Lfl 262 1 .C35 P5 i 1918 Copy 1 iHiiiiHiiiiiimiimimmimimniiiiHiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiHiiiiiiiiiiiiiiMis Educational Survey of Carroll County Georgia By M. L. DUGGAN, Rural School Agent No. 25 Under Direction of State DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION M. L. BRITTAIN State Superintendent of Schools 1918 5iMiMiiMiHiiiniiinmiiiiiinniMiiiiiiiHmiiiHniniiiiHiiiMiiiiininiiiiiiiiiinii»inniiiiiiniiiiniihMiiii»iiiiHii»iiniunnMiiiinniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiitr Monograph Educational Survey of Carroll County Georgia By M. L. DUGGAN, Rural School Agent No. 25 Under Direction of State > DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION M. L. BRITTAIN State Superintendent of Schools 1918 COUNTY SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION. HON. V. D. WHATLEY, Superintendent Carrollton, Ga. County Board of Education. HON. L. K. SMITH, Chairman Carrollton, Ga. HON. W. T. MORRIS Mt. Zion, Ga. HON. J. W. BARRON Bowdon, Ga. HON. E. L. CONNELL Temple, Ga. HON. J. T. WALKER Whitesburg, Ga. Home Economics Demonstration Agent. MRS. V. D. WHATLEY ._ _, Carrollton, Ga. Farm Demonstration Agent. MR. JACKSON Carrollton, Ga. 2 A A PRELIMINARY REPORT (Submitted by M. L. Duggan, Rural School Agent for Georgia, on May 8, 1918.) To the Carroll County Board of Education, and Citizens of the County: At the request of your county Board of Education I was delegated by the State Department of Education to make a careful survey of the schools of the county and make recom- mendations to the county Board, especially with reference to school districts. I first discussed the situation fully with the county Board of Education, and afterwards with the Grand Jury for the Spring Term of Superior Court. The Grand Jury, after due consideration, unanimously passed the following reso- lution: "Believing that there are too many little schools in our county for many of them ever to become strong, and in order that better and stronger schools can be built so as to adequately educate ALL THE CHILDREN of the county, we would heartily endorse the movement on the part of our county Board of Education (with the aid of the State De- partment of Education) to re-district the county, and we earnestly urge upon them the importance of making these school districts of such size as the law contemplates — a minimum of sixteen square miles — in order that stronger and better schools can be built upon broader foundations. We urge that in doing this the Board shall keep in view the future and permanent best interests of ALL sections of our county, and not be influenced by any seeming temporary individual or local interests to create small or irregular shaped districts, even though some localities may suffer temporarily in the interest of the permanent good for the whole county." I have devoted several weeks to a careful study of the county and its schools, visited every school, making photo- graphs of the buildings, estimates of their value and con- dition and school equipment, their locations with reference to each other, the "natural causes" that would legally justify districts smaller than the "sixteen square miles" minimum, the locations and condition of the public roads, etc., etc. I have also freely advised with as many of the citizens of the county as opportunities allowed, and have earnestly sought their suggestions, criticisms, and help. In Carroll county the matter of establishing and locating the rural schools has been influenced by the preferences and prejudices and supposed conveniences of individuals and communities until their number has multiplied beyond the possibility of reasonable support. The number of rural schools has reached eighty-eight, besides several private schools, and half a dozen county-hne schools. There seems to have been no well defined constructive policy outlined or followed, and the spirit of the law has been violated in their close proximity to each other. Thus efficiency has been sacrificed to individual convenience until the entire system has become wholly inadequate to the educational demands of the children of the county. A general and well- founded dissatisfaction is the inevitable result, and this good county is not proud of her rural public school system. There are evidences of neglect and deterioration nearly everywhere, and only at few places are there satisfactory signs of substantial improvement. Many conflicting opin- ions are expressed, but all agree that the rural schools are very unsatisfactory. A strong and active central administration with a defi- nite constructive policy and supported by a public sentiment willing to make many sacrifices in the interests of efliciency is the only remedy for existing conditions. Without many sacrifices no better conditions need be expected. However, no sacrifice, either in individual conveniences or in dollars and cents, can be considered too great when made in the real educational interests of Carroll county's nine thousand seven hundred and forty-two children who are to be her future citizens. The first step necessary in any constructive policy look- ing towards better rural schools for the county will be to reduce their number so as to increase their efficiency. This step will be in compliance with both the law and the highest interests of the schools. The Georgia school laws require that each county shall be laid off into school districts of a minimum area of sixteen square miles, with one white school for each school district. Certain exceptions are allowed ''where natural causes" or local conditions make it necessary, these "natural causes" being defined as "moun- tains, streams over which there are no bridges, and dan- gerous roads." Now Carroll county contains an area of 492 square miles. This area divided into districts of sixteen square miles each would make thirty-one school districts. However, there are some "natural causes" which would legally justify small- er districts in some instances, thereby increasing this num- ber. I realize fully that to lay off the county into school dis- tricts, as the law directs, will entail individual inconvenience in many cases ; but am equally sure that it will eventually bring increased efficiency to all. In compliance, therefore, with the law, and in the m- terest of the cause of education in the county, I offer here- with my recommendations as to re-districting the county. In doing so I earnestly beg the Board of Education and all public spirited citizens of the county to consider them solely in the interests of ALL THE CHILDREN, and not in the interests of individuals or localities. I am not wholly satisfied at the result of my work, for I have to make many compromises with seeming expediencies. However, if my recommendations are adopted the number of white schools to be maintained will be reduced from 88 to 44, or less. It is easy to see that by reducing the total number of schools to half will double the maintenance fund of each, and by much more increase the efficiency of all. It will be observed that I have usually been guided by the legal minimum of "sixteen square miles" as my maxi- mum limit in fixing the sizes of the school districts. If through consent of the patrons the school districts can be made still larger their efficiency can be still further in- creased in a rapidly increasing ratio. I would recommend that such further consolidations be made whenever such consent can be had. I fully realize that to re-district the county according to these recommendations will necessitate the moving or build- ing of a number of school houses "so as to have the school building as near the center as possible;" but this will entail no unreasonable hardship or extravagance, because none of these buildings are suitable for efficient educational plants, while many are nearly