The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1914-09-20
SUGGESTIONS MADE
FOR COUNTY SCHOOLS
RURAL SUPERVISORS ARE
HARD AT WORK
MISS HITE'S PLAN
Working Together with Miss Gar
lington Here, Work VIII be
Accomplished in Country

Miss Mary Eva Iiitc, president of
the state rural Improvement associa-
tion ana Mes Maggie j. Darlington,
supervisor or rural schools for An
derson county, are working on plans
for the advancement of their under
tak;ngs in the rural districts in this
/ Coui.ty. With Miss Hte and Miss
Darlington working il orjunction
1t is believed that The already splcn-
did country schools OF Anderson will
have reached n higher stage OF pcrfec-
ton by the end OF me present. school
session than ever before.
School improvement Plans.
Now that the many rural schools
of the state are beginning their years
work, 1t is well to call attention TO
some OF the plans OF the South Caro-
lint school improvement association
This organization stands for the
minimum school term Of months. a
local tax in every district, the en-
rollment of every child OF school age.
the regular attendance OF every pupil
at least one teacher to every 30 pupils
modern buildings with modern equip
rnent. and hearty cooperation be-
tween the home and the school.
1t, is along these lines that the
president OF the assoc.ar.. n in CO.
operation with the county 5,Iperintcn
dent of education and the county or
ganizer, has worked one week in each
of the following counties-Darlngton
kershaw, Cherokee, Lexington, Oco-
nee. 'Abbeville. Fairfield and Edge
field. 1t Is indeed gratifying to find
such keen interest shown in the bet
lterment OF the country schools has
been found in these s counties.
1. FAIR EXHIBIT.-At the state
fair next month there will be an edu-
cational exhibit unde- the manage
ment OF the school Improvement as
sociation. This display will consist
OF the county exhibits from Laurens,
Newberry. Dorchester. Kershaw, Oco--
nee. Anderson and possibly other
counties. together with booth fitted
up as model school room with ideal
equipment. Though this is the first
attempt at an exhibit of this kind. yet
there is every reason to believe tha,
IL Will pfoNS oue VI tHe HlOSt inter-
esting features OF the fair. -
2. CLEANUP DAY-"Clean-up
Day" observed in the schools, OF
South Carolina last year served rs
great factor In the Improvement of
educational conditions, !, Again. this
year. we will observe "Clean-Up Day"
November. Every comnfnnity, every
M
should cooperate In observing this
day az early in the session as prac-.
ticable.
3.--PETzES--T the support
OF the state department of education,
tho school Improvement association,
Is able TO offer $3.50 In prizes to be
awarded in 1914. This amount has
been divided into 10 prizes and will
be given to the schools of the state
showing the greatest amount OF i'm
provement during the given length of
time. There vii be 10 first prizes
OF $50 each, and 30 second prizes Of
S25 each. Regulations governing the
award of these prizes Is as follows:
1. Improvement must be made be-
tween Oct. l, 1913 and Dec. l. 191s.
3. Only rural schools can compete
for these prizes. Districts barred by
the state high school act or by the
state graded school act are ineligible
10 enter the contest.
Prizes VIII i;5 awarded iuy Tire
state executive committee of the
school Improvement association I'M
mediately after the entries close
r. All applications mnst be sent
shrcggh the county superintendent
hf education the rural school srper
visor. o, the eoounty organizer of
siiool improvement associations.
3. Prizes will be awarded in checks
sent from the office OF the state su-
perintendent OF education to the coun-
ty superintendent OF education the
money viii be deposited to the credit
of tho district In which the prize
+winaing school Is located. This
money must be spent for the further
OF the school winning It.
AZ. reports Esass Be made on .tia
- blanks furnished by thei
s0i improvement association
In making epplhsa.,on ifor. al
EriRes the cleanup day score card. al
photograph. and any evidence of inn
proyemants should accompany thei
regular prize score card.
Last year In response to our oil |
Ter OF prizes we received appliGa-i
tions from is7 schools, whose yai,i-
atton ce improFenlents aggregatedi |
$2e7 z 90 90. ls II ton mueh 20 hopel
Tor at least 2 80 per cent Increase this |
tsigned) MARY EVA HiTE,
3 Pres. S. c. School Imp. ASSN,