The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1918-03-06
BEAUTIFUL NEW
SCHOOL DEDICATED
Enorce School Building Dedicated
Friday Evening with Appropria' ,
Exercises. II. 4. Cooper Made AZ
dress.

erected by the Enorec Mills corpora
ton for the benefit Of the community
were held in the splendid new audi
torium Friday night, attended by
large number Of people Of the village
and a few from the surrounding coun-
try. The address Of the evening wax
made by Hon. Il. 4. Cooper, Of Lau-
rcns. who dwclt upon tho theme of cd
ucatiun as the cure for the worldwide
unrest Of the day and as the basis on
which permanent peace and prospcri-
~ may be built up after the end OF
the present world conflict. Making
democracy safe for tho world. he said.
was far more serious problem than
making the world safe for democracy.
as the latter problem was one which
he was sure would be brought about by
the success Of Allied arms while the
former was one which depended upon
the ability Of tho peoples Of tho world
to direct its affairs after il has been
freed from the domination Of auto
cratic governments. Preparation for
Of the rising gcncratio he pointed out
as the solution Of tho problem, and this
salient fact driven homo by the Illus
tration Of tho might Of systematic and
thorough education, as instanced by
the strength Of the relatively small
but highly organized German nation;
he told Of tho increased educational ac-
tivitics among our own allies to COM
pete with them and then urged upon
his hearers thc Importance Of like
endCavOr Passing from The general
1ild Of education, Mr.. Cooper urged his
hearers, who were principally patrons
Of the school, to utilize its ADVANTAGES
10 the fullest extent. so that the chill
drcn Of the community may grow up to
be mon and women OF usefulness 20
their families, their community and
their nation.
The entire exercises Of the evening
were carried out in a patriotic atmos-
phcrc the school children singing pa
trotc songs and tho stage being dee
Grated III the national colors, a large
American ila2 being drapcd on its rear
wall. l.. l.. Clippard, vice president
and general manager OF the mill as
we'll as chairman OF tho board of trus-
tees Of tho school, to whom was given
much credit for the supervision OF the
building operations, presided over the
meeting. Rev j. II. Miller opened and
~ l.,
lightful musical program was rendered
during the evening hy Mrs. w. G.
Moore and Miss Fay Hill. of Enorcc,
and Miss Jennie IIngcls. of Greenwood
Mr. Allen J. Graham OF GrccnYllc,
president Of the mill, was present and
made short address following that
by Mr.. Cooper. Mr.. Graham told his
hearers that the completion Of the
school building was the consumation
Of the mills first plans to provide here
educational facilities equal to that Of
the best anywhere. Still other plans
he told of which the company had in
view, among them being the addition
Of domestic science and manual
training department in the spacious
basement which has not yet been fitted
out. The building, he said. represent
cd cash expenditure Of $4,000, every
cent of which had been furnished by
the mill company. 1--WE have provid-
cd the building and teachers" he said,
"and we want the parents to send
their children to school"
The building itself is a large brick
and cement structure with an audi
tOrium nicely fitted out with comfort
able opera chairs and handsome
piano. 1t has eight teachers class
rooms newly furnished and a base
mcnt as yet unfinished. II is steam
heated. electrically lighted and has
complete sanitary equipment with
running water. Play grounds for boys
and girls, with tennis courts, vollcy
balls and other equipment have been
provided on each side Of the building,
ample space being provided for this
purpose. Miss Katherine Murchison is
principal Of the school and she has
assisting hor Misses Wnton Agncw,
Bessie Allen, Joanna Patterson and
Miss Jennie Byrd, tho last named be-
ing thc community worker The school
has an enrolment at present OF 227
pupils