worthless or entirely unfit. Besides, it need not be expected that any adequate system of pub- lic schools can be had without paying a reasonable price therefor. My full report herewith submitted will give in detail the photographs of all of these buildings, their value, their condition, the equipment contained in each one, their proximity to each other, the average attendance for the last three years, and such other information as will be needed in a full and fair consideration of this important and far-reaching matter. In the building or re-building of school houses in the future I would strongly urge that they be made to conform to well established principles of school architecture, par- ticularly in matters of sanitation, such as lighting, heating, ventilation, etc. The matter is of sufficient importance to justify very careful consideration and even additional ex- pense. The health of the children should be a matter of first concern, and a condition of reasonable comfort is neces- sary to any satisfactory development of body or mind. I have been unable to find any adequate equipment at any of the rural schools. Good tools are as important as good workmen, and it is poor economy to deny teachers such helps as good blackboards, maps, charts, globes, dictionaries, libraries, sand-tables, etc., etc. Without a guarantee of permanency it is unreasonable to expect any great degree of confidence. Wherever any titles at all have been given to the school grounds in the county they usually contain a reversionary clause effective ■'whenever no longer used for school purposes". Thus on the face of the deed is expressed a doubt as to the perma- nency of the school which is a perpetual obstacle to any business-like enterprise. In permanently locating the schools I would recommend that fee simple titles be taken to large enough areas to fulfill all demands of a modern rural school. Thus the confi- dence of the public will be secured from the beginning, and this is the greatest asset of any business enterprise. It is high time we were putting our rural public schools upon a business-like basis. "A little piece of ground, on which is a little house, in which is a little equipment, at which a little teacher, on a little salary, for a little while, is teaching little children little things", must no longer be the definition of our rural schools. When we come to realize that public education is the most important of all our public interests and regard it as "Big Business", then will our rural schools measure up to the demands of our children. Then it will no longer be necessary to send our children away from home and home influences in order to educate them as well as other children are being educated. And then will come to every rural district in the county such spiritual, intellectual, and ma- terial prosperity as already blessed some favored communi- ties in our great commonwealth, Carroll county children deserve as good educational fa- cilities as those of any other county ; no other county is better able to provide them than Carroll. With the earnest hope that my work in your county may contribute something towards bringing about such con- ditions, and duly appreciating the cordial co-operation of so many citizens in my delicate and difficult task, I respect- fully submit this report to your careful and serious con- sideration. Action of a Mass-Meeting of Citizens. The foregoing "Preliminary Report" was submitted to a mass-meeting of citizens of Carroll county (publicly called together for the purpose) on the 8th day of May, 1918, together with a large map showing the proposed new school districts of the county referred to therein. After full and free discussions of the same, and at the suggestion of Rev. W. W. Roop, a resolution was uani- mously adopted "endorsing the report as to the proposed school districts for the county, commending the same to our County Board of Education, and requesting the County Board of Education to formally and legally adopt the same." Action of County Board of Education. At a regular meeting of the Carroll County Board of Education held in their office on May 8th, 1918, all mem- bers being present and voting, the Map and descriptions of the school districts for Carroll county was formally and legally adopted according to the map given herein on page 15, and as required by law. Foundation Work. This is a first step in laying a legal and permanent foundation for a better system of rural schools for the chil- dren of Carroll county. If the good citizens of the county will surrender in- dividual and community conveniences and prejudices in the interest of better rural schools for all, as was so signifi- cantly indicated at the representative mass-meeting above referred to, the County Board of Education should be able within a reasonably short time to greatly increase the efficiency of the county's rural schools. Thus the responsibility will be fixed and centered upon the Board and its executive officer, and no longer divided and spread out until nobody feels the weight of it. Locating the Schools. In many of the school districts the most important school house is at or near the center of the district, for reference was had to this in determining the district boundaries in so far as possible. In such cases all should cooperate actively in improving (and enlarging where necessary) the central building and providing for it a bet- ter school equipment. However, in some districts no present school location is "near the center" of the school district. In such cases there should be common agreement between the citizens of the district, or if such is impossi- ble, then definite action by the County Board of Education in the selection of a suitable central location. I cannot too strongly urge upon the Board of Education supervisory control of the character of all new school houses to be constructed, particularly in matters of sani- tation. Proper lighting, ventilation and heating should be insisted upon. The location, character and size of school grounds should be such as to satisfy any reasonable future demands of the school district. Fee simple titles should vest in the County Board of Education to assure confi- dence of permanency. In order to assure to the Board of Education controlling influence in these matters, as well as for other obvious reasons, I recommend that the Board of Education adopt the policy of giving substantial appropriations towards building adequate school houses in the several school dis- tricts. Such a pohcy would, doubtless, give considerable impetus to the movement for better school houses through- out the county. The School Houses. In building or re-building school houses I can not too strongly urge the importance of proper planning and con- struction. Let is be kept in mind that these are to be the school homes of Carroll county's children for a generation or more. Temporary structures should not be thought of. Build for the future, and build well. Build school houses, not barns. The Carroll county farmers are having better homes, better roads, better vehicles, better barns, better farm machinery, why not better school houses? ''A good school house is the best advertisement, the best asset and the best dividend-paying investment in any community." The towns and cities have found it so; the rural districts will find it so. The school house of the future is to be- come the community center, and will serve the commnuity in many important ways. Unless it is the pride of the community architecturally its service to the community will be limited. No building in a community demands or deserves more architectural consideration. What a Rural School House Should Cost. The value of public school property (including buildings, sites, and equipment) per child of school age is as follows: State . Average Value Per Child. Alabama $13.00 Florida 15.00 Kentucky 15.00 Tennessee 14.00 Texas 18.00 South Carolina -- 6.00 Georgia 11.00 Wisconsin 44.00 New Jersey 65.00 Illinois 72.00 New York 111.00 Massachusetts 115.00 Etc. 10 And in the entire list of the States Georgia stands 45th down from the highest WHERE DOES CARROLL COUNTY STAND? At a liberal valuation the strictly rural white school houses of Carroll county are worth about $7.50 per child. The city of Carrollton has spent for school houses and equipment $75.00 per child. We believe that those who ponder the above statistics seriously will agree with us that a minimum of Twenty-five Dollars Per Child of the School Population is a very moderate amount to ask any school district to put into the building and equipment of an adequate educa- tional plant. Such a Duilding should serve at least twenty- five years, which would mean only $1.00 per child per year. To give to all some idea of suitable plans for rural school houses a few suggestive plans are given on page 74 of this bulletin. However, the State Department of Edu- cation will give assistance in planning or selecting plans for buildings whenever called upon. Teachers. Upon the teacher more than upon any other single factor depends the character of the school. But it will be very much easier to secure and hold competent teachers under the proposed improved conditions. I would earnestly urge that none but trained teachers of good scholarship be employed. Even under improved conditions rural school problems are more varied, complex and difficult, while supervisory direction and help is much less, than in city school systems ; and so teachers should be at least well qualified and paid. Teachers should be se- lected or approved by the County Board and its executive officer, as the law directs. They should quickly become acquainted with the entire school district and all of its in- terests, become interested in and identified with the same, and retained long enough to accomplish real constructive educational work. A frequent change of teachers hardly permits of work of an abiding sort. n Resources. Carroll county is a rich county, easily able to do what it wants to do in the matter of providing good schools for its children. The taxable values of the county reaches about $8,362,- 448.00 (including corporations) by the Tax Books of 1917. Of this total approximately $5,000,000.00 lies outside of the incorporated school districts of Carrollton, Temple and Whitesburg, and therefore would be subject to any local county school tax that might be levied for the benefit of the rural schools of the county. Thus it is seen that if the county should impose upon their property for the education of their children a county-wide local school tax of five mills, (which is the rate now levied by Carrollton, Temple, and Whitesburg for the benefit of their schools) there would be an additional fund of about $25,000.00 to be added to the State school fund for the rural schools of the county. This would nearly double the present net maintenance funds for the rural schools of the county, and ought to much more than double their efficiency. When considered in connection with reducing their number by half through consolidations, as elsewhere recommended, it is easily apparent to any business mind that Carroll county children can have as good public schools as Carrollton chil- dren at no greater tax against the property. AND THEY DESERVE IT. How much longer will the voters withhold such benefits from their own children? M. L. DUGGAN, Rural School Agent for Georgia. June 20, 1918. 12 GEORGIA. NOTE: An experience with county-wide local school tax is the most effective argument for it. Counties adjacent to local tax coun- ties, seeing its benefits, most readily vote for it. See map. 1 "•'" / r /f\"' U&RALSON \ C...0 \i '^ „^ AsPAtomo ■ L., \ ""■^ mV- y-^ L COtUM /M ""^X^!^ ^^^/ '»\f^ v""""" \ Shaded Counties: County-wide Local Tax. LOCAL TAX COUNTIES These counties tax themselves in order that all — not some — of their schools may be improved One by one others are adding themselves to the roll of the educational leaders who demonstrate thus practically their belief in the necessity for more and better training for the children. A few years ago only Chatham, Richmond, Bibb, and Glynn had county-wide local taxation: Bacon, Ben Hill, Bibb, Bryan, Burke, Butts, Camden, Chatham, Chattahoochee, Clark, Clinch, Coffee, Columbia, Crawford, Crisp, De- Kalb, Echols, Emanuel, Fulton, Glascock, Glynn, Hancock, Hart, Harris, Henry, Houston, Irvin, Jasper, Jeff Davis, Jenkins, Jones, Lee, Lincoln, Mcintosh, Mitchell, Monroe, Montgomery, Morgan, Musco- gee, Newton, Pulaski, Quitman, Rabun, Randolph, Richmond, Screven, Spalding, Stewart, Talbot, Terrell, Tift, Walton, Wayne, Wheeler, Wilkes, Worth. Total, 56. 33 Show NOTE 1 41 4. ^ MAP OF CARROLL COUNTY Showing School Districts as laid off in 1918 NOTE: In School Ditrict No. 12 Whitesburg School District is not included In School District No. 16 Carrollton School District is not included In School District No. 42 Temple School District is not included ^5*5- ■^*?«p-»^f '^fciiii' x J y; im Shiloh School Rotherwood School SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 1. Containing approximately 44 land lots, or 13 square miles. ROTHERWOOD SCHOOL. Location: On land lot 84; three miles to Whitesburg; three miles to Lewis Chape!; three miles to Shiloh. Grounds: Uncertain area and doubtful titles; adjoining church lot; utterly neglected; very small playgrounds; no school gar- dens; no toilets. Building: Value $100.00; one small room; unceiled; unpainted; in- sufficiently lighted; in bad repair. Equip'ment: Very rough home-made desks; no teachers' desk; no blackboards; no maps; no globe; one chart; no library; no dictionary; no pictures. Organization: One teacher; six months school year; six grades; average attendance for last three years, 40 pupils. Maintenance. From County Board $258.00. SHILOH SCHOOL. Location: On lot 129; three miles to Rotherwood; three miles to Liberty. Grounds: Uncertain area and doubtful titles; entirely neglected; no playgrounds; no school gardens; no toilets. Building: Value $100.00; one room; badly lighted; no cloak rooms; unceiled; unpainted. Equipment: No desks; long benches; very poor blackboards: no maps; no globe; no charts; no library; no dictionary; no pictures. . Organization: One teacher; six months school year; six grades; average attendance for last three years, 18 pupils. Maintenance: From County Board $126.00. 17 II H ^ star Point School Lowell School. Liberty School. 18 SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 2. Containing- approximately 62 lots, or 20 square miles. LOWELL SCHOOL. Location: On lot 99; iieai' center of school district; two miles south to Liberty; two and half miles west to Star Point. Grounds: Area, four acres; titles in trustees; entirely unimproved; amp'e playgrounds; no school gardens; two toilets in aver- age condition. Building: Value $2,000.00; two-story frame; two class rooms; lodge rooms overhead; insufficiently lighted; ceiled; painted out- side only; in fair repair, but unfinished. Equipment: Shop-made desks; no teachers' desks; very poor black- boards; no maps; no globe; no charts; no pictures; no ref- erence dictionary; no library. Organization: One teacher; six months school year; six grades; average attendance last three years, 68 pupils; no organized clubs. Maintenance: From County Board $468.00. LIBERTY SCHOOL. Location: On lot 141. Grounds: Area uncertain; titles doubtful; adjoining church lot; very small playgrounds; no school gardens; no toilets. Building: Value, $200.00; one room; no cloak rooms; insufficiently lighted; unceiled; unpainted; unfinished. Equipment: No desks; long benches; very poor blackboards; no maps; no globe; no charts; no pictures; no reference dic- tionary; no library. Organization: One teacher; six months school year; six grades: average attendance last three years, 22 pupils. Maintenance: From County Board $150.00. STAR POINT SCHOOL. Location: On lot 8; quite near line between school districts 2 and 3. Grounds: Area uncertain; titles doubtful; unimproved; very small playgrounds; no school gardens; no toilets. Building: Value $250.00; one room; no cloak rooms; insufficiently lighted; ceiled; unpainted; in medium repair. Equipment: Rough home-made desks; no teachers' desk; very poor - blackboards; no maps; no globe; no charts; no pictures; no reference dictionary; no library. Organization: One teacher; six months school year; seven grades; average attendance last three years, 33 pupils. Maintenance: From County Board $228.00. 