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TOO MANY COLLEGES AND HIGH SCHOOLS We Have Sacrificed Quality to Quantity. PROF. W. H. HAND MAKES THAT REPORT state High School Commissioner Says that in Our Wild Race for More Colleges mid Schools we Have Neglected the Work in Those Unit we Alrcadj Hare, Too many colleges and too many "high schools in South Carolina, says Prof. W. H. Hand, high school inspec tor, in his annual report, and too little attention given to the quality of the work done in these institutions, ho declares to he a serious difficulty with educational progress in this State at present. The language of his report is quite plain. He says: The Situation Analysed. "Unfortunately for the cause of ed ucation itself in South Cnrolina. high er education lias received attention almost to the neglect of secondary education. The State, in both the constitution and the statues, gave no recognition to the high school as a factor in its educational system until February. 1907. For a century the State, the religious sects and the philanthropists in its borders have devoted almost all their thought and means to colleges rather than to high . Iiools, although, generally speaking, bul few more than one-tenth of tho ;\'i.gh school pupils ever go to college. "However unpalatable and unpopu lar the statement, it is but plain truti to say that the State has blundered badly in establishing four institutions of higher learning. There is nothing to he gained by shutting our eyes to a truth so evident. With a small area and With far fewer than three-fourths Of a million white people, the State is maintaining four colleges and four college plants, whereas other States Of wider area, larger population and greater wealth have found it wise to maintain hut one or two such Insti tutions, These four coHeges parallel < .ich other in more than one-half of their work, they overlap each other's work In nearly every department, and at. least three of them ire vigorous rivals for patronnge. "In addition to the four State In stitutions of higher learning, there uro 15 private and denominational in. stitutlons of recognized college grade; six of them are for boyB and nine are for glrlB. The work in these colleges is. for the most part, made up of du plications and overlapplngs of each Other, and each institution is an eagle-eyed rival of all the others for patronage -so much so that the col lege canvasser Is as ubiquitous, as persistent and as ready to drive a bargain for students as the proverbial book canvasser. So-called Colleges. "Add to all these institutions fully a half dozen others with the word College, In some form, pinned to their names, and we have a fair picture of the situation. And sttll the multipli cation of little colleges goes merrilj on. "With respect to these 10 recog nised colleges, including State, pri vate and denominational, let us pass over their lack of lecture halls, lack of adequate laboratories, small and ill-adapted libraries and gymnasiums, meager endowments, general lack of funds and consequent small underpaid and overworked faculties, and look at some of the inevitable results. Since these colleges have small endow ments, if any. the denominational in stitutions must annually appear to their respective conventions, confer ences ami synods for appropriations, and to congregations and individuals for contributions. The one visible ful crum upon which all ;;!' them must place their levers in raising money for maintenance and improvements is numbers?numbers more abundantly. In order to show numbers, the first year in three-fourths of these insti tutions is given over to high school work?some of it of low grade. "If what may be termed the law of need and supply he regarded. we must admit thai South Carolina is more than amply supplied with strug* gling colleges. No one questions the service they have rendered and are still rendering, but the point is that the same money and effort put into one.half the presenr number would give superior service. Too Many Hiirh Schools. "When the State came to establish and maintain secondary schools, the people easily fell Into the mistake of establishing a comparatively large number of weak and inefficient high schools with no regard to their eco nomic distribution, instead of a few strong schools advantageously dis tributed over the State. We are al-j ready wasting money and effort on too many high schools, and the out look bespeaks even a more prt iigal waste. A table is given to show bow much more economically the newer States have distributed their money and efforts thnn have most of the older States, Including our own. The table is for the white population, and gives the area, the number ol public high school pupils, and the number of public high schools. "Even Maine with 2.170 more square miles of territory and 2.363 more pub lic high school pupils has fewer pub lic high schools than South Carolina. Colorado, with more than throe times our territory and 4.010 more public high school pupils, has provided only 90 public high schools against our 150. Minnesota has certainly one of the best systems of public high schools in this country, and the system has developed means of direct State ap propriations. With nearly three times as many square miles as this State and more than three times as many public high school pupils, that Statt has hut 199 public high schools. On Minnesotas basis South Carolina should have not more than Eni public [high schools instead of 1 -"??;. i "It is not too much to say that we [have now in several counties too many so-called high schools. We have es tablished high schools in places with out sufficient pupils to support them, and we are attempting to maintain two and three schools in territory scarcely! fable to maintain one serviceable one. Both these mistakes are being re peated year after year. In numbers of Instances two-teacher high schools have been established, and have had to drop to a one-teacher basis in less than two years. Several one.teacher schools have had to drop the high school altogether. Under another, heading this whole matter will he' discussed more fully."