u^nui »♦♦♦ <♦ *♦♦ ♦♦♦ <►> 4$i. ♦♦♦ ♦> ♦♦♦ ♦> ♦♦* :*j *♦«. .§* **> ♦Ji. ♦♦♦ t$» ♦$» ♦> <♦ <«> ♦> ♦$» I Educational Survey of ♦ Johnson County Georgia % Johnson CJounty ♦ ♦ r^ !^ ♦ *f M. L. DUGGAN, Rural School Agent X ♦> AND <♦ ♦> EURI BELLE BOLTON, *♦* ♦ ♦ 4^ Extension Dept., G. N. L College ♦^^ ♦ ♦ ♦> No. 32 ♦:♦ ♦ ♦ t t ♦♦♦ Under Direction of State V *♦* DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION *♦* ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦♦♦ M. L. BRITTAIN ♦♦♦ ♦♦♦ ♦*♦ ♦ State Superintendent of Schools t ♦> ♦ <♦ 19 2 1 <♦ ♦ ♦ ♦♦♦ ♦♦♦ ♦♦♦ ♦♦♦ 4* ♦♦♦ ♦♦♦ ♦♦♦ ♦♦♦ ♦♦♦ ♦♦♦ ♦♦♦ ♦♦♦ ♦♦♦ ♦♦♦ *♦* ♦♦♦ ♦♦♦ ♦♦♦ ♦♦* *♦♦ *♦* ♦♦♦ ♦♦♦ Educational Survey of Johnson County Georgia By M. L. DUGGAN, Rural School Agent AND EURI BELLE BOLTON, Extension Dept., G. N. L College No. 32 Under Direction of State DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION M. L. BRITTAIN State Superintendent of Schools 19 2 1 ?%' JOHNSON COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM. Hon. L. L. Lillard, County Superintendent, Wrightsville, Ga. County Board of Education. Hon. J. W. Brinson, Chairman Wrightsville, R. F. D. Hon. W. L. Mixon Kite, Ga., R. 1. Hon. W. C. Brantley Oconee, Ga., R. 1. Hon. Z. T. Houser Scott, Ga. Hon. S. L. Powell Wrightsville, Ga. Home Economics Agent Miss Clemmie Massey Wrightsville, Ga. Farm Demonstration Agent Mr. M. E. Crow Wrightsville, Ga. IISRARY OF: CONGRESS DOCUMENTS DIVISION ■ ■' I ll li llOHM— ^i— ^— «M -7 JOHNSON COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM. At the request of the Superintendent and County Board of Education, a survey of the educational facihties of John- son County was undertaken during the month of March, 1921. It included only white schools, and all references in this report are to white schools only. In company with the superintendent every school was visited, and particular consideration was given to their lo- cations, with reference to each other, grounds, buildings, en- rollment, attendance, organization, teaching force, and fi- nancial support, and objective measurements of educational results were made of all pupils above second grade in read- ing, writing, arithmetic, spelling, and language. Photo- graphs were made of all the school houses. We ask a careful examination of the pictures of these buildings and the itemized inventories of school equipment, as given in this bulletin. The location of the schools with reference to each other, shows that there are very many more than necessary to meet the needs of all the children of the county, and in most instances they are much nearer to each other than is con- templated under the law. The school law requires that 16 sq. miles shall be the minimum size of school districts, which would separate them by at least four miles. (See Georgia School Code, Section 117, Page 40.) If this law was com- plied with 18 or 20 would be the maximum number of schools for the county, instead of 39. At all of the rural schools the grounds are unattractive and neglected. It was difficult in most cases to ascertain definite information concerning the areas or titles, except in towns and villages. The rural school houses are inadequate, frequently insan- itary, insufficiently and improperly lighted, some of them are uncomfortable, and nowhere were they "pointed to with pride". There was nothing in or around them calculated to attract or inspire child life. The school equipment is very meager, and not provided with any intention of greatly facilitating the education of the children of the county. Teachers' helps were conspicu- ous by their absence. According to the last census there are 2,743 white chil- dren of school age in the county. The last official report shows an enrollment in the schools of 2,559 ; but the aver- age attendance was only 1,496. This low average atten- dance, taken together with the very short school year, makes a very poor showing towards the education of John- son County children. Generally the financial support is liberal, as compared to the educational results. Special attention is called to these educational results as reported in detail elsewhere in this bulletin. More money should be devoted to the proper edu- cation of the children of the county, but the public would be fully justified in demanding that more education per dollar be assured before more dollars for education is paid. Such assurance can be given only by the county school authori- ties through a complete reorganization and vigorous admin- istration of the system. The responsibility rests upon the county administration but they should have the hearty sympathy and moral support of all good citizens. The sole purpose of this investigation and report is to reveal the school conditions to the public and to endeavor to point a way to a better educational system for the county. The taxable property of Johnson County, according to the Tax Receiver's Digest, (estimated to be 32% of its real value) is $3,625,429.00. To this may be added the corpor- ate property within the county of $238,301.00, making a total of $3,863,730.00, subject