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PACE SIX
SCHOOL NEWS
Carver School Selected
For “Project Talent”
WASHINGTON. D. C. - The
P-pjec. TALK NT office of the
G'ajversit.v of Pittsburgh, <upervi
3 n f 0Ml ‘ u ; vey f i he ^ili-
ties and aptitudes of American
youth, announced that George W.
Carver High School of Richmond
Hill, Geoigia would begin their
tests March 8. after being selected
a Project TALENT SCHOOL.
All the students of this high
school are scheduled to receive a
four-day series of tests designed
by'some of the leading educational
Desearchers of the country as part
of the first national inventory of
the aptitudes and abilities of
American youth. Approximately
ii|wn fP.O.OOO high school students,
from all of the 50 states,
Will participate In this represen¬
tative census which tests young
p«ople not only for their ability
'fil ordinary school work, but for
tfidir basic aptitudes. The students
jtrg also asked a wide range of
AetaeraL information questions bas-
|d pn ! current events and general
knowledge which a person gets
from out-of-school sources.
There will be follow-up studies,
It was said by Principal E. W.
Lash. One year from now, the
members of the senior class who
fvi|l have graduated and gone out
fco further schooling or to employ¬
ment in farm, factory and office,
will be queried as to their -occupa¬
tion pqd interest in further train¬
ing and education. Each of the
four classes tested will he followed
up. •
i According to the plan of this
survey, administered by the Uni¬
versity of Pittsburgh at Pitts¬
burgh, with funds from the Office
pf Education and other federal
agencies, it should he possible to
warn a great deal about the edu¬
cational system of America and
About the talents of American
youth by testing then) one year
|nd tften following up a year later
and Several^yeafs' later. By this
mean's the planners of the inven¬
tory hope to'tea i n how educational
background and interests work to¬
gether to lead various >cindfs of
talenjjs Into jvariopff: proffsdoite.
* At-ra meeting in Connection with
tha recant national gathering of
tchobi administrators in Atlantic
City. 1 the hfad of Tleetect TAL-
feNTj fessof Dr. University Jphn C. Flanagan, Pittsburgh, prb-
at of
told The administrator s that “the
aurvey will help local and national
planning ijouth groups to determine what
thp of 1900 have to offer,
tlewjmany have the mathematical
iptitl de to achieve satisfactory
mark > in college calculus, for ex-
an# l .?: How many have the me-
t Spencer PTA
weatjier, Despite the extremely cold
many parents were pres-
held e«t jjt Spencer’s P.T.A. meeting
March 1.
Mrs. Mildred Young was in
charge of the inspirational por-
tion eif the meeting after which Mr.
Cobhim, president, presided over
tii® business portion.
Miss Carrie Anderson, P.T.A.’s
contact peison and a delegate to
District Region II, Colored Par-
ents and Teachers Association
meeting, gave an informative re-
port.
JZ re.v*4 the the S <hstincf^hoof"bcimr d.st.nct hono. of bung
runner-up as “Parent of the Year”,
*t thi district meeting.
Mn . Irma Underwood and Mrs.
Lore! a Reese with Mrs. Henrietta
Wilh: * as alternate, were selected
as d« egates to attend the P.T.A.’s
BtaU Convention being held at
Athe, s, Ga. on March IP, 17, and
“if Yv °nne Williams and Miss
Chen J Cobham, local girl scouts,
rendaed piano solos.
Or March 17th the P.T.A. will
hqno Spencer’s teachers with a
lunch ?on.
Tompkins High
Junior High School De-
partAent at Tompkins High School
is sj^psoring its talent review or:
iy night, March 14, at 8
with Mrs. Katharin e
It acting as chairman of the
committee. An overflow
rice is expected,
apliins was host 3_ to the dis-
4-H Clubbers on Saturday in
Sbrary, Mrs. U. B. Ingersoll
represented the school.
