The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1901-08-28
GRADED SCHOOL OPENING.
1t VIII Occur on Monday, September
10th, Prox.

10 VIII Occur ON Monday, september
10th, Prox.
At recent meeting of the Board of
Control it was decided to have the
graded school open on the 10th of
September. This decision is matter
of considerable relief and qualification
to those directly interested, for it had
been reported that the school could
not open before the completion of the
improvements which are now being
made. These improvements cannot be
entirely completed before the first of
November, but the regular school
work will be carried on in the old
building until the new portion is
ready for occupancy, at which time a
portion of the old will be vacated so
that the carpenters can make the
necessary changes in the front, etc.
The school work will be somewhat
hampered at first on account of lack
of room, but this condition will not be
worse than it was during all of last
session.
The prospects for most successful
session are very fiattering and no
doubt many pupils from over the
country will take advantage of the
exceptional facilities that are offered
here to obtain thorough high school
education. When the building is
completed it will be one of the most
commodious, comfortable and convent
emily arranged high school buildings
to be found in the State. 1t will con
tain large auditorium, thirteen reci-
tation rooms, study hall, library,
office and cloak rooms, besides the
basement rooms. This will give a
maximum capacity of six or seven
hundred pupils, about 200 more than
the enr rollment of last session. 1t is
quite probable that it will be only a
few years ere the above enrolment will
be reached, but for the present there
is plenty of room and all pupils of
the country who desire to do so, are
cordially invited to come.
The rooms of the old building were
heated by ordinary coal stoves, with
the result that some pupils were "too
hot" while others were freezing" and
the room as whole was alternately
too hot and too cold. The city fathers
have attempted to make an improve
ment on this system and have spared
no expense in trying to secure the
most perfect school heating and ven
tilating system that can be obtained.
The hot air system of heating by
furnaces in the basement is considered
the ideal system, with good points too
numerous to be mentioned here. The
entire building will be heated by this
system.
Additional furniture, such as pupils
and teachers desks, recitation seats,
etc, have been ordered Also COM
plete line of maps, charts, globes, etc.
A set of apparatus for the physics de-
partment will be obtained, so that
this department will henceforth be of
great practical benefit to the pupils
who are fortunate enough to reach the
tenth grade. Those young ladies of
the county who are preparing to teach
would find it to their advantage to
take year in this high school so as to
get the advantage of this and other de-
partments in which they could get the
special preparation which they need.
The Principal informs us that ele-
mentary chemistry will be introduced
after this session and will be taught
with experiments.
| For some unknown reason Greek
has not, up to this time. been included
in the curriculum of this school, and
in this it is behind most of the other
graded schools of the State, but Prof.
Scott has now introduced this branch
as an optional study in the 9th and
10th grades, so that the boy or girl who
desires to take the B. A. course at
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college can now get all the preparation
needed in our high school.
There will also be provision here
after for irregular or special students
who need preparation in certain
branches, only. Such students will be
permitted to select their work, under
the direction of the Principal.
We are requested to urge the pat
rons to have their children ready to
start on the day of the opening. 1t is
very important that all should begin
together, and those who are late will
be at great disadvantage, and, as a
result, may be hampered in their work
all through the session.