The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1890-06-28
GRENADA PUBLIC SCHOOL
..,ou Worthy of our Town and
People.

.stution Worthy OF our " ""''
People.
nine months session of the Gre
Graded Public School, which
an Friday, June 20, should in
,mble Judgment, not only be sat
wv but should receive the warm
.omiums of the patrons, the citi,
tbe public generally, and especi,
he taxpayers, the trustees, and
nyor and Aldermen. First it was
ion Of harmony, each department
its requirements without jar Or
N from any quarter. The pro-
Of the pupils is established by
If excellence recorded and kept
to the attendance and study,
. do not hesitate to say that the
|, racords will compare favorably
+hat Of any other public school in
Matte. It is established that a
PRACTICAL, useful education can
&oined in this institution equal to
demands of elementary learn
| In the higher grades, education
lcressive, aside from the higher
es young man or woman desir-
\ higher cirriculum, can be ac-
pdated.
|,efore the citizens should be
Of their public schools, and raj
|uud them with most liberal feel
and determination that they
n never fall beneath their present
lard of excellence. Mississippi
|manv monumental splendors to
h she can point with pride-monu-
l Of courage, skill and heroic de-
b to duty on the battle field;
|,ch her statesmen in Congress,
has snatched victory from the jaws
Neat. and woven chaplets OF fame
Ind the brows of her trusted repre-
hives in both ends of the National
|al: she can see in our Supreme I.
burt. her own son, the peer of peers,
feel the impress Of his master
adorning the domain OF this
dest of courts of iudicature on this
!. and be proud of his distinction:
AN travel over the history of her
utive. legislative and judicial sys-
and find monuments of wisdom,
10 and courage of which she can
k in no equivocal praise; she is
y proud of her elementary educa-
al Institution, her State University
other high schools dependent or
liberal support. But after all, hel
best mede of praise comes from the
rtOred minds Of the tens of thous
[d poor children, the sons and
giters of the toiling masses, as wei
bose with higher advantages, who
tully patronize our public graded
Ols, because it is the money o
!, in taxes, which support the whole
IN. We're we called upon to name
honor which rises high above al
rs to some extent, we would mari
er glorious escutcheon in letters o
6 light, Mississippi Public Schools
Iare not yet what they will be, bu
are growing higher and grandel
Y year. This is the perennial
lg from which the high and tn
the rich and the poor, all drinl
from that fountain whose ril
waters wash any log cabin o
'ly mansion within her borders
lie the field of study is not as broa
as comprehensive as our endowe
'ges, it is ample to cover all tn
wants of the multitude, and pre-
them for the rough battle of lii
lies before them.
ne general want of our publ
'ols is the want of competent teacl
These are coming forward ever
: in greater numbers, and of hight
ifcation. Fortunately the publ
te school in Grenada is subject
UGH restriction, as the faculty
hers will compare favorably, n
! with any other similar institute
he State, but is the equal of mai
ch do not claim State aid or pr
ion, and yet claim great distincti'
the ability of their teachers or pr
Ors.
he corps of teachers are Prof. H.
.llips, Principal; Miss M. G. Lus
he 9th grade; Miss Matte Ballar
he 4th; Miss Blanche Winter, OF t
Mrs. P. S. Dudly, of the End, a
;; M. Z. Ayers, of the 1st. This
u, Phillips second full term. Co
from Tennessee here about tV
rs ago almost a total stranger,
elyed the highest position in t
ool both as teacher and superinte
u, and from the beginning has i
sSed the trustees and the pub
q The singleness of devotion to
X, The trustees and the people O
my satisfied with him. Miss M.
SIX Is from jackson, Miss, where s