Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1896-05-28

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both white and colored schools.
This law, which is the one under
which the schools have since ex-
listed, imposed a tax of thirty
cents on the one hundred dollars
worth of property and ninety
cents on the poll.
Before the law could go into
effect, it had to be approved by a
majority of the voters of the
township. This was done, despite
the almost unanimous opposition
of the negroes, who were the prin-
cipal gamers by it.
Mr.. Alderman continued to
serve as superintendent until 1889,
when he resigned in order to hold
County Normal Institutes. His
superintendency was very for
tunate for the school and it is
chiefly to him that we owe the be
ginning of our very effective and
useful library. Upon his resigna-
ton, the trustees elected Mr.. Jas.
7. Joyner as superintendent, who
Immediately won his way to the
hearts of his pupils by his unfail-
ing goodness of heart, gentleness
and even temper. Under him the
school continued to grow and
prosper, and it was with sincere
sorrow and affection that we
parted with him in 1898, when he
was elected Professor of English
Literature in the Normal and In
dustrial College at Greensboro.
The next Superintendent was a
young man from our own town,
Mr.. Logan D.. Howell, who was,
at the time of his election, super
intendent Of the Tarboro Public
Schools. He was superintendent
for two years, and the school owes
a great deal to his pushing meth
DDS and original ideas. Last year
Mr.. Moses resigned the superin-
tendency of the Raleigh Public
Schools to accept the Chair of
Pedagogics in an important Nor
NAL College at Winthrop, S. c.,
and Mr.. Howell was elected to the
position thus vacated.
Mr.. j. |. Foust, our present
Superintendent. who formerly had
been principal of the High School
and had been superintendent Of the
Wilson schools, was then chosen
to succeed Mr.. Howell by the
trustees. His SUPPLEMENTARY
has proven a singularly happy
one for both teachers and pupils.
In the Graded and High Schools
there are now enrolled 1913 pupils
taught by fourteen teachers. OF
these pupils about 80 are mem
bers of the High School.
The school has outgrown its old
quarters, and although the main
building is a large, substantial,
f%our-story structure, containing
fourteen rooms, it is not large
enough to accommodate the pupils,
and an extra room has been built
in the yard, while two of the low
er grades are domiciled in an old
out-building. With this exception,
the pupils + very well housed.
In~orGer to accommodate this
large number, some of the s'befo-
de-war'' desks have been brought
down from the attic and made to
do duty in the High School.
The school library cont lins more
than 2 1000 volumes, including the
Encyclopedia BRITANNICA, Cham
bers' Encyclopedia, and two copies
of Webster's Unabridged Diction-
ary. These books are well cata-
logued and cared for by Miss
Susie Fulghum, of the class of
1895.
Within the last few years the
privilege of getting books from
the library has been given to the
pupils of the lower grades as well
as of the High School. Though
there have been a great many
presents of books from individuals
and several successful entertain
ments given for the benefit of the
library, yet the number of books
is still insufficient for the needs of
the school.
The room is very tastefully fur
nished and decorated and is adorned
by engravings of the best known
authors and by an oil portrait of
Columbus.
The standard of the schools has
been very high, and its
superintendent and principals
have been called away to accept
very important positions else
where, showing that its officers
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