to county taxation. A county school tax of 5 mills levied against all of the property of the County, as allowed by the late constitutional amendment, would yield $19,318.65, which added to the county's appor- tionment of the state school fund of $24,730.35, would give the Board of Education $44,049.00 for school purposes. With a reduced number of schools through consolidations" and with $44,000 a year for operating these schools, there would be afforded greatly increased opportunity for select- ing well trained teachers, to supply expert supervision, ion, to furnish better school equipment, and to carry on a progressive building program (with local help) which would within a few years give the county school buildings to which they would ''point with pride". Thus, the school system of the county could soon be changed from the many "little schools" that are failures from every standpoint to educa- tional institutions of real merit. The difference in educa- tional service rendered to the children of the county could not be expressed in dollars and cents. The opportunity be- fore the county school administration is very great and, fortunately there are no difficult legal complications nor other serious obstacles to hinder a proper organization or reorganization of the county school system. RECOMMENDATIONS. 1. A LIBERAL COUNTY TAX LEVY TO PROVIDE ADEQUATE FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR BETTER PUBLIC SCHOOLS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY. 2. A HIGHER PROFESSIONAL STANDARD FOR TEACHERS. Adequate scholarship and professional training should be required. No school can be any bet- ter than its teacher. 3. REGULAR MONTHLY MEETINGS OR CONFER- ENCES OF ALL TEACHERS SHOULD BE RE- QUIRED. Teachers should be paid for this service out of the public school funds. 4. THERE SHOULD BE CONSTANT AND CAREFUL SUPERVISION OF THE TEACHING PROCESSES IN ALL OF THE SCHOOLS. Formal reports upon such supervision should be made regularly to the county board of education, and kept on permanent file. 5. A careful and deliberate selection of such schools as give best promise of progress and permanency should be made and designated as "GROUP CENTER SCHOOLS". These should be well distributed over the county, and usually not nearer than seven to ten miles to each other. Some of these should be made junior high schools, and all others grouped around these cen- ters and limited to from five to seven grades according to whether they have one or two teachers. At the "Group Center Schools" should be held community meetings, school fairs, contests, Parent-Teacher Asso- sociations, etc., for their entire territory, and every en- couragement should be given to making them strong, efficient, and influential. They will in time gradually absorb many of the "little schools" within their sev- eral groups, and their influence will extend to all. 6. A Progressive and liberal building program should be laid out by the county administration, beginning at the "Group Center Schools". Liberal appropriations should be made by the county board of education from time to time for permanent and attractive school houses, to be duplicated locally by District taxation or otherwise, and administered under advice and super- vision of the county administration. Such policy would gradually give to the county at strategic points modern and permanent school houses that would be a perpetual encouragement and inspiration to children and citizens alike, and prove to be the county's most valuable and attractive assets. Such investments are always prof- itable. THE TEACHING FORCE. TABLE SHOWING TRAINING AND QUALIFICATIONS OF TEACHERS. LICENSE Grade Primary 1st 2nd 3rd El 1st 9 4 ementary 2nd 3rd 8 4 7 High School 1st 2nd 3rd Total Teachers One- Teacher Two-Teacher Schools Schools 1 1 1 2 3 2 — 25 17 Training Grade Elementary 7th High 8th 9th School 10th nth College 1 2 3 4 No. of Teachers One-Teacher Two-Teacher Schools Schools 2 7 3 1 1 2 9 3 9 — 1 -- 25 17 Experience 1 Year 2 Years 4 or 3 Years More Years ( Total No. ?) Teachers One-Teacher Two-Teacher Schools 5 2 Schools 5 6 6 6 2 1 3 25 17 Service at Present School 1 Year 2 Years 4 or 3 Years More Years ( Total No. ?) Teachers One-Teacher Two-Teacher Schools 16 3 Schools 12 1 1 — 6 3 25 17 From the table above it will readily be seen that there are no standards of qualifications for teachers in Johnson County. Four of the teachers in the one- and two-teacher schools hold a third-grade primary license and four hold a third-grade elementary license ; three hold a second-grade primary license and fifteen hold a second-grade elementary license. Less than half of the teachers in these small schools hold a first-grade license. This fact alone shows that the scholarship of the teachers is very poor. A large number of the teachers in these schools are mere girls who have had only seventh, eighth, or ninth grade training in their little home schools. Many of them have never seen a real school and have not the slightest conception of how a good school should be taught. A teacher who has had only