The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1917-11-27
STATE SUPERVISOR WRITES
OF HIS VISIT TO NENBERRY


The State Supervisor Of Rural
schools the past week enjoyed four
days in the schools Of Newberry coun-
8y in company with the county sup
erintendent of education and another
day at the meeting Of the teachers
association of the county on Saturday.
st had been nearly. two years since
She State Supervisor had an oppor.
sunity to visit among the country
schools of NeWberry county and he had
5sen looking forward for sometime 10
gisiting some of these schools again.
During the two former visits of the
State SUPERVISOR his time was spent
most largely in the upper section OF
The county. lie was pleased, therefore,
10 spend practically the entire week
this time in the schools of the lower
section. Tuesday and Wednesday
were spent in schools in the vicinity
OF Prosperity and Little Mountain
These schools were interested in the
Prosperity Fair and Tuesday and We'd
nesday were the most favorable days
FOR visiting them. These schools were
Excelsior and Swilton are between
ada, st. Lukes and Big Creek.
Monticello and Big Greek were moi
hound in session on account of the
preparation for the Community Fair
at Prosperity. The other far schools
named, however, were in session and
Ghe superintendent and State Super
visor had very pleasant and profit
able visit to these schools.
Excelsior and Swilton are between
Prosperity and Little Mo1ltta;r. the
fI,mer one-teacher school and the
latter two-teacher school. Excelsior
does not have more pupils than one
teacher can instruct while work be-
yond the eighth grade is not attempt
led. Pupils in advance Of the seventh
grade should By all means receive
their instruction in the Prosperity
saigh school. SN'ilton has at present
full attendance with ten grades The
ninth and tenth gades at this school
greatly crowd the daily program Of
both teachers and make it impossible
Ior the instruction to be as thorough
as any teacher would like A two
teacher school with as many pupils
enrolled as were found at Swilton can
not do thoroughly more than eight
grades Of work. 1t would be far bet
Ger, therefore, for the ninth and tenth
grade pupils to receive adekuate high
school instruction at Little Mountain
so as to enable the two teachers at
Swilton to do more thoroughly the
ework of the elementary grades.
Prosneritv and Little Mountain are
600 close together for two country
schools between these towns. One
good rural graded school midway be-
zween the towns would accommodate all
.She pupils within walking distance
and such g school with larger en-
7gol'ment and larger teaching force
would make possible better graduation
ard classification OF pupils and would
give the children opportunities that
the present facilities can not at all
provide.
Saluda is at present a. one-teacher
school, but will soon have two teach
eers. A great many schools in the
State follow this plan of having two
teachers part of the year and one
teacher part. Such condition as
this discourages the work of the
school with the incoming additional
teacher and with his outgoing. The,
State Supervisor of Rural Schools
really questions whether such a plan
IS advisable.
st. Lukes is three-teacher school
and has been known for some years
as one OF the best rur.,l schools in
NewDerry. The school now has
hull attendance, is we'll organized and
the school work at the time Of our
visit was found to be moving in a;
mighty satisfactory manner.
While not in this same community
yet In adjoining communities, John
stone, Utopia and Hartford were visit ,
I'D. Johnstone is two-teacher school
setween Newberry and Prosperity.
The teachers of this school are for
sunate in that advanced pupils have
not boon enrolled. 1t is presumed that
.aheSe on either fO NaUhorrV Or Pros