The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1919-05-30
WHITMIRE HIGH SCHOOL
HAS EXCELLENT CLOSING
1t Had a Very Prosperous and Sue
cessful Year-Captain Glenn De-
liyered Instructive Address-An
Regret Miss billiard VIII Not
Return.

closing exercises on Monday morn
ing. Through the kindness of a
friend who drove me over had the
pleasure OF being present. / must say
a word about the, road. just can't
help it, and my purpose is not to
criticise any one, but In making these
and other observations about the
roads as I go about the country, to
help create sentiment in favor of
better roads so that the people may
be aroused beyond the passive state
of simply being in favor Of good
roads. Every one is in favor of good
roads, but we need public sentiment
so strong that it becomes active and
demands that something be done, and
that we may realize fat in order
that something be dol ,re must De
first the raising of the s-news of war,
namely money. You can't build
roads in this day without money any
more than the ancients could make
bricks without straw. The road to
Whitmire in places is good, but In
other places it is anything but good.
And it could be made a very fine road
with not a great deal of work, except
at the creek crossings where there
is need of fills. And they should be
made. And the road should be wild
ened and this is also very impor-
tant road for the county of Newberry
We need to be in closer touch with the
good town of whitmire and we need 20
have. these good people in: closer
touch With us. and the one great Why
this very Important
:Ihinssis@to have Eood road between
the t#o:s lnsthIs saay with the AUTO
ana q good road 20 or 80 miles Is not
as far Away as 2 or 8 miles used
ts he. But / started out to write
about the school. *<';.-:: :: - ,-.<i
-, ~ as. 3
. without making comparisons It Is
e fact that the whitn1trez sched =has
grown more in recent years. than any
school il the county. When itssKas
made a high school just about six
years ago there were only three
teachers in the school and no high
school department. 1t now has II
teachers, and the capacity of the
building has been made more than
double, and all modern con7eniences
and equipments have been installed,
and they do say that the past session,
despite the Interruptions on account
of sickness and other unavoidable'
things, has been one Of the most har-
monious and successful and satisfac-
tory In the history of the school. The
very excellent superintendent, Miss
Irene billiard, stated that there had
been no friction of any character and
that her work had been made very
pleasant by the fact Of the hearty
cooperation of the trustees and the
patrons and the loyalty Of the child
rem, and that the school spirit pre-
vailed in a marked degree. 1t was
very pleasant news, but the state
ment that she had decided to return
to her work at the Randolph-Macon
college and that she would not there
fore come back to the Whltmlre
school, was matter Of deep regret to
the trustees and patrons and all the
friends Of the school, because her
work has been most excellent and the
school has run so nicely under her
direction that it is misfortune Tor
the school not to have her back at
the helm. 1 was just remarking to
some one the other day that the
three high schools outside the town
of Newberry were exceptionally for
tunate in having three such excellent