eighth or ninth grade training in a small school does not know the subjects she has to teach well enough to teach the sixth and seventh grades. She knows nothing of child nature and of the best methods of teaching. How could she be expected to teach little first and second grade children as they should be taught? Two of the best small schools visited were taught by teachers who have some training. One of the teachers re- ferred to has had normal training and one is a graduate of an A. & M. School and has had summer school work. Both of their schools were neat and orderly. The children had a fine school spirit which was largely the result of story-tell- ing work and school activities other than the "mere hear- ing of lessons." One of the schools had a school pig and a school garden. If any untrained teacher who is now in the county wishes to carry to her pupils the full measure of inspiration that comes from true teaching, if she wishes to lead her people into the realization of a richer community life, if she wishes to help the school authorities bring a good school within reach of every child in the county: — if there be any un- trained teacher who wishes to have a part in such a great work, she will find two or three years in one of the normal schools in the state to be an investment in time and money which will bring returns of incalculable value. The teachers of the three large schools are much better trained than the teachers in the small schools. The data secured concerning their qualifications was not complete and is not included in the table. A program of consolida- tion is recommended elsewhere in this bulletin. It will take a number of years to work out this scheme of consolida- tion, but steps to improve the teaching force of the county should be taken immediately. Johnson County has for a number of years paid as good salaries as some of the larger and wealthier counties. The Board of Education should adopt such a scale in the payment of salaries that the train- ed teachers will be encouraged to increase their professional strength by attending summer schools, and that the un- trained teachers will feel it necessary to attend normal school and fit themselves for their work. As a result of such a policy the county will in time have a strong capable corps of teachers. UKTAUDATION AND EIJIMINATION Aare Ajri — (itndf Distriliutiun One-and-Two Teacher Schools. 10 11 12 14 15 16 17 18 Total Grade VIII — — _ -- I 9 ir.7 117 !tl 11 — 5 26 •IS 111 V VI — — 7 20 _ — _ VII ■~~ — — Grade I II III IV V VI VII VIII IX X XI — — __ „-. 3 7 G 4 84 27 12 r. 3 3 — . — 88 24 21 <) 7 o 1 — Ar, 80 27 12 7 3 3 - - 11 IS 38 25 34 17 (> 1 10 21 22 28 10 13 5 — 2 14 28 13 12 13 10 219 7 1 141 3S 11 1 102 7 -I 31 7 2S ■It (;3 28 28 4 12 121 ."(1 r>f> 4(i 27 16 3 13 40 29 37 27 9 4 8 24 35 17 32 4 8 •t 8 17 17 22 17 9 5 1 3 8 6 17 15 10 10 8 Z TVtai 10 227 191 214 223 218 228 217 173 160 102 77 33 29 25 530 227 198 Ifi.H lis 89 4 Total 9 172 160 162 166 174 166 168 121 128 67 52 28 28 1581 Age — Grade Distribution — Larecr Schools. Ave 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 IS 14 15 16 17 18 Total Grade I — 62 IM 11 •.! ;i 1 .-_____ _ 101 II — 2 13 2(! It 7 1 - ^ _ _ _ _ _ 63 in — 1 4 11 15 C. soil]— — — 57 IV _ _ _ 4 18 11 ir> S C. 1 2 — — — 68 V ._ — 1 10 10 S i I - — — — 34 VI — 3 IS 7 14 11 1 1 1 — 56 VII — 1 4 14 13 9 7 3 1 — 52 VIII — - 3 9 4 10 4 12 88 IX ..-_______ 4 4 9 7 2 2 28 X ___ — _____. 3 5 8 1 — 17 XI __.___ — — _ ^ __- 2 3 2 7 ToUl 1 65 41 62 57 44 57 49 51 84 85 25 9 6 516 Agre — Grade Distribution — Johnson County Ave 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Total 631 290 1 255 — 305 1 1S7 12 141 7 58 3 82 h- 17 2 '7 1097 Table Showing: the Number and r«TronJnK«"» of (>v»t-Ako or Retarded ("hiiareii in the Sclioola of Johnson County. II III IV V VI VII VIII IX XI Grades No. ..f Pupils 237 119 137 ItiC. 122 S7 73 22 4 — Oiu'-iuul- I wo Per Cent 44.7 65.6 69.1 79.1 79.7 73.7 82.0 88.0 100. — — Teticher Schools No. of , , ^ . , Pupils 24 22 2s 32 IX 26 20 IT 11 1 2 I,Hr>ioi- Schools Por Cent 23.7 31.9 19.1 4T.1 3S.2 50.0 3S.5 f.l.r. 39.;! r).9 2S.ri Pupite 261 171 163 198 185 115 93 89 16 1 2 All Schools Per Cent 41.4 58.9 68.9 64.9 72.2 66.1 65.9 67.2 46.9 6.9 28.5 of Johnson Co. 10 iulil.- MiowiiiK III.' l'.r.r Ki'lardiil ( liililnii in lh«' HihoiilM o( 'niomiiH County. n III IV V VI VII VIII GrsdM Ono-and-Two 'JVttchcr 40.2 20.6 03.5 00.9 flH.8 05.3 04.0 KO.O — - - ThomaH County Scho<.lH^_44^7 05.6 0». 1 70^7!