The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1915-10-26
RURAL SCHOOLS
IN COMPETITION
Improvement Prizes Aggre-
eating $4,000 Provided
This Year.
AWARDS IN DECEMBER
Three Classes Arc to Share in Dis.
tribution Controlled by State
Association.

Association.
The following is taken from The
Columbia State Of Sunday:
Patrons and school officials
throughout South Carolina are show
ing great interest in the prizes to be
awarded by the South Carolina
School Improvement Association in
December. These prizes come from
the state department OF education,
which co-operates with the school i'm
provement association. The amount
of $4,000 will be expended in three
classes of prizes, as follows:
Class L: Twenty first prizes of $50
each and 40 second prizes of s25 each
to be given to the 60 schools which
can show the greatest amount OF i'm
provement from October /, 1914, to
December l, 1915. Only rural schools
can compete for these prizes. Dis
tricts barred by the state high school
act or the state rural graded school
act are ineligible for this contest.
Cleanup day must be observed and
report of same sent to the county
superintendent of education, the su-
pervising teacher or the county or
ganizer of school Improvement asso-
ciations.
BASIS OF AWARDS.
Glass 2: One prize of 500, one
prize of $50, and two prizes of $25
each, to the counties that can show
the greatest amount of school bet
terment accomplished through local
school Improvement associations from
October l, 1914, TO December /, 1915.
These prizes will be awarded as fol-
lows % A supervising teacher en-
ployed; (2) field day held; CD clean
up day observed; (4) compulsory
school attendance enforced: (5) num-
ber of active local school improve
ment associations; (6) a satisfactory
status in local taxation. enrolment.
buildings and club work: (7) other
definite things accomplished. This
report must be signed by the county
organizer and approved by the coun-
ty superintendent Of education.
Glass 3: Four prizes of $25 each
the four local associations in the
state that can show the greatest re-
suits of their work in the improve
ment of school conditions i'm their
districts from October l, 1914. to De-
cember /, 1915. These prizes will be
awarded through the reports sent
from local associations, giving Just
the conditions before the association
began its work and just the condi-
tions resulting from its efforts.
Special consideration will be given
to community activities and co-opera-
ton. This report must be signed by
the principal of the school, the chair
man Of the board OF trustees, the
president of the school Improvement
association and approved by the
county superintendent of education
and the county organizer of the
school improvement associations.
All prizes will be awarded by the
state executive committee of the
South Carolina School Improvement
Association soon after December 1
1915. These prizes will be sent in
checks from the office of the state
superintendent of education to the
county treasurer In classes ] and 3.
the money will be deposited to the
credit of the district in which the
prize winning school or association is
located, and must be spent for the
further improvement of the winning
school. In class 2. the money will
be deposited to the credit of the
county board of education and must
be spent for the further Improvement
of the county schools.
INTEREST IS KEEN.
Miss elizabeth Dickson. acting
president OF the South Carolina
School Improvement Association, has
recently returned from visit to parts
Of Aiken, Orangeburg, Darlington,
Marion and Dillon counties. On all
sides she found gratifying conditions.
New buildings. special tax levies, com
pulsory attendance. the celebration of
cleanup day were the evidences OF
this interest. In many districts she