The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1921-12-08

her youth can best be proven by
statistics showing what she has done,
and the fact that she intends con |
tnung her efforts in this direction,
by what She is dping at present
Last year there was 7,l35 white
children enrolled i'm the schools of |
Pi"krns county and from this number
there was an average attendance !
madt # I,4S2. This is an average
of G2 l-5 per cent Of the total en-
rCllment.
From present figures available it
appears that the enrolment and aver
age attendance for the present schol- |
astic year will be Il great increase
over the year past. possibly reaching
a 20 per cent increase for enrolment,
and IS per cent for average attend
ancc
Last year Pickens county had twelve
one teacher schools. This number has
! been decreased this year by half. A
one-tcacher school is only an excuse,
and must be remcdird. Until Pick
ems county eliminates this seemingly
necessary evil, she will not be able
| t. keep apacc with her sister coun-
ties, nor give her youth what they
| deserve
Besides her teacher schools she
had sixteen two-tcacher schools. tif-
teen three teacher schools, and ten
/ three or r-mOre-tencher schools. This
is in way encouraging, yet it is only
necessary to look casually about to
see how much better things could be
made
The aim of Pickens county in tn,
: future must be toward consolidation
and the establishing OF centralized
high schools. This will enable the
school children to receive the ncccs-
Sary attention. and give them the adj
vantage Of high school cducation
Until we Go this we will not have done
, all we could, and may as well con
| consider ourselves as standing in the
way cf the educated manhood and
| "'i''"ihipoi vi tomorrow. ".
These in charge Of the schools of
the county numbered last year 1888
Or this number ll2 held first grade
| certificates, and Is third grade Ger
certificates. 53 second grade ccrtii |
Gates, and Is third grade ccrtii- |
Gates. This is another thing that
must be improved upon If the teach
ing profession wishes tc do their best |
for their schools and their sch,ol |
children, they must be constantly on
the Job of self Improvement rEc.nim
of every teacher should il" 100 per
cent proficiency in ;hc class room. and |
TINS will "cquirc almost ronSt;n, an
plic"'icn e. self Improvement
The average length Of our school
session last year was lal DAYS. The
minimum length should be 10. JntiI
We reach this, we can hardly ca our- ,
selves accomplishing much or,
GO urSc we can not run school with .
out money; therefore. wr can moi
expect something in return fo, no,h- ,
ing
Last year the tctal receipts f,r the
schools of pickcns county we're $lGl,
Il6.?i. The total amount expended
was Sl5G.0I ~, the remaining a.
mount going to retire the different
bend issues throughout the county.
The average amount expended per
pupil was $2llI; and the average
salary paid to teachers was S635.0O.
From these figures we can plainly
see the situation We are expecting !
something for nothing. Can we cd #
ucatc our boys and girls on S21.l4 a
year? Can we expect teacher to
live twelve months On $G35 90?
Another item OF interest is the
valuation Of the school property, in
Guiding grounds, houses and appara-
tuS This estimate which is not cx-
act yet as near 50 as possible is
81 ,023, ,I05.OO.
The above does not include the ne
gro schools a bricf summary is
given here for the negro schools:
Enrolment, l,7li.
Average attendance. l,l0G.
Onc-tcachcr schools, ii.
Two teacher schools, s.
Three teacher schools, 2.
Number teachers employed 3G.
Average length term taught, Sd
days F,