The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1911-10-13
GREAT EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES
OF The ''DIMPLE OF UNIVERSE"
MAuRY COUNTY THE
STATE IN FACILITIES FOR TRAINING YOUTH
THE LAND.
(By JOHN P, GRAHAM, Superintent
ent of Public Instruction.

by JOHN P, GRAHAM, Superintend
ent of Public Instruction.
One hundred eighteen is the mum
Der of Public schools both white and
colol ed in the county proper. OF
these forty eight are designated as
white primary and twenty-three as
white secondary; forty-two as color
co primary and one as colored sec
ondary. This statement does NOT in
clude the city schools of Columbia
and Mt. Pleasant. Five years ago
the County Superintendent reported
the number OF schools at one hupdred
thirty-eight. AS the number has de-
creased the size and efficiency Of the
schools have increased. This result
has been reached by consolidating
two or more small schools and pay
ing better salaries to more efficient
teachers.
In each of the ten districts Of the
county, there are one or more second
airy schools where the pupils who have
finished the primary course may at
tend and receive instruction in the
course of study offered in the second
airy schools.
District 1.-The First District has
two such schools: one located at
Santa Fe on a beautiful plot OF five
acres in the center of which stands
an excellent frame building valued at
80. 10000. the other at Water Valley.
This latter school will soon move
from the upstairs over church into
a new four room school building,
erected according to designs approx
ed by the State Department of Pubic
instruction.
District 2.-Theta In the Second
District has been a ,semi-private and
public school for more than fifteen
wears. 1t is housed in private prop
erty valued at 100000. This schoo
has been doing and is still doing no
only the primary and secondary Worf
but in addition has maintained
course that prepared it's pupils fol
the freshman year in college. Attn
: endale in this same district is small
secondary school.
District 3. loving to the fact tina
: the we'll known Branham & Hughe
J School is located in this district
d there has been very little demand 10
d secondary school. Last year, low
l. ever the County Board OF Educ@tio
made the public school at Sprln
d Hill a secondary school and in al
n other year all the grades of the SCI
h ondarv school will be represented 1
Il this school.
n District 1.-THE Fourth Distrit
has three secondary schools; Beecl
L land Academy, Uricn Grove, LET
n wich. These are all efficient thong
small schools with an enrolment
q about eighty pupils each.
n District 5.-The Fifth District hs
three good secondary schools On
a. lit Culleoha with three teachers an
an enrolment of 140 pupils; one
lie Glendale with two teachers and a
On enrolment of 120 pupils; third
stiversville with an enrolment OF 7
re District 6.-McCains, Sullivan an
III ENTERPRISE and Ettaton are the fo'
II secondary schools of the Sixth ID
C. trict. Each has man OF expel
ri ence for principal and an etfit lei
~ lady assistant.
81 District 7.-Howard Institute is tt
C only secondary school of the Severn
District. This was for long time
III private school, but three years az
the County Board of Education pa
at the stockholders S4,600.O0 for tn
lie property and it is now one or OF
[! public schools This school, VIM
TX has been under the management
l. Prof. J. A. 8o5tick for t @nty yeal
ne not only does the work of the PIN
IL ry and secondary courses, but mai
ro tains preparatory department fro
which it's pupils enter the freshmi
n year of out best colleges.
ne District 8.-The Eighth Ds5rl
has one small secondary school
Williamsport.
OF District 9.-McDowell is the on
% school for white children in the Min
90 District. It has a corps Of five {
- gerienced teachers. Until the Cot
W tv 4igh School was established t'
Years ago, this was the largest So
ondary school IN the county Sin
then the sixth, seventh ana e1gn