Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1916-11-15
State Supervisor Rural Schools, Gun.
ter, Highly Pleased With Recent
Inspection Of Edgehcld County
Schools.
olrmb;a & G. Nov G. 1916.

Schools was delighted the past week
to spend 3 days in Edgefeld County
visiting some of the country schools
in company with the County Super
intendent of Education, Mr.: W. W.
Fuller. This is visit that the State
Supervisor had long been looking
forward to, and he regretted that
other engagements at the end of the
week, as well as the County Fair,
made i impossible to spend more
ti-1e in the country schools.
Two days were given to these
schools, and during these days nine
country schools or school communl-
ties were visited by the Superinten-
dent and Supervisor. The progress
that has been made in recent years
in building up good country schools
of the best type was gratifying. Con-
solidated schools in comfortable, well
arranged buildings have been dis
placing the small one-teacher schools
Yin uncomfortable buildings IN many
olaces in the country.
The visits of the first day were
made to Antioch, Red Hill, Flat
Rock, and Collier. Two OF these.
Antioch and Collier, are two teach
er rrual graded schools in comforta
BILE, well arranged, two-teacher
buildings. Red Hill is three
teacher rural graded school in a
building that has been recently add
ed to and in a measure modernlzed.
Flat Rock is one-teacher school IN
a building that is not up to the STAN
dard set by the three schools men
toned. The State Supervisor, how
ever, was informed that improve
ments are being considered in this
community. The enrolment at
Fiat Rock is large for one teacher
to instruct in a one-teacher school.
1t il impossible for the children in
these circumstances to have the best
opportunities that country schools IN
many places are now affording.
1t is possible for the three rural
graded schools to do good type
of country school work, and the
State Supervisor was impressed
with the idea that this work was
being done. The time is not far
distant when Red Hill will have a
fourth teacher in a room already
provided for a fourth teacher. The
State Supervisor was pleased also
to hear during his visit that prepara-
tions are being made for the intro
duction of industrial teaching in the
Red Hill school. This is type CT
work that our country schools every
where are needing and it is part:cu-
larly pleasing FOR strong school
like Red Hill to lead out into this
work in country community.
Collier also will likely have ar
additional teacher within a short
time. The enrolment has now near
ly reached the three-teacher stage.
The advanced work at this school
demands three teachers if all the III
struction in school is to be thorough
ly done.
The visit to the Collier school
closed our school visiting for the
day, but on returning to Edgefeld
for the night the addition to the
building at Brunson was inspected.
When this house is completed Brun-
son will have a modern, two-room
house thoroughly satisfactory in
every respect. The State Supervisor
was particularly well pleased with
the Improvements that are being
made in the portion OF the old build
ing that IS being retained. When 1t
is completed this old portion will be
as thoroughly modern and as well
arranged as the new addition. | dc
not know of an addition to an old
house anywhere in the State where
the modern ideas Of the State build
ing bulletin are carried out more
effectively than in the Brunson en-
largement.
The second days visitation took
US to Harmony, Tillman, Lott and
Pine Grove. Harmony is a rural
graded school with four teachers.
Lott and Pine Grove are two-teachei'
schools and Tillman one-teacher
school.
1t was a genuine pleasure to OBJ
serve the type of instruction that is
being carried on by the teachers Of
the Harmony school in the old build
ing. A school of this kind con-
Quoted and taught as it is is dcserv-
ing of the new building now near
completion. This Harmony building
is one of the greatest country school
enterprises in the State. When
complete it will certainly be splen-
did tribute to the people of the COM
munity and a credit to the County
of Edgefeld and the State at larse.
Many country community could
receive great inspiration if some o.
the leading citizens of these commu-
mites could see the Harmony build
ing.
One of the first impressions that
came to the State Supervisor OF
Rural schools N his visits to the
three other schools was the near
ness of these schools to one another.
Tillman and Lott are both in the
same district. Tillman as a ore
teacher school is in excellent conci-
tion. Likewise Lott as two-teach-
er school. Both schools are cont
fortably housed. If these two
schools, however, were brought to.
gether and a building erected lot
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