Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1910-10-26
OUR HIGH SCHOOL
IS NOW equal
TO The BEST
Deserves Its Share OF Chan.
CeIIOr'S Praise.
Is Thoroughly Abreast With Those Of
The Larger Cities Of the State---
Teaching Corps FnIl Of ERthuS-
iaSm.


In a recent interview Chancellor
Barrow, of the University of Georgia
declares that '"The most notable adj
vance of recent years in education
in Georgia is the Improvement of the
Ugh schools"
Prof j. S. Stewart, of the Univer-
sity, who complies special statistics
dealing with education in Georgia
shows that since the United States re-
port of 1904 the gain in attendance in
lgiblic high schools has been $3.50; the
loss in private high schools has been
| 2119, the gain in sectarian higa
schools has been about %, showing
altogether a net gain of 6160. The
number of high schools accredited in
1909-1O totaled 142, from fhich nearly
1,754 were graduated in 1910.
In nearly all the 142 accredited
Schools says Prof. Stewart, "the rec
itation periods have increased from
20 to 80 minutes to 40 and 40. Great
improvements have been shown in
reducing the humber of recitations
from five, six and seven to four or
five, and reducing classes taught by
one teacher from 16 to 80, to five CT
eight. Longer periods, fewer subjects
more thorough treatment between
preparation, specialized teaching, bet-
ter equipment and salaries charac-
terize tie progress in high schools ii
Georgia.
No high school in the state has
shown a greater progress along the
lines pointed out by Chancellor Bar
row and Prof Stewart than the one
that is the pride of Americas, and in
no year has the progressive spi@lt
been more marked than at this time
Our School Abreast of Times.
Our high school, it is a pleasure
to say said Supt. Miller yesterday to
Times-Recorder representative, has
kept thoroughly abreast with the high
schools throughout the state in the
matters referred to by the chancellor.
In fact Americus is on a parity win
the four or five largest cities of the
state in educational matters. Recog-
nizing the deficiencies of the old sys-
TEN, our subjects have been reduced
in tJe high school from five to foGr,
with an increase in the periods of
study from thirty to forty minutes.
The results have been highly salts
| factory and prove the wisdom of the
change, the subjects being more thor
oughly treated and a greater impress
sion made upon he minds of the pupils.
This effect, too, has undoubtedly been
increased by the adition of one teacher
to the staff, resulting in a higher spec
ialiZation in the work.
in the adoption and maintenance Of
| the elective system Aemricus has also
put itself on parity with the school
systems elsewhere continued Supt.
Miller, and entitled itself to share il
tie praises of leading educators like
Chancellor Barrow. The elective sys-
TEN is working admirably with us.
This year we have seventeen in the
graduating class, tie largest in many
years, ami a hopeful indication for
the future Ten of these graduates
! Of 1910 are taking the commercial
and seven the classical course. Oar
commercial department is becoming
firmly established and commends it.
self to many pupils, to their parents
and to the business men of the com
munity, WHO believe there should be
some direct relation between practical
life and the work of the higher grades
OF the school, especially for boys and
girls who expect to engage in com
mercial career. We now take up the
theory and practice of bookkeeping
in the second high school year, con-
tinue it in the third year, with instr,3-
ton in commercial law, business forms
i and correspondent and in the fou ,th
year take up stenography and type
writing. This course, l believe, wlll
increase steadily in popularity and
help materially to hold many bows
throughout the high school years.
Teachers All Enthusiastic.
Our corps of high school teachers
is devoted to the work entrusted &c
it. They are enthusiastic, progre )
sive and we'll calculated to develop al
attachment to the school on the part
Of the pupils continued Supt Miller
II mast say that / have never bter
more pleased with the outlook ,nol
more hopeful than l am at tiJis time
only wish our citizens would visi
the Ligh school and the other depart
ments as WELL and acquaint thea
selves with the existing condi1i "a:
and the work that is being done"