Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1919-07-30
WIPE OtT ILLITitItACI.

August will find the educational
forces of Oconee and the state busily
engaged in the laudabic undertaking
OF ''wipng out illiteracy' in our
county and State.
This is Il great work. and it should
have the wholc-hcartcd support Of
every citizen.
Doubtless the least assistance will
be found to come from the source
most vitality Interested illiteratc
ones themselves. This is natural, in
Il way. Even though those who can
neither read nor write might be sup
posed to most keenly feel the need
of these first principles. Still, when
we realize that they cannot to the
fullest degree appreciate their loss
and their constant handicap, having
never known the advantages that are
being placed within their grasp;
and even though not all OF them will
take kindly to the cndcavors being
made in their behalf, there is Il
great work to be done, and every
citizen has Il part TO perform.
Thc ones in charge OF the work Of
placing the advantages Of reading
and writing within the reach OF all
within our county have issued Il cir
cular in which the appeal is made
to three classeS--the illitcratc ones
themselves. who are invited and
urged to Come to Il lay-by SCHOOL,
to those who have influence with
an illitcrate person maybe an en-
plOyee or Il relative--;nd these are
hidden to Send some one 10 Il lay
by school; and then there il the
third appeal to all in position to do
so. to Teach some one to read and
write"
Come!
Send.
Teach.
II the three classes Of our people
to whom these three appeals come
with most force and appropriate
ness will but do their best work dur
ing the more or less idle month OF
August, what a different story will
he told by the census Of 1920 as com
pared with the facts laid bare by the
census OF ten years ago! Great things
can be accomplished in one month.
No illtcrate person will be "edu-
Gated" within tho days OF the com
Ing month, but many an illiterate
person can be given the start that
will within the remaining months OF
the present year place him or her
outside the uncnvablc sphere Of
total illitcracy.
Don't he crOakcr. a fault-finder.
a stumbling block in the way Of the
present cndcavor to help humanity
to rise step higher in the scale. DO
something it now do it. earn
cstly--do it conscientiously-do it
for the good Of your fellow man
do 1t for the good that the work and
effort and the final result will do
NOu.
lut don't find fault, The time to
be devoted to this great work IS
Short--t00 short. unfortunately. to
accomplish all that our county and
state need. But because the cOndi-
tions and opportunities are not ideal
there is no reason why we should not
take advantage OF what is at our dis
poSal. Let us make the very most
possible ont OF the time we have in
which to devote our energies to this
great work
Objection was voiced tn" other
day by friend OF ours in cOnvcrSa-
lion ON this line Of thought and
work "that yon cant educate a per
son in thirty days" Verify our friend
spoke a rcErcttahlc truth 40. We
cannot 'cducntc' II person in thirty
days in thirty months nor vet
in thirty years. Under the bcs, of
conditions 4 lifetime is too short a
period fer an "cducati0n" one but
kcarns enough in Il lifetime TO cna-
blr him or her to realize i'm liic'S
closing days how little one has
been able to grasp and retain and
lnnpart to others.
We cannot educate in Il month";"
.ruly; therefore let Us do what we
can for The unfortunate ones among
us ana place them in position that
they may at least BEGIN TO LEARN
the rudimonts that make the begin
ming Of an education possible.
Come! Send! Teach! That is the
thrce-fold appeal. II each one Of us
to whom this appeal applies will but
do his best, there will be great good
accomplished. Let there be no lag