The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1921-05-13
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AMONG THE SCHOOLS
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Pomaria Closes

IL "c'S my pASS8SoiS w e%SSSiAN s4tN
closing exercises of the Pomarla
school on Tuesday evening. The
school has been successful under the
management of Mr.. J. H. Beden-
baugh, and good substantial work has
been done. He had as assistants
Misses Duckett and Thompson. The
school spirit is in evidence and all the
people take great interest in build
ing up a fine school at this place. Eff
forts are being made to establish here
centra 'zed high school, and this
matter will be taken up at future
meeting which I hope to hold very
soon at this place. Mr.. Bedenbaugh
has taken a great interest in working
up the project for centralized high
school and l see no reason why it
should not be done and be of great
help to the smaller schools of the i'm
mediate community. l am told also
that the vocational agriculture as
taught by Mr.. Bedenbaugh is of great
value and that the children have man.
ifested a fine interest in the subject
and the patrons are very much pleas
ed with it.
Mr.. Bedenbaugh did not have any
exercises at the closing by the chill
dren of the school, and while the ten
dency of the present day is to cut
out the exercises by the children, l
am just old fashioned enough to think
that it should not be done. 1t helps
to keep up the community and the
school spirit, and to keep up the in
terest of the parents, to have their
children appear in the exercises incl
dent to the closing of the school. In
some instances the matter is over
done and too long drawn out. But
you just take the crowds that will go
when the children are to perform and
how patiently they will sit for hours
to see and hear, and that is the best
evidence of the interest that they
have, and then besides it helps the
child to have to perform before the
public. l hope no one will construe
this as criticism of any one, but SIM
ply an expression Of my individual
opinion. There has been fine work
done at Pomaria the past session, and
the children and the patrons are to
be congratulated in having SO fine a
set of teachers, and I hope they may
be able to retain them for another
session. understand they have been
reelected and I hope they will accept.
1t is better where the work has been
we'll done to keep the same teachers.
They know the children and the chill
drn know and understand them,
and 1T seems to me that it works well
for all concerned to make as few
changes as possible.
The address was delivered by DR..
9. Cromer, and he placed before the
young and old some very plain truths
and told them in striking manner,
and l am sure the influence of what
he said will be felt upon the young
people in forming character and
building citizens. Such wholesome
talks have good influence. Prof.
Bedenbaugh invited DR.. James c..
Kinard to deliver the diplomas to the
four young graduates and he did 1t IN
forcible and eloquent, but brief ad-
dress. There are three girls and one
bow in the class that finished at this
school the past year.
The school ran for eight months
this year, and hope we may be able
to run for nine months the coming
session, and even if we do not get the
centralized high school in operation
for the next year nine months
term will help very much in getting
the district in good shape for the high
school.