Evening star., 1948-11-28


affection for the OAR Ladies al
every turn.
And if the OAR Lady is cast as g
fairy godmother, certainly no ont
, could seek a more rewarding role
The sight OF the youngsters is, IL
itself, heartwarming. 1t would be
dificult to find a more' healthy.
looking lot. Most of them use ex-
cellent grammar. They are courte'
GUS, friendly and have poise thai
comes with a self-reliance gained
by their part in making the wheels
of the school go round.
Success Stories
Ralph H. Cain, superintendent o
The school, has a record of success
tories that would fill book. Stor
.es of students from isolated sec
lions who have gone forth from
Tamassee to make their place il
business and professional circles
Stories of girls from mountain
cabins who have made excellen
marriages. ("Our girls are traine'
to be good homemakers," he says
''and they get good husbands.~ Ant
stories of Tamassee students VIII
have returned to their own com
munities to share the knowledge &C
quired at the OAR school.
Tamassee was founded by tn
South Carolina OAR in 1919 as
means of offering assistance t.
needy mountain, children who nigh
otherwise have no educational op
portunities.
Unlike the Kate Duncan Smitl
OAR School near Grant, Ala. ,whicl
is for day students, it provide
boarding school facilities for NOR
than half of its enrolment of ap
proximately 400.
Located in the northwestern sec
ton Of South Carolina, the site o
the school is of historic interest, TO
10 was part of the land granted t
Gen. Andrew Pickens for his Revo
Mutionary services. Several Revolu
&ionary soldiers are buried in
@Ehurch yard not far from the schoo
Many of Tamassee's students, VIII
represent the Anglo-Saxon stoc
typical of the Southern mountain!
are descended from men who Tough
in the American Revolution.
It Is this "all-American" heritage
in fact. that has been largely re
sponsible for the OARS interest Il
the children of the region.
Once the South Carolina Daugh
tiers had made start, the schoe
won support from other sections @
the country. New York Stare be
came the first to join in the en-
deavor and raised funds for III
New York Cottage. Today. evei,
State has had some share in build
ing the school and providing tn
financial assistance needed to min
tain it.
Has Grovn Steadily
The School plant itself, valued Il
1919 at $1,000, is now worth NOR
than $500, 600. The original endow
ment fund of $1,000 has grown t.
more than S1O5,0O0. The cam1u
has expanded from 1l0 acres in 1911
TO 720 acres. And the school plan
includes u buildings, with tn
ground already broken for two NOR
"a chapel and an auditorium
r,1,yoy, e SiIlrn
This steady growth has repre-
sented the constant interest OF man
OAR chapters and individuals.
Scholarships, of course, are tn
life blood" of the school. An
these are tailored to fit ever
pocketbook. A 500 scholarshi
takes care of the living expense
of q student for a semester, bu
officias stress that smaller amount
can be used toward scholarship
or maintenance. A $25 donatio
may buy a clothing scholarship, IS
provides q medical scholarship an
SIS will pay for the expenses G
heating the school for one day.
Hundreds of gifts such as thes
enabled the OAR to contribute moi
than $4,000 in scholarships alor
to Tamassee last year, while tn
total financial contribution was MOI
than $4,000.
The school receives some Stat
aid for teachers salaries, but tn
does not cover boarding school pei
sonnel and several special instrut
tors, such as the music teacher.
1t is in the boarding departmer
that Tamassee is able to do mo