The Pensacola journal., 1920-02-27
'SMITH-HUCHES
GONZALEZ WORK
JAMES M. TATE SCHOOL HAS
FINEST EQUIPMENT POSSIBLE
AND RESULTS ARE PROVING
SATISFACTORILY.

The Smith Hughes Department of
the lanes NJ Tate Agricultural School
is very well equipped for the work it
is doing this year. The state requires
only $3.50 to $500 OF equipment for
the work, yet the department has ap
proximately 500 in equipment. The
smith Hughes Department has
better agricultural library than any
other school of this nature in the state.
The department also has a reading
room with twelve papers for the use
Of the pupils. The papers are the
very best journals on the different
branches Of agriculture and are being
used to Il great advantage in the
school, by both the pupils and the
people in the community. The school
has about 1900 state and federal bul-
Ietins treating the various topics per-
Gaining to agriculture and home eco
nomics.
The pupils taking the agricultural
course give three, 45 minute periods
per day to this work. The High
School pupils receive high school
credit for the work and a student who
graduates from the Smith Hughes
school can enter college and take any
Of the four science courses. In case
the pupils desires to take a. 3. work
they can do so by adding an extra
unite in Latin or History. 1t may De
said that a pupil who takes the Smith
Hughes work can enter college for
better prepared for the science than
from the regular academic schools
and should the students desire to take
the academic work in college they can
easily make up the desired credits
for the A. & work in college. There
is no better course for pupils to study
than the Smith Hughes course, no
matter what line of work they may
aim to follow for in so studying they
are working with the solved and un-
solved mysteries of Mother Nature
It gives a broader and more compre-
hensive understanding of the environ
nent in which one lives than any
course of study one can pursue In
high school,
One OF the chief points to be re-
mernbered about the Smith Hughes
work is the fact that all the prepara-
ton for the class work is done in the
school room under the supervision OF
the instructor. This class room work
is supplemented by field trips ct
cetera. all of which is done during
the regular. school hours. We gave
a phase of work that is known as
the project work, which is done at the
home of the pupils. This work IS
done after school and on Saturdays
but still under the supervision or the
Agricultural instructor. This project
work connects the home and the
school more closely than any one thlng
that has yet come about.
The Smith Hughes pupils nave
nlarted 300 fruit trees on the school
farm this year and are starting
propa CATION plot, which Is making
some headway at present. The boys
have also set out 700 feet of hedge
around the school building and are
now planting individual garden plots
on the school ground to see who can
produce the best plot by the time
school closes this year.
The Smith Hughes department is
represented this year by forty-tlVe
hovs. thirty-five being in the senior
errorn and ten in the junior group.
The Junior pupils are those who take
Two or more hours of class work per
week and a project work at home
under the supervision of the agri-
cultural instructor. Most every boy
is not only taking his regular home
proiect work but is also taking one
or more pigs along with his regular
work.
The Smith Hughes department has
been successful in organizing some OF
the farmers in the ,oIlmunity into
\ class for the purpose of studying
.g,.iculture This class will meet Fri
drv night at which meeting the sub
ioc+ of poultry will be discussed. All
arc invited to attend this meeting
whether they are members Of the class
~, NOT. It is desired that as many as
possible enroll in the class, both men
and women. We will take the differ
ent subjects of agriculture and ami
NAL husbandry from time to time as
-he people see fit. 1t is urged that
all farmers take part in this work
and any others who will. The Com
nunitv and the Country in general
needs better agriculture, better CO.
oDeratiOn and q more progressive
s,,i,it that will work for the common
good of all Let us get together and
work for better community, county
and state.