LA 2.(0 2.1 I.W25A1 ~1\ ^ years below. These scores show that the children in the country schools have very little ability to understand what they read. Reading is very poorly taught in the rural schools. Sev- eral classes in oral reading were observed. The pupils either stood or sat in very bad position and called words indis- tinctly. The teacher pronounced the difficult words and at the end of the reading made a new assignment without discussing or permitting the children to discuss what had been read. Some of the teachers in the small schools were teaching their beginners by the alphabet method. In many 17 instances there were eight or ten pupils in the primer class and each pupil was reading on a separate page in the book. In addition to this there were in some instances one or two sections of the "first reader" class. Such an arrangement makes it absolutely impossible for the beginning classes to make anything like normal progress. The parents are part- ly to blame for this condition. The teachers say that the children start to school at any time during the term and come so irregularly that it is difficult to classify them. There were no charts, no perception cards for word drills nor other devices for making the work interesting. In some instances 16 or 17-year-old boys, who have had only sixth or seventh grade training, were teaching the primary grades. The wonder is not that the children under these conditions have learned so little, but that they have learned even as much as they have. LANGUAGE. The Trabue Language Scale B was used in measuring the work in language in the schools of Walker county. The test consists of twenty incomplete sentences — sentences in which some of the words are left out. The pupils are given seven minutes in which to write the missing words on the blank spaces. The score depends on the number of correct sentences the pupil has at the end of the seven minutes. Grade Medians made by the Schools of Walker County as Compared with the Standard Medians. Trabue Language Scale B. Grades II Ill IV V VI VII VIII Standard 5.8 8.6 10.4 11.6 12.6 13.6 14.6 LaFayette — 8.3 10.9 11.9 12.6 Chickamauga — 8.5 10.8 13.1 Linwood — 6.1 10.9 12.2 12.0 West LaFayette — 6.5 Rossville — 6.8 8.5 10.6 12.5 12.0 Cedar Grove — 6.7 8.4 10.7 10.5 12.5 Larger Schools — 6.8 8.0 11.3 11.8 14.1 13.5 Two-Teacher Schools — 6.0 8.6 10.5 10.9 12.1 11.9 One-Teacher Schools — 6.3 7.8 9.6 11.3 10.6 18 There is an a}3proximate difference of 1 between the standard scores for all of the grades above the fourth. Therefore if a grade score is 1 point below the standard score that gi-ade is a year below the standard in language work; if a grade score is .5 lower than the standard score, that grade is a half year below the standard in language work. The scores of all the grades except the third in the T.a- Fayette and the Chickamauga Schools are either up to or above the standard scores; the third grade score in these schools is almost up to standard. The third grade score Jn the Linwood School is about a year below standard; the fourth and fifth grade scores are above standard, and the sixth grade score is about a half-year below standard. The language test was given only to the third grade in the West LaFayette School. The score for this grade is just a little above the score made by the Linwood third grade. The scores of all grades in the Rossville School except the sixth are about a year below standard. The score made by the sixth grade in the Cedar Grove School is two years below the standard ; the scores made by the other grades in the school are about a year below standard. All of the gi-ades in the larger countrj^ schools except the fifth and seventh are a year or li/o years below standard, with the excep- tion of the scores made by the fourth grade, the scores made by all of the grades in the two-teacher schools are from a half to 11/2 years below the scores made by the larger schools, and the scores made by the one-teacher schools are an average of one-half year lower than the scores made by the two-teacher schools. The scores made by the one- teacher schools are very low. The seventh grade score made by these schools is just a little above the standard score for the fourth grade. The scores made by all of the schools except those made by the LaFayette and the Chickamauga schools are very much below standard and show that the language work in the schools of the county is not thorough. 19 ARITHMETIC. The Woody-McCall Arithmetic Test Form I was used to measure the work in aritmetic. The test consists of 35 miscellaneous examples involving the addition, subtraction, multiplication and division of simple numbers, fractions and decimals. These examples are printed on one sheet and are so arranged that they increase in difficulty. A time limit of 20 minutes is allowed for the completion of the test. Table Showing the Median Scores made in Arithmetic by the Schools of Walker County as compared with the Standard Scores- Grades III IV V VI VII 31.0 VIII Standard 13.0 18.5 24.0 28.5 33.0 LaFayette 14.5 18.5 21.4 23.3 Chickamaugee 13.0 15.7 20.2 22.1 25.0 Linwood 12.4 16.1 21.5 19.5 West LaFayette 11.5 12.9 21.3 Rossville 11.0 13.3 18.5 20.7 26.0 Cedar Grove 5.7 10.6 16.5 18.0 25.0 Larger Schools 10.3 14.5 16.4 21.5 21.9 26.5 Two-Teacher Schools 8.3 13.4 17.7 19.4 23.6 24.0 One-Teacher Schools 8.0 12.5 14.8 18.5 18.5 The LaFayette third grade score is above standard; the fourth grade score is up to