WHAT HAS BEEN DONE 



The greatest good of the teachers' home is that it has in a large meas- 

 ure, eliminated the constant change of teachers, which is death to any school. 

 This idea carried out will revolutionize the educational interests of any 

 community. Teachers that remain for years become more and more identi- 

 fied with the best interests of the community. 



May the day soon come when every community can have its own teach- 

 ers' home right on the school grounds. I bid you God's speed in promulgat- 

 ing tkis idea. (B. M. Cheatham, Eastover, S. C.) 



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One in a district in Marlborough County and one in Pickens County. 

 County superintendent wishes he had more. 



Farlington County reports that the servant question is becoming so seri- 

 ous in the South, that many of the women have to do all their own work, 

 which makes it impossible for them to keep boarders, particularly if there 

 are children in the family. These conditions ,are worse in the country than 

 in town. One teacher reported that he would have to canvass the district 

 again for a boarding place. Board obtained under such circumstances is a 

 source of humiliation to the teacher and its effect too is felt on the feelings 

 of the children toward the teacher. It makes them feel that teachers are 

 inferior beings permitted only on sufferance to live in their homes. For the 

 first time this year Darlington County will have three teachers' homes in 

 connection with the public schools. 



Dillon County will open their first teachers' home in one of the rural 

 schools of the county. It is an old schoolhouse remodeled, painted, plastered, 

 etc. A new schoolhouse has taken the place of this old one. This teach- 

 ers' home will fill a long felt want in the community on account of the board- 

 ing proposition. All schools in the county will be forced to furnish homes 

 for teachers. 



Lancaster County has one for a colored school which gives the superin- 

 tendent a home in the school dormitory. It is a growing sentiment, even in 

 the rural districts, to prepare a home for the teacher in each district in 

 order to keep the teacher in the community the year round, especially to 

 look after the demonstration plots, the boys' corn clubs and the girls' tomato 

 clubs. (U. S. Bureau of Education.) 



iouth Dakota. 



South Dakota has no law authorizing common school districts to build 

 teachers' cottages. It would probably be a good thing for the state if we 

 had such a law. However, the consolidated districts may build a teachers' 

 residence, and some of them are already doing so, but we have no such pro- 

 visions as the State of Washington has for the building of cottages. (C. H. 

 Lugg, Superintendent of Public Instruction, Pierre, S. D.) 



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Charles Meek County. The school board in Kennedy Township paid for 

 an addition to be built on to a small house, so the family living there might 

 board the teacher. This addition then belonged to the house where built. 



Corson County. A room has been built in connection with the school- 

 house in one of the rural communities, where the larger proportion of the 

 population are Indians. This is to accommodate the teacher. It is not large, 

 but the county superintendent remarks that it will do better than driving 

 miles in the storms that we are so apt to have in this country. (U. S. Bureau 

 of Education.) 



Tennessee. 



Irvin reports that it would be a great blessing to the schools if there 

 were some teachers' homes. So often the teacher cannot get board at all 

 satisfactory and sometimes they could not hold the best teachers for this rea- 

 son. We have three such cottages owned by missionary boards where the 

 teacher lives and it works fine. 



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