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A Minn METROPOUS.
DELIGHTFUL DALLAS.
The Prosperous County Site of Paulding
County.
ITS EDUCATIONAL ADVANTAGES.
A Splendid Schoo* and Accom
plished Teachers.
WELL EQUIPPED FOR THE WORK
Os Training th* Youthful Minds Ju the
Ways of Truth and Wi.*»<ioiu
i« located There.
“A city set upon 0 hill eannot'be
hid,” such is Ballas, a village of
800 inhabitants nestling among the
granite peaks and mica schist ridges
of the North Georgia gold belt anti
surrounded by valuable farms, min
■eral, and forests. Situated as she is
about twelve hundred feet above the
■sea and near the highest point in this
latitude east of the Mississippi; hav
ing the purest freestone water,
reached by shallow wells, even on
the highest hills, and bubbling from
numerous springs in every little val
ley; having no local cause for sickness
—Dallas enjoys health unexcelled'
Being on the Southern railroad thirty
three miles northwest of Atlanta and
eighteen miles southeast of Rockmart,
sixteen miles north of Villa Rica and
Douglasville and twenty miles south
of Cartersville, with Acworth seven
teen miles to the northeast and Buch
anan twenty miles to the southwest,
the town has ample territory and
convenience for a trade center.
The health here being good, the
field large and ripe for harvest, Dallas
enjoys excellent natural advantages
for a school of high grade. Nor is
such a school merely an idle dream,
for, under the united efforts of local
patronage and assistance a plan
already formulated promises to bear
results and bring in foreign aid. It is
hoped that this plan may rapidly
establish such a school. There could
never have been a better opportunity
nor a more propitious time for such
an effort
The Dallas High School has from
time to time and with varying success
continued its work under direction of
its teachers, among whom may be
mentiened; IProfs. F. M. Duncan.
John Alables, Termor Barrett, A. W.
Bobbins, and-J. M. Davis. At present
it is in -charge of M. D. West
The buildings are now too small to
accommodate the increased attend
ance, one hundred and sixty .pupils
having been enrolled during the .pres
ent school year. The furniture is of
the latest design, the desks costing
over $309 and the boards, maps,charts,
globes, &e., valued at half a hundred
dollars.
This school Is .the largest and most
imftortant school in the county,
employing one and three
assistants. The course of study is
mentioned below.
There is no special law for the
county public schools, but they are
arranged and taught as provided in
the State public school laws, and hold
spring and summer sessions. Among
some of the more prominent teachers
are: Pros P. D. Wiheelan, S. J. Brin
tle, .Tames T. and John T. Vaughn, G.
D. Frazier, W. R Owen, D. B Stokely,
M. Bullard, J. 8- Turner, T. J. Rags
dale, and Miss Emma Ragsdale.
Efforts have been and will continue
to be made to make -the county sys
tern more and more effective. The
plans proposed are, briefly, a redis
tricting the county, erecting and fur
nishing new school buildings, raising
necessary funds by local taxation,
grading the schools, and securing
tlie services of teachers known to be
efficient and successful.
The county school population is
4300, there being 325 colored. There
are fifty-five white and seven colored
teachers. The public funds for 1896
will be $7741. Charts, maps, &c.,
belonging to the county are valued at
over one thousand dollars, and the
teachers library, containing about a
hundred volumes, is valued at over
fifty dollars. Additions to this library
are continually being made, and,
though still small, is even now a
potent factor in the professional edu
cation of the teachers.
To facilitate and make more effec
tive the work of the teachers, the
schools will be graded and coarses of
study prescribed. To pupils furnish
ing certain studies certificates to this
effect will be given, exempting them
from examination 011 entering higher
grades or other schools. By this
means new interest may be awakened
and much valuable time saved for
the pupils by putting them at once
in their proper classes. Above the
mere knowledge of advancement the
pupils will then have something to
prove their grade, something tangi
ble to mark their progress.
ELEMENTA RY DEPA RTM ENT
DALLAS HIGH SCHOOL
Course of study.—Primary grades,
THE HOME TRIBUNE, TUESDAY. MAY 2P, 18 Mi.
A. B and C. divisions, comprising all
classes below fifth reader.
D division comprising arithmetic,
grammar, geography, spelling, pen
■ inanship and drawing, and language
[•exercise.
E. division comprising arithmetic,
grammar and composition, geog
raphy, and penmanship and drawing.
