Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1903-05-29
BOARD IS GOING TO
MAKE BIG CHANGE.
Hereafter to Purchase AL
Books.
REQUIRED IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS
Great Saving In Cost to Parents Thus
Effected School Board viii Own
and Rent the Books-Annual Elec'
ton of School Teachers.

The annual meeting OF the CITY |
Board of Education was held yester-
day, and besides the election of teach
ers for the next school term beginning
in September several very important
changes were brought about which
will result in advantage to the system,
recognized as one of the best in the
state.
First and most important, there will
be no more buying of school books by
parents of pupils.
Their emancipation from this bur
den, onerous as might be expected, is
brought about by the adoption of an
entirely new plan whereby the school
board will buy and own all books.
Instead of putting the book buying
burden upon parents of pupils as in
past years, the Board of Education
will, in future, buy all books required
in the public schools, and will trent"
them to pupils of all grades at a fixed
charge ranging from 81 to S. per year
to each pupil, which price includes all
the books required.
Usually at the beginning of each
term, as parents we'll know, there is
quite a buying of books in all grades,
and at cost considerable in the end.
This is now obviated under the new
plan.
In Columbus and other Georgia cit
les this plan operates most satisfac-
torlly, the board of education buying
all books, stationery, pens, pencils etc.
and furnishing them to pupils at fig.
ures below usual cost These books
will be we'll preserved, and used until
the board decides to sell them and
substitute other works,
And its adoption in Americas will
be hailed with pleasure.
The Election of Teachers.
The annual election of teachers in all
the schools was likewise a subject OF
much interest. and occupied some lit
tie time,
Superintendent j. E. Mathis wes, OF
course, re elected as was Prof. A. G..
Miller, principal of Furlow School
and all the teachers of the High School
department with the exception Of
Prof. Bradley w. Young, professor Of
English and Spanish, who declined re-
election, as he intends to enter Har
ward College shortly to pursue full
law course.
After beng duly ADVERTISED, an cleo
ton to fill this vacancy will be held oil
the fourth Thursday in June. Alresd.
there are several applicants.
Misses Sarah Wheeler, Lille Brown
Susie Taylor and Mrs L. Fl. Simmons
of the High School, were all reelected
Tne teachers elected for the interme
date grades were: Misses CARR
Shropshire, Lizzie McLendon, Alic
Stallings, Jennie Hollis, Annie B
An ley, GenevieYe Morgan, Ami
Mclaughlin, Kate Thornton, YonaE
Buchanan and Flossie Dunn, the tire
latter beng new teachers.
Miss Thornton has been supernum
erary during the past year in FurloV
School but is now a regular teacher
Miss Portia Ray was elected super
numerary to succeed Miss Thornton.
Misses Sarah P. Cobb and Gertrud
Smith are again elected teachers IL
Rees Park School.
Colored Teachers.
For the Mckay Hill School, Prof
rs. Stanley was again elected prin
cipal, with Mesdames Willie CatIedge,
Ellen Brinson, Lucy Phillips, Emma
Simmons, Susie Westheimer, Ellis
Bethune, Victoria Addy, Matte
Woods as teachers, together with Mag
gle Mitchell. Lucy Warren and Flor
ence Catledge in the several primary
grades.
The current school term will come
to close June 18th. two weeks hence
In his annual report to the Board Of
Education yesterday Supt. Mathis
made an earnest and eloquent plea
for the establishment of manual
training course lin the schools, show
ing cost of same and the vast benefit
derived therefrom in the training oil
pupils. 1t is earnestly hopedl that
the board, in its wisdom, will do this
There are at present in the city