TABLE OF CONTENTS Volume II-Reports to the General Assembly. Report of the State Superintendent of Education. Report of the Board of Trustees of Clemson College. Report of the Board of Trustees of Winthrop College. Report of the Board of Trustees of the University of South Carolina. Report of the Board of Visitors of the Citadel. Report of the Medical College of South Carolina. Report of the South Carolina School for the Deaf and the Blind. Report of the Board of Trustees of the Colored Normal, Industrial, Agricultural and Mechanical College. Report of the Board of Trustees of the John DeLa Howe Industrial School. Report of the State Highway Commission. Report of the State Hospital for the Insane. Report of the State Training School for the Feeble Minded. Report of the State Board of Correctional Administration. Statement of Pardons, Paroles and Commutations Granted by the Governor. Report of the State Board of Health. Report of the Adjutant General. Report of the Secretary of State-Parts I and II. Report of the Chief Game Warden. Report of the Historical Commission. Report of the State Librarian. Annual Message of the Governor to the General Assembly. Report of the Board of Fisheries. UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO FIFTIETH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE STATE SUPERINTENDENT OF EDUCATION OF THE State of South Carolina 1918 COLUMBIA, S. C. GONZALES & BRYAN, STATE PRINTERS, LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL. December 24, 1918. Governor R. I. Manning, Executive Chamber, State House, Columbia, S. C. Dear Sir: In compliance with law I have the honor, through you, to submit to the General Assembly the Fiftieth Annual Report of the State Superintendent of Education covering the scholastic year 1917-18. The work of the year has been reasonably successful in spite of many handicaps and many difficulties. The primary interest of teachers and pupils, as well as of all the rest of our peopie, centered in the War and its activities. The victory has emphasized the need and the value of education, making the time opportune for a thorough educational awakening and reorganization in South Carolina. The four years of your administration have brought substantial growth in the schools. Many needs have been, and now are, unsupplied; but these needs have not been overlooked or neglected. Personally and officially, I thank you for your contribution to the cause. With appreciation for the past and with confident hope for the future, I am, |