Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1913-04-05
FAVORABLE REPORT ON
AMARILLO HIGH SCHOOL

The following Is o. cops 0f the fe'
port upon fhe Amarillo iI.gb school
a. given officially to fhs 'aH'it OF
the university 0f Texas 1y mrIr .H.-
Tor OF schools. Dr o b. henderson.
upon Dis return after visiting our
school several days aFo Slpe-lnfrn-
dent " Bird received fhf report
yesterday. and No. give 10 verbatim
Amarillo HiFh school Visited b.
II J. Henderson March i, I3Ia.
This b. good b.gb sDh10. % h
housed Iu 20 good building which H
kept as clean as 4Indst0rm f.Il prf-
Init The corps of teachers much
above me average
Glasses Zoo ENGLISH history maih-
ematirs Latin and science aere fiF-
tied While 10 o. nor possible 20
Judge accurately of rho Aors BOO o
d, hool OF ths size boo % short time.
the visitor nas pleased with fhr work
The school be- applying 'or
fourth unli Of credit Zoo Latin and @
fourth unit Boo English EWm'na-
ton papers will bo submitted 200 these
subjects lud should these Boz s1iihfar-
tory. Tho credits a.Il Boz recommend
cd
Mr. suIwcll rho uea principal ~
tho High school a pleasing 'Hr poo
pie
Such report from such sourc"
b. the highest possible endorsement
of thc excellence OF our bish school
More especially as its work has been
planned fo meet local need, FIRST and
10 prov .dr thorough edurafipu ain
lu me limits OF q bIEh school for
those nho cannot goo fo university
pom close questioning by iho super
Inteudout and member of mo school
board while boo taa here. the Visitor
replied that he found absolutely
nothing 20 rrifIr.so adversely. and he
complmouiri these gentlemen upon
many features of fha school
Tho Amarillo lliFh school b. arm
lated now with rho University oi
Texas lu turny.thrro aud one hall
units. aud with the additional unit
each in ENGLISH aud Latin that have
been recommended niIl have i''9
units The forthcoming report viii
show the Amarillo school about on
A par with those of Houston Calves
ton. san Antonio Austin and Beau
mont. aud ranking probably slishtly
higher than Dallas and Fort Worm
The schools mentioned have the
highest rating of ans of the two hun
dred largest schools iu the state, and
the best of This small group mention
ed has 20 o. units Considering that
We have not set Installed manual
trimming and domestic scicuc" for
credits. this Ia q remarkably fine
showing Tor lhc Amarillo school
our school has already 3 units
each in English and Latin only q
very foa schools in the largest cities
of the state have so Ear been able
20 do English work OF sufficient cN
cellencr 10 merit the additional
fourth unit The Amarillo high
school VAS also one ot the very best
in the state which Visitor Henderson
was willing 20 recommend 10 the
commission on accredited schools of
the Southern states This commits
sion's nft of accredited schools VII
be- the standard referred 10 national
ly. and carry entrance for its Erndu-
ates 10 such Institutions a. Vale,
Harvard or Princeton without fur
Their examination
Much Of the credit FOR the present
fine condition OF the amarillo High
School and 'ts continued improve
ment durlns the year ls due 20 Prin-
cipal a " Sulvoll The Visitor
upon bis able manage
mcnt and good teaching while here
Besides expressing his approval OF
the effective classroom work OF the
various teachers d." compllmcnted |
the school upon the high average OF
scholarship and ability OF the teach
ing force The students came iu also
for favorable mention the business
like appearance OF the work. fine dis
ciplinc in classes. aud splendid de-
portment as classes passed through !
the halls we're commented upon
Ia talking 10 one of tho local board
of trustees. pr Henderson took ucoa-
sion 10 commend the wise manage
ment that had provided such excel
lent material conditions and 10 eS
press his approval OF the policies that
have brought such wonderful 'm
to fh, Amarillo schools
within the last 'cv years