Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-01-25
Supt. Ferguson Writes
Interestingly on Schools
OF the County.
Urges Participating in Libra
ry Subsidy Acts Pro
visions.
Leakesville, Miss. Jan. u. 1907

LeakeSvllle, Miss. Jan. IL, 1907
Mr.. EDrToR:-I have been visiting
Schools and find them doing splen-
didly well, all things considered. The
teachers seem to be doing faithful
work. The attendance in the schools
is better than | expected, following
SO closely after the confusion in all
lines of business, caused by the storm
last Fall. The people are workir g
heroicly to save as much of their
timber DIS possible, and at the same
time are sending their children to
school. The teachers are giving in
the complaint that the Trustees do
not visit the schools, but | do not
think this neglect OF duty is due to a
want of interest on the part of our
people, but to the force of circum
stances, they are SO very busy trying
to save their timber. We have eve
dence of interest in the work of the
schools of the county. The people
have built number of good comfor-
table school houses in different parts
Of the county, and are preparing still
TO build others. Not only do we
have this evidence of interest, but
The people are clamoring for good,
consccrated teachers. The increase
n interest is telling Oh our schools
IN many ways.
| visited the Lcakesville Graded
High School last Monday and found
t doing splendid work While we've
had our discouragements in the work
o. tie S. hool, our people have stood
together nobly. and the school prom
isos Yet, TO accomplish that where
uutO it was Sent-the Education and
training of the boys and girls of the
county for higher and greater use
fuIness in life. The enrolment of
the school now is l25, end new pu-
pills coming in every week.
If we had three or four more schools
OF this kind in different parts of the
county, doing their work, it would
only be aquestion of few years when
we d have boys and girls here at
home that could teach cur public
schools, and keep the $4,000 or $40
900 public school money, to be used
on the schools of the county in the
future, at home and let it show itself
on the homes of the people who paid
it out. As it is, we have to write all
over the state for teachers and then
catn t get teachers enough to teach
all the schools of the county, and
when the session Il out these teach
erS leave us, as a matter of course,
and 60 to their respective homes, car
rying with them all this money, I'M
less per chance, they get married
and stay with us, and in that event
We lose them out of the rank and
file of the teaching force, so that, we
are beaten after all.
| wish to bring to the attention of
the Trustees of the various schools
in the county the Library Law pass
ed by the last Legislature, which
provides that | may pay ten dollars
out of the school fund to each of ten
schools that raise ten dollars to buy
books, and at the same time furnish
a good bookcase with lock and key,
in which to keep these books.
| hope to have applications from
ten schools notifying me that they
have raised the ten dollars required,
have the book case and are ready for
the ten dollars each from the county,
by Feb 22nd which is the day the
Teachers Association meets here.
| hope to have the cooperation of
the Trustees of ten schools, that we
may get Libraries in this many du-
ring this year. Ten schools is all |
can help this year.
Yours for good Schools,
A. G. FERGUSON, Supt.