The Wolverines represented this
s«rti$n of the state in the annual
basketball tournament at Atlanta Elim¬
last Aveek and the team was
inated by Carver High of Atlanta,
necessary to
come garage mechanics? The
t ; ()n nc() j s superior electronics
technicians and machinists, as
j wel1 "«tive scientists and writ-
| j ^ This inventory will sample
the tal ‘' n * s notary for all typo,
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Educational researchers wish to
d( ' t,>rrr ‘ ina thfi im P ortance of 8 “ ti '
j tudpti - ^cation in assist:,1,{ and the guidance student pro- to
I * ram9
I id, ' ritif J'- d <‘ velo >’’ and U9e aH llis
! taIen ^ ^ wil! fu ’"” h
j fapts for P ,ann,B * various 'W*
'of local school programs and the
TALENT program includes public,
private and parochial schools in
all types of urban and rural com¬
munities. How successful have
they been .in developing the apti¬
tudes of their students? ‘‘Good
teachers are interested not only in
the progress made in the basic edu¬
cational skills of reading, writing
und arithmetic,” Dr. Flanagan
said, “but in the various types of
knowledge) acquired both in and
out of classrooms.”
For each student, (15 scores, 800
items of information regarding
plans, preferences and back¬
grounds, and 300 items describing
his local school guidance and edu¬
cational programs will be recorded
on magnetic tape. (Electronic com¬
puters now make possible analysis
of such extensive data.) A follow¬
up study will compare these fac¬
tors with his subsequent successes
>r failures.
Project TALENT will also de¬
termine the number of students
who are planning to enter eollege
and advanced training during the
next four years. It will include
the estimates of the number of
potential teachers, physicians, law¬
yers, physicists, engineers) nurses,
biologists, metallurgists, etc., who
will seek training and the num¬
ber who plan to enter careers ip
public set vice, business adliithls-
tration, the humanities and the
arts.
1 he scores from , mdiv.du , a 1
scho^s Project: TkUtNT, will not be released will t*
but be
ported to the Schools, for t.h«ir own
use. The scores of ‘s|u<}ents trill
not be compared publicly by any
irfrcncy of Project TALENT, but
Will M* available for counselors tp
use in guiding students in vocas
t'onal decisions. The purpose of
the study is not to compare up*
school against another, but to learn
on a national basis what talents
are possessed by American youth
and what kind of abilities and edu-
cation lead to various kinds of cy¬
' reers.
Hodge PTA
i The Hodge School I’arent-
Teacher Association met Tuesday,
March 1, at the school. Mrs. Ouida
Thompson, vice president,
j A nominating committee was
' named as follows: Mrs. Martha
Wilson, Mrs. Edna Ellison, Miss
Corine Williams, Gussie Doe,
Walker Stringer and Mrs. Eunice
Brown, principal. ‘
Mrs. Brown reminded parents
| of Fupil Visitation Day and
March 8th, Parent Orientation. At
the meeting parents will hear talks
on how to prepare them , children
° f ^
M rs . Mary MeDew presented a
j wide variety of dental health ma¬
terials to all of the parents at the
close of the meeting.
The sixth grades presented a
program based on famous Negro
personalities. The the m e was
"These Are They"
Expressions for a speedy recov-
cry we:e extended Mrs. Dorothy
Washington, president, and Wuike'j
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ZETAS RECEPTION — The
abo.e photo shows a scene from
DeRenne School
On Tuesday night, March 1, at
7:00 P.M. a large group met In
the auditorium for the P.T.A.
meeting at DeRenne School.
Mrs. Carolyn G. Thomas led the
inspirational period, after which a
short business session was presid¬
ed over by the piesident, M. S.
Brown.
Delegates to the State Congress
to be held in Athens were elected
as follows: Matthew S. Brown and
Mrs. Adell Black with Mrs. Mobley
as alternate. Highlights of the
District Conference that was held
in Eulonia, Geoigia were compiled
by Mrs. Moffett, Mrs. Mobley and
Mrs. Cole and attached to the pro¬
gram. Mrs. Esther S. Warrick,
principal, made remarks (•oncerif-
ine‘thc school’s program.
Mrs, Leila Butler who is replac-
jng Mks. Sarah Bivins, who was
L transfei . red t0 Heu< , h Jr Hi(fh| was
tr(K j uced to lhe ,, T A Ml , g . But .
ler is also serving as secretary for
H.T.A; , <<
sMrs. Gertie Coleman hns joined
the staff to succeed Mrs. Merdis
J. I.yohs at Greenbriar. Mrs. Bar¬
bara Mendenhall, former 4th grade
teacher ,ut DeRenne, has a girl.
Sympathy went out to Mrs. Lll-
lie S. Scandrick upon the loss of
her grandfather.
Miss Ruby Wright announced
pre-school activities as follows:
Wednesday, March 9,at 5:00 I’.M.,
“Parents Orientation Day”; Wed¬
nesday, March Hi, at 11:30 A.M.,
“Children’s Visitation Day.” All
parents were urged to get their
children ready for school next fall.