?Columbia Rec ord. Citation for Letters of Administration. State of South arolina. Count)' of 1.aureus. By O. Q. Thompson. Probate Judge: ' Whereas, Effie M. Burns made suit to me to grant her Letters of Admin istration of the estate and effects of B. C. Burns. These are. therefore, to cite and ad monish all and singular the kindred and creditors of the said B. C. Burns.' deceased, that they be and appear be-1 fore me. in the Court of Probate, to I *>e held at Laurens C H., S. C. on the 14th day of January 1911 next, after1 publication hereof, at 11 o'elock in] the fcrei oon. to show cause, if any they have, why the an id Administra tion should not be granted. Given under my hand this 2S?h day of December. Anno Domini 101c. O. r: Thompson. Probate Judge. HASKELL SIGNS BILL CHANGING CAPITAL Affixes His Autograph to Measure \Vhiie in Railway Kit11nur House at Guthrie. Guthrie, Okla., Dec. 20.?Gov Chas. N. Haskell affixed Iiis signature to the Stnto capitol bill while sitting on a stool in a railway eating house here tonight. Tile bill, which was passed at a recent special session of the leg islature, locates the capital at Oklaho ma Ctty. Shortly after 0 o'clock this evening citizens of Oklahoma City had met the requirements of the governor that $71.'-'00 he raised before he signed the bill, and he (mediately took a train for this city. The governor descended from the train, went Into the eating house, and to give zest to Iiis meal, signed the bill. The bill then was handed to the ssistant secretary of stale. Leo Mey. m's. and the governor boarded a wait ing train and returned to Oklahoma City. Guthrie interests already have started court proceedings against the legality of the hill and it is anticipated that it will be several months before the suit is finally determined. A RATE EXPERT. Railroad Commission Will Applj to the Legislature for an FxjM'rt to Help them on the Kate Question. Columbia. Jan. 2.?A rate expert and a special inspector will be rec ommended in the annual report of the South Carolina railroad commission which will be sent to the general as sembly. The commission claims that these two men are absolutely neces sary to secure the host results for the people of the State, it is recommend ed that the two positions carry salar ies that will insure ttie securing of the service of the very best men pos sible. This is the fii'St time that the Commission has recommended to the legislature that a competent rale ex pert be appointed. Solves a Deep Mystery. "I want to thank you from tha hot tow of my heart.'" wrote C. R. Rader. Of Lewisburg. \V. Va.. "for the won derful double benefit I got from Elec tric Bitters in curing me of both a severe case of stoniache trouble and of rheumatism, from which I had been an almost helpless sufferer for ten years. It suited my case as thought made just for me." For dyspepsia, in digestion, paundice and to rid the sys tem of kidney poisons that cause rheu matism, llectrie Bitters has no equal. Try them, every bottle is guaranteed to satisfy. Only Sue at Laurens Drug Co. and Palmetto Drug Co. Are You Hard on Shoes? Many a woman thinks she is hard on shoes when the fact of the matter is her shoes have tricked her. If your shoes go to pieces unreasonably soon it's the fault of the maker. To meet competition he has skimped and scalped and substituted inferior for honest materials till there's noth ing left but looks. The SOUTHERN GIRL $2.00 SHOE $2.50 is built to fit the foot snugly and comfortably, as every good shoe should. It is built along the most fashionable lines, as you have a right to expect. It wears like iron?which cannot be said of some shoes at this price. The parts that show are honest on their face and give to the foot a trim and stylish appearance. The parts that t;;ke the strain and weai?away inside and out of sight?are just as thorough, just as honest. Look up our dealer in your town and let him tell you how we c?n make such 2. good shoe tor the money. CRADDOCK-TERRY CO. Lynchburg, Va. took for fhe Red Btll on the Box. This samt shoe in our "Autograph" brand, $2.50 and S3.OO is Goody tar ivtlt stivtd. In Our Col/tgt Woman's Walking Shoe, $3.00? Sj.JO?S4.OO, it equals tht best custom make. CORTRIGHT METAL SHINGLES Laid 20 years ago are as good as new to-day and have never needed repairs. Think of it! What other roofing will last as long and look as well? They're fireproof, stormproof, and very cr.sily laid. They can be laid right aver wood shingles, if necessary, without cre ating dirt or inconvenience. For prices and other detailed information apply to Local Dealer or Cortright Metal Roofing Co., Philadelphia, Pa J. C. Burns & Co.'s Cut Price Stores 6 RED IRON RACKETS FAREW She has flown away on the swift wings of time. Many thanks to our God who giveth all good gifts. AH of our labors have been awarded with a plcntious year in 1910. We now greet 1911 with a big heart full of energy, with light feet and quick steps determined to outdo all past records during 1911, and God being our helper we know we will succeed. RED IROIV RACKET Is doing things worth something for the people of Laurens, Greenwood, Spartanburg, Greenville, Anderson and adjoining counties; they save their customers from 10 to 35 per cent on their purchases, and the people appreciate the Red Iron Racket's Lower Prices for Same Goods. Our past business success has proven this statement to us and our customers in the 12 years of Red Iron Rackets existence in Laurens, and during this time we have grown and expanded?opening stores in Greenwood, Spartanburg, Anderson, and Greenville Sept. 15th, 1910. Our Goods and the power of Lower Prices have proven to the people of the Piedmont Section that we have made the greatest success in a shorter time than any other mercantile firm in the Garolinas. AND THIS HAS BEEN DONE By Selling "More Goods for Same Money Same Goods for Less Money." Freedom from the Burden of High Price. Wishing you all Three Hundred and Sixty-five Days full of Health, Happiness and Prosperity in 1911 L E. BURNS of RED IRON RACKET Laurens, Greenwood, Spartanburg, Anderson and Greenville, S. C. Remember We are Located Completely out of the High-Priced District, 210 West Laurens Street