The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1922-03-24
tees may have the information.

Every application will be paid in full
as soon as the governor, the state
treasurer and the comptroller gener-
al can borrow the money. This pay
, mert ought to be made before the
end Of March.
2. Betterment Of negro schools:
$4,000. This fund will be discussed
at once as stated in paragraph l.
5. School improvement association,
;iS4,90O. School improvement prizes
will be awarded this week and pay
ment shall be made as stated in par
agraph /.
4. Adult schools and night schools,
s2S,100. Approved applications will
be paid early in April.
5. Term extension, S56,000. Please
forward any term extension applica-
ton that you still have to file. The
few remaining districts entitled to
this term extension aid will receive
this money by the middle of April.
i 6. High school under the general
law, S290,0GO and to relieve over
crowding in the elementary grades
of high schools, $4,000, thus MAX
ing a total for high schools Of $685.
600. Regular high school applica-
tions shall be paid early in May. Dis
tricts entitled to state aid to relieve
overcrowding in the elementary
grades should file their applications
not later than May goth in order that
this fund may be disbursed around
June 1st.
i Z. Vocational education under
Smith Hughes act and state law, $780,
900. Reimbursement for work in ag-
riculture, in home economics and in
trade and industry shall be made
a3out May 18th.
s. Public school buildings, $780,
900. The appropriation act directs
the state superintendent to receive all
building applications up to June 1st
and to pay same pro rata. Please
forward promptly any building appli-
cations that may originate in your
county before June 1st. A scaling in
this fund is most likely.
9. Equalizing law guaranteeing a
seven months term, $4,000. All
equalizing applications should be filed
with the state superintendent by May
goth, in order that payment may be
made early IN June. This item will
be fully discussed at the conference
of county superintendents I am invit-
ing to be held in Columbia March
I28th. Here again, scaling is most
likely.
10. Maintenance and development
Of one-teacher and two-teacher
schools depleted by consolidation and
unable to qualify under the equaliz-
ling law guaranteeing a seven months
term, $4,000. This small fund is
new item that will afford needed help
to many weak and struggling districts.
1t, too, shall be discussed at the con-
ference of county superintendent
March 2Sth.
The six items for the Office of the
state Superintendent of education
are:
II. Superintendent and records,
s14,4OO.
| 12. Printing, $4,000.
13. Bureau of examiners, $7,700.
ID. Rural school supervisor, $3,-
900.
Is. Mill school supervisor, $4,000.
16. State board of education, ST.
200.
The protracted session of the gen.
eral assembly was three weeks longer
than usual. The postponement of
taxes creates some difficult problems
in school. finance. County superin-
tendents and trustees will need es-
pecially to discuss, understand and
apply several new acts concerning
borrowing and concerning school
funds.
On Friday evening Mr.. Hugh Ma
gill, field agent of the national edu-
cational association, made a most
helpful and inspiring talk. ] am not
going into any of the details Of the
talks. The young lady linotype oper-
ator at the Office whom I asked to Sc
! lect some copy during my absence
from home on Friday ard Saturday
| morning, has given a lot of space to
the meeting of the teachers, and no
doubt little more than some Of the
readers may thinl; it wise, and may
be she did so knowing my interest in
4bo oovco of aI;,cation hut oven if if