The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1915-07-30
TRUSTEES CITY SCHOOLS
Trustees Sumbit Report Condition City
Schools as Required By
Law.

Report OF the board OF trustees 10
the citizens of Newberry school dis
trict, Newberry, S. c., for the year
1194-1915:
1t is pleasure to report to the citi-
zens Of Newberry. se-ool district that,
in spite Of the war and general de-
preston during the last year, the con-
dition of the schools is on the whole
favorable. The work done in tie school
room as been good. We feel that the
schools are making progress, tne gen
eral interest in school welfare has
been marked and tie attendance the
largest in our history. AS an evi-
dence of the work accomplished We
are quoting from letter of the State
superintendent of educationsunder date
of July 18th, as follows:
"The Improvement at 'Newberry is
highly gratifying. Tie city schools
ought to be the educational center for
the county. The night school work
and tie industrial work are. especially
interesting. I hope something can be
done at the next session of the legis-
lature to provide for country children
desiring to enroll in the upper grades
of the Newberry city schools"
We Eave endeavored to plan such
work for the schools as seem best suit
ed to the conditions of our community
We feel that the course of study pre-
scribed is we'll balanced and well fit
ted for the needs of the children OF
our community, Some Changes have
been made in the way of educational
reform, but We have been safe and
sane, careful to keep away from the
dangers of the "fads."
The most noteworthy additions to
our curriculum have been three extra
courses in Hygiene, sanitation and
physiology; We have also, added agri-
culture, botany, commercial geography,
domestic science and bookkeeping, all
within the past two years.
The board uses its best efforts to Sc
cure for the schools the best teachers
that can be had for the salaries we
are able to pay. Our teachers are well
trained, have had successful expert
ence and t.ey. are diligent, faithful
and interested in the educational well
fare of the community. We feel that
it is a source of qualification to all the
friends of our schools that many OF
our teachers spend their vacations
studying in tie summer schools, trav-
cling and otherwise adding to their
fund of knowledge and improving their
efficiency for their work in the school
room
1t is a pleasure to mention the work
of the School Improvement club and
Il e Parents-Teachers' association. We
greatly appreciate their spirit of CO.
operation, as we'll as all other efforts
that are employed by our citizens for
building up school interest and en-
thusiasm.
Financially the year 1914-1915 was
a hard one for the schools. The public
fund collected for maintaining the sys-
tenn being $55S.66 less than the year
previous. This falling off may be
somewhat reduced by the collection OF
delinquent taxes. In this connection
the board wishes to acknowledge the
evidence of the interest of the COM
munity in the welfare Of its schools
as shown by the election on May l30h,
1915, continuing as part OF the per-
manent fund the one mill tax levied
two years ago for repairs and i'm
provements. While the amount COL
lected under this levy was insufficient
to do the work contemplated at the
time, tie work was done and is to
some extent responsible for the pres
ent Indebtedness of the district. There
is now outstanding and due by the
district bills payable and approved &C
counts payable, together with an over
draft in the Office of TIE county su-
perintendent of education, aggregat-
ing S2,727.O6. We have endeaFored to
include in This statement every item
of indebtedness due by the district for
current matters. It now seems that
with the additional one mill levy add
ed to the general fund coupled with
careful and economical expenditures
that the entire endebtedness may be
paid in two years, and the district be
on a safe financial basis. It Is due
to our local banks that we were able
to meet the monthly payroll for the
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