The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1917-09-14
SCHOOLS OPEN
FOR SESSION '17=1S,
Short Speeches Made by Several.
Supt. Campbell the Right Man.
Domestic Science Department il
Well Equipped. List of Faculty.
Military Tactics to Be Given High
School Boys. -

The city schools of Grenada OPEN
ed for the session of 1917-191S. last
Monday, September 10. Quite a num-
Der OF the patrons as we'll as a major
ity of the board of trustees were on
hand. Superintendent A.. B. Camp
bell was in charge of the opening *
ercises. Rev. R. A. Tucker, pastor
Of the Methodist church, conducted
the devotional exercises. Mrs. F. S.
Hill delighted the audience by sing
ing IN her W gracious and inimit-
able way. Short talks were made by
Mr.. A. M. Carothers, also by County
superintendent McKibben and Mr.. j.
C. Wilson.
Superintendent Campbell talked at
some length about certain changes
that he expected to inaugurate and
the work of the coming session. Mr..
Campbell has the happy faculty of
saying the right thing and of quitting
when he gets through. He has dem
onstrated his ability as a school exc
cutive and starts out for the session
under the most favorable auspices.
The board of trustees have such un-
limited confidence in his good judg-
ment and his ability as an educator
that they are ready to o. X. any
proposition that he puts up to them
regarding the school.
Prof. A. C. Hargis is again the
principal, much to the delight of the
entire community. Few young men
ever came to Grenada who made a
more favorable impression than Mr..
Hargis. He proved himself to be
the right mar in the right place.
The three new members of the fac
Miss Lizette Ward of Canton and
Miss Lillian Knobles of State Line.
The other members of the faculty
besides the above are: Misses Hilda
Green, Mary Moody, Locke Tucker
Lizzie Horn, Lucille Cook, Margaret
Thomas, Stella Robertson and Media
McClesky.
Prof. Campbell announced that he
purposed giving the boys of the high
school department military drilling
which is entirely proper and in keep.
ing with the spirit of the nationa
government at this hour.
Quite a deal of equipment has beer
added to the domestic science de.
partment, which makes this depart
ment equal to those of the other bes'
high schools of the state. Miss Ruff
fin, who presides over this depart
mcnt, is not only equipped to teach
that, but almost anything in the lit
erary lines.
Due attention will again be giver
the manual training department, from
which such satisfactory results were
obtained the last session.
The colored school also opened
A. H. Henderson, the principal, is ;
most dependable citizen and is one O
the most capable colored teachers il
the state. The trustees have seen fl
to inaugurate manual training ant
propose, too, to add agriculture t,
this school. They thought they wer'
acting wisely in this for the reason
that the colored child should b.
taught something that tends to en-
courage thrift and industry ant
which will encourage the colored MAJ
to become a moer contented citizen
The South needs the colored man ant
he needs the South and it is the dut.
OF the white people to see that tn
negro youth is given a training tina
will equip him as a mechanic and a
an intelligent farmer.