standard; the fifth grade score is about a half-year below standard, and the sixth grade score is a year below standard. The third grade score of the Chickamauga School is up to standard, but the other grades are from a half-year to nearly two years below the standard scores. The scores made by all of the grades in the Linwood School are below standard. The score made by the sixth grade in this school is lower than the score made by the fifth grade. The scores made by all of the grades in the West LaFayette School are below the stand- ard scores. The score made by the Rossville third grade is only two points below the standard score, but the other grades are from a year to a year and a half below the stand- ard scores. The scores made by the lower grades in the Cedar Grove School are very low, but the score made by 20 the seventh grade compares very favorably with the s.ores made by the seventh grades in the Chickamauga and the Rossville Schools. The scores made by the lower grades in the larger country schools are about equal to the S(;ores made by the Rossville School, but the scores made by the seventh and eighth grades are more than two years below the standard scores. The scores made by the two-teacher country schools are lower than the scores made by the larger schools. The score made by the eighth grade in these schools is the same as the standard score for the fifth grade. The scores made by the one-teacher country schools are lower than the scores made by the two-teacher schools. The fourth grade score made by these schools is more than a year below the standard ; the fifth grade score is nearly two years below the standard, the sixth grade score is two years below, and the seventh grade score is three years below the standard score. The work being done in arithmetic in the upper grades in all of the schools in Walker county is below the standard , In all of the schools the scores made by the upper grades are further below the standard than the scores made by the lower grades. This is probably due to the fact that the teachers in the upper grades repeat some of the work done in the lower grades and do not require their pupils to push forward and master the subject matter outlined for their particular grade. The papers show that the upper grade children in all of the schools have difficulty in handling decimals and the simplest fractions. The scores made by the one-teacher schools and a study of the papers from these schools show that the pupils in the one-teacher schools are merely skimming the surface of the subject of arithmetic. When pupils who have studied arithmetic for six or seven years can do no more than add, subtract and multiply the simplest combinations of numbers, it is time for the people to investigate the causes of such inefficiency and waste of time. (These causes are referred to under the discussion of consolidation or reorganization of the county school sys- tem.) 21 SPELLING. The Monroe Timed Sentence Spelling Test was given to the high school grades in the LaFayette School, to the seventh grade in the Chickamauga School and to a few of the country schools. Only the scores made by the LaFay- ette School are given below. Median Scores made in Spelling by the High School Grades of the LaFayette School as compared with the Standard Scores. Glides VII VIII IX X Standard LaFayette The tenth grade is up to standard ; the ninth grade is almost up to standard, and the seventh and eighth gi'ades are very much below standard. The score made by the seventh grade in the Chickamauga School was above stand- ard. The papers handed in by the pupils of this grade v/ere very neat and showed that they have had excellent train- ing in dictation and composition work. The scores made by the country schools in which the spelling test was given were very low, the papers were very poorly written, and showed that no standards of composition were observed. More emphasis should be placed by the teachers of these schools on written spelling and practice in dictation. 86% 90% 70 7r 84% 86 90 65 73 84 90 22 CHIEF CAUSES OF LACK OF THOROUGHNESS IN THE RURAL SCHOOLS OF WALKER COUNTY. 1. Most of the schools have been left mainly to local administration. 2. Untrained teachers. 3. Too many grades per teacher. 4. Short school year — often divided into two terms. 5. Inadequate buildings and teaching equipment. 6. Irregularity of attendance. REMEDIES RECOMMENDED. 1. A businesslike administration of the entire county system by the county Board of Education and constant, close professional supervision of all teaching processes by superintendent and supervisors. This is essential, as in all other business enterprises, if unity of purpose, systematic efforts, and satisfactory results are to be expected. Perma- nent records of progress should be kept. (A good begin- ning in this direction has already been made.) 2. TRAINED TEACHERS— Teaching is a profression. The education of the county's 6,000 children is a very se- rious matter and should not be trifled with. A strong cen- tral administration and sufficient supervision will bring- about the solution of this problem. (Some Georgia counties now refuse to employ any teachers holding licenses below first gTade.) 3. Even trained teachers can not accomplish impossi- bilities.. Seven grades are more than anybody can teach well. An hour-a-day-to-a-grade is not enough, and results in great waste of the children's time and opportunity. CON- SOLIDATION wherever possible, and limitation of small schools to four or five grades where consolidations are im- practicable, appears to be the sensible and only solution. 