The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1914-11-12
The Educational Exhibit at the State Fair

hihiNdhI anu iilhtI ucllFe feature OF the
South Carolina State Fair of 1914 was
the educational exhibit, the first in
the history Of the fair The initiative
for. this exhibit came from the South
Carolina School improvement Asso-
citation, OF which Miss Mary Eva Hite
is the efficient president, and it was
held under the auspices OF the asso-
ciation. The association contributed TO
the display model school-h house,
equipped with single desks, black
boards. maps, globes, history and
| reading charts, teachers desk and
chair. a convention heater, q sanitary
water fount, chalk and noiseless eras-
ers, cloak room. and reading room, in
the latter-2 neat cases of library
books and reading table. This model
and the five booths where the work
OF the schools In Dorchester, Laurens,
Kerehaw. Oconee. and Newberry coun-
ties was displayed and where the ccn-
ditions under which this work was
done and the ends toward which those
| counties are striving was explained by
the county supervisors OF education In
charge of the exhibits, were literally
| charged with lessons for the throngs
OF visitors They Interpreted to the eye
and to the mind the sources, aims, and
Btrongth OF the educational forward
| movement that is now in full swing
from the ocean to the mountains.
Dorchester County.
Tastefully decorated with flowers
| and school pennants, the Dorchester
county exhibit in charge of the school
supervisor. Miss Caroline Dickinson,
of Summerville. displayed varied
collection, of the work OF the schools
Of the county. The left side of the
booth was filled with exhibits of the
Summervilie School, illustrating every
phase of the work of the Summerviiie
children from the drawing and writ
ing Of the first and second grades,
thorough the mathematical, classical,
and commercial papers of the high
school. On the right, the st. George
and Ridgoville school displays filled
most OF the space, the rest being taken
up with examples Of the work OF coun-
| try achools. The whole rear of the
booth displayed the exhibits from Dor
cheater rural schools, OF which tho
most prominent were those of the Pine
Hill and Caroline Dickinson schools.
The most striking features OF the
whole Dorchester exhibit were life
size drawing of o human skeleton,
correct in proportion and perspective,
made by a pupil of the Summerville
| school; u fine collection OF leaves and
MOWERS from the st. George school: O
picture OF the Ridgeville school garden
! with the pupils at work in II and SAM
lples CT various vegetables and fruits
raised by the pupils; displays OF ma
| fture study und correlated work by the
Caroline Dickinson schools and other
lone.toacher rural schools; and the va
tried display from the Pine Hill one
toaGhor school, which at the time the
exhibit was collected was In charge
of Miss Charlotte Wienges, now the
representative OF the Schoo Improve
lment Association In Berkeey county.
This last Included picture Of the ma
ture study corner OF the school, fine
collection of Insects made by the pu-
pills, written work, drawing, busy
work, correlated Industrial work, and
| ttn excellent nature study chart made
end compiled by pupils. Two features.
| OF the Dorchester exhibit also deserv-
ing mention were the colored photo
graphs OF the five new school build
ings that have been erected during
Miss Dickins0n's term as supervisor,
Land that are suggestive or the five ad-
IdiGonal planned for this year, and tho
l'exhibit OF extension work In canning
and sewing. the garments made by
| tho extension sewing class OF the
Ridgeville4 school were particularly
\ lcfeditable, In the significant fact that
| the instruction In this sewing class,
Twas given gratis by lady not direct
| ~, connected with, the school is found
perhaps the distinctive lesson the Dor
Shested exhibit has for the public, the
lesson that the relation Of school work
- evarv day life and the world OUT
side, and the consequent aroused In
| forest of the pupil In every phase of
activity, inIturn enIibts the interest
and active co-operation OF the com
fnunity in the work or the school--a
lesson emphasized In the EXHIBITS from
tie other four counties represented,
Every district In Dorchester county
leyies q special tax, and the average
| attendance is 5 per cent higher than,
the average foI.the state: IA
IaarsHs County. +.
Laurens county, represented by Miss
win Lou Gray. the county school SUI
peryisor, presented most varied dis
play OF school and school extension
work $50 varied. In fact, that It 10
hard TO do the display Justice Within
Ithe limits of abort description. Co.
operative school and class work was
Illustrated by q cabinet and ma lure
collection made by the Ora school. by
fa map OF, Europe made and coiered by
ID geography class using both the text
book hnd the dsily papers. by q series
lSyf ons-page stories OF the Great War.
q class product map of Saith Caro-
! lfiaS. {, case OF cotton Drotiucts each