The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1915-04-08
ANDERSON COUNTY
SHOWS HIGH RANK
IN REPORT PRESIDENT
STATE SCHOOL IMPROVE
MENT ASSOCIATION
c coMEs FIRsT
In the Nunber of Active School
Improvement Associations.
Interesting Data.

ne tOilOWlnB Is part OF the report
| Of Miss Mary Eva Hite, president of
the South Carolina School Improve
ment association, submitted to that
organization at its regular annual
meeting held in connection with the
State Teachers association last week
In Florence.
From Miss Iite's report we find
that she has spent from days to two
weeks In each Of % counties visiting
schools with the county superlntend-
ent, the supervising teacher, or the
county organizer In the 81 counties
she has visited 304 schools or school
communities. In the list of counties
visited we are pleased to find that Alb
beville, Greenwood. Newberry and
Oconee Counties have been given a
week, and Anderson appears in tho
list given shorter time.
The report further says: IL feel
safe in saying that fully two-thirds of
the white schools of the State observ'
ed Clean-Up Day, but only 20 counties
reported 1t. Only counties reported
the observance OF the day in every
school in the county, and we are de-
lighted to find Newberry in that list.
frcm all but a very few schools and
we are pleased to find Oconee in thai
list"
The following paragraph Is partic-
ularly interesting:
1--WE feel sure that we have 100 local
associations in the State. but it has
been impossible for me to get report
from that number. Since the 1st o,
Ta. Il r,cr - -hr
from each local osganiz atioIis but s.;
far only 422 have reported From
these reports we find that we have
10,1S0 members, who have held j,
669 meetings since the first of Apri
1914. These organizations have rais-
ed and spent $i6,099.S4 in the better
ment OF schools since that date"
reports were made by congression-
al districts below is the report for
the counties in this district:
Ord Congressional District.
Miss Sadie Goggans, Newberry, s
C. committee member
Abbeville County, organizer, Mrs.
w. o. Cromer; number of associa-
tions, A; members. 60; meetings, l?;
money, $465.00.
Anderson County, organizer. Miss
Maggie Darlington; number OF asso-
Citations. 46; members, 879; meetings,
ILL.,. money, 81 1879.
Greenwood County. organizer. Missl
Louise Reid; number OF associations,
4; members, AZ; meetings. 8; money,
$1,000.
Newberry County, organizer, Miss
Sadie Goggans; number OF assosia
ttion, 80; members, 5Sl; meetings. i52.
money. S1.024.92.
0conee County, organizer, Miss An.
ME McAfahan; number OF associations,
q. members, 207; meetings, 40. money!
$546,50. -
Pickens County organizer, Supt. r..
T. HalluIii; number of associations, y;
members, SO; meetings, 15s money.
none.
g Total for district associations SO;
members, 1.15S; meetings, 34si
money, SS,245.21.
This repr WAS made possible by
the never failing activity Of the com
mittee member, Miss Goggans, super
yising teacher for Newberry County
assisted by the equally energeti
county organizevs. The figures speaA
for themselves, but there is one sids
OF the work that cannot be measured
-@that side which makes tie school
tie social ceiS iSter OF the community.
The work is new in Abbeyilie C0un,s
". but results are very gratifying
due to Mrs. Cromer who IS enthusiass
tic over improved schools. q
AndefROn County reports the larg