>.7^73.7_82.0 KH.O 100. ^ - JohnHon cZX «\'*^T }on ^f' '"'■'' '***-2 47.4 43.9 43.1 37.9 36.1 31.8 ~ Thomiw County .Sch.,olH 23 .7 34.9 49,1 47.1 38.2 BO.O 38.6 61.5 39 .3 5 9 w.n Johluion County Th(3 A^(i-Crade lahltis printed on iht; preceding pages were compiled from the teachers' reports for the month of January, ]fi21. A span of two years is alIow(;d {'or the coni- pit.'tion of each grade and the table is therefore vi^ry liheral. Children are supposed to enter the first grade at the age of six. Thus children in the first grade six or seven years of age are considered normal; children in the second grade seven or eight years of age are considered normal, and so on through the grades. Those children in the various grades who are older than tht; normal ag(! for their grades are over- age or retarded. Of the 2097 children in the schrjols oT Johnson County, 9.32 or 44.4 '/v are from one to nine y(;ars r(itarded. These children, because of their slow progress through the grades have lost a total of 2,827 school years. The average per capita school appropriation for the past ten years is '$41)0. Each year this amount of money has been appropriated for each individual child and if that child failed to make his grade the money was lost to the county. In other words, Johnson County has in the past eleven years lost . . "^ ,A* ■ipi^^-jl MAYO HILL SCHOOL. Teachers: Miss Mary Wiggins, Miss Floyd Coley, Wrightsville, Ga. Location: Wrightsville three miles south. Grounds: Area, ; titles (?); unimproved but well kept; no play equipment; no school gardens; two surface toilets (in very bad condition). Buildings: Value, $1,000.00; two rooms; improperly lighted; clean; no cloak rooms; improperly ventilated; unpainted. Equipment: Double patent and home-made desks in sufficient num- bers; no teachers' desks; hyloplate blackboard in very bad condition; no maps; no sand tables; no charts; no globes; no framed pictures; no library; a reference dictionary; hydrant with individual drinking cups. Organization: Two teachers; seven grades; 65 pupils; 55 present; 30 recitation periods; canning and poultry clubs; seven months school year. Maintenance: $910.00 per year from County. 27 i^^T^^^^b^^^SBBBPSR^«Si l^SSStK/^/ffllffBSSISk-^^-'-'^^ NEW HOME SCHOOL. Teachers: Prof. J. Y. Chastain, Miss Sadie Powell, Wrightsville, Ga. Location: Price two and one-half miles north; Davis four miles; Greenway five and one-half miles. Grounds: Area, one acre; titles in County Board; clean and well kept; no play equipment; play supervised; no gardens; two surface toilets (well kept). Buildings: Value, $2,000.00; three rooms; improperly and insufii- ciently lighted; heated by small heaters; unpainted. Equipment: Double patent desks; no teachers' desks; not enough blackboard; no charts; no globes; no reference dictionary; four framed pictures; a small reference library. Organization: Two teachers; 8 grades; 90 pupils; programs posted; eighteen and sixteen recitation periods; 8 club members; seven months school year. Maintenance: $1,137.50 per year. 28 mi «r4 » » k ^ i^E^' '^ik ~ ■'^ //In- i V?' DAVIS SCHOOL. Teachers: Prof. G. G. Harrison, Prof. W. M. Harrison, Kite, Ga. Location: Three and one-half miles east to Greenhill; Kite four miles south; New Home three miles. Grounds: Area, one acre; titles (?); nice shade trees otherwise un- improved; no school gardens; play supervised; some play equipment; one surface toilet in good condition. Building: Value, $900.00; two rooms; improperly lighted; in need of repairs; not well kept; no cloak rooms; heated by small stoves; unpainted; floor in one room oiled. Equipment: Insufficient number of double patent desks; no teachers' desks; three slate cloth blackboards; no maps; no charts; no globes; no framed pictures; no library; no reference library. Organization: Two teachers; nine grades; 67 pupils; no program posted; no school clubs; no community clubs; seven months school year. Maintenance : ,00 per year from County and local tax. REHOBETH SCHOOL. Teachers: Miss Corine Peddy, Miss Susie Peddy, Kite, Ga. Location: Providence three miles north; Moore's Chapel three and one-half miles northwest; Kite three miles southeast. Grounds: Area, one acre; Titles (?); unimproved; no play equip- ment; no gardens; one surface toilet (very bad condition). Building: Value, $600.00; two rooms; improperly lighter; no cloak rooms; unpainted. Equipment: Double home-made desks; no teachers' desks; boards blacked to serve as blackboards; no maps; no charts; one globe; no pictures; no library; a reference dictionary; a cov- ered water cooler. Organization: Two teachers; 8 grades; 74 pupils, 44 present; pro- grams posted; 12 and 20 recitation periods; five members of clubs; seven nionths school year. Maintenance: ,50 per year. 30 SPANN SCHOOL. Teachers: Miss Annie Delle Powell, Miss Marie Culver. Location: Three miles southeast to Piney Mountain; four miles west to Pleasant Grove. Grounds : Area -; titles (?); fenced; otherwise unimproved; small playgrounds; no play equipment; no gardens; surface toilets. Building: Value, $1,000.00; two rooms; insufficiently lighted; fairly good condition; well kept; no cloak rooms; unpainted. Equipment: Double patent desks; teachers' tables; very poor black- board; no maps; no framed pictures; no charts; no globes; no reference dictionary; no library. Organization: Two teachers; 63 pupils, 49 present; no programs posted; school slubs. Maintenance: $717.50 GREEN HILL SCHOOL. Teachers: Mrs. Nellie Benton, Miss Ouita Harrison, Kite, Ga. Location: Rehobeth three miles north; New Home three miles south. Grounds: Area two acres; titles in County Board; unimproved; no play equipment; no