The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1921-02-05
VISITING SCHOOLS.
Editor Sea Coast Echo:

/ Editor Sea Coast Ecn0:
/ The writer asked Prof. Keller,
Superintendent of Education of Han
cock County, if he could accompany
! him on his rounds, to the various
county schools and the professor
answering in the affirmative, the
writer solicited DIR. Kergosien to join
/ them.
The DR.. being a trustee of the City
schools of Bay st. Louis. and deeply
! interested in the progress OF our
county schools, consented.
Gulf View.
We visited Gulf View Consolidated
school and found Prof. D. j. Everett
in charge who gave US very cordial
welcome.
This school has four teachers and
while the children are nearly all, In
| the lower grades there were very
! few of them absent, on the morning
of our visit. Particular mention is
due to the professor in nharge and
| Miss Melaine Habicht.
Logtown.
Our next call was Logtown. There
we found a splendid two-story build
| ing, modern in every respect, and
| presided over by Prof. Arendale and
Misses Mabel Smith, Helen Fountalne
and Gertrude Weston. Good order
prevailed among the children. both
in school and On the play ground.
| We visitors, were asked to make
| short talk. and as we had previously
made our little speeches at Gulf
View, we were quite willing to ad-
| dress this school.
| The DIR. was first on program, and
| he delivered a very pointed talk to
both teachers and pupils, touching in
the course of his talk, on land sur
veys. How the range lines and the
| townships were established, and in
closing, laid stres upon children. In
the 9Th grade, being taught how to
| describe land. He was warmly ap-
plauded
The writer. next called upon, and
he felt so impressed with this splen-
did school, it's workings, that he was
forced to tell the assembly, that they
| were far ahead of the Bay st. Louis
schools. in every respect.
| Napoleon.
Prof. Keller, next carried US in his
car to Napoleon school, and here we
found Miss Marie Simmons in charge.
This young lady is doing all she can
under the difficulties, with which
she has to contend. A very poor
school building, with absolute mo
equipment, yet, she has willing pu-
pills and they are progressing.
Kiln School.
Our next stop was at Kiln Con-
solidated school. Here we found
the faculty composed of Prof. S. ?.
Powell Mrs. c.. Badger, Mrs. Susie
Dolby and Misses Maud Lundy, Reda
Whitfield, Etha Kergosien, May
Mauffray and Asa Day. The last
four the writer was unable to meet.
Here is a school equipped with
steam heat, electrir lights and other
modern equipment. Excellent order
prevailed both in rooms and on
| grounds. Teachers and pupils
thoroughly interested and doing good
work. Prof. Powell, in the writers
| opinion, showed excellent judgment,
| in not requiring the smaller grades
to assemble in chapel. The idea of
having a small child to trudge up
stairs and sit in a seat-much to
high for him or her-during the
morning exercises. is absurd.
Dedeaux.
We merit visited the Dedeaux
school. Here we met Prof. A. S. Nc
Queen and his estimable wife, to-
gether with Misses Ava Garraga and
Ethel FURRY We found the best of
order prevailing here of any school
visited. The DIR. propounded some
questions to the pupils and it was
erehhe received ready answers to
them.
Sellers.
Our next visit was to the Sellers
Consolidated school. where we found
Prof. w. H. Hoyle, and his splendid
wife, together with Misses Anna Wal
ker and Ruby Carter in charge. This
school-like the Kiln and Logtown-
modern in every respect and up to
the miunte in school work.
Logtown (Colored)
We next visited the Logtown Col
| OT6u SCnOol. we IOuuQ 1OuI oCtisC
; teachers in charge of wide-awake
colored pupils. Good discipline here
Pearlington.
The writer next visited Pearling-
ton school, and found Mrs. j. j.
Howe, in charge. The school build
ing was very good one, but had no
equipment. Mrs. Howe is wide
awake to the interest Of her pupils
and is doing excellent work.
The writer has visited many
schools in Mississippi and hundreds
of schools in the Central States. and
can truthfully say, that he has found
no better schools. nor better teach
ers, outside of the larger cities.
Bay St. Louis Central School.
| The writer accompanied by Dr.,
Kergosien, also visited the Bay St
Louis Central school, and we are
sorry to say, that several of the
county schools, in Hancock county
are much superior to our own Cen.
trail school.
We visited the room over which
Sylvester presides, and found splen
did work being done. 1t seemed te
the writer. we had found the right
woman for the right place. An en-
thusiastic, painstaking worker, from