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SPLENDID WORK
HI WOOD LAWN
AS IS SHOWN
or pupils’
RECORDS
Creditable Marks Made in
Semi-Final Examinations
Held Durinq Past Week.
Names of Those Children
Graded Among the Highest in
Their Class Given. Many
Are Punctual in Attendance
Borne very rood record* were made
In the rrvrnth erode A of the Wood
lawn trhool durlne the month of Janu
ary-
Milton Beldlne had n perfect report.
C. B. Jones «ml Herman Crawford had
the next beat.
Not Abaont Noe Tardy.
There were several pupils who were
neither absent nor tardy durlne the
whole month. They are:
Jnele Andrews Emma Ezelle.
Nellie Andrews. <*. B. Jones,
I.ucll* Baal, Georgia Kay,
Isador Brown. I.llllan Mallard,
Mabe] Davis, George Perdue.
90 Par Cant or Over In Spelling.
Those who made 90 per cent and
above In the spellltie examination are:
Joale Andrews, Katherine llueler,
Ne'llle Andrews, Carrie Inelctt,
r,u, U ' B n r ,Te Margaret Johann.en,
Milton Beldlne.
Hurtle Best, Uladya Johnson,
laador Brown. (’. B. Jonea,
Maud Campbell. tieorela Kay,
Annie Cannon, I.llllan Milliard,
Herman Crawford, Ituaael McPhall.
Mabel DgvU, Ada I<m Nicholas,
Frans Oeea, Myrtla Heott,
Frankie Dike, Harry Smith.
Kinma Eielln, Sylvia Bofee.
Fourth Grade Pupils Punctual.
The folh wme pupils <af the fourth
tirade did not rataa a day In January
and were not tardy:
!>ahlta Oreeaon, Claude Banneater,
F.thel Montenmery, Jana Taliaferro,
**? rsr VT.'u'a , Matthew Mallard.
Kdw uni \V hU^hrad,
Mareuerlte Heott, K*hel l<» Sura,
Myrtlea Ackerman,Nonle Mullins,
Stack Brown, Alfred Fitzgerald,
Adolph Wltkowakl, Stanley Uadford,
Huey Watson, Ethel Waltera. 4
Eighth Grade Honor Roll.
The honor roll tor tha eighth entile
for January: Katherine Btgnon, Seta
Cullum. Mildred Manger, Wilma llad
ford. Kale Bell Hwearlngcn, IVarl
Tlnley, tlertmde Wallace, Ota Humph
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EDUCATIONAL NOTES
"Mot hare raft."
"Moth»rcmfi" l» a
prominent suhjcet in the element
ary schools of England.
Juniors Most.
School Janitors in Halt ls»ke
County. Utah, .meet together In “In
stitutes" every year to discuss tho
technical side of their work.
Dinners For School Girls.
Dinner Is served to the irtrls who
none to the evening classes In the
Washington Irving Utah School,
New York fit>. Instead of going
to the public restaurants, the girls
come directly from work to the
school and spend the Intervening
lime In the "gym" or reading
rooms
In Denmark.
In Denmark the achool-teachar Is
almost always furnished with u
house, harn, snd a few acres of
land, according to \V. I(. Smith, a
recent observer from the Vidled
Statea Korean of Education “The
tenure of office of the teacher Is
for life or good behavior, and 75
per cent of the rural teachers are
men who Betti* down In their re
spective communities. cultivate
the small farm, act as choristers
in the country church, and eaally
and naiuralljy become leaders In
affaire” F
Community Muaic.
Community music Is the latest In
co-operation The pastor of a
church In I«orust Valley. N. Y„
found that ths church, tho school,
snd the young people's organisa
tions were spending a total of
about $1,500 per year for tnuslo
without getting the best results.
At his suggestion they pooled their
funds snd secured for 5100 a
month the services of a competent
nfUalc director who spends two
days a week In Ixw-ust Valley, or
ganising and directing the music
for the church and achool, training
a children's choir, giving monthly
musical entertainments, and de
veloping a choral society.
WITH THE AUGUSTA SCHOOLS
Pupils Are in School
! From 4:30 o’Clock P. M.
