The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1919-11-28
OUR SCHOOLS.

In onr article last Tuesday we nao
something to say about the advantages W
come to the city of Abbeville from the es-
tahlishment of school of higher learning
inIour midst. Several people have com,
mended the article, and some have oHerea
their co operation in any movement Wnicn tl
might he launched to secure for this place
! s,;ch an institution. We will come to IT.
Unless WibEmistake the signs of the " tilnes
present institutions of this class mus
greatly expand the field OF their actiVities'E
or there will be great increase N tle
number of such institutions IN the lana W
offer the youth of the country better eau-
cational advantages.
Mention was however made OF anoener
class Of institutions as much needed as
these institutions of higher learning. 'fhe
institutions now referred to are proper nt-
ting schools for the preparation OF STU +
dents for standard colleges and unlversl- Isl
ties. AS suggested by DR.. Mann, aof Green. Gr'sl.
Vile. sometime ago, either the colleges OF
fhte state are now doing high school work,
or the high schools are undertaking to DO
college work, and the disease needs
remedy. The two should be coordlnated.
Our remarks now are directed at the pre-
paratory schools, and in particular to the
Abbeyille schools: Is
We are not among those who believe
that d teacher should teach as 9 money
making enterprise any more than we be-
lieye that a preacher should undertake TO-:
get rich; by preaching. But the times have
changed in the last several years, and II
+ takes agpreat deal more money to live on
than it. did four or five years age. Every
body believes that teachers and preachers
alike should receive enough to answer the he 7
demands of everyday life, enough to en-
able them to have the comforts and con-
;5yeniences of other people, and enough to
enable, them to lay aside little 70 Keep
the wolf from the door when ne calls.
IL has been said that school teaching is
an occupation for the most part for young
ladies' who have finished school, but VINO
are not vet ready to get married, and who
must be employed in the interim. Ihls
unfortunately is true to some extent, but
at the same time we all know that some OF
these young women have been doing, and
are continuing to do, faithful work in the
school-room.} Nobody finds fault with
Young woman who is willing to get mar
ried when the proper time comes, ana
teaching school, if she has the right per-.
spective, only fits her for the management
Of q. husband and children in the future.
And besides adequate compensation Tor
the services rendered will only add to her
efficiency while encouraging some to
make teaching a matter OF more than
pastime. The teacher who would make OF
teaching a career for usefulness, and not
an ayocation, is to be encouraged.
For that reason this paper endorses the
sometime ago published in the col
umns. of Proper Gander, our local school
paper, advocating higher tax rate for; r;tne
support of the public schools OF the CITY
The schools are now in most flourishlng
condition. Unless we are mistaken the
schools now promise greater blessings
and advantages to the people Of this city
than they have promised in the last quar-
ter of q century. This is due in. part to the
fact that the people just now are taxing
greater interest in educational matters
than heretofore, but largely to the fact
that the trustees of the schools have Sc
cured superintendent Of high order OF
efficiency, and have undertaken to secure
for our schools the best teaching force IN
the history of the schools. They have been
enabled OF do this by reason of the fact
that The income of the schools has been
largely increased in the last three or four
wears. from the .incneased~ Assessment 'eI-'
broperty. .ButeAAe trusteesSpf the schooaS
hwessduna ont han 1eI eIsahrtta nSTSEH
sefed are still inadequate to som@sna eng
Keep the best talent n The tsachink pE2S. 2s.u
iesslSn; "a md II We are q have Die bsss re-
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