Educational survey of Towns County, Georgia

No. '19

Educational Survey of Towns County Georgia
BY
M. L. DUGGAN, Rural School Agent
No. 19
Under Direction of the State
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
M. L. BRITTAIN State Superintendent of Schools
1917

COUNTY SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION.
DR. R. T. COLEMAN, Superintendent ---------- Young Harris, Ga
County Board of Education. HON. P. A. WOODING, Chairman ------------- Young Harris, Ga. HON. J O H N H. ALLEN _ _ - _ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -Visage, Ga. HON. W. H. NICHOLSON -_---------------------- Hiawassee, Ga. HON. W. H. DEAN ........................... Young Harris, Ga. HON. E. W. TAYLOR - - _ - - - - - - - - _ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - _ -P-resley, Ga.

Hiawassee Valley
(From Mountain Scene School.)
TOWNS COUNTY.
Immediately on the Blue Ridge Range of mountains, adjoining the North Carolina line, this is a typical mountain county. Its valleys are beautiful and fertile, its mountains the highest in Georgia, (Enota 4798 feet), its citizenry of the purest Anglo-Saxon strain, but the lack of transportation facilities have retarded the wheels of progress. Better roads and better schools are the fundamental needs of the county, and the hopeful sign is that the people are beginning to realize this. The purpose of this Bulletin is to help them to a speedy and fuller realization.
If i t is true that "Towns county has furnished to the country as many strong and noted preachers and teachers in proportion to population as any county in the State", the probable reason is to to be found in, ( l s t ) , the native ability and resourcefulness of the mountain boys and girls, and (Znd), the exceptional educational opportunities afforded by the tws we11 known church schooIs located in the

county, viz: Hiawassee, maintained by the Baptists and Young Harris by the Methodists.
I would not undertake to estimate the value of the services rendered by these two institutions, for they can only be fully accounted for by the Recording Angel. The high character and kind of education offered by them, however, has led inevitably to the so-called learned professions, mainly the ministry and teaching, and the county has neither needed all of these nor been able to adequately remunerate any of them ; hence practically all have been compelled to seek other sections demanding their talents and able to offer proper compensation. The county has been made vastly poorer by their leaving, and others have not come in to fill their places.
No efforts have been made to offer special or technical training of any kind calculated to develop the natural resources of the section. No sort of vocational education has been attempted. And the educational opportunities of the county, other than as offered by these two institutions, have remained meager and utterly inadequate to the demands of the times or the children of the county.
A NEW PROBLEM.
And now in obedience to the laws of Georgia, as recently interpreted, these church schools are separating themselves from further state aid, and in the readjustment find themselves no longer able to offer to their immediate communities any sort of common school opportunities. With the state aid withdrawn they seem compelled to limit their efforts in future to High School work, leaving the common school work entirely to the very meager facilities that the state has been able to supply t o other parts of the county. Thus these favored communities are suddenly facing the same problems as other sections, and so the fundamental problem of school maintenance has become the vital common problem of the entire county. This problem has no-

where ever been permane~itlyor satisfactorily settled except through county-wide local taxation, and the people can not longer afford to temporize with any other experimentations. Hence,
THE PARAMOUNT PUBLIC SCHOOL PROBLEM IN TOWNS COUNTY IS LOCAL TAXATION.
More money to operate the schools is the prime need, and a county-wide local school tax to supplement the state school funds is the only sure and satisfactory way to get it. Some of the arguments for it and the needs that it will supply are recorded in this Eulletin. The pictures show great need of better buildings in some places, and more suitable buildings everywhere. The total lack of school equipment prevents the possibility of good teaching. The children can not possibly complete the grades required within the very limited school year (five months). Good services can not be expected a t the salaries paid to the teachers.
The new jail recently built by taxation cost more than the value of all the school houses in the county. Which is most important ?
TEACHERS' SALARIES AND SERVICES.
The maximum salaries paid in the county is one hundred and fifty dollars a year (five months). Some teachers are paid as low as one hundred dollars. As a result one-third of the teachers hold license lower than first grade; and two-thirds of them are teaching a t their present schools for their first term. (Unless better salaries can be paid i t may be their last). As might be expected, there is a low vitality in the morale of the schools, no club work to stimulate and develop self-activity. The people are expecting very little of these schools, because they have put very little into them. They are just about getting value received and

have therefore, no just cause of complaint against the schools.