Until 10 At Night
Jaraay City, N. J.—Pupils In the
Dickerson llleh School here went to
school from 4 30 In the afternoon to
10 o'clock at nfaht on ons occasion
lately, in order that the adult members
of their families might see the school
plant In operation, over 18,000 cltl
aena took advantage of the opportuni
ty offered by Superintendent Snyder
to sen what the high school was ac
tually doing. The aehnol program was
carried out In the regular order, Includ
ing the serving of tha school luncheon
about the middle of the session.
Kindergarten Tots
See Making of Bread;
Visit Fire Department
fin Wednesday the rhlldren of the
Central School kindergarten had a
delightful visit to Clauasen's Bakery.
On the first floor bread making was
whown. Herb also t,hey saw the
large oven for baking. This they
enjoyed very much—seeing the bak
ers put the bread In and wait only
a few minutes when out came so
many nice brown loaves that the
racks that hold them were soon fllleo.
Pies, rakes, etc, were being made
on the second floor.
The children were much pleased to
see the actual work carried on They
lef| giving many thanka lor their
intereatlng visit.
Then to the fire department. The
firemen and assistant chief took ea
pedal care In showing the children
every part of this building
The horses and wagons on tne
floor of course appealed to the chil
dren In a very strong manner.
On the third floor the children
found the "gym" here--they played
and had a most enjoyable time, the
firemen Joining In. Before leaving
they rang the fire hell and every
thing made ready for fire.
They were then ready to return to
school.
Games.
The kindergarten rhlldren meet
every Thursday afternoon at three
o’clock to play games They are be
ing Joined here by quite a number
Of children from the first and sec
ond grades A delightful hour was
spent last Thursday.
May Establish Trade
Schools For Teaching
of Unemployed Men
Chicago —Establishment of trad*
schoola for the teaching of unem
ployed men will be recommended In a
report which will be made soon by the
commission on unemployed appointed
by Mayor Carter H. Harrison. The
report may suggest that compulsory
schools he maintained for thoan who
do not want further schooling and who
refuse to work.
What Has Been Done At The Richmond Academy To Make It One of The
Best Prep Schools In The Country
1 have the honor to submit the fol
lowing report covering the work of
the Academy of ltlrhmond County
since (he lust report of the board was
published In the spring of 1911.
During that session, my first year
ns principal, two new members were
added to the faculty, the courses of
study were revised and extended
through five years to Include consid
erable Freshman College work, stand
ards of grading were raised, demotion
rules enforced, a complete card sys
tem of records was begun, extensive
changes and muttons were made In
equipment, etc.
In 1911-12, an Instructor In shop
work was added to the faculty, addi
tional courses In college history, Her
man and chemistry, elementary biol
ogy and woodworking were given, the
new equipment In science and wood
working being unusual In quality,
completeness and method of Installa
tion. In 1912-13. a local architect
Rave part time Instruction In archi
tectural drawing; new courses In ad
vanced woodworking, forge work,
spherical trigonometry and analytical
geometry were given, the new equt|s
ment in the forge being Identical with
that at the Georgia School of Tech
nology.
"The Technical Building."
During the summer of 1913. the old
Medical College Building abandoned
by the college became the property
of the Academy; It was remodeled
Instde and the entire sho*p equipment
with extensive additions was Install
ed on the first floor; the drawing
department and the new commercial
department were placed on the sec
ond floor. Ml of the new tables and
desks for drawing, bookkeeping and
typewriting were made during the
summer and the entire shop equip
ment was installed by some of the
cadets and Professor Skinner. In
structor and pupils deserve much
credit for their splendid The
results must be seen to he fully ap
preciated. The building was named
•'The Technical Building." tho old
\CAdtttJiy Building being called “The
Academic Building" these names
were placed upon the buildings in
CONCERT 10'fit
AT lODLAWN
Will Be Given in Compliment
to Parents of Children of the
School By Parent-Teacher
Club.
There will be a concert at the Wood
lawn school on the evening of Febru
ary 13. at H o'clock, given by th«
Parent-Teacher Association In roinpli
ment to the parents of the pupils of
the Woodlawn school.