gardens; one toilet in bad condition. Building: Value, $750.00; two rooms; improperly and insufficiently lighted; one room ceiled; not well kept; no cloak rooms; heated by small stoves; unpainted. Equipment: Insuffiicient number of double patent desks; no teachers' desks; small hyloplate blackboard; two maps; no framed pictures; set of reference books; no reference dictionary. Organization: Two teachers; 8 grades; 77 pupils, 45 present; pro- grams posted; 11 club members; seven months school year. Maintenance: $735.00 per year. 32 ARLINE SCHOOL. Teacher: Miss Missouri Powell, Wrightsviile, Ga. Location: Four miles southwest to Pleasant Grove; five miles to Wrightsville. Grounds: Area -; titles (?); unimproved; small playgrounds; no play equipment; no school gardens; one surface toilet. Buildings: Value $400.00; one small room; lighting fair; in good condition; well kept; no cloak rooms; painted outside and inside; floors oiled. Equipment: Patent desks; teacher's desk; good blackboards; no maps; no charts; no g'lobes; no reference dictionary; no li- brary; a few framed pictures. Organization: One teacher; seven grades; 26 pupils; present to day 22; no progTam posted; seven months school year; canning club. Maintenance: $525.00. 33 iflf" I, Hji^^ ^ IPW"" ... .|N|I|P| .j^" --^m I g L 111. #. Pi A- 1 • '$ ^ ■■■■*;, * .<-««,y ^^^:''- CEDAR GROVE SCHOOL. Teachers: Mrs. T. L. Hai-ris, Wrightsville, Georgia. Location: Mayo Hill three miles east. Grounds: Area, one acre; titles in County Board of Education; level and unimproved except for a few trees; no playground equip- ment; no school gardens; two surface toilets (bad condition). Building: Value, $700.00; one room; improperly lighted; improper ventilation; heated by small stove; clean; unpainted. Equipment: Double patent desks; no teachers' desk; fifteen feet of hypolate blackboard; two maps; no sand table; no charts; no globes; no framed pictures; no library; no reference dic- tionary; a covered water cooler. Organization: One teacher; seven gTades; 48 pupils; 45 present; no program posted; twenty-five recitation periods; no school clubs; seven months school year. Maintenance: $525.00 per year from County. 34 GREENWAY SCHOOL. Teacher: Miss Elizabeth Rushin, Barwo, Georgia, R. F. D. No. 5. Location: Powell's Chapel three miles west; Price School five miles southwest. Grounds: Area, one acre; titles conditional; unimproved but clean and well kept; a school garden; no play equipment but play is supervised; one surface toilet in bad condition. Buildings: Value $800.00; improperly lighted; two rooms; called; well kept; no cloak rooms; ventilation bad; heated by small stove; unpainted; floors oiled; window box. Equipment: Double patent desks; table for teacher; 26 feet hylo- plate blackboard; four maps; no sand table; no charts; no g'lobes; no reference dictionary; no library; water in open buckets; individual drinking cups. Organization: One teacher; 6 grades; 40 pupils; no program posted; no school clubs; no community clubs; pig club with four members; 7 months school year. Maintenance: $630.00 per year. 35 RED HILL SCHOOL. Teachers: Miss Bessie Smith, Miss Dovie Ellis, Wrightsville, Ga., Route 4. Location: Four miles to Mattilou School. Grounds: Area, two acres; titles (?); unimproved; no play equip- ment; supervised play; no school gardens; one surface toilet (good condition); water brought from well one-quarter of a mile distant. Building: Value, $400.00; one room; improperly lighted; unpainted; heated bv a small stove. Equipment: Insufficient number of double patent desks; seven gi-ades; sixty-five pupils; 20 present; no program posted; seventeen and thirteen recitation periods; no clubs; no in- dustrial work; seven months school year. Maintenance: $630.00 a year. 36 THOM SCHOOL. Teacher: L. C. Price. Location: Two and one-half miles from Kite. Grounds: Area, - — ■ — ■ ; titles (?); neg-lected; small playgrounds; no gardens; no play equipment; surface toilets. Building: Value $600.00; one room; improperly lighted; fairly good condition; no cloak rooms; well kept; unpainted. Equipment: Double home-made desks; no teachers' desk; no maps; no sand tables; some charts; no globes; no framed pictures; no reference dictionary; poor blackboards. Organization: One teacher; seven grades; 54 pupils; 41 present; six months school term. Maintenance: $480.00 per year from County and local tax. 37 STOKES SCHOOL. Teachers: Miss Ruby Veal. Location: Union three miles east. Grounds: Area, one-half or one acre; titles in County Board of Edu- cation; trees planted, otherwise unimproved; well kept; no play equipment; one surface toilet in bad condition. Building: Value, $400.00; one room; improperly lighted; clean and well kept; no cloak room; unpainted; heated by small stove. Equipment: Double patent desks; a teachers' table; no charts; no globes; no reference dictionary; one map of United States; 12 feet hyloplate blackboard; ten framed pictures; a covered water cooler. Organization: One teacher; seven grades; 21 pupils; no program posted; 20 recitation periods; no industrial work; six months school year. Maintenance: $300.00 per annum from County. 