Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-05-02
DOUBLE SESSION
SYSTEM WILL NOT
Be STARTED NOW

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Grafton will not be followed in the pub
lie schools of Americus for the pres
cnt, at least, according to the action
taken last night at the regular month
ly meeting of the Board of Educa-
ton.
The proposition to alter the educa-
tional system in this city to the ex-
tent of lengthening the daily sessions
was thoroughly investigated by spec
ial committee appointed from the mem
bership of the Board of Education and
at the meeting last night this commits
zion made it's recommendations which
were acted upon favorably by the
board.
The decision to make no change at
present in the length of the school ses-
s;ons quiets much agitation among
many of the patrons of the school, who
have opposed the double session"
plan.
The committees report is as fol-
lcws:
To The Board of Public Education OF
the City of Americus:
Reference question of extendins
school sessions in our public schools
to the school committee for investiga-
ticn:
Your committee begs to report that
they have jointly and severally made
diligent inquiry through such sources
and of such persons as they thought it
Cossible to obtain information. They
have invited suggestions and argu-
merts, and have listened to much elo-
Cuence and logic on both sides of the
question. A duty apparently easy to
be performed and of short duration,
developed, as your committee pro-
gressed with its work, into an almost
impossible task, so far as being able
to proffer any advice; as the result
of the proposed change from the pres
ent system, could only be matter OF
conjecture.
Our report, therefore, will deal prln-
c:pally with facts found to exist under
the present system, and which your
committee submits for your considera-
tion, to-wit:
LIST. Practically all, if not all, the
children in school take their books
hcme at night for study, and practical
ly claim this to be necessary in order
10 meet the requirements OF the
grades.
End. There are about two hundred
and fifty children now in school VINO
take music during the afternoon hours
after the regular public school hours.
3rd. Our present system does not
rroyide for teaching music in our pub
lie schools.
4th. A number of boys without
means, dependent upon the daily earn
ings of themselves and family, nave
positions which enable them to 90
work in the forenoon before school and
in the afternoon after school. Under
the proposed change they would either
he deprived of the positions they hold
or deprived of the school advantages.
5th. During the last two years three
pcw features have been added to the
curriculum of he school, to-wit:
(a3 Domestic science, which your
committee has reason to believe is
progressing;
Cb, Manual training, which your
committee also has reason to believe Is
progressing with decided benefit to the
children;
(e) Military, which we regard as a
success. although the newest of the
three new features.
Manual training and domestic
science are both in the nature of voca-
tional training, which might also be
said of the military feature. From in
formation obtained of superintendents
of schools in which vocational training
bas succeeded, as it progresses it nee
cssarily takes more time, as well as
more teachers, and under our system
Of teaching, the only additional time
would be in the afternoon.
Therefore, if we succeed in these fea-
lures. as we hope to, the extendd, or
doubl daily session will necessarily
follow in the course of time.
We find that some Of our own teach /
ers have had experience in the longer,
sr double daily session schools, as well
rs the single session schools, and from
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