HIGH SCHOOL BO’ARTMEXT.
F. division comprising algebra,
I (higher arithmetic, El. geometry,
.physics, physical geography, rhetoric,
: general history, Latin, descriptive
I astronomy, and physiology.
G. division comprising, algebra,
| geometry, plane trigonometry, En
l glish literature and essay writting, El.
chemistry and El. psychology.
Lecturer on physiology psychology,
-zoology, civil government, political
economy, botany, and socialogy will
be given as time permits in the last
two years course.
Text books used are: Algebra,
1 Wentworth; trigonometry and geom
| etry, Wentworth; arithmetic, Robin
son Higher; physics, Gage’s El; rhe
-1 torie, Hart; history, Barne'sGeneral,
Curry’s South; Latin, Harkness;
Southern literature, Manley.
Public school uses: Language les
sons, Tarbell’s; grammar. Clarke
spelling, Stickney; geography. Apple
ton’s.; readers, Holme’s; history, Egg
leston’s; arithmetic, Sanford’s.
The following are to be supplied
later; Physical geography, English
literature, descriptive astronomy, El.
chemistry, supplementary reading,
physiology.
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PROF. M. ]). WEST.
Prof. Marcellus D. West, principal
of the Dallas High School, is an effi
cient and successful educator. He is i
a young man of fine intelligence, of a |
genial disposition, and good moral
character, and possesses that qualifi
cation which is essential to success in
his profession, namely, pride in his
work. He may be said to devote his '
entire time and attention to educa
tional work, for when he is not ac
tively engaged in the duties of the
school room, his energies are directed
'in some way to that which conduces
to self-improvement. He never tires
’ of pursuits which tend to the advance-
I ment of science, literature, and intel
-1 lectual culture.
I The ancestors of Prof. West were
among the earliest and most promi
nent settlers of Polk county. His
father went West to join the confed
erate army, serving four years there,
and was married to Miss Sallie Town
isend, of Arkansas. Their son, the sub
| ject of this sketch, was born in Clark
| county, Arkansas, on the 12th of Au
gust, 1.868. The parents soon after re
moved to Polk county, Georgia, which
became their permanent home.
Prof. West was reared on a farm
received an elementary education in
Cedartown under the tutelage of Prof.
J. C. Harris; later, he attended the
Peabody Normal college at Nashville,
graduating in 1.887 in a class consist
ing primarily of over eighty, and of
whom only fortj 7 seven graduated.
Since 1887 he has been actively en
gaged in teaching in Polk, Haralson,
Bartow, and Paulding counties; serv
ing for a while in the position of
assistant, and since holding several
principalships. In 1893 he served as
one of the instructors in Piedmond
Institute at Rockmart, having charge
of the department of mathematics
and science. He holds a permanent
license, and bears excellent testimo
nials for efficiency and success. On
the 30th of August. 1895, he was elected
principal of the Dallas High School
by a large and almost unanimous vote.
Though not an extremist in politics,
it is well known that his proclivities
are democratic He is master, royal
arch, and select master Mason, and
is also a member of the Baptist
church.
His habits are commendable; he is
free from such vices as liquor-drink
ing and tobacco-using; he is a socia
ble, good-natured gentleman, and in
many ways he sets a good example
before his students, with whom he is
very popular.
MISS IMOGENE FOSTER.
Miss Imogene Foster, first assistant
in the Dallas High School, isadaugh
ter of Dr. Thomas J. and Mrs. Mis
souri L Foster, and belongs to an
excellent family. She was born at
Dallas, Ga., on the 31st of January,
1876. This place is still her home, and
she received a common school educa
tion here. At the age of sixteen she
entered the Normal and Industrial
college at Milledgeville. From this
institution after a three years course,
she graduated in both collegiate and
normal departments.
At college as well as in the common
school she was noted for application
as well as ability. At her graduation
in June, 1895, she was selected from a
class of thirty-three to read the vale
dictory—no small honor. She bears
the highest recommendations from
I the president of her “Alma Mater”
• and from her instructor in the nor
! mal department.
As a teacher she has had fine sub-
• cess. Her methods are modern, she
carries enthusiasm into the school
room, provides ail necessary appli
ances, and uses every means to aid
her pupils in their work and to make
I study pleasant. She is a thorough and
progressive teacher.
Miss Imogene is a member of the
I Dallas Baptist church, a young lady
I of refinement, and one of the State’s
i worthiest daughters.