23 Where little schools can not be consolidated we would strongly urge that they be grouped around one stronger central school whose influence and supervision can be ex- tended to them. A strong principal of such central school should, under direction of the county superintendent, give limited supervision to the smaller and weaker schools within his "gToup." Such a tentative grouping of the schools of the county is suggested by the map published herein. It is suggested that the several little schools on Lookout Moun- tain, because of their isolation and difficulties of access, should be given closer supervision than would be possible from the county superintendent and county supervisor, and the strongest principal of one of the best of these schools might be charged with such duty and responsibility in addi- tion to his duties as principal. Extra remuneration should, of course, be provided. 4. It can not be expected of country children to make a grade in six or seven months when it takes city children nine months. Still more is this true when buildings and equipment are inferior, teaching force weaker, and the short school year divided into two short terms. A LONGER AND CONTINUOUS SCHOOL YEAR IS NECESSARY IF WE EXPECT TO EDUCATE OUR CHILDREN. We can not educate our children if they are to go to school only "when they are not needed on the farm." 5. Just a good house is not necessarily a good school house. School houses should be "planned for the purpose" as skillfully as cotton mills or cow barns. A look at the pictures in this bulletin will be sufficient argument upon this subject. Fortunately, correct plans carefully worked out by experienced school architects may now be had from the State Department of Education upon application and without cost. 6. Enforce the compulsory attendance law. 7. Of course it will require more money to carry out 24 the above recommendations. We can not expect to get edu- cation cheaply. By overwhelming vote the people recently ratified the Constitutional Amendment which authorizes county Boards of Education to levy such taxes against their property as may be necessary to maintain good schools for their children. THIS RESPONSIBILITY NOW RESTS UPON THE COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION. Both education and good roads come high — but ignorance and bad roads cost vastly more 25 NEW AUDITORIUM OF THE CHICKAMAUGA HIGH SCHOOL. Prof. W. A. Wiley, Superintendent. The Chickamauga High School has two classroom buildings and a new auditorium which is well planned and modern in every detail. The school is a fully accredited Four-Year High School and has a faculty of thirteen teachers. The Chickamauga School is an independent system, but a large percentage of the pupils in the high school department come from the surrounding schools in the county and many of its gradutes go back to the rural schools as teachers. If the school were merged with the county system and its curriculum so organized as to offer courses more closely related to the immediate needs of the pupils and of the county- — courses in teacher-training and Vocational Agricul- ture and Home Economics — the school would be able to render a far greater service than it can possibly render under the present condi- tions. 27 I»f 28 The LaFayette High School is a fully accredited Four-Year Hifi:h School and receives aid from the State as a county high school. The new building is located on spacious grounds and ample playgrounds suited to the needs of the children in each department of the school will be developed later. The school has at present a faculty of four- teen well trained teachers and will probably have twenty teachers when the high school pupils from the surrounding schools are sent in. . As the school develops well equipped science and Home Economic laboratories will be added. As a County High School this institution should be able to ren- der service of untold value to the entire county. 29 KENSINGTON SCHOOL. Teachers: Mr. C. W. Bowman, Miss Ilah Williams. Location: Two miles east from New Prospect; four miles south from Pond Spring; five miles north from Cedar Grove. Grounds: Area, ; titles, ; very good condition; no play equipment; no gardens; one surface toilet. Building: Value, $1,200.00; three rooms; well lighted; fairly good condition; cloak rooms; very well kept; unpainted inside; painted outside. Equipment: Double patent desks; rough blackboards; no maps; no charts; no globes; no framed pictures; no library; no refer- ence dictionary. Organization: Two teachers; seven grades; 57 pupils; programs posted. Nine months' school year. Maintenance: $1,350.00 per annum. 8^ WESLEY CHAPEL SCHOOL. Teachers: Mr. Glen Duncan, Miss Ina Mae Mills. Location: Three miles north to Lee; three miles east to WaterviJle; one and one-half miles south to Oakdale. Grounds: Area, ; titles (private property) ; fairly level; un- improved; no gardens; one toilet, in very good condition. Building: Value, $1,200.00; two rooms; no cloak rooms; insufficiently lighted; well kept; unpainted inside; needs repainting outside. Equipment: Single patent desks (new); good 20-ft. blackboard; a few maps; no charts; no globes; no I'eference dictionary: no library; two framed pictures. Organization: Two teachers; nine grades; 49 enrolled; no program posted; 55 recitation periods; six months' school year. 31 WATERVILLE SCHOOL. Teachers: Miss Gladys Duncan, Miss Sadie Martin. Location: Three miles northeast to Oakdale; three miles east from Wesley Chapel; three miles south from Corinth. Grounds: Area, ; titles ( ?); unimproved but ample; low and moist; two springs; playgrounds clean but very small; no gardens; two toilets, in bad condition. Building: Value, $900.00; one room; in good condition; well kept; no cloak rooms; painted inside and outside; needs repainting outside. Organization: Two teachers; eight grades; 71 pupils. Six months' school year. Maintenance: $546.00 per annum from county. 