The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-12-14
The Pensacola Grammar School
An Interesting Talk Before the School Council.

Cat the meeting Of the Grammar
School Council, held at School No. /.
on Tuesday afternoon. the very In
teresting paper published below was
read by the principal. Miss Pauline
Reese While this paper was not writ
ten with a view to it's publication. It
is so practical and clear presentation
OF interesting facts regarding the
Grammar School work. and Grammar
School needs, that.-at the solicitation
cot the officers OF the Grammar School
Council Miss Reese has given The
Journal permission to publish the pa
per. which follows:)
My talk this afternoon is not an adj
dress, but Just q little review Of the
conditions OF School No. /. So much
is being aaid about the Improvement Of
are apt to overlook the things that
have already been done to make coxdi-
ticns better in all our @chol@. anod par
ticulariy In the Grammar School.
It 10 tr1e that school No. Is not
the interior above criticism. but the
school itself is better than 1t looks to
the casual observer.
The School Board. the teachers, and
patrons have been working together for
the past year to improve II in many
ways. What has been accomplished
shah try 20 tell you this afternoon,
and at tbs same tiHne speak OF some
further progress that must be made,
with thosa OF the first rank In the
There ara three things needed to
make any school n success: (al good
buildings and equipment, Cbl good
teachers AID patrons. (c) good course
Let us look fer q moment a4 what
has been done at the grammar school
IN each OF these directions last year
Just before the opening OF the term
last year the School Board Installed
a steam heating plant In the school
and had tina walls OF the building re-
tinted. thus insuring more comfort
able and more pleasing rooms. The
hlacRb0ar6u were also renewed. and
electric ligshts placed In the basement.
to insure greater safety In managing
the furnace
The teechers and patrons raised
school. Some Of this was spent for
beautiful pictures for the interior dec
Grafton; goine for shades for the win
dows; sonasi for victPola. and the rest
for playground equipment. and Tor
supplementary readers.
During last vacation we had hoped
20 see the building painted. and the
yard property Gerfaced, but the School
Board could not stand the expense OF
have put them Off for another year.
Both should be done at the earliest
possible time il the school plant Is to
continue in use.
Now, in the matter OF improving our
teaching force, the teachers-and our
helping force, the patrons-things have
been going steadily forward.
The School Board requires of teach
ers in School No. a good second grade
certih cate. and urges all teachers
above the sixth grade to secure first
grade certificates. But no longer is
scholarship only stressed but success
in teaching rs well so that now in
School No !, out OF the eighteen teach
ers there are only two who have had
but one years experience. and only
one who In teaching her drst year.
Most or the faculty have taught Tor
i've years or longer.
Another YEAR tina School Board hopes
the Tth grace as well as the Sth, and
to have . scale OF salaries according
TO certificates and success in teaching /
And how have the patrons aided In E
the growth ee the school? Through
the Home and School League OF
School No. i. they have shown nne
spirit OF corporation IN helping the
teachers with needed funds for our Diff
'erent enterprises in working out
problems or discipline and, by their
presence and interest on many occa-
sicnSs have given fresh Incentive to
both pupils and teachers.
The Only thing we need now is to
nave m0re TlstTpns working with us.
Those thMA come to the meetings are
.nthussANyl-4 and helpful but we i