The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1911-10-27

OUR SCHOOL DEPARTMENT.
Report of state Supervisor
of Rural schools.
Frankfort, Ky. oct, II, 1871.

Dear Supt. ODaniel. have tn,
pleasure of herewith submitting 4
you a report OF my itinerar,
through your county beginning u
/ ". October Z, at Gallup anC
closing at Loulsn, Saturday, Oct
l4th. On Monday visited the
schools OF Miss GYPSY Thompson
on Meads Branch and of Mr. Nathan
George ON Georges Creek. Mon
day evening | spoke at Charley. On
Tuesday visited three schools
Matte. Prosperity and Hoods Fork
and. a night | addressed the peo-
pie at Blaine. On Wednesday |
saw the schools on Upper Blaine
and at Cherokee; and at night. !
spoke ut Webbville, On Thursday
| visited the schools at Lick Fork
and at olioyllle; at night, was at
Fallsburg. On Friday saw Prof.
Ekers school at Fallsburg and the
school at Zelda At night spoke
ut Richardson. On Saturday clos
ed my work In your county for
the time with an address at the
Court House in Louisa. In all /
visited eighteen points and delivered
eighteen addresses. Everywhere
was greeted by large. enthusiastic,
sympathetic audiences. During the
week. addressed not fewer than
five thousand people AT some
points there were DIS many as six
teachers present with their schools,
BY actual count. out OF your nine
~ teachers, forty-two were pres
ent at these meetings. At Georges
Creek the crowd was so great that
we had to hold the meeting out
doors Many other houses ware
crowded until the people had TO
stand up. All these things Indicate
the great interest on the part OF
your people in education
The subjects OF my addresses at
various points were: The sh,ue
of Education to People" THE
OF Environment" "or-
ganlzation of a Connty's schools"
Demonstration Schools" THE re
direction OF Rural Schools" Con
OF Schools and Transpcr-
,aiion OF STUDENTS.
1; g understood that tho schools
+. visited IRE the ten which san
assisting you TO supervise. found
that the census enrolment in thcss
schools was 7Ss and that the en-.
rollment In schools was 67s. The
attendance for three months ai
been 81 per cent OF the school en-
rollmeut "a remarkable record
when the roads and the work OF
the various communities are cons'd-
cred am sure that this excl
lieut. record is largely due to the
TACT that. by your direction, the
teachers are visiting the patrons
and securing their cooperation.
From inquiries | made OF other
teachers am convinced that the
of the entire county is
quite as good Sc in the schools
visited.
The teachers without exception
are using with success the State
Course OF Study. l learned that
Prof Ekers. OF Fallsburg. had call
I'd around him a number of the
Young teachers and instructed them
n the use of the Course OF study
This action was wise, patriotic
and good. If one able and earnest
.eachur In each educational diyi-
sion would initiate Prof. Ekers N
this respect, the schools OF Law
renee county would be vastly inn
proved Teaching is spiritual
and teachers should not
forget to assemble themselves to-
sether to discuss their work and
Inspire each other.
One of The largest crowds that
met me was at Il. L, Wheeler's
school on Upper Blaine. There
was not standing room notwithstnnd
ing the rain This teacher Is do
ing excellent work for his eommun-
Ity. Among the good things he
has done the organization of a.
large reading circle among his
students impressed me very favor
ably. At most OF the points Wis
tied the crowds were too large
for the teachers to show the ac.-
ual workings of the school.
l arrived at the LickCreek school
long enough before the people as
sembled to see much OF Its good
work. The teacher is Miss Emma
Thompson. quiet little woman ev-
.dentiy greatly in earnest and
very capable. Her school is one OF
the very few perfectly graded rur-
al schools that | have ever seen.
saw all her reading classes recite;
and. excepting the briefness of the
periods.I've never seen better work
done in city graded schools. The