The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1922-10-27

imagine. The editor has been work
ing hard and has been at the game
long time and would appreciate jus
a little encouragement at TIM
when he needs it to meet the heav!
expense incident to moving.
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Q AMONG THE SCHOOLS &
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hope the teachers and trustees
Will remember the county teachers
meeting on Saturday, and that all of
them will be present. DR.. j. F. ).
Caldwell will deliver an address to
the teachers, and Prof Yates Snow
don of the department of history IN
the University of South Carolina IS
spending a few days in town and l
have invited him to attend the meet
ing, and while he says he will not
come unless l will agree not to ask
him to talk to the teachers, yet / am
sure he will be willing to say word
or two after we get him there. He
is an old newspaper man and has tax
en- a very decided interest in history,
and especially the history Of his ma
tive state and of the men who made
that history. / want this first meet
ing to be one of the best we will have
this year, and the only way to make
it the best, or even one of the best,
is for the teachers to take an interest
and be present and take part in the
meeting.
7 had promised to be at the Nc
Cullough school on Friday morning
and / regretted very much to be
forced to call OF the appointment,
but in the rush Of trying to move
printing plant, and at the same time
print newspaper, find that / can
not get away on Friday morning
without making greater sacrifice
than I feel / should make, and the
matters at Mccullough can stand to
be postponed for a couple Of days. 1t
is now my purpose to be at McCul-
Tough in Tuesday morning Of next
week, and if possible ! will be there
at 9 o'clock. And ! may not be able
to keep an appointment at Presley
for Friday afternoon for the same
reason. / hope that within another
week or ten days I will have things
organized so that / may get out OF
town at any time that I may be need
ed to help in any school or commun-
ity. Please bear with me for a few
days more.
On Wednesday I made a, visit to
the Mt. Pilgrim school and the work
there seems to be getting along very
nicely with Miss Maude Wootan as
teacher. The enrolment is small and
it would be so much better If this
school could be consolidated with
Fairview, and then there could zoe
two teachers or three teachers. In
fact three teachers are now in two
schools. The portion of the district,
that is near to Prosperity might very
well be served by that school to the
advantage of the children and the
school. I am in favor of building
good schools in the rural districts ra-
ther than in making an effort to have
the children sent to the town schools,
but I can not get away from the idea
that the children of the rural dis
tricts are entitled to the same oppor-
tunities as the children of any other
district, and our system of education
will never approach what it should
be until we can so arrange the schools
that all the children shall have the
same opportunity regardless of where
the child happens to be situated.
l also ON Wednesday made brief
visit to the Johnstone academy school
taught by Misses Banna Neel and
Willie Mae Culbertson and while this
is their first year teaching they secn
to be working we'll and getting along
all right. I find that one of the great
things that needs to be stressed in
most, if not all, these rural schools is
the matter of reading, and I am try
ing to insist that the teachers give es-