Tha Program.
The following program will b*
given:
I’lano H'do Mtsa Julia Osborne.
Vocal Nolo—-Miss Kate Mulkey.
Recitation—Mias Hallle von def
Helth.
Vocal N<>|o Mrs. Cothran.
I’lano Duet— Misses Katherine Mal
lard and Juanita Kelly.
Nolo— Mr. Marquis.
Nolo—Mrs. Morris.
I’lano Nolo—Miss Hazel Murray.
Nolo Mr. N weeny ftykeH.
Nolo—Mias Miriam. Jainham.
Violin and I'lano—Mrs. I>eaa and
J. I>. Dean.
Amphlon Quartette.
Address by Miss Flisch.
Social.
large letters designed and made In
our shops by two of our cadets The
exteriora of both buildings were re
painted and harmonized in color
An Intercommunicating lelephone
system was installed In the Acade
mic Buildings, another laboratory
and a new classroom were added by
the removal of the woodshopa; an In
clined floor and now Individual seats
were provided for the science lecture
room; all Interior walls were kalso
nilned; the old forge room was ton
verted Into a field house with shower
baths and steel lockers, etc.
With the addition of the Technical
Building and Ra valuable equipment,
the academy la now the most valu
able piece of property administered
by the hoard of education. All of this
splendid equipment in grounds, build
ings. machinery, apparatus, etc, was
furnished by the Income from the
academy endowment in the hands of
the trustees of the academy. The
large use of this plant is evident
from the fact that the Technical
Buildings and the laboratories are In
regular use until 2.30 p. m , every
day. Including Saturday, also for four
afternoons each week; several class
rooms are also used beyond the reg
ular hours.
Full Freshman College Work.
At the opening of the session of
1913-1-4, two new members were add
ed to the faculty; new courses In
machine work In metal, descriptive
geometry, college biology, penman
ship, bookkeeping and business prac
tice, commercial law. typewriting and
stenography were offered
The academy now gives full fresh
htatt college work in practically all of
the various courses at the- -University
of Georgia, the Georgia School of
Technology and similar institutions;
it also give* the full pre-medical col
lege work required for entrance to
class “A'* medical colleges.
SVv far as I am Informed, no other
high school In this state has either
of these advantages. The new com-
THE AUCUSTA HERALD. AUGUSTA. GA.
Davidson School’s
January Record
The honor roll In the seventh grade,
Davidson School, for the month of
January Is as follow a:
Is.ra (Jain •
Bobble I'arka.
Excellent in Spelling.
Dora ('aln.
Excellent in Geogrephy,
l>ora Cain.
I’hlllp (ioldateln.
Kenila Taylor.
Excallent in Hietoey.
Harman Clark.
Philip (loldateln.
I'leavern Bushing.
Benita Taylor
Segond Grade Honor Roll,
The roll of honor in the second
grade Davidson school follows:
Elizabeth Crenshaw, Thomas Wright
Goodwin, Anna Herman, Albert Pum
ford, Onida Riddell. William HteaJey
Tarver, (Iraydon Willis. Ruby Whaley
and Grace Walton.
Eighth Grade Record.
Pupila of the Eighth Grade were ex
cellent in the following studies In
January:
Geography.
Ruth Mertina, Viola I.ee,.
Spelling.
Anita Tessier Frankie Davis, Viola
I,ee, Narah Fred*
History.
Anita Tessier, Ethel Addison, Viola
I.ee
Grammar.
Viola Dee, Ida Swearingen,.
FACTS ABOUT MAUGE STREET SCHOOL
— » ■ ■ ■
The Mauge Street negro school has an enrolment of
812 pupils at the present time. Altogether it will enroll
about 1,000 during the year. This enrolment is divided
among 12 grade teachers, which is aobut 67 pupils to each
teacher. In addition to the 12 grade teachers, there are
three teachers who devote themselves exclusively to prac
tical arts, such as sewing, cooking and laundry.
In the Mauge Street school there are 133 pupils who
study household affairs and carpentry. There are 63
who taking sewing, cooking and laundry work, 40 who
take laundry work only, and 30 boys who go once a week
to the carpenter shop.