Congratulations were extended
to the Procedure Book Committee.
Mrs. Thelma Tharpe served as
chairman assisted hv other mem¬
bers of the faculty. The Procedure
Book was the only one with Su¬
perior Rating at the District
P.T.A. Conference.
M. S. Brown has been acclaimed
tpe “Parent of The Year” for
Chatham County.
Mrs. Nancy II. Walker attended
the Special E^ucaTon^ Conference
at Douglas, Georgia. A special
I you „ went t(> Mrs Lottie
. I
1 IWn ’ * n al dt>nt P T A ' Worker,
| who took care of her class .
Mrs. Mary R. Council’s seventh
grade class won the banner by
having 20 parents present. A fami¬
ly movie was shown after roll call
Stringer, program chairman.
The attendance banner was won
by Mrs. Delores Washington, sixth
grade.
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the reception given by the Rho
Beta Chapter of Zeta Phi Beta
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Florance PTA
The Florance St. School PTA
met in the cafetorium of the
school on Tuesday, March 1.
Mrs. Mary Jackson, president,
presided. Inspiration was given ,
fcy Mi's. M. Johnson. A report
from the district meeting was
given by the president. Spe¬
cial mention was made of the
excellent rating given Florance
by the judges on the proce¬
dure book
Orientation Day, March 7 is
for mothers with children en¬
tering the first grade in Sep¬
tember to become familiar with
the program and to prepare
yov.»Tsters for entering school.
The mother’s club meets on
the same date at 7' p. m. at the
lesidence of Mrs. Mary Snow-
defi, 521 1-2 West 37th street.
March test 12 at 9 o’cl<x^.< jthe Lt.
Bicveie sponsored ov
Robert Funk of the Safety Di-
vision Of 'Chatham County Po- j
'lee Department will be jriven. given. j |
Licenses and certijiriates will brf'j j I
awarded pupils participating. I
March 18, the Tuberculin
Skin test will be given at the
school beginning at 9 r 30 ^a. ! rh. 1
With the following parents as- !
slating: Mesdarnes A. Reddick,
K B’ake and M. Jackson.
The Chatham County P. T. A.
Council will meet March 24 at
4 p. m. at the West Broad St.
YMCA. Mrs. E. Williams and
Mrs. A. James volunteered to I
attend. I
Highlighting the program for j
the evening was a panel dis¬
cussion. The panelists were
H. James, W. Reid and J. Q. I
Jefferson. The topic was “Im-
proving The External Environ-!
ment of Flroance School.” The
PTA Beautification committee
appointed included H. James,
chairman; L-Garrison, co chair-
man; Mesdarnes S. Postell. V.
Beavers, E. Scott, A.
C Bing, M. Patterson, M. Fra¬
zier, E. Campbell and W. Reid.
N. B. Elmore, principal an-
nounced that newsletters would
be sent parents giving a pro-: lev-!
gress report on the reading
els and accomplishments cf
their children. Appreciation was
expressed to Robert Young for,
donating shrubbery, Mrs. S. Pos-^
tell for obtaining a truck, Mrs.
M. Frazier for directing the
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College, March 6.
Pearl Lee Smith School
Pearl Lee Smith P.T.A. met
Tuesday, March 1, 7:00 P.M., with
the Vice-President, Mrs. Annie
Smith, presiding.
Miss Marguerite Wright, chair-
man of the curriculum committee,
presented a progress report of the
“Self Evalutative Study of the
School.”
The audience of parents became
pupils for awhile, filmstrips in
the area of reading -were shown
and taught by Mi-is Julia Johnson
1st grade; Miss Emma Lue Jor¬
dan, 2nd grade; Mrs, Alfreida Ha¬
bersham, 3rd grade.
Mrs. Ora Lee Brown, delegate
to the P. T. A. district meeting
which was held on Saturday, Feb¬
ruary 27, at Eulonia gave a re
port. Dear! Lee Smith P.T.A. re¬
ceived a certificate of recognition
for haying the largest number of
delegj^s attending the P.T.A.
Workshop at Riceboro Elementary
Schodl 'i n October,
l Mrt. Juanita Reid’s sixth grade
class class j nres •esented a Summary Pro-
strain* <n Egypt Thursday. March
if. 3. in in the the classroom at 9:30 A.M.