82 WALLACEVILLE SCHOOL. Teachers: Miss Patsy Glenn, Mrs. Ella Buchanan. Location: Three miles west from Robertsville; three miles northeast from Garrett's Chapel; three miles north from Oak Grove. Grounds: Area, one acre; titles (?); hilly; not enough play ground; two toilets, in poor condition. Building: Vaiue^ $1,000.00; two rooms,, unilateral lighting; well kept; in very good condition; no cloak rooms; painted outside; un- painted inside. Equipment: Double patent desks (old); insufficient amount of black- board; no maps; no charts; no globes; no pictures; no li- brary; a reference dictionary. Organization: Two teachers; seven grades; 78 pupils; program posted. Maintenance: $750.00 per annum from county and local tax 33 VILLANOW SCHOOL. Teachers: W. N. Morgan; Mrs. Ewing Reed. Grounds: Area, two acres; titles in trustees; ample play grounds; no gardens; one surface toilet. Building: Value, ; one large room (curtain); improperly lighted; no cloak rooms; well kept; in good condition; painted inside and outside. Equipment: Double patent desks; fairly good blackboai-d; no maps; no charts; no globes; no library; a few pictures; a reference dictionary. Organization: Two teachers; nine grades; 86 pupils. Seven months' school year. 34 PEAVINE SCHOOL. Teachers: Herschel Powell, Miss Alma Conley. Location: Three miles north of Rock Spring. Grounds: Area, two acres; titles in church; neglected; ample p'ay grounds; no school gardens; water secured from spring; two toilets in neglected condition. Building: Value, $ ; two rooms; impropely lighted; no cloak rooms; painted inside; unpainted outside. Equipment: Double patent desks; blackboards; a U. S. man; no charts; no globes; no library; some framed pictures. Organization: Two teachers; seven grades; 53 enrolled; a corn club. Six months' school year. 35 CEDAR GROVE SCHOOL. Teachers: Mr. J. D. McFarlin, Mrs. J. D. McFarlin, Miss Eva Roper, Miss Elsie Andrews, Mrs. Lona Mai Powell, Mr. Westbrook. Location: Six miles south from Kensington, Grounds: Four acres; titles in board of trustees; level; fairly g-ood play grounds; no school gardens; sanitary toilets. Building: Value, $20,000.00; new building built by approved plan. Equipment: Single patent desks; teachers' tables; good blackboards; no maps; no charts; no framed pictures; globe;-; a small library; a reference dictionary. 86 Organization: Six teachers; ten grades; 164 pupils; programs posted; industrial work; two literary societies; community clubs; eight months' school year. Maintenance: 3,000.00 from county and local tax. NOTE — This school is the most notable instance of consolidation in the county. It is the result of a combination of thi-ee smnll schools and is receiving a bonus of $500 from the state under the Barrett-Rogers Act. It also receives state and federal aid for vocational education under the Smith-Hughes bill. 37 NAOMI SCHOOL. Teaciiers: Mr. B. D. Keown, Miss Ella Chapman, Miss Annie Justice. Location: Four miles east from LaFayette; three miles northeast from Corinth; four miles from Catlett. Grounds: Area, one acre; titles in Board of Education; hilly; not improved; no gardens; one surface toilet ,in fairly good con- dition; water secured from church cistern. Building: Value, $2,000.00; three rooms; cloak rooms; insufficient lighting; well kept and in good condition; unpainted inside; painted outside. Equipment: Double patent desks in two rooms; single patent in one; plenty of good blackboard; no maps; no charts; no globes; some framed pictures; covered water cooler in each room Organization : Three teachers, seven gi'ades, 127 pupils. Six months' school year. Maintenance: $1,206.00 per annum from county and local tax. 38 SHILOH SCHOOL. Teachers: Miss Rebecca Bomar, J. C. Young, Jr., LaF^iyetto, Ga., Route 3. Location: Three miles south to Pleasant Hill. Grounds: Area, one acre; titles (?); wooded; small play grounds; no gardens; one surface toilet, in good condition. Building: Value, $500.00; two rooms; insufficiently lighted; leaks badly; well kept; no cloak rooms; unpainted. Equipment: Single patent desks; good blackboards; no maps; no charts; no pictures; no library; no reference dictionary. Organization: Two teachers; eight grades; 45 enrolled. Six months' school year. 39 NEW PROSPECT SCHOOL. Teachers: Mr. Jones, Miss Kitchem. Location: Five miles north from Cedar Grove; two miles west from Kensington. Grounds: Area, ; titles, ; rough play grounds; no gardens; one surface toilet. Building: Value, $900.00; two rooms; no cloak rooms; in fairly good condition; very well kept; unpainted inside; painted outside. Equipment: Double patent and home-made desks; teachers' deskj^; insufficient amount of blackboard; no maps; no pictures: no charts; no globes; no library; no reference dictionary. Organizations: Two teachers; 76 pupils; 67 recitation periods: pio- grams posted. Six months' school year. Maintenance: $630.00. 