The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1916-04-12
Interesting Facts OF School
Progress
(By vii Lou Gray, Supervising =
Teacher

The year 1915-16 has been charac-
terized by steady improvements Mod
ern buildings, designed by Clemson
College, have been erected at Long
View, Mt. Olive, Huntington, Hunters
vile (Bethany), and school district,
Jacks No. 4. Oakville has added one
room. Plans are now being perfected
for buildings at Bethlehem, Reedy
Grove, where a consolidation was
brought about last summer and at
Wadsworth Youngs, school just re-
Gently consolidated Other schools ex-
pecting to build during the summer are
Mt Bethel, Ebenezer Fleming, Exon,
Ora, Clinton and Harmony.
Taxes or bonds have been voted at
Green Pond, Princeton, Bethlehem,
Reedy Grove, Laurens, Wadsworth,
Youngs, Mt. Olive, Warrior Creek, Rid
dies Old Field, Oakvile and an cleo
tion has been called at Goldville
Elections for increasing tax failed at
Shiloh and at Mt. Pleasant.
Over $4,000 has been spent in better
cnuipment-desks, maps, books, etc.
The State Department of Education
sends out score card for rating coun-
try schools. This card is SO arranged
that the building counts sixteen points,
the lighting six; the equipment thirty
one, grounds twelve, community ac-
tivity ten, the teacher twelve. The
schools scoring between 90 and 100
are rated as A; Is to 90, b. GO to 70,
G; 40 to 60, ID; and below 40, e. The
number Of months the school runs is
placed before the letter and the num-
Der of teachers after the letter Thus
SB2 means a school of B rating with
an eight. The schools Of the county
are now classified as follows: twenty
| five b schools, twenty-five G schools,
ten ID schools. and two II schools. In
1913 they registered three b schools
twcnty-onc G schools. twenty-five ID
schools and fourteen lI schools.
There arc in I.aurcns county sixty
! five schools employing one hundred
and fifty five teachers. These are
| classified as five high schools, two
| fourtcachcr schools, eight three
teacher schools, twenty-five two-teach-
or schools and twenty-ninc one teach
cr schools.
In the five high schools there are
forty-cight teachers.
Thirty-scvcn hold first grade GER
tificatcs granted on college diplomas /;
nine have had some college training
and hold first grade certificates by ex-
animation; one has had some college
training and holds second grade GER
tiiicatc by examination; one has had
high school training and holds first
grade certificate by examination.
In the two four teacher schools
there are eight teachers. Three hold
| first grade certificates granted on col
lcgc diplomas; five have had some col
lcgc training and hold first grade Ger
tiiicates by examination
In the eight thrcc-t teacher schools
there are twcnty-four teachers. Fiji
teen hold first grade certificates grant
cd on college diplomas: five have had
some college training and hold first
grade certificates by examination: one
holds a first grade certificate by OK
animation. and three hold second grade
certificates by cXanlnation. TWO Of
this number have had some college
training.
schools there are forty-fOur teachers.
Twenty-Five hold first grade ccrtin-
Gates granted on college diplomas,
eight have had some college training
and hold first grade certificates by cx-
animation; seven hold first grade Ger
tiiicatcs without college training; four
hold second grade certificates and
three hold third grade certificates.
In the twcnty-ninc onc-teachcr
schools, nine teachers hold first grade
certificates granted on college diplo-
mas; eight have had some college
training and hold first grade certifi-
Gates by examination; five hold first
grade certificates without college
training; six hold second grade GER
t!ficatcs without college training, and
one holds a third. grade certificate
Totalng the numbers there are
cighty-scvcn college graduates, thirty
five teachers hold first grade certfi-