FINANCES.

Towns county received from the State School Fund----If the county levied against its property the same rate a s
levied f o r schools in Rabun Co. (adjoining on the east) .......................................

$4,072.00 2,900.00

The county would then have f o r operating its schools ---- $6,972.00

The cost of administration remaining the same the amount available for each school in the county would be nearly or quite doubled. The efficiency of every school should be much more than doubled.

THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
There are in the county a t present, after several consolidations already effected, nineteen public common schools, all limiting their work to seven grades. There are high school departments in connection with two of these (Hiawassee and Young Harris), both under denominational control, and henceforth to be separate from the common schools. As will be seen from detailed reports herein the equipment of these schools consists a t best of a few good home made desks and many "long benches", inferior and insufficient blackboards, a small map of Georgia furnished without cost by t h e State Department of Agriculture and several U. S. history maps sent by Congressmen, and very rarely anything else. At only two schools in the county outside of Hiawassee and Young Harris could any toilet be found, and only one each at these two schools. Playgrounds are entirely too small a t most of the schools, but this is sometimes due to the steep mountain sides. Organized play has not been attempted.

CONSOLIDATIONS.
With commendable wisdom, and without inconvenience to any patrons, the County Board of Education has already effected several consolidations. Three schools have been consolidated into one a t Brasstown, two into one a t Mountain Scene school, and one (County Line school) sent to Young Harris. Several others are in contemplation and may be effected without unreasonable inconvenience to patrons, as will be seen by their proximity t o each other, as herein reported. Thus these schools may be greatly strengthened, as well as their maintenance funds increased by decreasing their number. The Board and Superintendent well deserves the sympathy and cooperation of the people in this wise policy which makes for t h e betterment of the schools.
FREE TEXT-BOOKS.
Upon careful inquiry a t each school i t was found that a considerable number of the little children were or had been in school without any text-books; while a much larger number were insufficiently supplied. Particularly because many of these without text-books had discontinued school it may reasonably be concluded t h a t still others had never entered because of the lack of text-books. These considerations lead us to recommend free text-books to the first two or three grades as soon as the county will supply more funds through a local school tax. The total amount required for this will be very small. None can estimate the good that may result.
COMPULSORY ATTENDANCE LAWS.
"An Act to require school attendance of children", etc., contains the following:

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of t h e State of Georgia, t h a t every parent, guardian or other person having charge and control of a child between the ages of eight and fourteen years, who is not exempted or excused as hereinafter provided, shall cause said child to be enrolled in and to attend continuously for f o u r months of each year a public school of t h e district or of the city or town in which the child resides; which period of attendance shall commence a t the beginning of the first term of said school in the year.
Certain exceptions are made, "the sufficiency of which shall be determined by the board of education", etc.
SEC. 2. Be i t further enacted, That any parent, guardian or other person who has charge and control of a child between t h e ages aforesaid, and who wilfully fails to comply with the foregoing requirements shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine not to exceed ten dollars f o r t h e first offense, and not to exceed twenty dollars for each subsequent offense, said fines to include all costs, etc.
VOCATIONAL EDUCATION.
It is encouraging to note the promise of success with which t h e introductien of the Demonstration Work into the county has met so far. Particularly encouraging was the recent approval by the Grand Jury of an appropriation for the continuation of the Home Economics Demonstratior. T4'ork in the county. While both t h e Farm Demonstrati~n and Home Economics work has been hopefully established in t h e county, still neither have as yet been sufficiently introduced into the public schools. This may be because the teachers have not as yet realized its immense importance as educational agencies. No progressive teacher longer hesitates to welcome these agencies into her school and give all possible cooperation. Boys' and Girls' clubs should be formed and encouraged in every school in the county, and the Demonstration agents should work hand in hand with the public schools for the proper education of the children and the highest development of the county.

