The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-12-11


 may bs iearning the sams. lessons.
 The room now used is half of one of the double houses owned by the mlIl people and Into this they crowd about forty children every night Every ef- fort Is being exerted to ret the other side of the house 60 that the older people can also get the beneht of the night school. Every foot of space Tn the room now used has to be utilized to accommodate the large number Of pupils
 On entering the school after having been driven to the oUtskirts of the town where the mill is -situated. the visitor first gets the impression of an old fashioned country school where all the pupils arc in one room. In some respects this impression remains. but there are many deviations from it. First the children have been taught by Mrs. McDaniels, who has charge of the work, that they must be quiet and orderly while in the school. Even these children. with whom a quiet and orderly home is almost an unknown thing, listen intently to the orders of their teacher and make their deport- ment one of the features of the school.
 During the early hours of the ey- ening each child will be seen with a book, holding t in his hands, study ing. Desks are as yet unkfown to the school The ones who have work : te cast a glance toward home once in awhile and yawn, as their little bodies are worn out with the long hours of 1 the day. still they work on and try 1 to make every minute count. After | they have studied for some time the entire assembly is brought to the | front of the room. where they sing the l multiplication table from the ones to l the twelves. Some of the little fel. 1 lows hesitate at the hines and elevens l but they get through with the long string of figures remarkably well. Al. ter that the different classes recitt their lessons just as they do in an, | school
 l Course of study.
 The courses of study are based or | the rudiments of school work which 1 Is thought was best adapted to these children and the limited time ina most of them will get for school work l Reading. writing, spelling and arith metic are the chief studies and chilt l can go as high as the fourth reader I Perhaps a little higher course will b, taught when the older pupils are ac cornmodated in the other room whicl i Captain Odom expects to secure soon We feel that In doing this worl that we might be giving many . chii' start in life that they might other I wise have never obtained" said Cap tain Odom to an Advertiser reporte who visited the school. Many O these children may see what an educa ton will do for them and strive fo 1t after we, have taken them as far a we can At any rate. we will teac all who come how to read and writ and that will doubtless help them som asS they go through life"
 Captain and Mrs. Odom and Mrs. Mo Daniels have been commended on ev cry side for the work which the are doing. When the school was start ed a year ago Mrs. Odom took charg, but this year she was unable to tax hold of the work and Mrs. McDaniel was given the sc.iool. She has bee most successful with the work. as tn children show.
 Not only de they have the regula
 school every night, but on Sunda morning Sunday school is held and al rewards preaching. This Nhas als proved a great success.
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