The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-08-02
SUPT. ASHMORE AT HOME.
HE REPORTS A PLEASANT TINE AT
CUMBERLAND.

Teachers Studied and Caught Fish.
Colleges to BE Asked 90 Agree on
a Uniform Enfranee Requirement..
The superintendent TO RearranEe
the school Districts TO Provide
for the New Anderson street
school.
supt. Otis Ashmore returned yesterday
morning from Cumberland Island where
he has been for the last three weeks in
attendance upon the annual meeting OF
the Georgia Teachers Association and the
teachers institute, which followed. supt.
Ashmore has been interested for years
IN the teachers association and # was nat
ural that he should take large part in
the meeting and the institute. He talks
very pleasantly Of the work at Cumber-
land.
our meeting was very successful" he
said I'VE had 208 teachers present at the
meeting OF the association. 80 Of whom re-
manned over to the institute. It was in
many respects the most satisfactory meet
ing we have ever held, and probably the
most representative one. Nearly every
public school superintendent from the
every educator Of prominence in the state.
All took an active interest in the meeting
and we had a number Of splendid papers.
Nearly all our prominent members re-
manned with US and took part In the insti-
tute. The teachers enjoyed themselves. We
were not OvercrOwded and we were well
taken care Of There seemed to be an I'M
limited amount Of FISH at Cumberland and
we had no difficulty in catching them"
"One of the best features Of the meet
ing" continued Mr.. Ashmore, was the
conference between the college men pres
ent and the teachers generally on the sub
Ject OF uniform entrance requirement on
the part or all colleges. We had represen-
tatlVes from the state university, Mercer
ana Emory. At present the requirements
Tor entering the colleges differ somewhat.
The Idea is to secure a uniform require
Inent not only for the col
out the south generally in order
that the schools in preparing students may
conform to fixed standard. This is not
the case now and student who may have
graduated from one of the best high
schools is likely to be required on apply
ing for admission to college, to equip him
self in certain studies before he can be
admitted. At some other college per-
haps, he would have been admitted with
trance requirement. AS there is an asso-
citation of the southern colleges this should
not be dlhicult. When the standard is fixed
the high schools and the teachers who
make speciality Of preparing students
Tor college will be able to work to that
standard with degree of certainty, which
is not the case now"
Work is progressing at a very satisfac-
tory rate on the new Anderson street
school building and the superintendent
has been assured by both the architect
and the contractors that the building will
De ready for occupancy by Oct. l. The
opening of the Anderson street school
VIII necessitate a Encouragement of the
lines OF the school districts Supt Ash
more Wall take up this matter at once
me lines of the present district will
nave to be pushed northward in order to
make district for the Anderson street
schoOl. This will tend to relieve the con-
gested condition of affairs at Chatham
Academy and win enable the superiDten-
dent to pace the two classes of boys. for
Wnlch II was necessary to find rooms out
sac OF the building last year. back in the
academy Some of the pupils from the
two Chatham grammar schools win he
transferred to the Massie school and some
10 the Barnard street school, In turn
some OF the children from these two
schools VIII be transferred to the Henry
ana Anderson street schools and the Hem
ry street school viii give up a large quota
OF It's present attendance to the new
school. This also necessitates n rea p
Iahgement of the desks in the schools
some or the desks at the academy are
now being removed to other schools. New
ueskS VIII be supplied to portion of the
hlsh schOol- The teachers for the Ander-
son street school have not vet been co
lected.