The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1894-03-31
OF Interest to Pubic School Patrons. i.

and personal interest in their welfare.
] publish this report for the eonsid-
Grafton of public school patrons.
Although the opportunities of the
youth of this county are limited, our
examinations show that their al
vsncemen. in learning compares fa-
vorably with those of other counties.
In order TO make an equal exhibit of
their talents they should have the
corresponding advantage of our pro-
gressive institutions. The attainment
OF this result is entirely dependent
upon the building of suitable school,
houses furnished with the necessary
supplies.
In Pearlington and Logtown,
where the buzz of the saw and the
sound Of the whistle reverberate in
these localities to call to the mill
men to the daily vocation, we do not
find public school houses. This
thriving industry, in point of COM
merce, is without rival on the Mis-
sissppi sound, and IS carried on by
intelligent and wide-awake people,
noted for their generosity and hospi-
talitJ yet they seem TO haye lost
sight of the fact that school houses
adequately equipped are wanting.
The inhabitants of these communities
should build large school houses
with sufficient ventilation, supplied
with patented desk, tellurian globes,
slated blackboards, wall maps,
charts. numeral frames, ee'. The
expenses per capita for the foregoing
undertaking would be quite small.
How, j. II. Preston our State Super
IDtendent OF Education, in his circu.
lar letter makes use of this language: !:
"We as people must educate on
what we now have, not on what We
expect to get, lest we never educate.
New England with bleak climate and
barren soil, leads this country in
literary achievements aud IN wealth.
She has reached these results through
her public schools and other institu-
tions.'
AS for the structure ofAron Acad.
emy, it is well adapted to summer
term. IT has school fixtures, and a
general Improvement is manifest.
In Gainesville there IS no school
house.
The people Of Nicholso have not
yet awakened to o sense OF their
abilities. They are sending their
children off for instruction when the
same with some exertion on their
part could be received at home.
The inhabitants of the Stockstill
school district are becoming aroused
on The subject Of education, and
their efforts are proving beneficial.
The Megehee Public School is one
OF which | can speak with great
praise. The results accomplished
by this institution excel by far those
Of any other in our county. From
its walls have issued young men
with good practical English educa-
tion all prospering in their respec-
tive occupations.
Tho N. +. Schools are samewhat
improving. The pupils are more
regular in attendance than heretofore
and the patrons are realizing the i'm
portanco Of educating the young.
At the Center, there is a good
school house, which in appearance is
much in advance of ten years ago.
Further on my round, l reached
the Kiln School district where pub
lie school has not been taught for
two years. This state Of affairs is
owing to dispute among the patrons
relative to the school site-a point
too often engendered in ob3tinacy.
Bayou L'Enceint is l 1-2 miles
from Jordan River. The school
house In this district Is 80 rudely
constructed and so poorly furnished
that the ambition Of the teacher or
pupil is not apt to be stimulated.
Bay st. LOUIS Is separate school
district in this county. The great
desideratum for good school-house
has at last been accomplished. A
fine tract Of land, situated within
three blocks of the Gulf Coast was.
purchased on which d magnificent
two-story building was erected and
ready for occupancy last May. 1t
has five departments; three school
departments, lecture department
aud library department. This in
stitution has all the necessary equip
ments 1t is properly graded, and
under the control of efficient teach