The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1922-10-17
MILL SCHOOLS
Report OF State Supervisr Of Mill
Schools

SoIAoH.
l beg herewith to submit the fol-
lowing report as state supervisor Of
mill schools for the year ending June
so, 1922.
The results of the years work have
been encouraging. New school hous-
es were built. Old ones were eGlarg-
ed and repaired. New equipment
was added almost everywhere. Teach
ers' salaries were kept up to the
standard. Living conditions for
teachers were provided and improved
at many places. Enrolment and az
erage attendance were enlarged ev-
erywhere. The attitude of mill au-
tilorities toward their schools has
been whole hearted and helpful. Pa
irons have given intelligent coopera-
ton. Children have done better work.
Teachers have given their best SER
vices in most cases. Decided progress
has been made all along the line.
Neglect Of Primary Grades
One of the greatest, if not the
greatest, evil is the overcrowding IN
the lower grades. The idea seems to
be prevalent that everybody can
teach the primary grades and that
the number of pupils under such
teacher does not make much differ
ence. 1t is rather a common condl-
ton to find the first and second
grade teachers enrolling from SO to
Is pupils, taking them IN two sec
tfens, giving each section acout two
hours of instruction daily. In the
same school / often find the highest
paid teacher with twelve or fifteen
pupils in the higher grades. This
neglect in the primary grades is rare
". if ever, overcome. School author
tiles everywhere are straining every
nerve to raise school money, much OF
which they are wasting on few pu-
pils in the higher grades. Two or
three pupils in the ninth and tenth
grades have no right to roo the mul-
titudes in the first and second grades.
This common evil must be corrected
before we can make our schools ef-
fective.
r>~.oS;J.f;ons
The idea of supporting separate
school for mill children is wrong in
principle as well as in practice. it IS
expensive and often results in poor
school. The contention that mill
children will not go to the regular
district school is ill founded. The
following mills do not have separ-
ate school at the mill and are getting
perfectly satisfactory results: Ander-
son, Brogon, Equinc", Conneross,
Townsend, Orr, Riverside, Toxaway
in Anderson; Iva, Pendleton, Bam-
berg; Royal, Charleston in Charles
ton; Gaffney, Hamrick, Glove, Lime
stone, Cash, Musgrove, Irene in Gaff-
ney; Blacksburg; Springstein in
Chester; Dillon, Hamer, Hartsville;
Camperdown, Vardry in Greenvi!le;
Fountain Inn, Simpsonville; Franklin
in Greer; Kershaw, Clinton, Lexing-
ton, Batesburg, Marion, McColl,
Westminster; Orange, Santee in Or
angeburg; Central; Easley, Numbers
2 and in Liberty; Glenco, Capital
City, Palmetto in Columbia; Spartan,
Beaumont, Crescent, Carltr :, Starr
in Spartanburg; Landrum, 1nman,
Wexford, Cowpens, Glover; Lock
more, Neely, Travora in York; Fort
Mill; Carhartt in Rock Hill.
The following have schools at the
mill, part Of and under the super
vision of the town school, and run,
less than five grades: Abbeville, Hon
ca Path, Belton, WILLIAMSON; Eure-
ka in Chester; Cheraw, Darlington,
Edgefeld; Grendel, Pamela, Green
wood in Greenwood; Ninety Six,
Poinsett . in Greenville; Greer in
Greer; Wateree and Hermitage n
Camden; Laurens; Lydia in Clinton;
Marlboro in Bennettsville; Oakland,
Newberry, Mollohon in Newberry;
Walhalla; Glenwood, Easley, Alice in
Easley; Woodruff, Gary in Woodruff; L,
Jonesville. !
I recommend that the following be
discontinued and all the children at
tend the central school: Honea Path, !
Williamson, Darlington, Edgefeld, !
Greer, Ninety Six, Walhalla, Jones' |
vile, Chesnee and Woodruff. /!
Buildings
In addition to the buildings enum-
Grated below in this report, the fol-
lowing cities have completed during
tho ,,o,r or ora NOW conStrI1ctirr ey-