The enrolment of some of the rooms is quite large.
In the first grades there is an enrolment of 107 in one
room and 126 in the other; in the second grades the en
rolment is 84 and 90; in the two third grades the enrol
ment is 61 and 65; in the fourth grades the enrolment is
48 and 48; in the fifth grade the enrolment is 46 and 46;
in the sixth grade the enrolment is 50; in the seventh
grade the enrolment is 41. Where the enrolment is heavy
enough to warrant it, the grades are divided into two
sections, one 'section coming in the morning and the other
section coming in the afternoon. This results in giving any
one teacher not more than 60 pupils at one time.
REPORT OF THE PRINCIPAL
mercial department is likewise dis
tinctly superior in equipment and In
practical training for young men ex
pecting to enter commercial life.
Satisfactory Work Required.
The general policy of requiring a
reasonable amount of satisfactory
work from every Individual In the
school has been followed with suc
cessful results; to represent the acad
emy in any contest, each cadet must
“1 nss" during the preceding week in
three units of work; no cadet may
contiuue a subject in which he is
hopelessly failing; this sometimes re
sults in his being “demoted" from
the school. On the other hand, the
free coaching classes in the after
noons, this fall, have been the salva
tion of many boys who needed special
instruction. The new plan of repeat
ing some first-term courses In the
second year term will also prove val
uable to cadets who have failed in one
or more first-term studies; such ca
dets can then repeat the subjects In
which they failed and proceed with
those in which they "passed"; this
also enables students to enter the
school advantageously at the begin
ning of the second term. 1 know of
no high school with the same enroll
ment as the academy having so flex
ible a system of administering the en
tire work of the school with refer
ence to the individual needs of each
student Such a system is logical
and efficient, but the difficulties of
administration are great.
Enrollment.
Raised standards and “demotions"
have reduced temporarily the number
of graduates, but the increased facil
ities of flie school have filled the
lower classes In a remarkable degree.
In January. 1912, the active enroll
ment was 129; in January'. 1913, it
was 142, showing ten per cent in
crease; in January. 1914, it is 2d2.
the increase being 42 per cent; this
is more than three times the rate of
RURAL TEACHERS
melt mm
Topic For Discussion at Next
Monthly Session is “The De
finite Purpose of All Educa
tion.”
The regular monthly meeting of the
Rural Teachers' Association, of Rich
mond county, will be held at the Cen
tral school, Saturday, February 14th,
at 10:30 a. 'tn. The subject will be "The
Definite Purpose of All Education."
The following teachers have been se
lected to discuss this subject or to pre
pare papers thereon: Misses Gladys
Bassford. Eva Boulineau. Mary l.ou
Marwick, Ruby Stone and Houtae Ashe
and Mr. Willard Holley
The committee on Hllerature, con
sisting of Miss Mary Hou Barwlek, Mrs.
Nannie Anderson, Miss Sadie Reese
and Mr. P. 8. Carmichael, who were
appointed to select a suitable list of
magazines and books as a library for
the rural teachers will make their re
port at this meeting
There Is a greater degree of Interest
being manifested among the rural
teachers now than ever before, and the
results of these monthly meetings are
being evidenced In many ways.
growth in any other school In the
local system, during the past year.
Analysis of this phenomenal in
crease in students enrolled shows
that we now have 96.5 per cent of the
cadets who were on the roll in June,
1913, and eligible to return in Sep
tember; this compares favorably with
83.5 per cent the preceding year. In
September, 1913, 62 boys entered
from the city grammar schools as
compared with 44 the previous year,
though the numbers available were
practically the same; from other
schools the number of entrants shows
about the same rate of increase.
It is logical, therefore, to conclude
that the causes lie within the acad
emy itself. "EFFICIENCY FOR THE
INDIVIDUAL” has been the aim con
stantly In view—that is giving to
every student the exact work he needs
in type and amount. Hence, effic
iency has increased with each new
type of work offered and also with
each new combination of subjects
which, a cadet could take without
conflict in schedule. Growth in each
of these particulars Is dependent upon
the number of qualified students en
rolled.
Unusual Opportunity.
