The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1911-10-13

forty-two colored primary schools are
distributed Throughout the various
districts of the county for the conyen'
fence of the colored children.
The last census shows that Maury
county has a population of 4e,456.
The white population outnumbers the
colored in the ratio of three to two.
OF this total population 1888 are
within the limits of school age. Six
ty-six per cent of the scolastic popula-
ton was enrolled last year in the
public schools and about three per
cent in private schools of the county |
Sixty-four per cent of those enrolled |
or forty-four percent of the sccool
census was in daily attendance upon |
the public schools. The percent OF
attendance is much lower during the
winter months than the fall months.
This is due to several reasons:-bad
roads, unbridged creeks, the lack OF
suitable clothing for severe weather,
| the need or supposed need of the
childs labor at home, and the lndif-
ference of the parents. There is d
small though growing sentiment In
favor of a compulsory school law.
& The length of our school term last
year was 157 days 1t will not be
less this year. This is an increase In
the length of school term of nineteen
days over two years ago and twenty
seven days over three years ago.
A marked public interest is
, shown in many communities by the
school improvement work Recently
the citizens of Water Valley contrib
, uted $500 toward a new building.
= One hundred and fly dollars was
, raised at Santa Fe to paint the house
! and improve the grounds. At Enter
, prise, Philadelphia and Geenfield
Bend. the citizens have added new
i, rooms with little cost to the county
; Within the last four years the coun
|, ty has built or acquired the owner
. shin of more than twenty houses
: largely by the cooperation Of the cit
liens of the community where the
II Improvement is being made. since
the enactment of the law giving State
= aid to libraries, thirty-six communl
C ties have raised from twenty to eigh
: tv dollars to establish public schoo
- libraries. In these libraries ther'
y are now over 1000 volumes. II i
- the policy of the County Board OF Ed
o. ucation to help any community tina
n. will help itself in improving tn
r. school conditions.
In Moneys: The schools receive
from the State last year $11,512.96
ct from the county S53,29465. Thi
h. last amount is raised by two dolla
+ Don tax a tax on privileges, and )
IN cent levy on the assessed yaluatio
of Of property which was $131O7, 96S.50 |
addition the High School receive
as from the state $1,297.o3, and from
ne three cent levy on the property
Id the county $3,84153. The total ia
at rate for all purposes is $1.25.
Of Teachers.
u. OF the one hundred white teacher
nd in the rural schools, eleven have ha
ur one OF more years in Peabody co
is lege for Teachers; thirty-one in add
ri ton to training school course hay
Mt had from one to four years in sem
college. Eight of this number nav
he their degrees. Fifty come from tt
tn County High School and the trail
a ing schools. Some of these have fl
20 lsh the training school course
i'd High School course, others have hs
lis from one to three years Of the Wor
ur Only eight of those who came diree
Oh ly from the primary or secondal
of schools remain among the ranks
Id School Houses.
III The county owns 1903 school hous