38 WHEELER SCHOOL. Teacher: Mrs. Etta Scivally, Kite, Ga. Location: Three miles southwest to Kite. Grounds: Area, one acre; titles in County Board; unimproved; no play equipment; no school gardens; one surface toilet. Building: Two rooms but only one is used; improperly lighted; not well kept; no cloak room; unpainted. Equipment: Double patent desks; 2 small blackboards; no maps; no charts; no globes; no framed pictures; no reference dic- tionary; no library. Organization: 1 teacher; 6 grades; 45 pupils; no program posted; no industrial work; tomato and corn clubs; seven months school year. Maintenance: $437.50 per year from County. 39 PINEY MOUNTAIN SCHOOL. Teacher: Miss Mary Sally Stephens. Location : Grounds: Area for; surface toilets in bad condition. -; titles (?); small playgrounds; uncared Building: Value $350.00; one room; insufficiently lighted; in bad repair; no cloak rooms; unpainted and unceiled. Equipment: Double home-made desks; no teachers' desk; poor black- boards; map of County and State; no sand tables; no charts; no globes; no library; no reference dictionary; no framed pictures. Organization: One teacher; seven grades; seventy-two pupils; no program posted; no industrial work; a school club. Maintenance: 40 OAK HILL SCHOOL. Teacher: Miss Ida Smith, Adrain, Ga. Location: Scott two and one-half miles; Eureka two miles. Grounds: Area, two acres; titles (?); unimproved; sandy; no play- gTound equipment; no school gardens. Building: Value, .$350.00; one room; improperly lighted; unceiled; unpainted; no cloak rooms; not well kept. Equipment: Very bad home-made desks; no teachers' desk; no black- board; no maps; no sand tables; no charts; no globes; no framed pcitures; no library; no reference dictionary; cov- ered water cooler. Organization: One teaches; six grades; 38 pupils, present 13; no pro- gram posted; no industrial work; no clubs; six months school year. Maintenance: $375.00 per year ^from County. 41 MYRTLE GROVE SCHOOL. Teachers: Miss Mollie Pullen, Wrightsville, Ga.; R. F. D. No. 6. Location: Grounds : Area -; titles (?); ample playgrounds but unim- proved; no play equipment; no school gardens; surface toilet. Buildings: Value, $400.00; one room; good condition; well kept; no cloak rooms; unpainted and unceiled. Equipment: Double patent desks; no teacher's desk; small black- board; map of State and County; no sand tables; no charts; no globes; no library; no reference dictionary; no framed pictures. Organization: One teacher; seven grades; 29 pupils, present 14; six months school year; no industrial work; no program posted. Maintenance: $437.50. 42 MATTILOU SCHOOL. Teacher: Miss Wilhelmina Davis. Location: One and one-half miles southwest to Red Hill; two and one-half miles northwest to Piney Mountain; four miles southeast to Pullen. Grounds : Area -; titles (?); ample playgrounds; unim- proved; no play equipment; no school gardens; one surface toilet. Building: Value $450.00; one room; improperly lighted; no cloak room; unpainted and unceiled; roof in bad condition. Equipment: Double patent desks; no teacher's desk; poor black- boards; no maps; no sand tables; no charts; no globes; no framed pictures; no library; no reference dictionary. Organization: 1 teacher; seven grades; 28 pupils, 13 present; no program posted; no industrial work; no school clubs; seven months school year. Maintenance: $437.50. 43 LIBERTY GROVE SCHOOL. Teacher: Mrs. Gordy. Location: Grounds: Buildings: Value, $400.00; one room; improperly lighted; no cloak- rooms; unpainted; in fairly g'ood condition. Equipment: Double patent desks; a teacher's desk; poor blackboard; maps; a sand table; no charts; no globes; no framed pictures; no library; no reference dictionary. Organization: One teacher; seven gTades; six months school year. Maintenance: $525.00. 44 GETHSAMANE SCHOOL. Teacher: Mrs. N. D. Paul, Wrightsville, Ga. Location: Wrightsville three miles west; Liberty Grove four miles southeast. Grounds: One acre; titles in ; clean and well kept but unimproved; no play equipment; no school gardens; play supervised; one surface toilet in poor condition. Building: Value, $700.00; insufficiently and improperly lighted; ceil; ed; orderly and well kept; no cloak rooms; improper venti- lation; heated by small stove; unpainted. Equipment: Double patent desks; no teacher's desk; 3 small hylo- plate blackboard; two maps; sand tables; no charts; no ref- erence dictionary; no library; water in open buckets; in- dividual drinking cups. Organization: One teacher; seven grades; 30 pupils; 22 present, 48 recitation periods; no prog'ram posted; do some industrial work; no school clubs; no community clubs; seven months school year. Maintenance: $525.00 per year from County. 