The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1914-11-11

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ral school supervisor is engaged in,
this educator spoke further as follows.
one of the most significant and in
structive features Of the State Fair
or 1914 was the educational exhibit.
the first In the history of the fair. The
initiative for this exhibit came from
the South Carolina School Improve
ment association, of which Miss Mary
Hite Is the efficient president, and It
was held under the auspices of the as
ISOLATION. The association contrfbut-
ed to the display model school house.
equipped with single desks, black
boards, maps globes, history and read
ing charts teachers desk and chair. n
convection hearter, a sanitary water
fount, chalk, and noiseless crascrs.
cloak room, and reading room. in the
latter two neat cases Of library books
and a reading table. This model and
the five booths weber the work of tho
schools in dorchester, Laurens, Ner-
shaw, Oconee and Newberry counties
was displayed and where the condi
tions under which this work was done
and the ends toward which these coun-
ties are striving were explained by
the county supervisors Of education in
charge of the exhibits, were literally
charged with lessons for the throngs
OF visitors. They interpreed to the
eye and to the mind the sources, aims
and strength of the educational for
ward movement that is now in full
swing from the ocean to the noun
tains.
-Four predominant lessons stand out
above al 1.-The lessons these beautiful
exhibits had to teach the South Caro-
lima pupils. The first Is that, though
te power that moves the lever which
raises the school community from each
lower to each higher plane is the ex-
pert county supervision Of teachers
and schools, the fulcrum Is the native
boy and girl enthusiasm for doing
things, and the lever itself is the
aroused interest Of the children in the
work OF the schools, interested awak-
ened by the broad and Intelligent an
peal OF these experts, either through
the capable teacher or, failing the
teacher, directly to this native enthus-
iasm. In each booth the trained super
visor had the same story to tell OF the
beginnings Of school Improvement:
Arouse tho >Nildren thoroughly, and
the communit, is bound to awaken
And each exhibit spoke eloquently of
how and to what extent children have
been aroused, and Of how, through
these communities, have been lifted
and may be lifted to just apprecia-
tion OF the blessings a good modern
school brings to a people
"Thc second predominant lesson is
that the sure way TO awaken the boy
and girl interest in school is to con
meet what is done by the pupils inside
the school with what Is done by old
and young outside the school The
demonstration of educational progress
made by all the exhibits was the fruit
OF skillful correlation. sewing ana the
drawing, cooking, sewing and the
study Of life, with the old educational
g RS
"The third lesson is that the school
does not have to wait for equipment |
to make a stair along the various in
dustrial lines, If only it supplies the
right stimulus.
''The fourth IS that there is a vast
store Of talent in neglected boys and !
girls, only waiting to be developed and
that their only hope lies in catching
the spirit Of the school.
"Finally these four lessons are but
parts Of the one great lesson. The
expert supervisor has made gool in
every county where she has had a
chance, and expert supervision for
every county Is pressing necessity Of
South Carolina"