The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1921-01-22
Eloquent Address Delivered
by Blind Educator of South
Carolina, ]. L. SUearingen


the Rarai Conference. kiua. l.
Swearingsn. superintendent ~ sehssais
OF South Carolina. delivered sns q
the most interesting and sioa1sns at
dresses 81 the session. osrsnk aafrA
he said. Ia part
4 Perhaps tia moxf ssrnsfeanf eaz
eational accomplishment SsasA
Carolina during tae sessiaa 81 fsasza
was the operation 81 ar State ssss~
compulsory attendance i4w Tais @ss
the first wear that me laa had been 80
the Statute books II braaxaf snso
isehaol 50. 600 pupils 1s.sns sastes ana
53.5eo negroes. This heagt sngrease
was IN some measure. aue IS lie 81
tiuenza epsdemics of the tWe prweess
ing years.
The total school snrellHsuf 81 So
state approximate nuN- fse hazared
thousand our oe . population ~ i eco
/ eco Every child Is requires ta 8sfena
a minimum II eighty eaaaseasEFe
DAYS. A large number 81 cisiea aa4
towns require atteudanrs thsuaxsagf
The fnll session of nine menths
2 III HWHNt&+F+4 e. arAt ~&&f~a
Ieording 70 the census of 1879 vas 81
ner cent black and q psr csn. uhifs
IL the schools the Nhitt enrolment
( is 23o.eeo. and the eesro anraihasat
! 27eeeo
South Carolina shows she iarxsss
proportion Of edacahies 81 ai.s stare
IN the union. For every one shen.
sand men in the United states TIE az
'esage school population t. 7sf For
every one thousand men it Soufa
Carolina the average school pev1ls
tioa is Isis This Is due parity 80
the heavy birth rate asnank tha 81
grOes and partly co sualkFatian. tbs
latter tendency Is being e1ssksd
gradually By the growfh of whgts
reputation. The census for 1880 q be-
hoped, Viii place Seath Carol ~ ID
the colam1 81 white states ush
majority OF white luhahstanfH
"a statewide standard Gar -ha ~
iniaation and cerfiarafi - 81 teach
ers was introduced July T. f8@a rh-s
standard supercedes and req ess ths
couaty standard haretoiors asesi The
practice % loasi seIl gere-ameut hese.
lofore prevented toe Adoption or tsts
standard because each eoaufv e.sng
10 its parogative Of employing tao
many local teachers THIS reform hiss
mei with universal approval % Pro
tects competent professional teachers
while il stimulates tae % equipped 20
seek Improvement
The public school a once increas-
ga bv Two ana : half a>in.aa dollars
within the lasi II months A cam.
paign is ROW under eay 50 adf sso
aud half ini5i0n more 3ugsns tae
com.1g year The iegh ia-are nos in
session mas been asked Is appropFi
ate TWO million dollars aouuaily for
elementary and secondary schools
Notwithsiandi business denrassiaH
and the slumn ID The prsce q cotiuu.
flt seems certain The nosev VIII BE
provided The basis 81 distribution
VIII give To eaca teacher sn gerage
sa'arv 81 one huudrsa deiiats per
Snonth for miulmum term N seven
t,aonths Higher salaries aa.t aauEer
terms will 81 course. FretaH tae
stronger and richer schools EVerY
teacher Is expected IS have rs his ct
her class room not fewer than g aor
more thar 50 children. and te keen 'n
regular attendance rof i~ss taaH 50
per cent The manfeune ~ this
standard is guaranteed t4~sy ~ dis
tract taxation and partly "a STATE ep-
preparation The schools y tae state
lac< many taiegs Present sccom
plishsueuts ase only Gre prelude 60
what needed and desired The
schools trained the Roy g ihs TER
tieih division $50 broke the Hiaeen.
burg line T3s horne problems arr
less spe taeuI4r and nare .l.Heult. bat
Inc spfit Of he~a boys and q the
stock from whtch hes sprung vii
bring the eud n adequate solution
Of theE Oh
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