The log cabin Democrat., 1914-01-15
GIVES SURVEY OF
 CONWAY SCHOOLS
GOOD AND BAD FEATURES
SUPT. J. P. WOMACK SUPPLIES SHAKESPEARE CLUB WITH
 INTERESTING DATA.

At the request of the Conway Shakespeare Club, Supt. J. P. Wom- ack furnished for a recent meeting of that organization brief but complete survey of the Conway public schools. The data supplied by him is so inter- esting and contains so many facts not known to the general public. that the club requested the publication of the paper in full by the Log Cabin Democrat. It appears below:
 Enrollment-The enrolment for the current month is 560 in the main school, 70 in the practice school con- nected with the Normal, and about 200 at the negro school. Apportioned to the rooms, it is about as follows :: Room 1, 87; room 2, 69; room 3, 57; room 1, 65; room 6, 51; room '. 52. The high school pupils are distribut- ed among three rooms with an aver age of about 5 each.
 Teaching Force-There are at present l teachers in the main school seven in the grades and four in the high school. While salaries are so tow as to justify a suspicion of in competence, the fact is we have a ca pable body of teachers. Two of the nigh school teachers are college grad u&tes, one is Normal graduate, and the fourth has had college and Nor nal training Some attend summer schools. Ali would be required to do so but for the low salaries, which are barely sufficient for a meager living.
 Salaries-The average salary of grade teachers is $68.75; of high school teachers, $60. Low as these figures are, they represent an in- crease over the salaries of the past. One teacher who now gets $60 began in this school at $280 year, The teachers should have more. We ex- pect them to live in the best homes, to dress in fashion, to travel, to read, to study in Chicago, to attend ec- lures, to support the churches, to teach Sundays-in short, to give themselves, body, mind and soul to the children and youth of the com munity. We wear them out; then, when they are old and ugly we throw them aside as ''out of date'
 
 Course of Study-Next year we shall restore the eleventh grade, when We shall be once more a standard high school with a 14 unit standard. In fact, we shall have an even higher rating, for, with our electives, We shall offer at least 20 units. With such range of electives, any reason able pupil should find ample field of Icourses in English. Latin, history anC mathematics, we shall have as cleo, tives two years of German and one each of agriculture, physiology, bo tany, physics, bookkeeping, domestic science, review courses in the common branches, etc.
 Domestic Science-We are planning to introduce domestic science at tho beginning of the next term. Tn, women of the School and Civi, League are assisting us in the raising of the necessary funds. Already W, have on hand about $160 for tha purpose. We expect to purchase foul sewing machines, nine stoves, etc. as beginning.
 A Room for Retarded Pupils-Th' newest achievement is the room fo retarded pupils, which will be opened January 19. To it will be taken tn, pupils from the various grades wht are out of line with their classes anC who need individual assistance iron the teacher. She will endeavor, by giving great deal of personal at tention to them, to bring them ul with their classes at latest by the be | BAillAlilS Ol llc IlSAJ ISiill. HIS IiiS is designed for slow pupils, for thos, who entered late, for those who hay, missed time, and for those who are |; | year or more too old for their class This is the biggest improvement W, have been able to make in years.
 Medical Through tn, liberality of the s. and c. L., as vel as through the large heartedness O
 Dr. Cecil Dickerson, our newly-electe, medical inspector, we are to have ire medical inspection. Detailed an
 nouncements to be made at an earl, date through the city press.
 Savings Banks-It is our purpos
 soon to inaugurate savings bank il