19 SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 3. ROOPVILLE SCHOOL. Location: Near center of the school district, which contains 56 land lots, or approximately seventeen and a half square miles. In same school district are two private schools. Grounds: Area, one acre; titles in trustees; unimproved; ample playgrounds; no school gardens; two toilets in good con- dition. Building: Value $3,600; two-story frame; three class rooms and auditorium above; well lighted; cloak rooms; painted inside and outside; in good repair. Equipment: Shop-made desks; no teachers' desks; poor blackboards; very few maps; no globe; no charts; no pictures; no refer- ence dictionary; no library. Organization: Three teachers; nine grades; eight months school year; average attendance last three years, 91; no organized clubs. Maintenance: From County Board $800.00. 20 \l Sardis School Friendship School SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 5. Containing approximately 24 lots, or 8 square miles. SARDIS SCHOOL. Location: On lot 243; two miles to Friendship; four miles to Veal. Grounds: Area uncertain; titles doubtful; entirely neg:-ected; ample playgrounds; no school gardens; only one toilet, average condition. Building: Value $200.00; one room; no cloak rooms; improperly lighted: unpainted; in medium repair. Equipment: Home-made desks; no teachers' desk; very poor black- boards; no maps; no globe; no charts; no pictures; no dic- tionary; no library. Organization: One teacher; six months school year: seven grades; average attendance last three years, 45 pupils. Maintenance: From County Board $290.00. FRIENDSHIP SCHOOL. Location: On lot 217; two miles to Sardis; two miles to Reavesville. Grounds: Area uncertain; titles doubtful; lot neglected; small play- grounds; no school gardens; no toilets. Building: Value $200.00; one room; no cloak rooms; improperly lighted; ceiled; unpainted; in fair repair. Equipment: Rough home-made desks: no teachers' desk; very poor blackboards; no globe; no charts; no pictures; no reference dictionary; no library. Organization: One teacher; six months school year; seven grades; average attendance last three years, 34 pupils. Maintenance: From County Board $234.00. 21 ^*^ ^MMm_mm Belleview School Veal School Canning Club at Veal School Stony Point School 22 SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 4. Containing 36 lots, or approximately 12 square miles in Carroll county (Heard county co-operating). VEAL SCHOOL. Location: On lot 246, near center of district; three miles to Belle- view; two and one-half miles to Stony Point. Grounds: Area, four acres; titles in trustees (conditional); lot un- improved and hemmed in by unsanitary surroundings; small playgrounds: no school gardens; two toilets in fair con- dition. Building: Value, $2,000.00; four class-rooms; no cloak rooms; insuffi- ciently lighted; ceiled; unpainted; unfinished, but in good condition. Equipment: Home-made desks; no teachers' desks; poor black- boards; small map of state only; no globe; no charts; no pictures; no reference dictionaries; no library. Organization: Three teachers; __months school year; nine grades; average attendance for the last three years, 90 pupils. Maintenance: From County Board $630.00. STONY POINT SCHOOL. Location: On lot 184; near line of District No. 3; one and one-half miles from Belleview; two miles from Tyus; two and one- half miles from Veal. Grounds: Area, one acre; titles (?'; unimproved; ample play- grounds; no school gardens; one toilet only, average con- dition. Building: Value $600.00; one room; no class rooms; insufficiently Mghted; partly ceiled; unpainted; unfinished. Equipment: Rough home-made desks; no teachers' desk; very poor blackboards; no maps; no globe; no charts; no pictures; no reference dictionary ; no library. Organization: One teacher; six months school year; seven grades; average attendance last three years, 24 pupils. Maintenance: From County Board $150.00. BELLEVIEW SCHOOL. Location: On lot 170; three miles from Roopville; three miles from Veal. Grounds: Area, one acre; titles (?); unimproved; small play- grounds; no school gardens; only one toilet, average con- dition. Building: Value $800.00; one room; no cloak rooms; well lighted; ceiled; unpainted. Equipment: Home-made desks; no teachers' desk; very poor black- boards; only a smaH state map; no globe; no charts; no pictures; no reference dictionary; no library. Organization: One teacher; six months school year; six grades; average attendance last three years, 42 pupils. Maintenance: From County Board $270.00. 23 SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 6. Containing approximately 15 lots, or 5 square miles. Tallapoosa River and Turkey Creek cuts off this territory into a very small district. MIDWAY SCHOOL SOUTH. Location: On lot 185; two miles to Reavesville; three and one-half miles to Bowden. Cut off into very small district by reason of its situation between Turkey Creek and Tallapoosa River. Grounds: Area, one acre; titles (?); partly improved; ample play- grounds; small flower gardens; no toilets. Building: Value $600.00; one class room; no cloak rooms; improp- erly lighted; ceiled; unpainted; in good repair, except for broken windows. Equipment: No desks; long benches: no teachers' desk: cloth black- boards; State and United States maps; no globe; no chartr; no pictures; no reference dictionary; no library. Organization: One teacher; six months school years; 8 grades; aver- age attendance last three years, 39 pupils. Maintenance: From County Board $270.00. 24 r «sajE3' r£^ ; -' QbJ SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 7. Containing approximately 23 lots, or 8 square miles. REAVESVILLE SCHOOL. Location: On lot 192; four miles south of Bowden; two miles from Friendship. Grounds: Area, one acre: titles (?); unimproved; very small play- grounds; no school gardens; only one toilet, average con- dition. Building: Value $800.00; one room; no cloak rooms; improperly and insufficiently lighted; ceiled; painted outside only; in fair condition of repair. Equii:'ment: Double patent desks; no teachers' desks; very poor blackboards; no maps; no globe; no charts; no pictures; no reference dictionary; no library. Organization: One teacher; six months school year; eight grades; average attendance last three years, 38 pupils. Maintenance: From County Board $264.00. 