Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1915-01-08
Regular Meeting OF wildwood
u School Board

SUI. 0uS ADutIeOD3 cecil OU1E duu
Clerk William q. Todd met on We'd
nesday evening and set a new epoch
in the history of the present Board Of
Education. With the attitude of one
against three William J. HARRISON took
iesue against all the remaining MEM
hers present, IN reference to the site for
the proposed high school; the hardness
OF the Commissioners in reference to
the school bond issue, the system of
teaching In relation to manual training
and in fact he stood by himself as a
representative of the common people.
The meeting wal called to order by
President DowleT. The minutes of the
last Meeting were read and approved.
Mr.. HARRISON reported that he had re-
received several applications for the
position Of %janitor of the new school
house, number 4, commonly known as
the colored school. Best Holmes, Ike
Brown and James Mitchell were some
OF the names mentioned as applicants.
Medical Inspectors Adams aud Tom
lin reported that conditions were good,
and DIR. Tomlin asked that a stove be
placed In the typewriting room of the
Wildwood school. This was ordered
done by the board. The repair COM
mittee informed the board that the
wire fence had arrived for the Holly
Beach school and had been placed IN
position. Principal Chalmers was
given instructions to purchase books
and supplies as per his requirements,
and was also appointed a committee of
one TO select the books for a school
library, the cost of which vas not to
exceed forty dollars. AS several policies|
for fire insurance had expired, Presi1
dent Do wler and Clerk Todd were in
structed to attend to the details, also t|
place some liability insurance on all
employees Of the Board Of Education.
HARRISON and Dowler expressed the del
sire that w. H. Bright receive dud
confederation, when placing the renew
ais, owing to the fact, that under his
old position as president of the board
he was unable to handle any OF the
policies. This met with the approval
Of the board. 1t was decided TO take.
up all the outstanding notes of the
board. 1t was also decided that here
after when a substitute was engaged to
replace a teacher, the board would pay
the substitute, deducting the same
from the teachers salary.
The regular monthly billsswere order
ed paid and the meeting launched out|
into new business. Mr.. HARRISON ont
lined a recent visit to the Wildwood
school, where he found a class of girls
in the manual training room, saving
wood, mitering and glue potting pieces
of wood together. He suggested that
1t would be far better II the hoard
would build a rough table in the va
cant room In the Wildwood school and
purchase several hot plates and sewing
machines and teach these girls some-
thing useful, like sewing and cooking.
Mr.. Chalmers explained that the 'tglue
potting," as Mr.. HARRISON termed it,
trained the hands and eye, and thafit-
was the intention of the curse to cul-
tivate this condition. President Dow
Ter stated that it was a beneficial course
and trained the hand and eye of the
student. Going further, Mr.. Dowler
stated that a person whose ability to
use their hands and eyes, were more
useful in the world than one whose
brain contained a lot of book know
ledge, or was developed along brain
work. At this juncture of the meeting
Mr.. Chalmers stated that he had been
honored by a visit from Mis-. Leslie
Hallen and Mrs. L. M. Rice in refer
ence to obtaining a room In which to
teach domestic science. 1t happens
that County Superintendent Hand has
appointed these two women to look
after any interest in relation to domes-
tic science on Five Mile Beach. They
have organized a sewing class and the
board granted them permission to meet
in the school house, with the condition
that they accept all comers, who are
DESTROYS of learning domestic science.
This subject being disposed of, the
boards attention was called TO the
500, 900 high school proposition, and
Mr.. HARRISON stated that several tax
payers had interviewed him in refer
nee to the railroad site and each one
had explained that the board would
need all of 500, 900 for the building and
equipment. Mr.. Dowler, with a speech
in reply, stated that the plot in ques-
ton was full Of legal obstacles, and
that any property owner in that vicin-
ity could kick, as they had purchased
their lots with the understanding that
the land In question was to be used as