40 ROCK SPRING SCHOOL. Teachers: Mr. R. L. Powell, Miss Lucile Payne. Location: Three miles north from Noble; five miles south from Pea- vine; three miles northwest from Center Grove. Grounds: Area, one acre; titles in trustees; level; no equipment; no gardens; two surface toilets. Building: Value, $1,500.00; two rooms; improperly lighted; fairly good condition; well kept; no cloak rooms; painted inside; needs new coat of paint outside. Equipment: Double desks; a teachers' table; insufficient blackboard; a few maps; no charts; no globes; a few framed pictures; a covered water cooler; a reference dictionary. Organization: Two teachers; seven grades; 123 pupils; 41 recit.iti.:.n periods. Six months' school year. Maintenance: $738.00 per annum from county and patrons. 41 HIGH POINT SCHOOL. Teachers: Mary A. Carroll, Louise Simms. Location: Five miles south to New Prospect; four and one-half miles north to Cenchat; one mile east to Garrett's Chapel. Grounds: One acre; titles (?); unimproved; no gardens; one surface toilet. Building: Value, $1,200.00; three rooms; in bad condition; not well kept; no cloak rooms; ceiled; painted outside. Equipment: Double and single patent desks; good blackboard; no maps; no globes; no charts; no pictures; no library; no reference dictionary. Organization: Two teachers; seven grades; 72 enrolled; six months' school year. 42 POND SPRING SCHOOL. Teachers: Miss Lilly Morgan and Mrs. Ada Shankle. Location: Four miles north from Kensington; three miles south from Oak Grove. Grounds: Area, ; titles in trustees; rocky; no equipment; no gardens; two toilets. Building: Value, $1,500.00; two rooms; very good condition; well kept; painted inside and outside. Equipment: Double patent desks; rough blackboards; no charts; no maps; no pictures; a library; a reference dictionary; covered water cooler. Organization: Two teachers; seven grades; 43 recitation periods; program posted. Six months' school year. Maintenance: $708.00 from county and patrons. 43 CORINTH SCHOOL. Teachers: Mr. Floyd Walker and Mr. Dill Keown. Location: Three miles north from Waterville; four miles south from Naomi; four miles east from LaFayette. Grounds: Area, ; titles, in church; unimproved; good well; insufficient play grounds; no gardens; two toilets, in bad condition. Building: Church; one room; no cloak rooms; very good condition; well kept; painted outside. Equipment: Long seats; insufficient blackboard; no maps; no charts; no globes; pictures; no library; no reference dictionary. Organization: Two teachers; seven grades; 95 enrolled; no program posted; 33 recitation periods. Six months' school year. Maintenance: $540.00 from county. 44 /K^ i — iir 1 wm mmf '-'"■ 1 « U « CHATTOOGA SCHOOL. Teachers: R. D. Love and Miss Elizabeth Thurman. Location: Four miles north from Harrisburg; three miles southeast from Fairview; four miles southwest from Ridgeway. Grounds: Area, two acres; titles in trustees; g-ood condition; ample play grounds; no school gardens; new toilets being con- structed. Building: Value, $3,000.00; two rooms; no cloak rooms; good con- dition; well kept; heated by stove; unpainted inside; painted outside. Equipment: Single patent desks; insufficient amount of blackboard; a map of United States; no sand tables; no charts; no globes; no framed pictures; a reference dictionary; a covered water cooler. Organization: Two teachers; eight grades; 131 pupils; program posted; corn and potato clubs. Maintenance: $1,122.00 from county and local tax. 45 CHENCHAT SCHOOL. Teachers: Miss Mollie Lawrence and Mr. Foster White. Location: Five miles from Wallaceville; five miles from High Point; three miles from Flint Stone. Grounds: Area, two acres; titles ( ? ; no equipment; no gardens; sur- face toilets, in very bad condition. Building: Value, $1,500.00; two rooms; no cloak rooms; improperly lighted; unfinished; kept fairly well; unpainted. Equipment: Long seats; six feet blackboard in each room; no charts; no sand tables; no globes; no framed pictures; no reference dictionary; a covered water cooler. Organization: Two teachers; seven grades; 76 pupils; programs posted; 39 recitation periods; no school clubs. Maintenance: $720.00 per annum. 46 WARREN SCHOOL. Teachers: Mr. J. T. Leamon, Miss Lois Martin Miss Annie McDanieL Location: Three miles north to Noble; two and one-half miles east to Bethel; two and one-half miles southeast to Sunnyside; three miles south to LaFayette. Grounds: Area, one acre; titles in county board; very good condi- tion; no gardens; water from cistern; two sanitary toilets, in good condition. Building: Three rooms; improperly lighted; one cloak room; well kept and in very good condition; painted; used for Sunday school. Equipment: Double patent desks; 45 feet of blackboard; no charts; no globes; no library; a reference dictionary; some pictures; maps of Georgia and United States. Organization: Three teachers, ten grades; 125 pupils; corn club. Six months' school year. 47 ROSSVILLE SCHOOL. Teachers: Mr. Whiteside, Miss Chambers, Mrs. Benson and Miss Leonard. Location: One and one-half miles from Dry Valley; one and a quarter miles from Lakeview; three miles from Mission Ridge. Grounds: Area, one lot; titles in trustees; rough; sanitary drinking fountains; flower boxes in windows; surface toilets. Building: Value, $5,000.00; four rooms; poor condition; very well kept; no cloak room; painted inside; brick outside. Equipment: Double and single patent desks; poor blackboard; some maps; no charts; reference dictionary; some globes; a libra- ry; an organ. Organization: Four teachers, eight grades; 278 pupils; eight months' school year. Maintenance: $3,150.00 per annum. 