25 % -m Tyus School Riverside School Fairview School 26 SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 8. Containing approximately 35 lots, or 12 square miles. TYUS SCHOOL. Location: On lot 199; one mi)e from Fairview; two miles from Riverside; two miles from Stony Point. Grounds: One acre; titles (?); unimpi'oved; small playgrounds; liO school gardens; only one toilet. Building: Value, $800.00; two class rooms; no cloak rooms; msuiii- ciently lighted; painted outside only; in fair condition. Equipment: Shop-made desks; no teachers' desk; very poor black- boards; no maps: no globe; no charts; no pictures; no reference dictionary; no library. Organization: One teacher; seven months school year; eight grades; average attendance last three years, 56 pupils. Maintenance: From County Board $390.00. FAIRVIEW SCHOOL. Location: On lot 220; one mile from Tyus; one and one-half miles from Riverside. Grounds: One acre; titles (?); grounds neglected; very small play- grounds; no school gardens; only one toilet, bad condition. Building: Value $400.00: two class-rooms: no cloak rooms; badly lighted; unpainted; in bad repair. Equipment: Rough home-made desks; no teachers' desks; very poor blackboards; one small State map; no g'obe; no charts; no pictures; no dictionary; no library. Organization: One teacher; six months school year; 8 grades; aver- age attendance last three years, 51 pupils. Maintenance: From County Board, $354.00. RIVERSIDE SCHOOL. Location: On lot 163; one and one-half miles to Fairview; one and one-half miles to Bethesda. Grounds: Area uncertain; titles doubtful; unimproved; small play- grounds; no school gardens; no toilets. Building: Value .S400.00; one room; no cloak rooms: improperly lighted; unceiled; unpainted; unrinished; good repair. Equipment: Rought home-made desks; no teachers' desk; no black- boards; no maps; no globe; no cnarts; no pictures: no dic- tionary; no library. Organization: One teacher; seven grades; average attendance last three years, 27 pupils. Maintenance: From County Board $186.00. 27 "£««*•« Siver School Bethesda School SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 9. Containing approximately 31 lots, or 10 square miles. BETHESDA SCHOOL. Location: On lot 125; two and one-half miles from Siver; three miles from Roopville; one and one-half miles from River- side. Grounds: Area and titles uncertain; entirely neglected; ample play- grounds: no school gardens; no toilets. Building: Va'ue $200.00; one room; no cloak rooms; badly lighted; unpainted; in bad repair. Equipment: Rough home-made desks; no teachers' desk; no black- boards; no maps; no globe; no charts; no pictures; no dictionary; no library. Organization: One teacher; six months school year; six grades; average attendance last three years, 28 pupils. Maintenance: From County Board $198.00. SIVER SCHOOL. Location: On lot 7; one and three-quarters miles from Tallapoo- sa; two and one-half miles from Bethesda. Grounds: One acre, titles doubtful; yards well cleaned up, unim- proved; ample playgrounds; small flower garden; only one toilet, in average condition. Building: Value, $600.00; one room; no c'oak rooms; fairly well lighted; ceiled; unpainted; well kept; in good repair. Equipment: Rough home-made desks; no teachers' desks; poor blackboards; one U. S. map; small globe; no charts; framed pictures; no reference dictionary; no library. Organization: One teacher; six months school year; seven grades; average attendance last three years 30 pupils. Maintenance: From County Board $210.00. 28 Oak Ridge School Rocky Mount School SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 10, Containing approximately 37 lots, or 12 square miles. OAK RIDGE SCHOOL. Location: On lot 29; two miles to Roopville. Grounds: Area and titles doubtful; lot unimproved, but clean,; small playgrounds: no school gardens; no toilets. Building: Value, $250.00; one room; no cloak rooms; barely enough light; unceiled; unpainted; in good repair. Equipment: Rough home-made desks; no teachers' desks; very poor blackboards; no maps; no globe: no charts; no pic- tures; no reference dictionary; no library. Organization: One teacher; six months school year; seven grades; average attendance last three years, 33 pupils. Maintenance: From County Board $228.00. ROCKY MOUNT SCHOOL. Location: On lot 32; two and one-half miles to Oak Ridge School. Grounds: Area and titles doubtful; unimproved; large play- grounds; no school gardens; only one toilet, average con- dition. Building: Value $500.00; two rooms; no cloak rooms; fairly well lighted; ceiled; unpainted; in good repair. Equipment: Shop-made desks; no teachers' desks; very poor black- boards; no maps; no globe; no charts; no pictures, no dictionary; no library. Organization: One teacher; six months school year; seven grades; average attendance last three years, 43 pupils. Maintenance: From County Board $300.00. 29 SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 11. Containing approximately 59 lots, or 20 square miles of territory, and whole or p'^rts of the territory of five Schools. WHOOPING CREEK SCHOOL. Location: On lot 4; one and three-fourths miles from Union; one and one-half miles to Clem; two miles to Westbrook. Grounds: Area, one acre; titles conditional; adjoining church lot; unimproved; large playgrounds; no school gardens; no toilets. Building: Value, $300.00; one room; improperly lighted; no cloak rooms; unceiled; unpainted; unfinished. Equipment: Rough home-made desks; no teacher's desk; good black- boards; no maps; no globe; no charts; no pictures; no dic- tionary; no library. Organization: One teacher; six months school year; six grades; average attendance last three years, 21 pupils. Maintenance: From County Board $150.00. UNION SCHOOL. Location: On lot 8; tvi^o miles from Clem. Grounds: Area very small; titles doubtful; unimproved, but well cleaned up; small playgrounds; no school gardens; only one toilet, average condition. Building: Value $500.00; one room; improperly lighted; no cloak room; well painted inside; unpainted outside; in good re- pair. Equipment: Rough home-made desks; no teacher's desk; very poor blackboards; small State map only; no globe; no charts; no pictures; no reference dictionary; no library. Organization: One teacher; six months school year; six grades; average attendance last three years, 40 pupils. Maintenance: From County Board $270.00. CLEM SCHOOL. Location: On Central of Georgia railway; on lot 159; about center of the school district. Grounds: Area, one acre; titles doubtful; elevated, but bare lot; unimproved; small playgrounds; no school gardens; two toilets in bad condition. 30 Whooping Creek School Union School Clem School Center School Westbrook School 3] Building: Value $400.00; one room; no cloak rooms; improperly lighted; ceiled; unpainted; in bad repair. Equipment: Home-made desks; no teacher's desk; very poor black- boards; no maps; no globe; no charts; no pictures; no ref- erence dictionary: no library. Organization: One teacher; months school year: eight grades; average attendance last three years, 35 pupils. Maintenance: From County Board $240.00. CENTER SCHOOL. Location: On lot 98; two miles to Clem; two miles to Union. Grounds: Rrea, one acre; tit'es doubtful; small playgrounds; no school gardens; no toilets. Building: Value $400.00; one room; no cloak rooms; well lighted; unceiled; unpainted: in good repair. Equipment: No desks or teacher's desk; long benches; no black- board; small State map; no globe; nc charts; no pictures; no reference dictionary: no library. Organization: One teacher; six months school year; seven grades; average attendance last three years, 19 pupils. Maintenance: From County Board $150.00. WESTBROOK SCHOOL. Location: On lot 197: two miles to Stripling; two and one-half miles to CarroUton; two and one-half to Clem; two and one-half miles to Pleasant Hill. Grounds: Area and titles doubtful; unimproved; small playgrounds; no school gardens; one toilet only, in bad condition. Building: Value $450.00; one room; no cloak rooms; used as a church; unceiled: unfinished; unpainted. Equipment: No desks; long benches; no blackboards; no maps; no globe; no charts; no pictures; no dictionary; no library. Organization: One teacher; six months school year; six grades; average attendance last three years, 30 pupils. Maintenance: From County Board $210.00. 