Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1911-11-09
Booker T. Washington School.

Asst seems to be the custom for
the teachers of Morgan county to re-
port the progress Of their school from
time to time, through the county pa
pers, l deem it no crime, nor IMPOSE
ton on my part, in telling the patrons
and many readers Of your paper what
is doing at "Booker Washington"
school. To date I have enrolled 81
pupils, 20 boys and 35 girls. Indi-
cations are that my belonging for
Nov. will be 55 Of more, with an av-
erage attendance of 40 or so. MIR.
Johns, Supt. of Schools, was down a
few minutes Monday a. M, and ar
ranged to go after all who are v~iolat-
ing the attendance law as provided in
Sec. 1892 and 1OS99 of the Revised
School Laws of 1911, the very Sec
tons that | referred to some time
ago. The law is now to be enforced.
so mote it be-" now, henceforth
and all the the time. Supt. Johns ex-
pressed himself as being highly
pleased with the work that is being
done.
| have following grades: 1st, or
primary; md grade, 3rd grade; 9th,
9Th and Slh grades. ! have between
20 and 80 different rccitatlons each
day. | have no recess period iol
the three highest grades. The 9Th
grade consists of one boy and four
girls, and they are anxious to COM
plete the grade and graduate next
spring. To do this they have agreed
to be at school and begin work at
, $3.50 a. m. each day, 12:lU p. III.
, and work until A:3O p. IN. BY put
ting in this much time and being reg
| ular in attendance | intend to have
them complete the 9Th grade and
graduate next spring. This class,
like the entire school, | found to he
far behind their grade; however. We
are now all hard at work. trying to
catch up and meet the requirements.
\ In order to Go this, it will take hard,
- earnest effort on the part of both par
- ents, pupils and teachers. | am
q pleased to- note evidences of marked
improvement among the pupils al.
ready, and assert boldly that the
negro boys and girls are Just as sua,
cep,ible to- mental, moral and physi,
cal development as the white boys
are-under equal and judicious train
ing. 1t is'true, as Booker L. Wash
!, iagton says, that the negro is rising
,r up, he isscorning up, he is bursting
up-only give him a chance in The
race of life, and he will prove him
self a worthy citizen, an agreeable
peighbor, a factor in the industrial
and commercial enterprises OF on
great commonwealth. But the schoo
'r room is the foundation stone upoI
(which the superstructIre Of thu
negro's intellectual, mora, religion
=. and social achievements mast rest
err Then give him an equal chance
equal privileges, equal facilities an,
err he will do the rest, and no commun
ity will want to get rid of him. Par
,ents, friends, members of the schoo
~ board and all persons" who are inter
y, ested in the cause of public educa,io
and the education of negros, are cor
daily invited to call on Booker I
Washington school any time, and o
X any day, and observe for themselve
ID just what'is going on. See whethe
or not, the teacher is trying to az
lst complish the greatest good for tn
greatest number. Yours for the edl
~Ication of the negre' youth, good cit
ssnship and loyalty to government.
nv |, B. F. ADAMS, Teacher,
Booker T., Washington Schoo