The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1909-07-08
DURHAM COUNTY SCHOOLS.
Report by Superintendent Massey
Makes Good Showing.
LIBRARY MANAGERS ARE APPOINTED
Committeeman Named and AppOFiiOn-
ments Made Buildings Good
and Attendance Above
Average.
LIBRARY MANAGERS ARE APPOINTED

and makes a good showing of the
work done during the past year.
Members present were Messrs.
John w. Umstead. chairman; G.
G.. Stallings and w. T. Mangum.
The annual report of the super
intendent shows many interest
ing things. a few of which fol-
low:
The rural school property has
shown up spendidly and there is
now a valuat on of $4,000 in
county schools. $4,000 of this
belongs to the whites and
S., 800 to the colored. There have
been erected three school houses
at a cost of SO, 500 with 81, 800 for
furnishings.
Twenty-eight schools have been
taught and all the districts were
represented, two having two
schools each. Fifteen of these
schools had two or more teachers
and only thirteen were managed
with one teacher each. Twenty
four carried high school work
and twenty-one teachers are COL
lege graduates. The average at
tendance upon the schools of a
total enrolment of 2,467 was
1.509 and the length of term was
161 days for whites and Ids for
colored. This discrepancy was
caused by the necessity of shut
ting down the colored schools af-
ter the attendance became so
low that the law required this
course.
Six Durham districts are sup
ported BY local taxation and in
those terms both white and col
ored schools ran well, the whites
having TIA days, or a week less
than nine months, and the col
ored people having 163 days, or
three more than eight months
The number of teachers employed
is 81. 46 of these being ladies
and II men. There are but Sc
ilIiterates in the county and near.
lily all of these are in Durham.
Yves. Dnrham and East Durham
only a few in the country.
The colored schools had an en-
! rollment of 1923 with an average
attendance of 575. They haC
three teachers with diplomas AMI
) only two teachers in the count.
hold second grade certificates
Their whole number of pupils il
city and county is 400 and tn
whites are 6.763, making o
: school age TO- 1863 in Durham
county.
The number of high school stu
dents has really gone beyond a
. expectations in the county
They increased from i70last yea
to 271 this term, a gain Of 10
e and nearly all boys.
d Superintendent Massey has OIL
dered an institute for August
! beginning the twenty-third Q
that month. 1t will be cor
Quoted by Prof. z. G. Brooks. Q
h the department Of education q
!, Trinity college. and will last tw
weeks.
d On motion the following committe,
! were appointed:
DURHAM TOWNSHIP.
, East Durham High and Graded Scho
! No. |, white and No. j, coIored. j.
Crompton. term expires June ~, 1yi
= III. II. Mullen, term expires June .
1913; n II. Afford, term expires Jul
81, 1915.
Fayetteville Road School No. 2. -
q ID. vickers, j. A. Warren, w. q. Pc
n dergrass.
: Geer School No. 3, white and No,
colored II. n. Belvin, John Leigh,
Il. Mason
q Elm Grove School No. Al.
d Hamlen, G. Ed Rogers, James Rhew.
Fl Hebron School No. 5.-W. o. Thorn
= son. A. J. Rogers, Jesse II. Woods.
= West Durham School No. o, white Al
No. 3, colored e X. Powe, w.
Philips, l.. r. Pickard.
I. Reservoir School No. z, white a
No. 4, colored. &C. Ed Cole, John Scot
re e. l. feathers.
II Whites Cross Roads School No. 8.
III John w. Pickett, j. A. Pendergral
s. j. 7. Couch.