An unusual opportunity to gain ad
ditional students without further ex
pense to the board of education now
presents itself. The old city hospital
building when abandoned as a hos
pital will revert to the academy.
With slight alterations of its in
terior the trustees can convert a por
tion of It into a dormitory for pupiis
whose board and tuition can be charg
ed them at its full cost; the remain
der of the building can be converted
into new classrooms as needed As
explained above, additional students
will increase the efficiency of the
school for the benefit of all in at
tendance; the dining-room of the dor
miuvrv could furnish lunches at cost
“The Least Illiterate of Our
Population Are Native-Born
Children of Foreign Parents”
JOHN MILLEDGE
HONOR ROLL
The honor roll for the month 'of
January at John Mllledge is as fol
lows:
Eighth Grade.
First Honor —Belle Thompson, Ads
Hee Gore, Dorena Murttn, tattle Stone.
Second Honor—Viola Bklnner, Naomi
Burns, Myrtla Bentley.
Seventh Grade.
First Honor—John Bohler Thomp
son. Willie Britt.
Second Honor —Sylvester Wilhelm.
Sixth Grade.
First Honor—Camille Qeeter.
Second Honor —Melrose Hamilton,
Allie Richardson, Alberta Skinner.
Sixth Grade.
First Honor —Ethel Collier, Dillte
Britt, Estelle 1-eaptrott, Adelaide
Moorman, I.eah White, I.ucile Beat sc,
Caroline Brodeur, Alma Vaughn, Thos
Barnes.
Second Honor—lnez Benson, Bessie
White, Annie Wright, Estelle Roper,
Bertha Brow'n.
—KATHERINE ARMSTRONG.
Davidson News
Perfect Reports.
Perfect reports for January were re
ceived by the following pupils of the
third grade, Davidson school: Sarah
Burrkhalter, Oscar Adams. Pearl Pag*.-
Fannie Sandler, and Jayme Weeks.
Neither Absent Nor Tardy.
The pupils neither absent nor tardy
during the month were: Oscar Adams,
Arthur Bleakley, Albert Fender, Haze!
Hill, Jayme Weeks, Henry Holmes,
Henry Inman, F. G. Mertlns, Fannie
Sandler, Gussie Owens, Claude Tes
sier, and Heywood Woodward.
Each High School
Class Named For a
Prominent Citizen
Fairmont, W. Va.—Each class In the
Fairmont High School is named for
some prominent citizen of the city. The
citizen thus designated is known as
the class sponsor. The sponsor takes
a personal interest in the class. He en
tertalns them once or twice during
their Junior and senior years, and as
sists them in different ways in their
various class enterprises. In some in
stances sponsors have been successful
In keeping hoys and girls In school who
would otherwise have dropped out.
for boys who now find it inconvenient
to go home to the suburbs and then
return for afternoon work at the acad
emy.
A boarding department would algo
enable the academy to render greater
service to thfe Medical College here
by attracting studnts from this sec
tion of the South, giving them the
full training necessary to enter the
college while keeping them In such
close touch with the college that they
would practically be certain to at
tend this medical college rather than
some other, as might be true if they
received their preliminary training
elsewhere. Augusta has contributed
too generously to the Medical College
to neglect this opportunity to pro
vide additional well prepared stu
dents to the college. Of course, the
larger part of the fees and other ex
penses of the boarders would swell
Augusta's trade to that extent.
Recommendation.
As no part or the dormitory plan
involves expense to the board of edu
cation and as the efficiency and use
fulness of the school will be Increas
ed thereby, as new people would be
(attracted to Augusta putting their
money into circulation here, I strong
ly recommend that the board of edu
cation urge the board of trustees to
make this use of the old city hospital
building as soon as it reverts to tyie
academy.
In closing this report, 1 beg to
thank the officers of the board of
education for their sympathetic co
operation in the development of th 1
academy. I wish also to formally ex
press my hearty appreciation and
commendation of the other members
of the academy faculty who deserve
much of the credit for the present ef
ficiency of the school.
Respectfully submitted,
GEO P. BFTLER.
Principal and Commandant Academy
of Richmond County.