MISS ADA TUMLIN.
Miss Ada Paul Tumlin, of Acworth,
Ga., now teacher of music and elocu
tion in the Dallas High School, was
born in Cartersville, Ga., on the 11th
jof December, 1876 Her parents, Gen.
I N. B. and Mrs. Fannie Bryant Tum
’ lin, were of the best families in the
I country.
At an early age Miss Ada was placed
in school at Cartersville, and became
a close student. At the age of four
teen she entered Centenary Female
college at Cleveland, Tenn., where
I she spent three very successful years.
I Here she made a specialty of music
and elocution, and also made a splen
did record in her literary course. Her
instructor in music at the institution
was the famous composer, Prof. Fred
erich Agthe, of Berlin, Germany, and
she graduated in that branch at the
age of sixteen. Her elocution teachers
at the same institution were from the
conservatory of Oratory, Boston,
Massachusetts, and were of the high
est order. At her graduation in June,
1895, she won three medals—one for
music, another for elocution, and an
other for neatness of room. She now
holds excellent testimonials from
many well known musicians of Geor
gia, and her success as a teacher of
music and elocution has been marked
and brilliant.
Miss Ada is a member of the Bap
tist church, and is a lady of refine
ment and polished manners.
MISS ANGIE FAIN.
Miss Angie Fain, one of the assist
ants in the Dallas High School, is a
young lady of culture and refinement,
and belongs to one of the best families
in the country. She was born near
Yorkville, Paulding county, on the
23rd of December, 1876; ami at the
age of about three years, her parents,
Hon. William I. and Mrs. Henrietta
Fain, removed io Dallas where they
have since resided From the time
she was old enough to be placed in
school, she became a regular attend
ant and a diligent student in the Dal
las High School. She made fair suc
cess in mathematics, but developed a
special fondness for the languages
and for literature. She also exhibited
a genius for moral philosophy, phys
ics, and chemistry, and a taste for
music, painting, and other fine arts.
From her childhood Miss Angie had
an abition to become a teacher. Her
• talents combined with her lady-like
disposition, give her a fitness for the
all-important task of training the
juvenile mind, especially in the de-
I partments of literature and science.
1 She delights in her work, and has the
I necessary tact for inspiringherclasses
I with an interest in their studies. She
j is modest, but has high aspirations,
and expects to continue a life-long
student.
Miss Angie is a member of the Dal
las Methodist church, and also takes
an active interest in Sunday school
work. She believes in the education
of the heart as well as of the head,
and method and order seem to con
stitute a part of her religion.
HON. W. Z. SPINKS.
The subject of this sketch, Hon.
William Zebulon Spinks, was born
near Dallas, Ga., on the 24th of March,
1862. He is a son of Mr. W. B. and
Mrs. Mariam Spinks, and was reared
on a farm. He entered school when
quite young, and showed an unusual
fondness for study. Being a diligent
student he progressed rapidly in the
commorfschools where he obtained an
elementary education. Later he pur
sued an advanced course under Prof.
B. I). Whelan, showing a decided
taste for languages and literature,
and succeeding well in the classics
and mathematics.
At the age of 21 he became a
teacher, and followed this profession
for about 10 years, with good success.
In 1892 he was elected county school
commissioner by a unanimous vote of
the county board of education: and
in February, 1896, he was re-elected
without opposition. Under his admin
istration many improvements have
been effected in the condition of the
schools; and he has lately established
a Teachers’ Library for the county.
In January 1894, he formed a con
nection with the New Era, and
through his editorial labors the pa
per has been much improved.
In March, 1889, he was married to
Miss Savannah Williams, a very
worthy lady. They now have three
children, and their domestic life is
very happy.
Mr. Spinks is a democrat in politics.
He is a self made man. He is modest,
sober, honest, and conscientious—
and has been and will continue to be
a prominent factor in the develop
ment of his county’s interests and
resources.
A Sordid Vh\v of it.
“There’s a great difference between
Pfisher's two boys. He gave each of
them SIO,OOO. Silas has invested his
mone yin real estate. Julius is spend
ing his in fine eloathes. ”
“Don’t you worry about Julius. He’s
spending his money in buying cut flow
ers for the rich Miss Boodelle. It’ll pay
him a bigger interest some day than
ever Silas will get.”
P. S. —It did.—Chicago Tribune.