The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1919-10-03
Class Rooms All Over State are
Crowded To Capacity as
a Result
A SCHOLARSHIP MUDDLE
Legislature Will BE Asked to
Make Revision of Law Re-
lating To Award of Scholar
Ships.

Columbia, S. c.. Oct. 2.-The State
board of education met Saturday and
transacted much routine business.
5. M. Rice, county superintendent
of education Of Union, was requested
to continue in office until December,
when the status of his resignation
will be finally determined. The low
salary paid the county superintendent
makes it difficult for the board to
handle this situation satisfactorily.
Since the State Teachers associa.
tion VIII hold its next meeting on
Thanksgiving and the following Fri.
day and Saturday the state board re-
commended that teachers be given a
holiday with pay, provided such
teachers attend the meeting of the
association in Columbia. 1t is hoped
that the trustees of the state will ac.
cept this recommendation and will
insist that their teachers come to
Columbia for this meeting. The assoc
iation has not met since 1917, and
the discussions ought to prove most
stimulating
Scholarship Awards Considered.
Final disposition was made of al
scholarship appeals. In Greenwood
county the board refused to make any
award of the Citadel scholarship. The
appeal of A. ID. Calhoun for his son
in this instance was dismissed with
out prejudice. At the same time the
state board refused to confirm the rec
ommendation of the Citadel author:-
ties for the appointment of Cadet
Sprott.
1t is the opinion OF the board that
the confusion, Irregularities and
complexities in the existing state
scolarship system ought 10 be cor
rected. The legislature will probably
be called upon to take some action on
this problem at its next session.
a special committee was appoint
ed TO confer with similar committees
from the Association of College Pres
idents, from the Association of City
Superintendents and from the Assoc:-
alton of County Superintendent re.
garding a state standard Of examining
and certifcating teachers In the pub
| lie school budget to be submitted 20
the legislature will be included spe-
cial item requesting a direct state ap-
preparation TO improve the status of
education
Many Pupils i'm School.
The compulsory attendance law re-
quires all private schools enrolling
| children between the ages of six and
a years to be approved by the state
board of education. There are many
such private schools in the state Only
a few OF these. however, had filed re-
quests for approval The attendance
officers in the various counties will
be compelled, under the law, to check
up the absences of all children.
whether attending public or private
schools. These officers will be re.
quested TO furnish the state supprin.
tthutHI vi tuuCdllOn a correct llSt oil
all private schools in their respective
counties Every such private school
Will be urged to submit to the state
superintendent a full statement show.
Ing its organization, curriculum, en-
rollment. control and teachers. The
cooperation OF the management OF
every private school will greatly
facilitate this work. All such applica-
tions Will be considered by the state
board at its next meeting in Decem.
Der.
Reports from all over the state
show that class rooms everywhere are
crowded to capacity limit Many chill
dren are entering school who have
never before been given instruction.
At 3 o'clock the board adjourned.
Members in attendance were: Gov
ernor Cooper State Superintendent
Swearingen. w. j. MCCARTHY. Presi
dent S. j. Derrick. DR.. H,N. Snyder.
F.. A. MONTGOMERY w L. Brooker
and DR.. s. II. Edmunds.
LabOriteS Interested.
The state board of education heard
with pleasure the reading or the sew
eral resolutions recently adopted by
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