45 EUREKA SCHOOL. Teacher; Miss Lizzie May Brantley, Adrain, Ga. Location: Oak Hill three miles south; Red Hill three miles northwest. Grounds : Area -; titles (?); grounds unimproved; no playgTound equipment; no school gardens; two surface toilets (bad condition). Building: Value $500.00; two rooms; insufficiently and improperly lighted; one room ceiled; in need of repair; no cloak room; unpainted; heated by small stove; building dirty and uncared for. Equipment: Uncomfortable, home-made desks; one teacher's desk; poor blackboard; no maps; no charts; no globes; no framed pictures; no reference dictionary; a covered water cooler. Organization: One teacher; eight grades; 53 pupils, 28 present; 36 recitation periods; no program posted; no industrial work; no school clubs; no community club; eight canning club mem- bers; four corn club members; seven months school year. Maintenance: $525.00 per year from County. 46 EDGE HILL SCHOOL. Teacher: Miss Pauline Hammock, Wrightsville, Ga. Location: Brantley's Chapel two and one-half miles west; Wrights- ville three and one-half miles north. Grounds: Area, one acre; titles (?); good shade trees but otherwise unimproved; not well kept; no playground equipment; no school gardens; two surface toilets in fairly good condition. Buildings: Value $300.00; one room; improperly lighted; partly ceil- ed; not well kept; no cloak rooms; unpainted. Equipment: Double patent desks; a teacher's table; one primary chart; a small globe; eight pictures; no library; no reference dictionary; covered water cooler and individual drinking cups. Organization: One teacher; seven grades; 38 pupils; 24 present; 25 recitation periods; program posted; no industrial work; no school clubs; no community clubs; seven months school year. Maintenance: $437.50 per year from County. 47 UNION SCHOOL. Teacher: Miss Estelle Barnes, Tennille, Ga. Location: Hollywood three and a half miles east. Grounds: Area, two acres; titles in (?); unimproved; no play equip- ment; play supervised; a flower garden; two surface toilets. Building: Value, $750.00; one large room; improperly lighted; very well kept; two cloak rooms; heated by small stove; unpainted; used for church purposes sometimes. Equipment: Insufficient number of double patent desks; no maps; no sand tables; no charts; no globes; no fi-amed pictures; a small library; book case; organ; a teacher's table; a covered water cooler. Organization: One teacher; six grades; 48 pupils; 30 present; no program posted; 30 recitation periods; no industrial work; no clubs; seven months school year. Maintenance: $350.00 per annum from County. Remarks: Some pupils were without pencils; no crayon; room was very bare; no evidence of pupils' work. 48 SUNSHINE SCHOOL. Teacher: Mrs. I. H. Pierce, Wrightsville, Ga. Location: Two and one-half miles east to Arline Chapel; three and one-half miles north to Union. Grounds: Area, one acre; titles in County Board; shaded; unim- proved and uncared for; no play equipment; play supervised; no school gardens; one surface toilet in bad condition. Building: Value, $800.00; one room; improperly lighted; no cloak room; heated by small stove; painted inside. Equipment: Double patent desks; a teacher's table; six feet hylo- plate blackboard; one map; a set of reference books; no charts; no globes; no framed pictures; M^ater in open bucket. Organization: One teacher; seven pupils; 30 pupils, 21 present; a program posted; 30 recitation periods; no industrial work; no community clubs; no school clubs; seven months school year. Maintenance: $525.00 per annum. 49 POWELL'S CHAPEL SCHOOL. Teacher: Miss Mary Bell Davis, Kite, Ga. Location: Greenway three miles north; Minton's Chapel three miles. Grounds: Area, one acre; titles (?); unimproved; no play equip- ment; supervised play; no school gardens; two surface toil- ets (condition good). Building: Value, $400.00; one room; improperly lighted; ceiled; well kept; no cloak rooms; painted outside. Equipment: Double patent desks; no teacher's desk; slate cloth blackboards; a map of Georgia; no sand tables; no charts; no globes; no framed pictures; no library; a reference dic- tionary; no water cooler. Organization: One teacher; seven grades; 39 pupils, 28 present; pro- gram posted; 34 recitation periods; no industrial work; no school clubs; no community clubs; seven months school year. Maintenance: $437.50 per year. 50 PRICE SCHOOL. Teachers: Miss Clara Chastain, Wrightsville, Ga., Route 3. Location: Two and one-half miles south to New Home; three miles east to Greenway. Grounds: Area, three acres; titles (?); fair condition; a few shade trees; no play equipment but play is supervised; no school gardens; one surface toilet in bad condition. Building: Value, $500.00; one room; lighting bad; fairly good con- dition; no cloak rooms; unpainted. Equipment: 50 home-made and patent desks; no teacher's desk; no charts; no globes; no framed pictures; three hyloplate black- boards; two maps; a covered water cooler and individual drinking cups. Organization: One teacher; five grades; 38 pupils, 25 present; can- ning club and pig club; seven months school year. Maintenance: $525.00 per year. 51 PLEASANT GROVE SCHOOL. Teacher: Miss Wilhelmina Jones. Location: Four miles to Lovette (Laurens County); four miles northeast to Arline; four miles north to Sunshine. Grounds: Area, -; titles (?); grounds unimproved; small playgrounds; no play equipment; no school gardens; no toil- ets. Building: Value, $600.00; two rooms; insufficiently and improperly lighted; needs repairs; unpainted; no cloak rooms. Equipment: Double patent desks; good blackboard; no maps; no sand tables; no charts; no globes; no library; no reference dictionary. Organization: One teacher; sevenl grades; 40 pupils, 21 present; no program posted; no industrial work; a school club; seven months school term. Maintenance: $437.50. 