48 LINWOOD SCHOOL. Teachers: Miss Mamie Veasey, Miss Hanson, Miss Mildred Routt and Miss Irene Hanson. Location: Near LaFayette. Grounds: Area, ; titles in Union Cotton Mill; level; very good condition; no play equipment; two sanitary toilets. Building: Value, $6,000.00; three rooms; good condition; well kept; cloakrooms; painted. Equipment: Single patent desks; insufficient blackboard; some map?; some pictures; a library; a reference dictionary. Organization: Four teachers, seven grades; 143 enrolled; programs posted; clubs; nine months' school term. NOTE — Linwood is a separate municipality adjacent to LaFayette, at the Linwood Cotton Mills. It is an independent school sys- tem, supported mainly by the mill corporation. 49 FAIRVIEW SCHOOL. Teacher: Mrs. R. C. Linn. Location: Three miles north from Chattooga; four miles south from Burnt Mill. Grounds: Area, one acre; titles ( ? ; hilly; no play equipment; no gardens; no toilets; water from spring. Building: Value, $1,200.00; two rooms; no cloak rooms; in very good condition; fairly well kept; unpainted. Equipment: Double patent desks; insufficient blackboards; no maps; no charts; no pictures; no library; no reference dictionai'y. Organization: One teacher; five grades; 78 enrolled; 30 recitation periods; program posted. Six months' school term. Maintenance: $258.00 per annum. 50 SUNNYSIDE SCHOOL. Teacher: Miss Grace Bowen. Location: Four miles west from Pine Grove; two miles east from LaFayette; three miles south from Bethel. Grounds: Area, ; titles, in private individual; hilly; un- improved; no equipment; no gardens; no toilets; water from a spring. Building: Value, $100.00; one room; very poor condition; well kept; no cloak room, unpainted. Equipment: Long, home-made desks; insufficient blackboard; no maps; no charts; no globes; some pictures; no library. Organization: One teachei-, seven grades; 34 enrolled; 24 recitation periods. 51 RIDGEWAY SCHOOL. Teacher: Miss Ethel Skates. Location: Four miles northeast from Chattooga; four miles west from Wesley Chapel. Grounds : Area, ; titles, ; very rough ; rocky; no gardens; no toilets. Building: Value, $800.00; one room; no cloak room; improperly lighted. Equipment: Insufficient amount of blackboard; no sand tables; no charts; no framed pictures; no library; no reference dic- tionary. Organization: One teacher, five grades; 38 pupils. Maintenance: $330.00 from county and patrons. ft2 PINE CxROVE SCHOOL. Teacher: Miss Zephyr Palmer, LaFayette, Ga., Route 2. Grounds: Area, one acre; titles, ; small, no gardens:-.; one surface toilet; use neighbor's well for water. Building: Value, $1,000.00; one room; no cloak room; properly lighted; ceiled; painted outside. Equipment: Long, home-made desks; good blackboards; no maps; no charts; no globes; no pictures; no library; no referenrp dictionary. Organization: One teachei', seven grades; enrollment, 36. .Six months' school year. 53 OLD BETHEL SCHOOL. Teacher: Mrs. Edith Goodson, Chickamauga, Ga. Location: Three miles east from Pond Spring; five miles northeast from Rock Spring. Grounds: Area, ; titles, ; level; no play equip- ment; no gardens; two surface toilets. Building: Value, $1,200.00; one room; no cloak room; improperly lighted; fair condition; well kept; painted. Equipment: Double patent desks; a teachers' table; fairly good blackboard; no charts; no sand tables; no globes; no framed pictures; no library; no reference dictionary. Organization: One teacher, six grades; 41 pupils; 32 recitation pe- riods; program posted. Six months' school years. Maintenance: $258.00 per annum from county. 54 iByaf ^-\:^ i ^^41^ T^ w' hK^ i*^'''' '-%(£ ■ jr^^HiiL t i^lMli s^^i^ ^^Slir ^!^^-^S |H WSfi 1 1 ij[ H ■HPfv^B^T' ^ - v^Vs'^.g^^.g^^w^^y'^ IB ^^i^^i '^WliiiflliHl H OAK GROVE. Teacher: Miss Thelma Parker. Location: Three miles from Garrett's Chapel; three miles from Pond Spring. Grounds: Area, ; titles, ; grounds hilly and rough; water from a neighbor's well; no gardens; one toilet, in bad condition. Building: Value, $1,000; one room; lighting poor; good condition and well kept; no cloak rooms; painted inside and outside. Equipment: Double patent desks but very old; ample blackboard; no maps; no charts; no library; no reference dictionary; some framed pictures; a globe. Organization: One teacher, six grades; enrolled, 27; program posted; 28 recitation periods. Six months' school year. Maintenance: $240.00 per annum from county. 