The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1901-09-13
COUNTY SCHOOL MATTERS

has been in progress since the hrst
Monday of this month. is progress
ing nicely.
The school at Wells has been in
progress for about two months I'M
der the direction OF Mr. c. c. Lasley,
assisted by Miss Woody Marshall.
We understand there is large en-
rollment.
P. H. Ovens school at the Star
of Bethlehem is in fine condition.
Three weeks of the last term of
four months are gone. The pupils
are doing splendid work, and are
trying to make a better record for
the last four months.
Among the Obion County peda-
gogues and school mains (beg par
dong now doing good and creditahle
work in Lake County are J. B..
Bond, w. T. Moore, Reese Alexan-
der, Miss Eleanor Thomas, Mrs.
Sadie Chambers, Misses Claura
Gilbert and Lille Holmes.
The Houser Valley schoolhouse
is nov completed, having been built
at a cost of $3.50. This IS step
ahead of the general run of county
schoolhouses in our county, as the
ordinary building costs $500 or $500.
The building shows up to good ad-
vantage, being a credit to the COM
munity. We congratulate our
Houser Valley friends.
Miss Matte Phillips is the teach
er of a public school near Pierce
Station in Obion County, Tenn,
that opened Monday The session
will probably last seven or eight
months. Miss Phillips is highly
qualified and experienced teacher,
and any school district is fortunate
to secure her services in that re-
sponsible capacity Clinton (Ky0
Democrat.
Prof. ]. B. Bond left Wednesday
for Ridgely, Lake County, to take
charge of a school at that place.
This is one of the largest schools
in the county with school popula-
ton of more than 225 children. He
will be assisted by Mrs. Sadie
Chambers in primary department.
There will also be a music depart
ment under direction Miss Clara
A. Bills of Bolivar. Mr.. Bond an
ticipates a prosperous session.
The prospects are aattering for
the largest enrolment of pupils in
the Public High School in the his
tory of the institution. Scarcely a
day goes by that number of citi-
zens do not visit the present elegant
building now in course of erection.
These visitors are not confined to
Union City alone, but in many in
stances are from places many miles
distant. With full corps Of COM
petent teachers, a thoroughly equip
ped building and superb course of
study, Union City bids fair to have
the banner school of the State.
The Board of Education has just
placed an order for over $50 single
desks, which, added to the $50 or
more single desks purchased last
year, will furnish the public school
with 500 single desks, thus placing
each pupil in seat separate and
apart from his classmate. This ar
rangement will not only tend to
secure the highest standard of or
der in the study halls, but it will
tend to throw the pupil on his own
resources, to cultivate individuality
and reduce to a minimum the desire
to communicate.
We have before us the announce
ment of the Tiptonville High School,
under direction of Prof. w. t.
Moore. A cut appears on front
page representing their new build
ing, of which the announcement
says: 1.-THE High School Building,
now nearing completion, is hand
some brick and stone structure,
which, when completed, will cost
over $500. 1t is modelled on
classic lines, is two stories high,
cross shaped, surmounted by
tower. and contains nine rooms ex-
elusive of halls and basement, etc.
Hurrah for Tiptonville.
A great deal of interest is being
manifested in the work of remodel
ing the public school building. To
be sure, the Union City public
school edifice will be a structure of
which our citizens may well be
proud And right here it might be
proper to speak in public way of
the new equipment There will be
four large, commodious study halls,
with two recitation rooms opening
into each; that is, eight recitation
rooms. A large hall on the ground
floor leads from front to rear, as
before. The old belfry is displaced
by large skylight, which lights up
a ~.