Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-06-03
GENERAL STATEMENT.
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Review

Eaeh year the course Of stoay
las oeen revised and strengthened II
"n an extent hat the schools are
recognized as among the best Of
the Southwest.
much Of the brownsville senoo,s.
eess IS due to the efhoien, efforts
our predecessors, particularly Pro
.ssA0r Thomas P. Barbour. who laid
"e foundation upon wrieh we are
now building.
During the past year we have re-
'isea enlarged the course of
suuy TO conform as far as practic-
aOie 70 the course Of Audy suggested
~ 'he state department II education.
excepting the number 81 courses Of
iered In the high school. our course
OF study is the equal of rhae of any
o'her school in the state, AMI the
high school offers the same courses
found In other schools of the same
size. We now require the pupils to
complete three different readers In
the iirst grade and two readers in
each the second and third grades.
Ihis large amount of reading matter
IN the lower GRADS enables the non
English speaking children to more
readily acquire a good working
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knowledge of our language and at
the same time furnishes an abund-
ance OF good wholesome reading mat
ter for the English speaking chill
oren. The course now includes
seven and one-half grades in the pri-
mary and intermediate departments
and four full years in the high
school.
Miss Lizzie NJ. Barbour, principal
OF the high school, with her corps OF
teachers has done excellent work,
While the grade teachers have
worked faithfally-and without that
loyal support given us, ii would have
been impossible for us to have raised
the standard of the course and the
general efficiency of the schools.
Renewed efforts have been made
to secure afiliation with the S ate
University of Texas, which we con-
fidently believe will bear fruit be
fore this article is off the press. The
work Of the pupils in several sub
jects was approved during the year
of 1901, and we are now sub
hitting the work of the pupils in a
number of other branches for the ap-
prevail of the committee on utilization.
Our graduates who are attending
the colleges and the universities are
making excellent records. while the
graduates of former years made good
and arc among our best and most in
fluential citizens.
In our annual, which we hope 20
publish about tho 18th of August,
we hope to give the course Of study
in full with notes, information about
afiliation, and such other matters as
will be of interest to he patrons OF
the city schools.
A temporary school building &C
c~ommodating over 200 children has
been erected, four hundred modern
desks purchased and installed, and a
sewer and automatic toilets provided
during the year. while at this writ
ing the school has bright prospects
of acquiring a portion of the Fort
Brown reservation for school pur-
psc for another year.
he are duly appreciative and
thankful for the harmony prevailing
among the pupils and among the
teachers and for the cooperation OF
the members of the various school
boards, who have so faithfully and
efficiently served the people during
our tenure OF Office both as principal
and superintendent of your city
schools. we feel that without thai
continued loyalty and support which
has been given us. our efforts in en-
larping the standard and usefulness
of u schools would have beer frait
less.
AS to the people, we would fee
like an migrate il we neglected e
say that we never served a finer REQ
ple. People who We're anxious to ad'
wise with us in regard 10 the welfare
of the children and the general IN
terest of the schools and he schoo
life Of the city.
The Parent-Teachers Club. a new
" organized body. is making its IN
Auence felt, and we trust that In TN
immediate future the schools ma.
rear great good from this body 0
onble women.
AGAIN, we thank everyone who ha'
contributed in any way to the sue
cess OF our schools during the pas