55 OAKDALE SCHOOL. Teacher: Miss Vinnie Parker. Location: Two and one-half miles south from Wesley Chapel; four miles southwest from Waterville; Morris (Chattooga County) two miles south. Grounds: Area, one acre; titles in individual; unimproved; a good well; no gardens; two surface toilets, in good condition. Building: Value, $300.00; one room; improperly lighted; unceiled; no cloak rooms; unpainted. Equipment: Long, home-made desks; insufficient amount of black- board; no maps; no charts; no globes; a few pictures; no library; a reference dictionary. Organization: One teacher, six grades; 38 enrolled. Seven months' school year. 56 NOBLE SCHOOL. Teacher: Miss Irene Glass. Location: Two miles south of Rock Spring; three miles noi'th of Warren; three miles west of Center School. Grounds: Area, one acre; titles in Board of Education; unimproved; no playground equipment; no school garden; water secured from neighbor's well; two surface toilets. Building: Value, $1,200.00; one room; improperly lighted; well kept; no cloak rooms; painted inside and outside. Equipment: Double patent desks; no charts; no globes; a few pic- tures; no library; one map; insufficient amount of black- board. Organization: One teacher, seven grades; 40 enrolled; no program posted; a pig club. Six months' school year. NEW GROVE SCHOOL. Teacher: Mr. Oscar Bowman, Curry ville, Ga. Location: Four miles south from Furnace. Grounds: Two acres; titles in Board of Education: rough but well kept; no play equipment; no gardens; no toilets. Building: Value, $1,500.00; good condition; well kept; two cloak rooms; unpainted; correctly lighted. Equipment: Rough, home-made desks; insufficient blackboard; a few maps; no charts; no globes; no pictures; no library. Organization: One teacher, five grades; 67 enrolled; no program posted; 39 recitation periods. Six months' school year. Maintenance: $390.00 per year from county and patrons. 58 HENDERSON SCHOOL. Teacher: Miss Chloe Kinsey, Villanow, Ga. Location: Salem (Whitfield County) two and one-half miles .east; Concord four miles south. Grounds: Area, ; titles, ; rocky; not level; un- improved; small playgrounds; no gardens; no toilets. Building: Value. $200.00; one room, very small and unsuited foi' schoolroom; improperly lighted; fairly well kept; no cloak rooms; unpainted. Equipment: Rough, home-made desks; no maps; no charts; no globes; no pictures; no library; no reference dictionary. Organization: One teacher, seven grades; 37 pupils; program posted; 37 recitation periods. Six months' school year. Maintenance: $258.00 per annum from county. 59 GRIFFIN SCHOOL. Teacher: Miss Jessie Hammontree. Location: Three miles west of Villanow; four miles north of Mill Creek. Grounds: One acre; titles in trustees; unimproved; small playground; no gardens; one toilet, in bad condition. Building: Value, $400.00; one room; improperly lighted; fairly good condition; well kept; no cloak rooms; unpainted. Equipment: Long benches; very poor blackboard; no maps; no charts; no globes; no pictures; no reference dictionary. Organiaztion: One teacher, seven grades; enrolled, 70; no clubs. 60 GARRETT'S CHAPEL SCHOOL. Teacher: Mrs. Amanda Pierce, Chickamauga, Ga. Location: Three miles southwest from Wallaceville; three miles west from Oak Grove. Grounds: Area, ; titles ; no play equipment; no gardens; one toilet, in very bad condition. Building: Value, $800.00; one room; poor lighting; very good condi- tion and well kept; no cloak rooms; painted outside but un- painted inside. Equipment: Home-made; poor blackboards; one map; no charts; no globes; no pictures; no library; no reference dictionary. Organization: One teacher, six grades; enrolled, 53; no program posted; 30 recitation periods; corn, pig and potato clubs. Six months' school year. Maintenance: $258.00 per annum from county. 61 FURNACE SCHOOL. Teacher: Miss Eddie Partain. Location: Three miles southeast of Villanow; four miles north from Pocket. Grounds: Area, ; titles, ; hilly and rocky, very poor condition; insufficient playgrounds; no gardens; no toilets. Building: Value, $300.00; one room; no cloak room; improperly lighted; unceiled; kept very well; unpainted. Equipment: Long seats; insufficient amount of blackboard; no maps; no charts; no globes; no pictures; no library; no reference dictionary. Organization: One teacher, seven grades; enrollment, 28; 22 recita- tion periods; no program posted. School year six months. Maintenance: $258.00 per annum. 62 CONCORD SCHOOL. Teacher: R. T. Rives. Location: One and a half miles east to Villanow. Grounds: Ten acres; titles in Methodist Church; woods; ample play- grounds but unimproved; no gardens; no toilets. Buildings: Value, $250.00; one room; insufficiently lighted; in bad condition, but v^^ell kept; floors oiled; unpainted. Equipment: Double patent and home-made desks; good blackboard; no maps; no charts; no globes; no pictures; no library; no reference dictionary. Organization: One teacher, seven grades; 56 enrolled. Six months' school year. 03 CENTER GROVE SCHOOL. Teacher: L. V. Swanson, LaFayette, Ga. Location: One and cne-half mi'e^ north from Bethel; three miles east from Noble; four miles northeast from Naomi; two and one-half mile 3 southeast from Rock Spring's; three miles east from Noble. Grounds: Area, one acre; ample playgrounds; no gardens; no equip- ment; one toilet, in very bad condition. Building: Value, $800.00; one-room; improperly lighted; very poor condition; well kept; ceiled but unpainted; one cloak room; used for church Equipment: Double patent desks; no teachers' desk; insufficient blackboard; one map; no sand table; no pictures; no water cooler; no charts; no globes. Organization: One teacher, seven grades; 57 pupils; no program posted; 30 recitation periods; no clubs. School year six months. Maintenance: $288.00 per year. 64 BRUNER'S CHAPEL. Teacher: Miss Rachel Wheeler. Location: Three and one-half miles south from Rossville; two miles east from Flintstone. Grounds: Titles, in church; no equipment for play; no gardens. Building: One room; very good condition; well kept; no cloak rooms; unpainted. Equipment: Long seats; two small blackboards; no maps; no charts; no pictures; no reference dictionary; no library; no globes Organization: One teacher, seven grades; 27 pupils; no program posted; no school clubs. School term, five months. Maiintenance: $400.00 per annum; county and local tax. G5 BETHEL SCHOOL. Teacher: Miss Ella Lane, LaFayette, Ga. Location: Four miles from Sunnyside; two miles from Center Grovo; three miles east from Noble. Grounds: Area, ; titles, church property; one well; small playgrounds; no improvements; two surface toilets. Building: Church; one room, 40'x50'; insufficiently lighted; very good condition; well kept; no cloak rooms; unpainted. Equipment: Long, home-made seats; a little blackboard; no maps; no charts; no pictures; no library; no dictionary. Organization: One teacher, six grades; 42 enrolled; no clubs; no industrial work; no program posted; six months' school term. Maintenance: $258.00 from county. 