The weekly true Democrat. (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1905-1912, 1905-08-25
COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD.
tallahassee Graded and High School,
AsSiSnmant Of Teachers.

ASS1RnmonS Oh AeAChefS.
First Grade, Miss H Chaires.
Second Grade, Miss Washbun.
Third Grade, Miss j. Brevard.
Fourth Grade, Miss Cobb.
Fifth Grade, Miss Sullivan.
Sixth Grade, Miss Eppes.
Seventh Grade, Miss Elcan.
Eighth Grade, Miss C. Brevard
Ninth Grade, Miss Goss
Tenth Grade, Miss Williams,
Eleventh and Twelfth Grades, Messrs.
Keith and Wideman.
kindergarten Department Miss Da-
viess.
The school is exceedingly fortunate
in securing the services of Miss Wash
burn, who will be in charge of the pri-
mary department She is not only a
college graduate, but also has diploma
from the kindergarten Training School
of Louisville, KY, one of the greatest
institutions of the kind in the world.
She has had several years experience,
both as a Kindergarten and as a super
visor of primary work.
Mention has already been made in
these columns of the peculiar fitness of
the other teachers for the work assigned
to them.
The school board, so far as it has the
power to do so, is ambitious to supply
the needs created by the Buchanan law,
and TO this end an effort has been made
to establish a commercial department,
in which we hope to secure the services
of an expert to teach penmanship, book
keeping, stenography and typewriting.
1t will be necessary, however, to charge
a small tuition fee of 81 per month for
each of these four branches. The un-
dersigned will be pleased to talk with
any student wishing to enter this de-
partment. In order to establish it the
names of twenty-five students proms-
ing to enter must be secured by Sep
TENDER 9Th. II is useless to speak Of
the benefits accruing from such de-
partment to cur school in Tallahassee.
The board understands that the great
object of all education is to prepare for
life, and the object of this department
will be TO turn out from our school
bread winners-yOu people who can
at once enter upon remuneratiVe work.
We realize that some of our neigh
boring counties, who, like ourselves,
have relied chiefly on the Florida State
College for their High school facilities
are not as well able as ourselves to
meet the emergency, and will be pleased
to have the advanced pupils attend our
High school If they can make mutually
satisfactory arrangements with US.
SANKEY'S Business College was estab-
lished some years ago in brownsville,
Ga, and was very successful, many
students from the surrounding country
Of South Georgia and Middle Florida,
boarding in the town in order to
attend this college, thereby demon
strating the strong demand for such
an institution in this section. In
deed it grew to such an extent that
Macon desired it and offered superior
inducements for its removal to that
city, causing Thomasville TO lose it re
Gently. THIS appears to be an oppor-
tune time for the movement Of our
people looking toward the establish
ment Of a Business College in Tallahas-
see
I'VE can live without poetry, music or
books,
But the civilized man cannot live with
out cooks.
What use would cook be if there
were no provisions in the house TO be
cooked? This uncomfortable state Of
things often occurs with people who
have not been taught some profitable
trade or profession wherewith to earn
a living.
Our high school is preparatory school
TO fiji boys and girls for college, but a
large ma jority of the boys who attend
il will probably never be able to COM
plete their education at college. They
are poor, and will have to hustle for a
living as soon as they have finished the
high school couse. Great oaks from
little acorns grow, " and, should we add
business department to our high
school in order to give the boys Of Leon
county better opportunity TO earn a
living, it is not improbable that this de-
partment might ultimately grow into a
full-fledged commercial college If prop
erly managed.
There are some young people in this
town who are so unfortunate as TO lack
even the rldiments Of an education; in
deed, some Of them can scarcely sign
their names. Why this should be the
case do not know. Perhaps il was
their misfortune, or it may have been
their fault, but it is certainly deplor.
able state of affairs, and should be rem
edied IL possible. for their usefulness
both for themselves and the community
is greatly impaired by this ignorance.
They are poor people who have 10 work
for living, and have neither time nor
money 70 expend on an education; and
besides these reasons, many Of them
are over school age, and would not like
TO endure the ridicule and humiliation
Of attending school in q class of small
children, il they could.
In the business department il could,
perhaps, be arranged TO have such q