The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1914-11-24
REVIEW OF SCHOOL
IMPROVEMENT WORK
IN COUNTY TO BE USED IN
ANNUAL REPORT STATE
SUPERINTENDENT
INTERESTING DATA
Vast Amount Information is Put
in Concise From By J. B.
FELTON,.

A brief but comprehensive review
of school improvements in Anderson
County for the scholastic year Of
1913-1914 was compiled yesterday by
County Superintendent of Education
J. B. FELTON, and forwarded to State
Superintendent Of Education Swear
ingen for publication in the annual
report which that official will shortly
issue.
Mr.. Felton's review of improve
ments made by the rural graded
schools is interesting, to say the
least, and the work noted speaks well
for the progressivAness OF the coun-
ty. A concise statement of these i'm
proyements should prove not only in
teresting but valuable to The general
public, as 1t gives in a nutshell infor-
nation which Is usually spread out
over considerable space. The sum
mary Of sctcol improvements which
Mr. Fei.on has forwarded to the State
superintendent o, education is as fol-
lows:
"The school improvements In An
derson County have been very notice
able from a number of points of view,
in fact, 1913-1914 bes witnessed the
most marked improvements in the
way Of building new school houses,
buying new furniture Of every de-
seription, voting of special taxes, en-
rollment Of more pupils and every
thing that goes to make school life
from every point of view better for
the children Of the county.
'Durirg the year l9i3-1914 Ander-
son County built IA new buildings, at
a cost of something like $4,000 or
$4,000. and during the present year
two. or three new buildings have been
destroyed by fire and lightning and
in each case both have been rebuilt
with as good IL not better dwellings,.
rive have consolidated in several
instances two or three small schools
into one rural graded school, and In
each case this has been done with the
making OF each of these schools at
least three-teacher school with a.
term Of seven months, and each of
these new schools Save an enroll
ment os something like 100 pupils
During this past year number
OF the districts Of this county have
voted special tar of from four to
eight mills and in ether cases it has
been increased from two or three mill
tax to four or more.
We have az present eight high
schools in this county that are re-
ceiving high school aid from the State.
and Anderson County is the only
county that received the maximum
amount Of this aid, namely, $4,000.
Lebanon Is the only rural high school
in the county and It's enrolment Is at
present something like 100, with 10
Of this number In the high school de-
partment. Possibly such an instance
does not occur elsewhere in the State.
During f5f5-13=4 we mad rs rural
graded schools that had two or three
teachers and in some cases more
than three. These 26 schools. receive
ed from the State for graded school
aid $6,400 In I913-1914. Again An
derson County received more from
this source than any other county in
the State. We hope. however, to have
/ So OF these rural graded schools in
1914-1915.
There are number Of schools in
the county receiving term extension
aid but we hope, however, to make all
of these rural graded schools In the
near future.
I've have several districts ingtsle
county that will erect new buildings
and probably several coaeolidations
are possible as soon as financial con-
ditions will permit. Among the
schools,in which this is possible ara
Bethel district No. ss. afeetsn Nh. is
and Hall No. il. One OF these dis
tricts now contains four schools, one
three and the other two. Lebanon
and White Plains will both probably
build six room building and an aud
itorinm in the near future.
"Tne Hammond district has inst
completed the best two-ronm building
with equipment In the State. II has
every modern cohvenience of the city.
school and q term or nine months.
with almost every child in the dis
trict enrolled
The Rural School improvement
Asso ociation OF this county iias cer-l
! tail.lS heana s9 q vArv anniAe4g t.annflk
to the schools IN their 80 scrai scoln5
nun s.is.s s,s..a & = Is ;s;s; g; <.
way TO their untifiHg efforts that 50
much has been aceonplis lished and { lsss
their continued cooperation we expect
to make their work account for more
dusing the present year than wIis even
done during the past year. as is AZ
ways the case, when we get the Ia
dies to work with d determination we
aiwsys get results Cooperation ID
the watchsgord OF today. and this. such
as we have IN Anderson ConnfS
we will get the results We are work
ing for. namely. 20 make cur schoofa
so efilnie.-t.s our school houses m
grounds 80 attractive that every child
in the county OF school age VIII Asl
tend school for q term OF not less