Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1916-06-01
CHERAW PUBLIC SCHOOL ENDS
WORK OF YEAR
Closing Exercises Held in Auditorium
Last Sight.


closing exercises last night in the
handsome, new auditorium, which
was filled to over-flowing with friends
and patrons of the school.
Prof. r. G. McIver made a very in
teresting talk, giving a full account
of the progress of the school during
the year and calling attention to some
of the pressing needs. He also called
attention to the great improvement in
'hte colored school-stressing parti-
cularly the departments of domestic
SCIENCE and manual training.
Following Prof. McIver, the ad-
vanced pupils of the chorus class
rendered a song, entitled "A Toast
To Profs. McIver and Stillwell."
Mr.. R. T. Castor, chairman of the
board of trustees, followed with an
interesting talk. Mr.. CASTOR stated
that the board of trustees had never
failed to meet all obligations it had
incurred, but that it feels very much
the lack Of funds to do what the work
demands. He stated that, according
to the treasurer's report, the board
had during the year just closed paid
out over $500 more than it had receiv-
ed, and had it not been for a contri-
button of $500 from the Slater fund
for the colored school, the board
would have been $500 behind what
it was a year ago, and as a matter
of fact he stated, had it not been
for the incidental fees charged, we
would not have been able to meet the
expenses of the year .just gone" He
stated that the year was started with
a surplus, but that this surplus was
being rapidly consumed, and unless
some arrangement was made for more
funds, the number of teachers or the
length of the session would have to
be curtailed. He said that there was
a demand for more teachers-that in
some of the grades there were more
pupils than one teacher could prop
erly care for, and said that one or
perhaps two more teachers should be
employed as soon as practicable. He
also referred to the fact that it was Of
great Importance that domestic sci
ence and manual training should be
taught, suggesting chat it would prob
ably be best to commence with do
mestic science teacher who could
give part of her time to literary work
in the more crowded grades. For the
information of the people of Cheraw,
Mr.. Castor stated that Cheraw only
pays a special tax Of 8 mills, while
the neighboring towns pay as follows:
Darlington 5 mills, Sumter 6 mills,
Dillon mills, Florence and Marion
II mills, and also stated that most Of
these towns have other resources
incidental receipts alone for the
schools in Sumter aggregating nearly
100000.
Mr.. CASTOR closed his remarks with
the following:
"One mill will realize about 500
and two mills would enable us to en-
ploy an additional literary teacher
and perhaps a teacher of manual
training. These are the facts and the
board earnestly hopes that the town
of Cheraw will feel called upon to do
it's full duty bv its graded school, and
will see this duty to be along the line
of larger things"
Following Mr.. CASTOR came song
Three Old Maids'-by Misses Susie
and Caro- Smith, teachers in the mu-
sic department, and Miss Ora Sheriff..
Then came the address by Hon. W.
F. Stevenson, which The Chronicle
regrets Its inability TO PUBLISH tnls
week, but hopes to be able to do so
next week.
After Mr.. Stevenson's. address the
diplomas to the graduating class were
presented by Rev. A. S. Thomas, rec
tor of the Episcopal church.
Following are the names Of this
years graduating class:
Misses Belle Hurt, Ora Sheriff.,
Mary Lee Dudley, Matte Lou Smith,
Virginia Bishop and Julia Pegues, and
Messrs. William Thrower and Ross
Lindsay.
The tiny tots" of the chorus class
then rendered song entitled Bed
time," thus bringing to close one of
the most successful sessions of the
Cheraw Public Schools.