32 Teachers' Home Whitesburg High School WHITESBURG HIGH SCHOOL. (Under a Local System.) Faculty: Prof. Swetnam; Mrs. Swetnam; Miss Shirely Swetnam. Location: On Central of Georgia Railway. Grounds: Area, four acres; titles in Methodist church; a fine grove; ample playgrounds, partly improved; no school gardens; two toilets, condition insanitary. Buildings: An academic building with five class rooms; insufficiently lighted and badly planned; a teachers' home and dormitory in good condition; two small buildings; all probably worth $4,000.00; originally built for a church boarding school, now used as the town public school. Equipment: Double patent desks (in bad condition); very poor blackboards; no maps; no globe; no charts; no pictures; no reference dictionary; a small library. Organization: Three teachers; nine months school year; nine grades; enrollment 125; average attendance for last three years 86; no organized clubs. Maintenance: From County Board $600.00. Local taxation. 33 Lewis Chapel School Banning School SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 12. Containing approximately 55 lots, or about 18 square miles of terri- tory (exclusive of the Whitesburg local system). BANNING SCHOOL. Location: On lot No. 1; at the Cotton Mills; two miles from Whites- burg'. Grounds: Area uncertain; titles in Cotton Mills; unimproved; very small playgrounds; no school g-ardens; two toilets in good condition. Building: Value $600.00; one room; no cloak rooms: improperly lighted; floors oiled and well kept; ceiled; unpainted; used as church. Equipment: Double patent desks; no teacher's desk; good black- boards; no maps; no globe; no charts: no pictures; no ref- erence dictionary; no library; organ. Organization: One teacher; months school year; five grades; average attendance last three years, 28 pupils. Maintenance: From County Board $198.00. LEWIS CHAPEL SCHOOL. Location: On lot 21; near line of School District No. 11; two miles from Banning; three miles from Whitesburg. Grounds: Area and titles uncertain: unimproved; small play- grounds; no school gardens; no toilets. Building: Value $400.00; one room; no cloak rooms; improperly lighted; ceiled; unpainted; in good repair; used as a church. Equipment: No desks; no teacher's desk; long benches; no black- boards; no maps; no charts; no pictures; no reference dic- tionary; no library. Organization: One teacher; six months school year; six grades; average attendance last three years, 19 pupils. Maintenance: From County Board $150.00. Note: Within this school district is the Whitesburg School District, by Special Act. 34 SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 13. Containing approximately 39 lots, or 13 square miles. NEW WATSON SCHOOL. Location: On lot 135; two miles from County Line School. Grounds: Area and titles doubtful; unimproved; ample playgrounds; no school gardens; only one toilet, bad condition. Building: Value $600.00; one room; no cloak rooms; improperly lighted; ceiled; unpainted; in good repair; new. Equipment: Shop-made desks; no teacher's desk; fairly good black- boards; one United States history map only: no charts; no globe; no pictures; no reference dictionary; no library; or- gan. Organization: One teacher; six months school year; six grades; average attendance last three years, 38 pupils. Maintenance: From County Board $264.00. COUNTY LINE SCHOOL. Location: On lot 89; two miles from New Watson; near Douglas county line. Grounds: Area and titles uncertain; unimproved; fine grove; ample playgrounds: no school gardens; only one toilet, average condition. Building: Value $750.00; two-story, lodge overhead; lighting very bad; one class room; no cloak rooms; painted outside only; in bad condition. Equipment: No desks; no teacher's desk; long benches: no black- boards; small State map only; no globe; no charts: no pic- tures; no reference dictionary; no library. Organization: One teacher; six months school year; seven grades; average attendance last three years, 30 pupils. Maintenance: From County Board $210.00. 35 SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 14. Containing approximately 31 lots, or 10 square miles. LITTLE BETHEL SCHOOL. Location: On lot No. 226; near center of district; three and one-half miles to Hulett. Grounds: Area and titles doubtful; lot entirely unimproved; small playgrounds; no school gardens; only one toilet in average condition. Building: Value $1,600.00; two class rooms; no cloak rooms; fairly well lighted; ceiled; unpainted; in good condition. Equipment: Double patent desks; no teacher's desk; poor black- boards: no maps; no charts; no globe; no pictures; no library; no reference dictionary. Organization: One teacher; six months school year; eight grades; average attendance last three years, 48 pupils. Maintenance: From County Board $330.00. 36 SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 17. Containing approximately 25 lots, or 8 square miles. STRIPLING SCHOOL. Location: Two miles from Carrollton; on lot No. 253. Grounds: Area and titles doubtful; lot. unimproved; ample play- grounds; no school garden; only one toilet in fair condition. Building: Value $600.00; one class room; no cloak rooms; painted; fairly well lighted. Equipment: Home-made desks; no teacher's desk; very poor black- board; no maps: no charts; no globe; no pictures; no dic- tionary; no library. Organization: One teacher; eight grades; six months school year; average attendance last three years, 37 pupils. Maintenance: From County Board $252.00. 37 Pleasant Hill School Wayside School Cross Plains School 38 SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 15. Containing approximately 42 lots, or 11 square miles. CROSS PLAINS SCHOOL. Location: On lot No. 91; two and one-half miles from Wayside. Grounds: Area, one acre; title in Trustees; unimproved; large play- ground; no school garden; on'y one toilet in bad condition. Buildings: Value $500.00; two class rooms; lodge overhead; no cloak rooms; badly lighted; unceiled; unpainted; in bad repair. A two-room teacher's cottage valued $200.00. Equipment: Very rough home-made desks; no teacher's desk; no blackboards; no maps; no charts; no globe; no pictures; no library; no reference dictionary. Organization: One teacher; eight grades; six months school year; average attendance last three years, 28 pupils. Maintenance: From County Board of Education $264.00. PLEASANT HILL SCHOOL. Location: On lot No. 153; two miles to Carrollton. Grounds: Area doubtful; titles in Baptist Church; small play- grounds; no school gardens; only one toilet in bad condition. Building: A Baptist Church; one room; no cloak rooms; poorly lighted. Equipment: No desks; long benches; no blackboards; no maps; no charts; no globes; no pictures; no library; r.o dictionary. Organization: One teacher; six months school year; eight grades; average attendance last three years, 35 pupils. Maintenance: From County Board $240.00. WAYSIDE SCHOOL. Location: On lot No. 106; two miles from Cross Plains. Grounds: Area and titles doubtful; entirely unimproved; ample playgrounds; no school gardens; only one toilet. Building: Value $150.00; one room, no cloak rooms; insufficiently lighted; unpainted; in bad repair. Equipment: No desks; no teacher's desk; long benches; very poor blackboards; no maps; globe; no charts; no pictures; no library; no dictionary. Organization: One teacher; six grades; average attendance last three years, 38 pupils. Maintenance: From County Board $264.00. 