The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-12-03
EIGHT UP-T0-DATE
 SCHOOLS IN. YEAR
 BUILT IN ETONAH
County Has Thirty-Eight Rural Schools and Only Four. / Are of One-Room /
 Variety
GADSDEN BUREAU 1 THE AGE,HERALD Gadefiep. Ain Dar q


 Within the last 12 months no less than eight modern school buildings have been erected in Etowsh county, according to state specifications and County Superintendent Of Education E. P. Murphy annoydces there are only four schools lsff of the one-room variety of the ss jn the county proper. Much of the <tredit for scrapping log cabins sfid barn-like structures for attractlEe buildings along state specifications goes to Superintendent Murphy, who came to Gadsden about 10 years ago as an instructor In tho city school. He later became prin- cipalsof the Eleventh Street Grammar school and under the new school laws he became superintendent of the rural schools six years ago.
 New Consolidated School
 Tn/the northern part of the county tbe people of tho two communities haye consolidated their schools and just completed a new s1o,00o build ing for handling tho large number of children in their district. Motor bussesy have been put on by the trustees of tho school cooperating with the school board and the chil- dren in the outlying parts of the districts are carried to and from the BChOO1 Dg motor JTanSDOTIaIiDn. n. The school Is being equipped with which will be ready for use within a few days.
 One school that. deserves special mention out of the schools of the county ia the rural high school at Glencoe. This Is the largest rural school in the county. having an eaS roliment of SIS pupils and has em- ployed corps of eight teachers to cafry on tho work.
 Following the close of the spring term of school this year the patrons of this school started agitating for full nine months high school and after several conferences with the county board of education the peo- pie of tho district agreed to erect additional room for housing more pupils and the Rock Springs school was consolidated with it. The peo- pie then, after spending several hum dred dollars for the additional room, raised among themselves approxi- mately $500 for financing the ad- ditional two months of school in the higher grades. All requirements of the board were met and commencing With this year the graduates of the Glencoe High school will be eligibls to enter higher institutions of learn ing on the same footing with any city in the state.
 Has Rig Auditorium
 The addition which was built this summer to the school now gives the school eight class rooms and an audi torium that will seat about 800 peo- pie. The School also has dramatic society And with the excellent stage in tbe auditorium the school Is we'll anNinnad arfa int s< .a l~. L i. way large amount of the necessary funds for financing the school ven- lures of the community has been raised. This is the only fully ac- crsdited rural high school in the county.
 One of tho. special features of the Glencoe school is the vocational agricultural department, which Is made possible by the Smith Hughes law, which provides government sup port to communities who will CO., operate through the state depart ment of education.
 The agricultural department Is housed in a separate building, which Is as modern in evefy respect as the school itself, and is we'll equipped with laboratory and sho papparatus for the carrying on of elementary farm mechanics and all other branches or agricultural endeavor. This department is under the direct supervision of O. c. Bottoms, prin- cipal of the school.
 Teach Manual Arts
 The classes in the different lines of farm work are taught those par tfcular things that will be of greatest benefit to them in their daily life on the farm. The boy taking pre5ect work in poultrying specializes in the mechinics necessary for the proper care of his flocks. Two boys have recently completed housing and runs for chickens. building them accord ing to government specifications and have secured pure bred fowls for their project. Other boys are inter- ested in hogs. They have their hogs and make their feeders and other equipment under the supervision of the instructor.
 The blacksmith shop Is complete ana all members of the classes are taught how to do their own black smithing. The class in carpentsry has turned out some splendid work from the school shop. some of it be- ing exhibited at the fair, which was held in Gadsden during October. This class is now making a set of