The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1914-10-22
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~ SmithviIIe High
~ School Items
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! Our new maps in a handsome
drop-door case have come at last.
They are strong, well made Of dur
able material, and, hence, should
last a lifetime.
Miss Burton and her little pupils
have secured another picture. This
makes three for each room.
Since it has been announced that
Lee county will have a fair, We are
striving to put Oh" an exhibit. OF
course, anything that we may do in
that line will have to be done in 2
weeke as we had made no prepare
ton before.
Mr.. Supt., you have not come to
pass upon our school, and we are
ready to hear your decision. We
are anxious 10 pet our certificate OF
Standardization.
Today we sent our application for
accredited relations with the Uni
versity of Georgia and associated
colleges. We can hardly hope to
get more than eight or, possibly,
nine units, as W. have only one
teacher III the high school. A one.
teacher high school must not have
more than 5 daily recitations OF at
least 40 minutes each.
Now since the associated colleges
require IA units to enter the fresh
man, we shall lack 6 units Of enter
ing. Our intention is to coach the
pupils through the three years o.
the smithville high school in at least
two extra studies each year. This
will enable the pupil to pass by ex-
animation the remaining 6 studies
| for which he has no credit.
Some Of my patrons, hear, are
not satisfied because their children
are not doing enough work. Deal
parent. SO am l not satisfied becau-
se they are not doing enough work.
: You are dissatisfied because they
have not 6 Org lessons for the-teach-
er to recite every day. ] am dissa-
listed because they don't prepare
we'll the A lessons l assign them,
You must understand that The
teachers hearing 6 or 10 lessons
: daily and the pupils preparing
(. are two distinct propositions. Th'
2 pupils are required to prepare TIN
4 lessons in the Smithyille school. /
YOU will see that your child studies
his lessons at home for at least al
hour on each lesson, / will see thai
he has enough work to do. ! asked
my high school pupils today how
e much Slime they devoted to each
lesson and the replies were, from
30 to As minutes. Think Of pre-
pairing Caesar lesson or an Alge-
bra or Geometry lesson In 40
minutes! Is this the kind OF stuff
YOU expect to send to college? Not
over my signaturel If they can pre-
pare the work in 5 minutes, well
land good; but the human mind
happened to be so constituted that
lit cannot thoroughly grasp an ab-
stract or an abstruse lesson in soin-
credibly short time Time, you
will find, is a very important item
in acquiring an education.
The school is constantly open to
patrons. II you are satished Win
our work, come to see us. If you
are dissatisfied with our work, be
sure to come and show us that your
child should go forward. | would
de delighted to have you act as judi
ge after hearing your children re-
cite. If they are entitled to adyan-
cement, they certainly may go for
ward. / am anxious to do every
pupil all the good I can. And II
you will have your child do through
the three years as l ask him to do,
you will be proud of him and his
record. l have had very few pu-
pills in my Is years of teaching who
Ibid and studied exactly as / advised
them. These are now the most no
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