Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-01-18

basis of forty-seven cents on the dol
lar to AIS districts. The deficit Of
$4,000 is a moral obligation against
the state. The minimum required fol
the operation Of the cqualizing law
during the current year is at least
$525,0OO. Thus s695,OOO ought to be
provided for these country communi-
ties. This is the single largest item OF
public school expenditure.
4. South Carolina stands at the bot
tom in the column Of states with re-
spcct to high schools and high schoo
enrolment. In 1920 the appropriation
for the salaries Of high school teachers
vas s175,OO0.OO. In 1921 S6OO,O00.00 will
be needed to carry out the High School
Act and the Act to Relieve the over
crowding in the elementary grades OF
high schools.
Luckily, every high school accepting
state aid must enroll free any outside
,,upil coming from the county or from
adjoining county. Where the high
school enrolment exceeds fifteen pupils
per teacher, the state pays the tuition
Of these outsiders at the rate of $500
pcr month. The advantages of this
proc-am are -thrcefo,d. The strong
high school renders a fuller and better
service. The weak rural school is re-:
lieved Of thin classes in it's upper
grades. The pupils are afforded better
,onportunities and broader instruction.
Twenty four hundred country boys
and girls were classified in this group
during the session 1919-2O. The state
appropriation 10 pay tuition was in
ADEQUATE and had to be scaled on the
basis of eighty-scven cents on the dol
lar. Such scaling is detrimental to the
schools. Local boards of trustees can
not rely upon. the sources of district
income. A repetition of this dcficlt
would be most, harmful.
The act to relieve the ovcrcrowdlns
in the elementary grades OF hish
school was put on the statute BOOKS IN
1920. Unfortunately, no money was
provided to put it into operation. Th:s
act requires local tax Of ten mills tof
salaries. The, ninth and tenth mills
were added above the standard 1or
country districts because high schools
must run at least eight months ana
preferably nine months. The average
classroom enrolment in the elementary
grades of highi school should be be-
tween thirty-flvc and forty chi!areh'
TO crowd these helpless little folk ps
Gfties, sixties and occasionally seventlcs
into a single classroom defeats III d
,,rpe measure the purpose OF the
school. y'he compulsory attendance
oct rorce., children into the classroom
Surely these children have the fight To
a sanitary eaaasoInent and competeh'
instruction in, tie school. An invest
ment of 5000, 100000 a year in sccoH-
,,o,.y a5ucation is cheap compared win
jts benefits. The average hlsh schoo'
cnroI,ment for the forty-eight states
10 doulle such enrolment for South
Carolina. The high school Is the s'''
of the elementary grades ana lHe re-
cruting ground for the college. NEE
Icct or this pivotal point has too long
v.o,,;.,ed our education system. inc
high school enrolment of the s'a'e
'llSi SS''N'
,-,,,s, he doubled rs soon as possible.
: To nrotcct lhc large group OF wcak'
o,,a teacher schools in sparsely settled
districts the term extension act c'rrie'
most liberal provisions. 1t mas oceli ~.
starting point for the campaign ol io''''
,,x,,ion among the nineteen hundred
districts. No one claims for HloNi'"'
that these schools are efficient OF "e-
sirab'c. They arc necessary ana hluS'
no r,aintaincd until population growth
brings new conditions.
4 Tie rural graded school ia" c''
ried s275.oC0.OO in 1920. The fund WAS
di.,r,rsed among nine hundred thirty
FIVE districts. The money reaches ap.
,r,x;n,triv one hundred thousaho
buvs and girls. The rural s''aae''
school act supplemented by the cqua'-
izinr act, guaranteeing a seven months
term is the only hope Of the couhtr!
school a..
:, Twelve specific Hc;s now on '"e
.,u1utc books carry public school "'-
r,,,mi,tions. These laws have pec''
fine basis upon which district ievleS
have been wrought and secured. lie
r,u,lryinG growth in public school III
c.,r,n has resulted chiefly from ioc"'
,,x,tion. Upwards Of fifty per cont VI
t,,c fatal is now derived from !oca'
Icvics. To cary out these Twelve h'" =
and tn continue the seven actl'''i''
hcratnfu-e authorized by arpropfi"''"''
,,ut nn governed by statute puo''c
s.boo, BUDGET of s2.00G 10000 has pee''
fu,:r and onc-hHlf nr five Ellils' wien
recommended The raising ui TINS sum
wil ncccssitntc Il state &choo! levy ..
,bc Iucol district votes eight mills anu
v.bcn tile county, under the three mia