Farmville, N. C.
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TUESDAY
THURSDAY and FRIDAY
Early Education
In Pitt County
• Miss Mamie Davis, guest speaker
at the Merry Matrons on Tuesday
-afternoon presented the following
article on early education in Pitt
County:
What settlers first came to Pitt
county they had little time for any
thing but establishing homes,' and
snaking a living. Educational .advan
tages were very poor. At first rich
people sent their children to England,
Williamsburg, Va., or Charleston, S.
C., or hired private tutors-for then*
Servants were sometimes tutored by
their mistresses if it was convenient
The first evidence of interest in
higher education was the activities of
William Blount of Pitt on theboard
of trustees of the University of North
Carolina in 2706. In 1800 there wen
still nopublic schools in the state,
and only a few/private schools. In
these scheete-the teacher wgs usually
a woman and^he was? almost a ser
vant or children’s nurse receiving a
mere pittance for salary- am usually
wound up by marrying the eldest son
andcansing abig family row.
In 1814 the Greenville Male Aca
demy was founded, it was followed in
1880 by the Oeenville Female Aca
demy. The Mfdkay Male and Female
Academy was founded m Pactolus in
1849. There were others but educa
tion for the public was not held in
good finer. John Joyner & promin
ent Pitt county-member of the legis
new life in school matters. This was
tiivided among the counties in 1866,
pSt Te8WVt«r*S889AQ. 1868 mark
ed the first meeting of the > county
superintendents which represented S8
districts.
Pitt county education was not neg
lected during the Civil War. Young
ladies who had a high school or col?
lege education took the place of the
men who were called into service and
carried on. By 1880 education was
looked upon with more favor and
schools grew in number. Frame
houses took the place of log houses.
The Male Academy) in Greenville was
now under'Professor W. H. Ragsdale.
The Female Academy became a
*; Professor Ragsdale became county
superintendent in 1899 and two years
later he was in charge of tile first
four-week institute for teachers to her
held "in the state. This was held in
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When you reap what yon sow.
FLORENCE, S. C,
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Adult_ Ch* of the
Methodist Church enjoyed a apag.
The Idngj serving table was' laid
# « white cover and centered with
a lovely arrangement of yellow and
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