The teacher and pupils received
favorable comments from the
principal, Mrs. Cart ledge; libra-
rian - Mrs. Gadson; patents and
Mi'dqni^teachers ned program. for a well plan-
A large number of Slags and
advisors attended the Slags’ con-
vention at Tompkins Elementary
School on Saturday. Our Slags
received special recognition for
having over thirty in attendance.
The group displayed a shadow box
and a portable bulletin board.
Henry Kindergarten
The Henry Kindergarten PTA
will meet Monday night, March
21 at 7:30 p. m. at 519 W. dnvin-
nett. Ail parents are urged to
attend. Mrs. Eliza Johnson
president and Mrs. Iris Milton.
reporter.
planting and the pupils who
worked.
The president appointed the
following persons to serve on
the nominating committee: Mes-
dames M Rhaney, (Chr.' V.
Jones, A. James, E. Garrison, J.
Q. Jefferson and N. B. Elmore.
The following teachers
for the attendance award: M.
V, Jones, L Greene, N.
and W. Reid.
SLAGs Meet at Tompkins
BOI
ing of th^ Student Library Assist¬
ants of Georgia (SLAG) was held
at Tompkins High School on March
5. More than two hundred and
seventy-five students, both element¬
ary and high school, and advisers,
representing eight counties helped
to make the meeting a success and
one having the largest attendance
record.
The devotional program was
sponsored by the Tompkins’ Chap¬
ters with Areatha Ware, senior
and president of the Tompkins
Chapter presiding. The Tompkins
elementary chorus rendered two
numbers, “Sanctus” and “Lo, Be¬
hold” under the direction of Mrs.
Joan Wilcox and L. Roberts. The
business sessions were presided
over by Miss Betty Gordon, Al-
fied E. Beach student and presi¬
dent of Region XL Principal
James E. Luten of Tompkins High
School welcomed tne group to the
school.
During the “pep-session” Beach
Jr. High presented a creative dance
based on Snow White and the
Seven Dwarfs.
Schools that participated in the
bulletin board and display contest,
and the serapbook contest were as
follows* Bulletin hpa rd-s, West
Broad, Hodge, DeRenna (2nd
Moses Jackson School
Savannah State College iias se¬
lected Moses Jackson School as an
observation center fqr students en¬
rolled in one of its education
courses Human Growth and
Learning. Teachers participating
in this program include Mrs. Mabel
P. |lansha>v, first grade; Miss
Beatrice Mack, second grade; Mrs.
Gloria S. Brqwn, third grade;,Mrs.
Leila Braithwaite, fourth grade;
Mrs. Marie Watts, fifth grade;
Mrs. Alma Wade, sixth grade; and
Mrs. Virginia Nelson, seventh
grade.
Mrs. Wade’s sixth grade class is¬
sued its first edition of :# class
newspaper entitled, “The Tattler.”
Members of the editorial staff are
Editor-in-chief, Jucquelin Arnold;
Assistant Editor-in-chief, Cetta
Marshall; Business - M a n a-g e r„
Charles Nunnally; Sports Editor,
Ulysses Jackson; Circulation .Man-
agdr, William King; Art Editors,
Joseph Jordan apd Kenneth Her¬
rington; Advisor, Mi'S- A- R- l^ade.
Mrs. Wade’s cla^s is enjoying
their pen pal club. They,,are cor¬
responding with Mr. Johnston’s
sixth grade class at Roosevelt
School in Akron, Ohio. Mapy of.
then) received pictures'bf tliDiV p4*i
pals, which have been mountdcl.
Twenty one sjags attended rthe
annual Slags’ Regional Conference
at Tompkins EJea^entary School on
this meeting Mrs. Priester will in¬
struct the pupils on a “tall vase”
arrangement. Jonquil bulbs were
given to the chib by Mrs. Priester
to add to the beautification of the
school grounds.
The Spencer Log
j | ^ Spencer school has opened its
apd are happy to welcome
(-}, e c i asse s in Human Growth and
learning from Savannah State Col¬
lege. The class observed Miss
Katie Williams’ fifth grade and
Miss Barbara Buike’s second
grade.
All the primary grades are look¬
ing with anxiety for the animal
show. It is always a thrill and
delight to them to see the wild
animals.
Teachers and students are happy
to welcome three teachers back
who have been on the sick list:
Mrs. Ernestine Harris, Mrs.