39 'O A "^ GiRLsCAfimnoCLUB I Salem School Farmers' High School Canning Club Antioch School Victory School 40 FARMERS' HIGH SCHOOL. (A consolidation of Salem, Victory, and Antioch Schools.) (SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 19.) Teachers: J. M. Hurst, Miss Nellie Tysinger, Miss Hattie Hearn. Location: On lot 21. Since consolidation this is the only school in its school district, which contains about 31 land lots or ten square miles of territory. Grounds: Four acres area; titles in trustees; new location as yet unimproved; ample playgrounds: school gardens not yet developed; only one toilet, average condition. Building: Value $4,500.00; two-story frame building; four class rooms; auditorium above; no cloak rooms provided; lighting barely sufficient; a good new building; ceiled, but not yet painted. Equipment: Shop-made desks; no teachers' desks; poor blackboards; one United States history map; no charts; no globe; no sand-tables; no pictures; no reference dictionary; no library. Organization: Three teachers; eight months school year; eight grades; enrollment 130; average for past three years, 75; no programs posted; no organized club work. Maintenance: From County Board $522.00. 41 TALLAPOOSA SCHOOL. (SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 18.) Location: On lot No. — ; school district No. 18. Grounds: Area, two acres; titles in trustees; elevated, in fine grove; slightly improved; ample playgrounds; no school gardens; only one toilet, average condition. Building: Value, $900.00; two class rooms; no cloak rooms; improp- erly lighted; ceiled; unpainted; in good repair. Equipment: Home-made desks; no teachers' desks; very poor black- boards; one U. S. history map; no pictures; no charts; no globes; no library; a reference dictionary; flags, etc. Organization: Two teachers; eight grades; 110 enrollment; average attendance last three years, — ; eights months school year. Maintenance: From County Board, $ . 42 BOWDEN HIGH SCHOOL. (SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 20.) Location: Near center of school district, which contains about 36 land lots, or approximately 12 square miles. Grounds: Area, four acres; titles in a corporate board of trustees; fine grove; large playgrounds; no school gardens; two toilets in average condition. Building: Value $20,000.00; brick, two-story; nine class rooms and auditorium; no cloak rooms; well lighted; in fair condition of repair. Equipment: Single and double patent desks; cloth blackboards; very few maps; no globes; no charts; no pictures. Organization: Ten teachers; nine months school year; twelve grades; average attendance last three years, 229 pupils. Maintenance: From County Board $1,560.00. 43 Melrose School Sandy Flat School SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 21. Containing approximately 19 lots, or 7 square miles. SANDY FLAT SCHOOL. Location: On lot No. 167; three miles from Melrose. Grounds: Area, one acre; titles probably in a church adjoining; lot neglected; very small playground; no school gardens; no toilets. Building: Value $175.00; one room; no cloak room; insufficiently lighted; unceiled; unpainted; unfinished. Equipment: No desks; no teacher's desk; long benches; very poor blackboards; no maps; no globe; no charts; no pictures; no dictionary; no library. Organization: One teacher; six grades; six months school year; average attendance last three years, 28 pupils. Maintenance: From County Board $198.00. MELROSE SCHOOL. Location: On lot No. 145; three miles from Sandy Flat. Grounds: Area and titles doubtful; lot unimproved and neglected; small playgrounds; no school gardens; no toilets. Building: Value $600.00; one room; no cloak rooms; improperly lighted; ceiled; painted outside only; in good condition. Equipment: No desks; no teacher's desk; long benches; very poor blackboards; no maps; no charts; no globes; no pictures; no library; no dictionary. Organization: One teacher; eight grades; six months school year; average attendance last three years, 31 pupils. Maintenance: From County Board $216.00. 44 Mount School Hill Crest School SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 22. Containing approximately 29 lots, or 10 square miles. HILL CREST SCHOOL. Location: On lot No. 90. Grounds: Area and title doubtful; lot neglected; small playground; no school gardens; no toilets. Building: Value $300.00; one room; no cloak rooms; insufficiently lighted; unpainted; in bad repair. Equipment: Home-made desks; no teacher's desk; first-class black- boards; no maps; no globe; no charts; no pictures; no dic- tionary; no library. Organization: One teacher; eight grades; six months school year; average attendance last three years, 32 pupils. Maintenance: From County Board $222.00. MOUNT SCHOOL. Location: On lot No. 64; near line of school district No. 26. Grounds: Area and titles uncertain; lot neglected; small play- grounds; no school gardens; no toilets. Building: Value $150.00; one room; no cloak room; improperly lighted; unceiled; unpainted; in good condition. Equipment: Rough home-made desks and benches; no teacher's desk; very poor b'ackboard; no maps; no globe; no charts; no pictures: no dictionary; no library. Organization: One teacher; six grades; six months school year; average attendance last three years, 29 punils. Maintenance: From County Board $198.00. 45 Indian Creek School Liberty Hill School SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 23. Containing approximately 30 lots, or 10 square miles. LIBERTY HILL SCHOOL. Location: On lot No. 73; one-half mile to Indian Creek. Grounds: Area, one acre; titles conditional; lot neglected; very small playground; no school gardens; no toilets. Building: Value $350.00; two rooms; no cloak rooms; badly lighted; unpainted; rough condition. Equipment: Rough home-made desks; no teacher's desk; very poor blackboards; no maps; no globe; no charts; no pictures; no dictionary; no library. Organization: Two teachers; eight grades; six months school year; average attendance last three years, 38 pupils. Maintenance: From County Board $264.00. INDIAN CREEK SCHOOL. Location: On lot No. 95; one and one-half miles to Liberty Hill. Grounds: Area and titles uncertain; lot unimproved; small play- grounds; no school garden; one toilet in average condition. Building: Value $400.00; one room; no cloak room; badly lighted; unceiled; unpainted; unfinished. Equipment: Long benches; no teacher's desk; poor blackboards; no maps; no charts; no globe; no pictures; no library; no dic- tionary. Organization: One teacher; seven grades; six months school year; average attendance last three years, 40 pupils. Maintenance: From County Board $270.00. 46 SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 26. Containing approximately 29 lots, or 10 square miles. HIGH POINT SCHOOL. Location: On lot No. 4, near line of Haralson county; two and one- half miles from Hill Crest. Grounds: Area and titles are uncertain; grounds utterly neglected; small playgrounds; no school gardens; no toilets. Building: Value $75.00; one room; insufficiently lighted; unceiled; unpainted; in bad condition. Equipment: No desks; no teacher's desk; long benches; no black- boards; no maps; no charts; no globe; no pictures; no library; no reference dictionary. Organization: One teacher; seven grades; six months school year; average attendance for the last three years, 27 pupils. Maintenance: From County Board of Education $186.00. 