The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1919-07-08
NEED MORE MONEY FOR
THE NEWBERRY SCHOOLS
Annual Report of Trustees Shows
Good Record.-More Room is
Needed and More Teachers

The citizens meeting to hear the
report of the trustees of the Newber-
nv scity schools was held Thursday af-
ternoon in the court house. There
were not more than two dozen Of the
citizens present. Somehow the peo-
pie will not attend these meetings.
It is not because of Indifference to
the school and the needs of the
school, because every time there has
been request for money for i'm
provement of the schools or for en-
largement the people have responded
inobly, and they will do so again If
the request is made. But they will
not attend the citizens meeting.
There is nothing more important
than the schools of the community,
and there are no people who will re-
spond more heartily to the needs OF
the schools than these Newberry
people.
The meeting was held. Mr.. Arthur
Kibler nominated Mr.. John c. Cog
gans for chairman and E. H. Aull for
secretary of the meeting and they
were elected.
! The report of the trustees was
read by Superintendent 0. s. Can
non ard is as follows:
Annual Report of Trustees.
To the Citizens of the Newberry
! School District:
Our schools began the session
191a-1919 on the ninth day of Sep
tember under most favorable cir
cumstances. Teachers and pupils en-
tered upon their duties in manner
which indicated that this would be
a very successful school year. Every
thing went we'll for the first three
weeks, at the end of which our town
was stricken with the epidemic Of In
fluenza, causing the board of health
to close the schools for period OF
six weeks. When we were permitted
to open up again, we undertook to
make up some of the lost time by
teaching thirty minutes longer each
day, and the teachers, with, perhaps
few exceptions, were getting good
results. Having lost so much. time,
we thought it best to cut the usual
Christmas recess to only four days.
After running three weeks from the
close of the Christmas recess, sec
ond outbreak of influenza occurred
and we were closed for three weeks.
Then it was realized that we must
take other steps towards making up
some of the work lost during the nine
weeks our schools were closed, or we
would perhaps be unable to advance
any of the classes. An estimate was
made of the financial condition OF
the schools, and it was found that
we would have balance Of about
> $4,000 at the end of the nine
months contracted for with our
; teachers, so we decided to use Sat-
urdays for school day and in ad-
,'dition to lengthen the session two
weeks. By this plan we would be able
to complete a session Of one hundred
sixty days, while our teachers would
be paid for nine and one-half months
l We realized that six days of school
work per week was strenuous work
: for teachers and pupils, but we felt
that all would appreciate the abnor-
NAL conditions through which we
: were passing, and that we could have
the hearty cooperation of parents,
teachers and pupils as we strove to
do in a session of eight months the
3 work usually requiring nine months
to do.
We commend in highest terms the
4 fidelity and loyalty Of those of our
teachers who so cheerfully and faith
i fully did this extra work requested
: of them, and praise them for the IN
spiration they were able to impart
Il to their pupils. Some of them had
home duties to attend to and Satur-
Il days teaching proved a great incon-
: !venience to them, but they, did their
work, nevertheless, and they did 1t
:, we'll.
From the report hereto attached
', YOU will see that the average attend
ance of white pupils for the session
Just closed was 1904 or 76.7 pei
y = cent of the enrolment, while that OF
last session was 1876 per cent OF the
' enrolment for last year. For the
colored pupils the average attend
. ance for the present session was
= 1888 or IS per cent of the enroll