP to the
highest state of efficiency.
While no mention was made of
the fact in the discussion at the
meeting today, many OF the broad
er-minded citizens of the county
are deploring the fact that the
public school system of the county
should be made to suffer because of
any differences that may exist be-
tween individuals, and in the public
schools, as in any other similar in
stitution, unless there is harmony,
much of the money expended will
not bring about the results that it
should.
Many persons do not seem to I'M
derstand that the continual in
crease in the cost of the public
schools is principally due to the
Legislature, requiring the various
School Boards of the State to pay
better salaries to the teachers. So
great has been this increase, which
was a badly needed and we'll de-
served one, that by far the great
er portion of the money appropria-
ted to the schools by the county,
which amount has increased in the
past ten years from about $12,500
to s35 900, is paid out in teachers
salaries alone. This tremendous in
crease in salaries, however, should
have been followed by an increase
in the effectiveness of the public
schools, because salary advances, in
every line of work, are the reward
for increased efficiency. The public,
however, should not blame the
School Commissioners for this in
creased cost, as it has been made
mandatory upon them by State
laws.
The Commissioners decided to
make a special plea to the public
generally to support their efforts
toward making the Dorchester coun-
ty schools the equal of any in the
State, and to this end desires that
the trustees throughout the county
give more attention to their con-
nection with the schools; that they
visit them, and not only see that
the property is taken care of, but
that they take an interest in the
work of the teachers and cooperate
with the teachers in stimulating the
children to master the studies of
the various grades, in order that
the foundation for an education
may be properly laid. 1t is also
their desire, too, that the patrons
of the various schools cooperate
with the teachers, trustees, superin-
tendent and School Commissioners
in the work of placing the schools
upon a higher plane of efficiency.
Nothing can be accomplished unless
those interested in the schools work
together; nothing will be accom-
plished so long as the public fails
to show the interest which it
should, and failure upon the part
of these various elements means
discord, lack of confidence and in
The resolution adopted was as
follows:
Be it resolved, by the Scnool
of Dorchester county,
in session on this 18th day of Au-
gust, 1914, that this Board does ex-
tend to Superintendent Spaid its
hearty approval of his efforts to
improve the schools of this county,
further, does pledge him and
stant Superintendent Meredith
their hearty cooperation in this
work, and calls upon all teachers
and school officials in the county
to Loyalty assist in this work of
uplifting and improving our schools,
in order that they may keep pace