47 White Oak Springs School Burwell School Sackville School 48 SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 24. Containing approximately 42 lots, or 14 square miles. WHITE OAK SPRINGS SCHOOL, Location: Two miles from Burwell; mile and a half from Bowden; on lot No. 80. Grounds: Area and title uncertain; grounds well cleaned up; ample playgrounds; no school gardens; no toilets. Building: Value $700.00; one room; no cloak room; improperly lighted; ceiled; unpainted; in good condition. Equipment: Double patent desks; no teacher's desk; very poor blackboard; no maps; no globe; no charts; no pictures; no dictionary; no library. Organization: One teacher; grades; six months school year; average attendance last three years, 29 pupils. Maintenance: From County Board of Education $198.00. BURWELL SCHOOL. Location: On lot No. 115; near center of school district; two miles from Sackville; two miles from White Oak Springs; two miles from Indian Creek. Grounds: Area, two acres; titles probably in Trustees; lot unim- proved and bare; ample playgrounds; no school garden; two toilets in bad condition. Building: Value $1,000.00; four class rooms; no cloak rooms; in- sufficiently lighted; unpainted; in bad repair. Equipment: Home-made desks; no teacher's desk; very poor black- boards; one small globe; one chart; no pictures; no refer- ence dictionary; no library; one clock. Organization: Four teachers; ten grades; eight months school year; average attendance last three years, 126 pupils. Maintenance: From County Board $840.00. SACKVILLE SCHOOL. Location: On lot No. 85; two and one-half miles to Burwell. Grounds: Area and titles uncertain; lot neglected; ample play- ground; no school gardens; no toilets. Building: Value $500.00; one class room; large room overhead; no cloak rooms; fairly lighted; unpainted; in medium con- dition. Equipment: Rough home-made desks; no teacher's desk; very poor blackboards; one United States map; no globe; no charts; no pictures; no dictionary; no library. Organization: One teacher; seven grades; six months school year; average attendance last three years, 26 pupils. Maintenance: From County Court $180.00. 49 Billow School Beulah School New Hope School 50 SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 25. Containing approximately 41 lots, or 14 square miles. BILLOW SCHOOL. Location: On lot No. 120. Grounds: Area and title uncertain; lot unimproved; nc school gar- den; small playground; only one toilet. Building: Value $400.00: one room; no cloak rooms; poorly lighted; ceiled; unpainted; in bad repair. Equipment: Rough home-made desks; no teacher's desk; poor black- boards; no maps; no charts; no globe; no pictures; no li- brary; no dictionary. Organization: One teacher; seven grades; six months school year; average attendance last three years, 30 pupils. Maintenance: From County Board of Education $210.00. NEW HOPE SCHOOL. Location: On lot No. 153; near center of district; two miles to Billow; two miles to Beulah. Grounds: Area uncertain; titles probably in the church adjoining; utterly neglected; small playgrounds; no school gardens; two toilets in bad condition. Building: Value $150.00; one room; no cloak rooms; insufficiently lighted; unpainted; in bad repair. Equipment: Rough home-made desks; no teacher's desk; no maps; no charts; no globe; no pictures; no library; no dictionary. Organization: One teacher; seven grades; six months school year; average attendance last three years, 30 pupils. Maintenance: From County Board of Education $210.00. BEULAH SCHOOL. Location: On lot No. 158; two and one-half miles from Carrollton. Grounds: Area uncertain; tit'es probably in a church adjoining; school house between church and graveyard; lot unimproved; small playgrounds; no school garden; only one toilet. Building: Value $500.00; one room; no cloak room; insufficiently lighted; painted inside and outside; in good condition and well kept. Equipment: Double patent desks; no teacher's desk; cloth black- boards; small State map: no globe; no chart; no pictures; no library; no dictionary; a covered water cooler; flag. Organization: One teacher; seven grades; six months school year; average attendance last three years, 35 pupils. ^Maintenance: From County Board $240.00. 51 trV-^ t-^f' Barge School Kansas School SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 27. Containing approximately 30 lots, or 10 square miles. BARGE SCHOOL. Location: On lot No. 32; near center of school district; one and one-half miles to Kansas; two and one-half miles to Union; three miles to Pate. Grounds: Area and titles doubtful; lot neglected; ample playground; no school gardens; two toilets. Building: Value $500.00; two rooms; no cloak rooms; insufficiently lighted; ceiled; unpainted; in dilapidated condition. Equipment: Single patent desks; good teacher's desk; very poor blackboard; no maps; no globe; no charts; no pictures; no library; no reference dictionary. Organization: One teacher; eight grades; six months school year; average attendance last three years, 29 pupils. Maintenance: From County Board $204.00. KANSAS SCHOOL. Location: On lot No. 38; near line of school district No. 26; one and one-half miles to Barge; one and one-quarter miles to Liberty Hill. Grounds: Area and titles uncertain; lot utterly neglected; no play- grounds; no school gardens; only one toilet in bad con- dition. Building: Value $350.00; one room; no cloak room; unpainted; in- sufficiently lighted; in dilapidated condition. Equipment: No desks; no teacher's desk; long benches; very poor blackboard; no maps; no charts; no globe; no pictures; no library; no dictionary. Organization: One teacher; eight grades; school year six months; average attendance last three years, 37 pupils. Maintenance: From County Board, $258.00. 52 mil '*-] o Qi Si o J o o a u H a H w o a -3 O O 76 J o o X c« o o 02 ^ c < o oi 'p D E a D , r O 2 'S o c < H , O ^ S o H ij 1-^ w a § a ffi H « l-j ^ O t^ 77 LETTER FROM STATE SUPERINTENDENT M. L. BRITTAIN To the County Superintendent and Teachers: Educational results and good teaching generally are not often secured in a shiftless-looking building in which neith- er patrons, pupils, nor teachers take any pride. Indefinite- ness has been removed at this point through the standard school. In the larger towns and cities pressure of public sentiment and the comment of visitors will sooner or later force good educational conditions — and they are improv- ing constantly. Rural communities need to be shown and inspired by educational leaders and we have sent diplomas to more than two hundred county schools where the super- intendents have certified to the fact that they have meas- ured up to the standard in every particular. There are a number of localities in the State where the feeling is that no community in the county is able to bring its school up to these very reasonable requirements. I cannot help but think that this is a mistaken view and that some standard schools could be secured in every county in Georgia and that these would serve to inspire the others to progress. Superintendents have written that the use of this efficiency test has developed more progress in the past 12 months than for years previous in the way of improvement. The plan is of no value, however, where it is not used or applied and I earnestly hope we will have the effort at least of every superintendent in the State to have his county repre- sented on this roll of honor. The list will be published in the next Annual Report. The standard is not unreasonably high and no more than the Georgia parent has the right to expect. Copies should be posted in every county school room in the State and can be secured for this purpose at any time on application to the State Department of Edu- cation. To be entitled to a diploma a school should measure up to the standard in the following particulars: 78 1. The Teacher. 1. Good Teaching. 2. Good Order and Management. 3. First Grade Certificate. 4. Full, Neat, and Accurate School Register. 5. Daily Program Posted in Room, 6. Teacher's Manual on Desk. II. Grounds. 1. Good Condition. 2. Playgrounds. 3. School Garden. 4. Two Separate Sanitary Closets. III. Building. 1. Painted Outside. 2. Plastered, or Ceiled and Painted. 3. No Leaks. 4. Windows without Broken Panes. 5. Cloak Rooms. 6. Good Doors with Locks and Keys. 7. Clean and Well-kept. IV. Equipment. 1. Patent Modern Desks. 2. At least 20 Lineal feet of Blackboard per Room. 3. Building Comfortably Heated and Ventilated, 4. Framed Pictures on the Wall. 5. Dictionary, Maps and Library. 6. Sanitary Water Supply. V, Associated Activities. 1. Manual Arts, Corn, Canning, Pig, Poultry, or Cook- ing Club. VI. Salary of Teacher. At least $40 per month. VII. Term. At least seven months. 79 LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 020 407 415 A