The Republican., 1925-02-26
ACCIDENT HIGH SCHOOL
HAS LOYAL SUPPORT
Citizens of the Community Aid
In Financing New Building
for Housing of Pupils

Article submitted by Principal Bur-
roughs as prepared by the English
Department of the Accident High
School in which are described award
ing of contract for addition to the
building, course of study, needs, ETC.
/. Contract Awarded for Addition to
School Building
At the time Of writing our last
letter our school was inconvenien-
ced to a considerable extent owing to
the fact that the County Board had to
rent rooms in the town in order to
make it possible to have school at all.
That condition still exists, but the
thought is not nearly so burdensome
to the people, students or faculty as
it was then, due to the fact that the
people of Accident Community have
in a most material way manifested
their interest and support in their
school by placing in the hands of the
County Board of Education S13, $4,000
which added to the 100000 already
levied by the county commissioners,
will be sufficient to build the addition
to our school necessary for our pres
ent needs. 1t is true that the money
supplied by the people of Accident
will be repaid by the county at some
future date, yet it is certainly indica-
tive Of the progressive spirit of the
citizens, their interest in their school
and Of their cooperation and support
and-of their desire to further educa-
tion in our county.
The contract for building the new
school has been given out and it is
be ready for occupancy by the
opening of school next fall. The
faculty and students feel very much
encouraged and we all hope to fully
justify the people of Accident by do
ing more and better work in the next
few years.
=. One Course Offered to Students.
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course-the general course;-we offer
no foreign language. Our curriculum
provides for four years of English,
three years of History, one year of
Economics, three years of Mathemat-
les, four years of Science and one
commercial subject which includes
Commercial Arithmetic, Writing and
Spelling. In addition to the above
we have this year, for the first time,
courses in Vocational Agriculture
and Vocational Home Economics.
Whether these last two courses will
in the future be offered for one, two,
or more years, has not been definitely
determined.
The State prescribes the amount of
work to be accomplished in all of the
above courses and our school is fully
complying with these requirements.
This year nearly all the students in
the school except the second year are
carrying four full academic credits
in addition to the one and one-fourth
credits from the vocational work
and up to the present the faculty has
not felt that this imposed an addi-
tional burden upon the students such
as to impair or retard the work in
any of the subjects carried. In other
words we feel that many of our stu
dents can very satisfactorily carry
four academic credits in addition to
the one and one-fourth in vocational
work. In this way we are making it
possible for the quicker students to
accomplish much more in the four
year High School course than the
minimum requirements.
III. Science Equipment Needed.
The handicaps which are hindering
US most are first, lack of room, which
we have already mentioned. Another
need is equipment for science depart
ment. The work being done is indeed
satisfactory but could be made much
more interesting with added equip
ment. A number of maps have been
supplied, which were badly needed
and reference books for the various
departments are being obtained from
time to time.
~. RhetOricals Conducted Each Fri
day Afternoon
An assembly is held each Friday
Gternoon which takes the place of
- terary societies. Each class in turn
prepares and renders these programs.
So far they have been rather above
the average. The pupils respond
readily and are ready to make the
programs beneficial as well as inter
esting and entertaining.
v. Athletics Play Their Part For
Social Efficiency
Athletics play very important
part in the Accident High School.
The whole student body has been in
terested in athletics and as a result
: they have been healthier, happier
and better body of students. Every
member, who is physically able to do