66 LEE SCHOOL. Teacher: Miss Ora White, LaFayette, Ga., Route 4. Location: Chapel, three miles south; Waterville, four miles south- east; Corinth, two and one-half miles east. Grounds: Area, ; titles, ; broken, rocky, but good shade trees; insufficient amount of playgrounds; two surface toilets, in bad condition. Building: Value, $900.00; one room; insufficiently lighted; ceiled; fairly well kept; no cloak rooms; unpainted. Equipment: No desks, use long wooden benches; insufficient amount of blackboard; one U. S. map; no charts; no globes; no framed pictures; no library; an organ. Organization: One teacher, seven grades; enrolled, 43; 29 recitation periods; no pi'ogram posted. Six months' school year. Maintenance: $330.00 per annum. 67 BURNT MILL SCHOOL. Teacher: Miss Beulah Shankle. Location: Three miles to LaFayette; two miles northwest to Estelle. Grounds: Area, ; titles ; good playgorunds, two surface toilets; condition, fair. Building: Value, $500.00; one room; well lighted; well kept; fairly good condition; no cloak rooms; painted inside. Equipment: Benches; fairly good blackboard; one map; a library; a globe; no charts; no framed pictures; no reference dictionary. Organization: One teacher, six grades; 61 enrolled. Six months' school term. 68 CATLETT SCHOOL. Teachers: J. C. Jones and Thomas McGill. Location: Four miles from Naomi; three miles east from Pine Grove; two miles south from Center Grove. Grounds: Area, one and one-half acres; titles, in board of trustee*^; level, but unimproved; g-ood spring; no play equipment; no gardens; two surface toilets. Building: Value, $800.00; one room; improperly lighted; fairly well kept; no cloak rooms; unpainted. Equipment: Long, home-made desks; 20 feet of good blackboard; r.o maps; no charts; no globes; no reference dictionary; i)o library. Organization: Two teachers, six grades; enrolled, 91; thirteen reci- tation periods to each teacher. Six months' school year. Maintenance: $690.00 from patrons and county. 69 MT. CARMEL SCHOOL. Teachers: Mr. Jerry Burns, Miss Mary McCurdy. Location: Four miles north from Ridgeway; three miles south of LaFayette. Grounds: Area, one acre; titles in trustees; very good condition; no play equipment; no gardens; two toilets, in bad condition. Building: Value, $1,200.00; two rooms; improperly lighted; very poor condition; one cloak room; painted. Equipment: Home-made desks; a teachers' table; rough, home-made blackboard; no maps; no" charts; no globes; no library; no reference dictionary; no pictures. Organization: Two teachers; seven grades; 85 enrolled. Seven months' school year. Maintenance: $1,328,00 per annum from county and local tax. 70 PLEASANT HILL SCHOOL. Teachers: Mrs. Lillie A. Taburiaux, Miss Arline McWilliams, Mrs. Rosa DeWitt. Location: Three miles north to Shiloh. Grounds: Area, one acre; title (?); unimproved; small play grounds; no toilets. Building: Value, $2,500.00; two rooms; no cloak rooms; improperly- lighted; well kept; painted. Equipment: Single patent desks; good blackboard; a map of United States; no charts; no globes; no pictures; no library; nc ref- erence dictionary. Organization: Three teachers; eight grades; 115 enrolled. Six months' school year. 71 HARRISBURG SCHOOL. Teacher: Miss Beatrice Morrison. Location: Four miles from Chattooga. Grounds: Area, ; titles, individual; level; not well kept; no play equipment; no gardens; one toilet, condition bad. Building:. .Value, $500.00; one room; insufficiently lighted; bad con- dition but well kept; no cloak rooms; unpainted. Equipment: Rough, home-made desks; a teachers' table; one small blackboard; no maps; no sand table; no charts; no globe; no pictures; no dictionary; no library. Organization: One teacher; six grades; 42 pupils; program posted; 28 recitation periods; six months' school year. Maintenance: $288 per annum from county. ROBERTSVILLE SCHOOL. Teacher: Mrs. Ella Buchanan. Location: One-half mile north from Chickamauga; three miles east from Wallaceville. Grounds: Building rented; very good play grounds; no garden; one surface toilet. Building: Improperly lighted; no cloak rooms; painted outside. Equipment: Home-made seats; no maps; no charts; no globes; no pictures; no reference dictionary. Organization: One teacher; seven grades; 31 pupils; 35 recitation periods; no clubs. Maintenance: $520.00 from county and patrons. 72 Jj~ T ^S^-_|^^|^>"'***"- ^-**: -»- 1 » III 9 HRHP IHB^Kv^lHB -msik V ^gHiiii jl2ILL_i^^H .{% . MMHLa^. LINWOOD SCHOOL. WEST LA FAYETTE SCHOOL. 73 t A- . ■ -, ii 1: ,rt ■■ 1 ,T|. 3l^^:» % 1 kir-^mmM . „.-*a!f. ^?s^.-- ^- L _- IHb... TRANS SCHOOL. DRY VALLEY SCHOOL. 74 OSBORN SCHOOL. ASCOLON SCHOOL. 75 DILLON SCHOOL PITTSBURG SCHOOL. 76