Cavrye Roberts, and Mrs. Nadine
Lewis. , , .
Mrs, Terrell,- an instructor at
Savannah State College, and Mrs.
Williams, a student? observed the
j nutritional values ‘Cflrrie' on a; primary
level in Miss Andetson’s
class and upper elementary level
; n Mrs. Ruth ‘IVfiVi’gan’s class dur¬
ing the part week.
Miss Ellison’s second grade
class has a grocery store in its
classroom, and the students are
eniovine n’aving store.
Frmk W. Spencer School’s fae-
ulty held its monthly in-service
j meeting on February 24 in the
i school library. The theme was
f’Evidence of Planning by the
Pupils at Spencer. The advisor
-
! eaf b committee took a critical
look at her committee, pointing
out weak and strong points. The
entire body discussed various ways
of improvement.
The United States Society of
Zoology presented “The World of
Wild Animals” show. The chil¬
dren were fascinated by the Sloth,
this animal from South America,
who never walks upright,
Plans are being formulated for
Parents Orientation Day, March
0, and Pupil-Visitation Day March
U>-
Tuesday, February 29, Spencer
,, School organized a Jr. Jonquil
j Flowr Cluh - Mrs - L - s - Priester
I together with two faculty advisors,
| Mrs. Ann Stevens and Mrs. Daisy
f Fraser, met with 20 enthusiastic
junior gardeners to organize and
make plans for the remainder of j
the school year. * ' ; s
Officers elected were: Cheryl
Co bham, president; Francena
Washington, Vice president; Lil-
liarx Simmons, secretary; Julia
Jenkins, treasurer; Berthine Reese,
reporter. The next meeting will
be held on Tuesday, March 15. At
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place winner), Harris, and Tomp¬
kins ‘ Elementary (1st place);
Shadow boxes, Spencer, Smith,
Paulsen, Gadsden, Haven Home,
and Moses Jackson Elementary
Schools; Scrapbooks, West Broad,
Riceboro, Bailey Street (Way-
cross) and Screven County Train¬
ing School. Among the secondary
schools, Sol C. Johnson won first
place, and Tompkins High, second
place for scrapbooks. Other schools
nart ; c>pating were Beach Senior
High, Appling County Consolidat¬
ed Training School, Tompkins
High, first and second places in
the bulletin board exhibits.
Judges for the exhibits were
Miss Althea Williams, librarian,
Savannah State College; Miss
Celeste Hatcher, librarian, Car¬
negie Library; and P. Hampton,
assistant professor of fine arts,
Savannah State College. Appling
County was outstanding in the tal¬
ent presentation.
The next regional meeting will
be held in Appling County. Mrs.
K. Scruggs is Regional Slag ad¬
viser. Mrs. Matilda Rivers and
Mrs. Hattie Scott are advisers to
Tompkins Elementary Slag group
and Mrs. Ursuline Ingersoll, ad-
visej U> the Tompkins High School
chapter.
Saturday, March 6. Mrs. Colleen
| Nichols is chairman of the library
committee. f
Tractor Clinic
At Beach High
The Alfred E. Beach High
School Dept, of Vocational Agri¬
culture will sponsor a tractor clinic
on March 10 and U, for farmers
of the area.
On Thursday, March 10, from
7:00 P.M. to 9:00 P.M. a lecture
course will be held in the Bur¬
roughs Community House followed
by the showing of a film strip on
the subject. Friday, March 11,
from 9:00 A.M. to 3:30 P.M. the
clinic will be conducted on the
fdrm of Forrester Zipperer, Sr.,
thirteen miles on the Ogeechee
road.
Farmers owning tractors are
asked to bring (hem to the clinic ”
wfth g Jjst 0 j sum , ljes thgt wiJJ be
■needed tp service their tractors.
This list will-be Obtained frorti -the i
teacher of vocational agriculture •
at Beach High School. Farmers
who do not own tractors, but who
work with them are also asked
to attend. j-u . ii. :
n A. Ch Pearson, special shop/I
teacner'Tor the State Division of
VXHdtieroil Agriculture, and Rob*-~4X * ■.
ert A. Young^Jeacher Reach, pf,.ypcatlon-
al agriculture SconluH ■ : IliifJi -
School, will fke dlinic.
. Cooperating with this project:
are: O. L. Douglas, principal of
Beach High School; John Lytjen,
director of vocational Education
for Chatham County Schools; and
Forrester Zipperer, Sr. .