52 PULLEN SCHOOL. Teacher: Miss Gertrude Pullen, Kite, Ga. Location: Meeks four miles. Grounds: Area, one and a half acres; titles (?); un'mproved; no play equipment; no school gardens; two surface toilets. Building: Value, $450.00; one room; improperly lighted; a small cloak room; heated by small stove; unpainted. Equipment: Double patent desks; a teacher's desk and chair; six feet hyloplate blackboard; no maps; no sand tables; no charts; no globes; no framed pictures; no library; no ref- erence dictionary. Organization: One teacher; six grades; 46 pupils, 14 pres3nt; no program posted; no industrial work; six months school year; five club members. Maintenance: $300.00 per annum. 53 ■*|P 1^ '•ayj|jtii'|g^ ly^ilf' t^^^fe^i^ - \ •^^fty^ « .. '■: - -' :ty^,^y^^ > ^^i ^m^ ^^ li^^^^H i ^< ,.^_. , y 1 '- ■'! .^:ii i %-TA&i ■"'^'fii'll'i WP L^SS \ • — . .r*^, •« -iliii"irr-lW**fh- • p PROVIDENCE SCHOOL. Teacher: Mrs. R. C. Douglas, Kite, Ga., R. F. D. No. 3. Location: Three miles north to Rehobeth; three miles south to Meeks. Grounds: One acre; titles in individuals; unimproved; level, nice grove; well kept; no play equipment; one surface toilet. Building: Not owned by County Board; one room; improperly light- ed; fairly clean; no cloak rooms; heated by small stove; unpainted. Equipment: Home-made desks; no teacher's desk; two small black- boards; two maps; no sand table; no chart; no globes; no framed pictures; no library; no reference dictionary. Organization: One teacher; seven grades; 45 pupils; no program posted; 30 recitation periods; no industrial work; no clubs; seven months school term. Maintenance: $560.00 per year; $525 from County, $5.00 a month supplement by people. Remarks: Building formerly church; converted into school by par- tition; unsuitable. 54 BRANTLEYS CHAPEL. Teacher: Mrs. L. D. Lee, Wrightsville, Ga. Location: Mayo Hill three miles west; Wrig-htsville four miles south- west. Grounds: Area, one acre; titles (?); grounds unimproved but well kept; no play equipment; no school gardens; one surface toil- et in fair condition. Buildings: Value, $400.00; one room; lighting- improper and insuffi- cient; in need of repairs; well kept; no cloak rooms; un- painted. Equipment: Insuffiicient number of double home-made desks; no teacher's desk; good hyloplate blackboard; no sand talales; no globes; no reference dictionary; two maps; one framed picture. Organization: One teacher; seven grades; 52 pupils, 33 present; prog'ram posted; 29 recitation periods; no industrial work; canning and corn clubs; seven months school year. Maintenance: $525.00 per year. 55 WESLEY'S CHAPEL. Teacher: Miss Adel Logue, Wrig-htsville, Ga., R. F. D. No. 6. Location: Stokes three miles east. Grounds: Area, one acre; titles in County Board; unimproved and uncared for; no play equipment; no school gardens; one sur- face toilet in bad condition. Building: Value, $300.00; one room; improperly lighted; in need of repairs; not well kept; no cloak room; heated by small stove; unpainted. Equipment: Benches; no teacher's desk; very poor blackboard; one map; no charts; no globes; no framed pictures; no library; no reference dictionary; no sand tables; water in open bucket with common dipper. Organization: One teacher; seven grades; 30 pupils, 17 present; no progTam posted; 35 recitation periods; one club member; seven months school term. Maintenance: $437.50 per year. 56 « t '• M E.^ I^^^E ■ r '^-"i iBm^M ''iffff^ f • : f ^''"^m^ -ms^^mi W/KK/KSj^ggSf^^ ^,^^...2L....^„.„y' r- .. HOLLYWOOD SCHOOL. Teacher: School was not in session when sui'vey was made. Location: Union School 3 and one-half miles west. Grounds: Area -; titles (?); level; shade trees; no play- ground equipment; no school garden. Building: Value $300.00; one small room; improperly and insuffi- ciently lighted; no cloak rooms; unpainted. Equipment: Rough home-made desks; no teacher's desk; no black- board; no framed pictures; no library nor other needed teach- ers' helps. Organization: One teacher; seven grades; seven months school term. Maintenance: ■Ki'^^m 1 ^ ft pi J>rft»*.,„lMW5l •- »- 1 jCiiW»» BBi uMMh ^ m^ ■ • J • ■ i POPLAR SPRINGS SCHOOL. Teacher: School was not in session when survey was made. Location: Scott two and one-half miles. Grounds: Area, -; titles (?); unimproved; beautiful trees; no playground equipment; no school garden. Building: Value, $500.00; improperly lighted; heated by small un- jacketed heater; no cloak rooms; unpainted. Equipment: Patent desks; no teacher's desk; no sand table; no li- brary; no reference dictionary. Organization: One teacher; seven grades. Maintenance: yjRARY OF CONGRESS 020 407 416 1