The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-07-12
new HIGH SCHOOL
IS NOW CERTAIN
BUILDING TO BE ERECTED
BY ACADEMY TRUSTEES As SOON
AS FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE.


form to Books Adopted by State.
go Teachers Placed on Eligible
List.
At the July meeting of the Board of
Public Education some changes were
made in the text book. the vacancy
in the High School caused by the resig-
nation of Mr.. Wood was filled, sixty
applicants for teachers positions were
elected to the eligible list, and re-
port was made that the suggestion that
a new High School building be erected
had been favorably received by the
Chatham Academy trustees.
The meeting of the board was a rec
ord breaker in point of attendance, all
of the members, but one being pres
ent. Those present were Col. George
A. Mercer, president; Hon. j. r. Saus-
sy, vice president; Col. ]. H. Estill,
Judge S. B. Adams, Capt. Henry Blum,
DR.. NJ. F. Dunn, Lee Roy Myers, ESQ.,
Col. P. A. Stovall, Hon. Herman
Myers, Capt. NJ. A. O'Byrne and r. ].
Davant, Esq.
Col. Mercer reported he had present
ed the question of new High School
building to the trustees of Chatham
Academy and the project had been very
favorabIy received. 1t is now under
stood that as soon as sufficient funds
are available, the work of erecting the
| new High School will be undertaken.
The building will be erected upon the
same site and upon the same terms as
the present building.
The proposition to fill the vacancy
in the High School caused by the res
| ignation of Prof. Wood was then taken
| up and elected general discussion. Inc
| board decided to proceed to the election
| of one teacher, although it was UNDER
stood two teachers would be required
at the opening of the school year.
VhIdOsta Man Was Chosen
There were twenty-seven applicants
for the position, that of assistant in
! the boys department. More than half
of the applicants were from Georgia
and with one exception all were men.
! Supt. Ashmore read the names and
credentials of all the applicants to the
| board and the members, without noml-
nation, at once went into an election. =
Only three of the twenty-seven app
| plicants were voted for, and 1t was
| necessary to take second ballot to
|
resulted in the selection of Mr.. e. G,
Britton of Valdosta. Mr.. BfIitton
comes to the board with high recon-
| mendations and is eminehtly fitted for
| the position which he is to fill.
On motion Supt. Otis Ashmore was
| directed to advertise for lady teacher
| to fill the newly created position of an
additional assistant in the High School.
The applications will probably be con-
sidered at the next meeting OF the
board. f:
One of the most important matters
which came before the board was the
report of the Committee on Text-
| books The committee recommended
| certain changes and on motion OF the
board adopted the report. s-'
The changes were made with view
to having the books used in the Chat
ham county schools conform as near
ly as possible to those which were re-
Gently adopted by the state This means
a considerable saving in the cost OF
| books to the children and changes
were made where there was no danger
of any loss in standard. The following
| books will take the place Oh those useo
| last year:
The First and Second readers of the
/ Graded Literature Series will be used
in the First and Second grades Lees
Third. Fourth and Fifth readers Will
be used in the higher grades. tL
The grammars used will be Hydes
two-book language course. Mines
arithmetics will be used in the Fourth,
Fifth, Sixth and Seventh grades.
The question of making change in
| the chemistry textbook now in use
in the High School was taken up and
on motion referred to the ,superin-
tendent and the teacher of chemistry.
BY the changes made the principal
books now used in the Chatham schools
are the same as those adopted by the
state.
The committee which had in charge
| the examination of applicants for
teachers positions made its report and
| recommended that sixty applicants be
placed on the eligible list. Thirty
nine of the sixty applicants are whites
1t is from this list that the teachers
are selected when vacancies occur.
The following eligibles were elected by
the board: -iii1si-
White teachers: Misses Eva Baker
Frances Barnum, Ida Barnwell, Helen
Berger, Estelle Brodley, Carrie Cook,
Minnie DAILY, Margaret Farmer, Their
esa Getz, Emma Condor, Isabel Hol-
lingsworth, Lucia Kellar, Lucille
Knight, Isabel Launeau, Garnet Lau-
ney, Bessie Lexington, Lila Mcintosh,
| Ziprah Mendes, Winefred Miller, Mary
Morel. Bessie Proctor, Lorraine Proc
tor, Doline Purse. Ruby Rain, Pauline
| Roberts Essie Sipple. Helen Smith,
Kate Shipes. Nina Smith, Vicienne
Stern, Eloise Thompson, Margaret
Thompson, Ruby Tommins, Mary Yer
derry. Stella Way, Edna Weeks, Jen-
ME Wells, Helen Wynn, Eloise Yonge.
Colored teachers: Stella Bagneil,
| Drusilla Blyler, Mamie Edwards, II. J.
F. Hudson, Samuel Kelson, william
Kennedy Elethia Mcdonald, Eta Nc
| Intosh, Lillian Reynolds. Rachel Rog-
| ers, Georgia Seabrooks. Madeline Shiv-
cry, David Smith. Geneva stiles, Marie
Storey. John Taylor, Frances Tropsy,
| Bertha Williams, Marie White, NJ. L.
Whitmire, and Julia o. Wright.
Supt. Ashmore called attention to
a matter concerning the rank of GER
| tain teachers and eligibles, the board
| deciding it by vote. There was
some doubt as to what was exactly
right. but the decision was by general
| consent conceded to be about as near
right as the case would admit
After, trNnsacting several other mat
ters of routine business the board ad-
journed.
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