The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1952-02-29
.MANTEO COLORED
SCHOOL MAKING
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Faculty Pleased With Prog
ress in All Directions at
Roanoke Academy

ne dIClAl- SdSuCE AoSOCldIiOAA
of the Roanoke School is launching
drive for movie protector. They
would appreciate the cooperation
of parents and friends in this
move.
The President, Mrs. Ernie Nc
Cleese together with the officers,
have staged some very beneficial
programs this school-year and plan
for one or two more very soon.
The "Queen for Day" will be
the next to be programmed on
Saturday night, March %, 1852, at
which time we hope many friends
will participate.
Lunch Room
The Lunch Room, due to circum-
stances, has not done so well this
year, but we manage to keep it
going. We believe it to be of great
value to the children anl very help
full to the parents.
Mrs. Cora Gallop is the Mana
ger of the Cook Room, and the
Principal, with the assistance of
the faculty, looks after the buying.
We are pleased to say that over
two thousand lunches have been
served.
The Roanoke School has made
wonderful progress during the four
years that Prof. T. R. Lamb has
been Principal. Mr.. Lamb took
hold of the Roanoke School at a
time when the school was in a
stir and teachers were unwilling
to take hold of the situation, but
Lamb said that if kindness and
good will would bring the people
together, he would try.
His quiet disposition and careful
maneuvering have caused much
visible dissatisfaction to disappear.
Mr.. Lamb has done much to beau
tify the ground by leveling and
sowing seed, and has tried to teach
the children that work is honor
able. He was the first to institute
a Graduation Exercise in the school
with diplomas, rings, caps and
gowns for the eighth and twelfth
grades.
Some have been graduates from
the High School and many from
the eighth grade. These have been
able to take the college test and GO
on. Some are planning to enter
next year.
Mention is here made of some of
the accomplishments under Prof.
Lamb and his faculty. His first
faculty was: Mrs. Madge Cuffee,
Mrs. G. Hill and Mrs. L. T. Boone,
Due to the attendance the next
year, Mrs. Hill was not called back
Mrs. Cuffee taught two years and
wanted to resign since she lived in
Norfolk and could teach there. Mrs
Eva H. Bethea, who had taught a
few years before, was called back
on account of her efficient work.
Among the many things accom-
plished are: Supplementary books
added to the County Library thru
Mrs. Howard. Books from the
superintendent have been donated
and added to the Library; the play.
ground was at one time fairly well
equipped; group participations
have been sponsored by the facul-
ty; curtains costing over $40C
have been installed; machine was
purchased worth about $3.50, fol
Domestic Science work; a mimeo-
graph worth nearly 500 for school
work; rooms have been painted tc
make things more homelike; two
stoves were purchased for the
Lunch Room and a huge ice box
These and many other things are
and have been the efforts of the
faculty and the Parent Teacher
Association.
The Needs of the School
The Roanoke School does moi
have large number of students
but it has the same number of sub.
jects as any other High School.
The Principal, T. R. Lamb, has
the eighth grade thru the twelfth
This means that he must get ir
twenty subjects day, which car
only be done thru correlation anC
this is what he does.
Mrs. L. T. Boone has the fourth
thru seventh grades. Mrs. E. A
Bethea has the first thru the sew.
enth.
By having another teacher
music and home economics could
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