The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1920-07-01
FIGHT ILLITERACY
IN SOUTH CAROLINA
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS."
AND "LAY-BY" SCHOOLS.
Request People to Help.
State Supervisor of Adult Schools
Calls For Assistance
From Citizens.

against illiteracy in South Carolina
by the state department of education,
Miss Will Lou Gray, state supervisor
Of adult schools, calls~en the people
of the state to see that the names of
voters are signed to club rolls, in
stead of the mark" of some of them
being made. The people are called
on to teach the i1literate voter how
to write his name. Miss Gray says:
''This campaign for literate state
being conducted by the state depart
ment of education and the illiteracy
commission will be continued with
increased xigor during the summer.
The two outstanding features of the
work VIII be the> organization of
Observation-Disclosures and Of
"Lay-by' schools; the first, for the
purpose of teaching every voter to
sign his name to the Democratic club
rolls and the second, for the purpose
of teaching at least ten thousand men
and women to read and write.
Assistance is Now Needed.
South Carolina, according to the
rating by the Russell Sage Foundation
ranks educationally lower than any
state in the Union. This should not
be and need not be provided the lit
crate public will lend it's assistance
to the State Department of Education
and the Illiteracy Commission in the
fight against ignorance. Every pub
lie spirited man and woman Of the
state, every one who has been blessed
with an education and who has pride
in his state, every teacher, every rep
resentative Of the press, every min
lister of the gospel, every government
employee every professional and bus
mess man, every farmer and mechan-
ic, every mill president and superin-
tendent, every chamber of commerce,
every club secretary, every farmers
association, every fraternal, social
and religious organization is asked to
lay aside selfish aims and to cooper
ate in working for a literate state.
The voters of the state are now
being called upon to sign their names
to the club rolls. What showing will
your home school precinct make?
Will it lower or raise the states
standard? In 1915 Is per cent. or
1873 of the voters signed their
names with a cross mark. Will you
help change conditions by organizing
at once stWrite-Your-Name" class?
The appeal is to all who have pride
in the state The teaching can be
done anywhere at any time Adver-
tise that the class will run three
nights or three afternoons and that
only men who have not had a chance
to learn to write will be admitted.
If such a class is impossible we urge
you to teach at least one voter to
write his name and to encourage
other public-spirited citizens to do
the same thing. This is great piece
of constructive, patriotic service in
which all South Carolinians are asked
to share.
The "Lay-by' schools in which
over 5000 adults were enrolled last
year will be reorganized in August.
This month has been selected as the
time best suited for the adults be-
cause then many of the best teachers
in the state can be secured for one
months teaching and because that
is the vacation month for the ma
jority of the people.
May Organize School.
ANY teacher holding valid teach
er's certificate or any person recon-
mended to the state superintendent OF
education in writing may organize a
school. The schools may be taught at
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term will be twelve meetings of not
less than one hour and half per
meeting. The maximum term will be
twenty meetings. Teachers will be
paid 81 per hour, provided at least
ten pupils are enrolled with an aver
age attendance of five. Any teacher
may teach two separate groups in the
same place or at two different places.
No one group can be taught longer
than two and half hours. It is pos
sible by this plan for a teacher to
make 500 for the scholastic month,
provided five hours of actual teaching
is done with an enrolment of tWen-
ty pupils.
eff results from this campaign are
to be secured each county should Or
ganize for work at once. Eighteen
counties have already notified the