The annual announcement of the
Academ;., contain!! g details of the
courses, equipment etc., may be ot>
talned from the principal
SUNDAY. FEBRUARY b.
Edited By
H.J.S.
U. S. Commissioner of Educa
tion P. P. Claxton Makes This
Statement in Speaking of the
Education of Immigrants
SAYS PROBLEM GREATER
IN UNITED STATES THAN
IN ANY OTHER COUNTRY
Illiteracy Among Children of
Native-Born Parents Three
Times A 3 Great As That
Among Native-Born Children
of Foreign Parents.
Washington.—That Immigrants are
keenly interested In schooling for their
children, or st least conspicuously
obedient to school-attendance laws, is
the declaration of I)r. P. P. Claxton,
I’nited States commissioner of educa
tion. "The least Illiterate of our pop
ulation are the native-born children of
foreign parents," says Dr. Claxton.
' The illiteracy among the children of
native-born parents is three times as
great as that among native-born chil
dren of foreign parents.”
Most Important to United States.
Dr. Claxton, in reviewing the prob
lem of education for immigrants. In
and out of school, says: "To the people
of no other country is the problem
o! so much importance a*s to the peo
ple of the United States. No other
country has so many men. women,
and children coming to its shores ev
ery year from all parts of the world.
"Many of those who have come to
us in recent years are from countri s
having very meager provisions for
public education. According to the
federal census of 1910 more than 23
per cent of the foreign-born popula
tion of three states was Illiterate,
from 15 to 25 per cent of five states,
from 10 to 15 per cent of eleven states,
and from 5 to 10 per cent of-21 states.
In only one state was the percentage
of illiteracy of the foreign-born pop.
ulation less than five.
Strangers in Strange Land
“Most of the immigrants In recent,
years have little kinship with the old-'
er stocks of our population, cither in
blood, language, methods of thought,
traditions, manners, cr customs; they
know little of our political and civic
life and are unused to our social ide ds;
their environment here is wholly dif
ferent from that to which they have
b*en accustomed. Strangers to eadh
ether, frequently from countries hos
tile to each other by tradition, of dif
ferent speech and creeds, they arc
thrown together, strangers among
strangers, in a strange country, and
are thought by us only as a conglom
erate mass of foreigners. With little
attention to their specific needs, they
are crowded into factories, mines, and
dirty tenement quarters,, too often the
prey of the exploiter In business and
the demagogue In politics.
Others to Be Looked After.
“Immigrant education is not alone
the question of the school education
of children. The millions of adult
men and women, and of children older
than the upper limit of the compul
sory- school-attendance age, must he
looked after; they must be prepared
for American citizenship and for par
ticipation in our democratic industrial,
social, and religious life; they must
he givpn sympathetic help in finding
themselves in their new environment
and In adjusting themselves to their
new opportunities and responsibilities.
The proper education of these people
is a duty which the nation owes to
Itself and to them. It can neglect this
duty only to their hurt and Its own
peril."
Central School Notes
An enthusiastic Parent-Teacher
meeting took place at the Central
school .Thursday afternoon at 4 o'clock
Mrs. Stannard Owens addressed the
members, and offered some very help
ful suggestions.
The pupils of the fourth (trade that
were perfect in all lessons and con
duct, and that were neither absent nor
tardy during the month of January
were: Arbel Pankinn, Cecil Sherlock
and Gertrude Badger.
The pupils of the eighth (trade made
delightful cheese straws, under the
able direction of the domestic science
teacher. Miss Tyler.
The follow ing names are those In tho
third grade. Central school, who have
been neither absent nor tardy during
the month of January: FVteda Brock
man, Charles Butler. Abram Dukes.
Moses Fogel, Alex Frank. James Ho-
Ban, Charlie Kilpatrick, Jake Perlman,
Mary Kllen Radcliff. Katherln Ru
pert. Kdna Whilden.
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Buffalo, N. Y., says they are the
"king of all laxatives. T.iey are a
blessing to all my family and I al
ways keep a box at home.” Get_ a
box and get well again. Price 25c.
At Druggi- .? or by mail
H. E. Bucklin & Co., Philadelphia of
St. V ouia.