The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-03-08
.B0YK|Ns PROUD.OF
NEW HIGH SCHOOL
-Four Small Schools Consolidated
and l'irst-Class Outfit
the Result
SEVEN THOUSAND BUILDING
Six Glass Rooms, Auditorium
SEVEN THOUSAND BUILDING
Six Class Rooms, Auditorium
and Cloak Roon,s-All on
aSplendid Lot
ny FRANK $. ,yOODsoN.
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3a BOYK1NS. VA, March, T.--yrhIs part
Of old Southampton county. bordering
OH the North Carolina line, is az vide
awake and as enthusiastic on the sub
feet Of popular education and better
school facilities as any part OF the
State.
a year ago $1,000 high school build
Ing was completed In this town. and
the building. being fully. even cxpen-
sfvely, equipped for the purpose. Boy
skins can now boast of as complete u
public school outfit and as competent
= corps Of instructors az any town Of
It's size In the Commonwealth
Up to JANUARY, 1917. the school here
was conducted in an unpretcntious lit
tie building on the outskirts of the
town. There were two teachers and
small number OF pupils In attendance.
There were three other small schools
IN the poghborhood. and all four OF
them were Iaboring under llandlcaps
In the way OF inferior facilities for
teaching and inferior buildings. poorly
equipped. and. as Il matter OF course,
the attendance of scholars Ht/ cacl,
school was small and the pupils. as
we'll as teachers and school officials,
took but a languid interest In cduca-
tional affairs.
Four Schools Consolidated.
The people became aroused and went
TO work to Improve thInps. They were
not long In deciding that ono large,
vel equipped school. with - good
building. was preferable TO four little
one .horss sd ld ational affairs They
and provided $1,000 more by special
taxation. erected the handsome build
Ing which Is now an ornament to the
town. employed more teachers. con-
struEgling schools. arranged for two
large covered hacks. with good horses
attached to haul the children from a
distance to the high school. and now
schools In this section OF the state.
IL is substantial brick structure
WIN SIX large. airy rooms and ali
nes,. airy, cloak rooms, etc. and wide
the class rooms there is q large and
wel.-arranSed auditorium, with ample
sealing capacity and a complete little
All Are Proud OF school.
There are now on, the rolls 1870
scholars. who are looked after by a
principal and four teachers.
Prof. !. Cranberry Sawyer. gradu-
principal and tsa eher e Of Se = hi iss
school His assistants, who teach in
the other departments. are Miss Katie
rine X. Weston. graduate OF the Nanse
Iuofu SEMINARY or SuHotB. MISS Mary
NJ Bryant. graduate of the Hampton
Female College: Mrs. s. l.. Beaton.
graduate of ciiowan Female Institute,
OF Mnrfrcesboro. y. c.. and Miss Mamie
a, Kline. graduate nf. EdgehiIl- Semi
nary Miss Kline has charge of the
music department..
Tho snlendid new school building is
located in the north centre of beau
uful plot of ground OF two and Il half
acres. which is being ornamented with
grass plots. trees. etc. ma gnifcent
artesian well. 155 feet deep. is on the
lot. to furnish an abundance of the best
OF water. The building is supplied
With all the necessary school para
pliernala. including a set OF relief
maps. musical instruments, etc.
Mir. William w. White. the efficient
county superintendent of schools. is
W ~ proud OF the Boykins High School
and it's efficient management How
ever. he is no moro so than Messrs r.
II. Bryant. +. NJ Powell and j. T.
Drewry. the members of the district
board Of trustees. The payments to
the State on the loan of $4,000 are being
promptly met on every due day. The
other $4,000 which went into the build-
Ing fund was raised by special taxa
ton. and has been paid.