MOUNTAIN SCENE SCHOOL. Unfinished new building
(The result of a consolidation of two schools.)
Teacher: Mr. Frank Watson, Presley, Ga.
Location: Three and half miles north to Macedonia.
Grounds: Area, one acre; titles in County Board; two churches on adjoining lots; new location, a s yet unimproved; very smal; playgrounds; no school gardens; no toilets.
Building: Value, $600.00; one class room; no cloak rooms; well lighted; ceiled and painted; (an unfinished new building not yet in use).
Equipment: To have double patent desks; good blackboards; a few maps; no charts, globe, pictures, or dictionary; a library in contemplation.
Organization: One teacher; six grades; enrollment 43; average attendance 34; no program posted; no clubs; five months school year.
Maintenance: $150.00 from state funds; no other funds.
Note-Children not all supplied with books. 9

COUNTY LINE SCHOOL.
(Note-This school to be consolidated with Young Harris a t end of present term.)
Teacher: Mr. M. C. Hood, Young. Harris, Ga.
Location: One and half miles north to Young Harris.
Grounds: Area, very small; title ( ?); unimproved; very small playgrounds; no school gardens; no toilets.
Building: Value, $400.00; one class room; no cloak rooms; improperly lighted; in good repair and well kept; unpainted.
Equipment: Long benches; fair blackboards; no maps, charts, globe, pictures, library, or dictionary.
Organization: One teacher; eight grades; enrollment 56; average attendance 40; no program posted; no clubs; five months school year.
Maintenance: $125.00 from State funds; no other funds.
Note-About half the patronage from Union county.

MACEDONIA SCHOOL.
reacher: Mr. L. L. Kimsey, Hiawassee, Ga.
Location: Three and half miles south to Mountain Scene.
Grounds: Area, one acre; titles in trustees; unimproved grove; small playgrounds; no school gardens; no toilets.
Building: One large room; no cloak rooms; not fully lighted; well kept, but not in good repair; ceiled; unpainted.
Equipment: Long benches and a few patent desks; no blackboards; two maps; no charts, globe, pictures, library, or reference dictionary.
Organization: One teacher; seven grades; enrollment 77; average attendance 43; no program posted; no clubs; school year five months.
Maintenance: $150.00 from State funds; no other funds.
Note-Children not well supplied with text-books.

PINE GROVE SCHOOL.
Teacher: Miss Ora Nicholson, Hiawassee, Ga.
Location: One and half miles to Upper Hightower; two and half miles to Lower Hightower.
Grounds: Area, one acre; titles in trustees; partly improved; ample playgrounds; well kept; no school gardens; no toilets.
Building: Value, $150.00; one class room; no cloak rooms; clean and well kept; fairly lighted.
Equipment: Good home-made desks; no blackboards; one small state map; no charts, globe, pictures, library, or reference dictionary.
Organization: One teacher, four grades; enrollment 40; average attendance 33; no program posted; no clubs; five months school year.
Maintenance: $125.00 from State funds; no other funds.

BEAR'S MEAT SCHOOL.
reacher: Miss Maude White, Hiawassee, Ga.
Location: Four miles northwest to Hiawassee; one and half miles to Upper Hightower.
Grounds: Area, one acre; title "for school and church"; unimproved; very small playgrounds; no school gardens; no toilets.
Building: Value, $150.00; one class room; no cloak rooms; fairly lighted; in bad repair; unpainted.
Equipment: Long benches; no opportunity for writing.; very little blackboards; one small state map; no charts, globe, pictures, library, or reference dictionary.
Organization: One teacher; seven grades; enrollment 33; average attendance 23; no program posted; no clubs; five months school year.
Maintenance: $125.00 from State funds; no other funds.
Note-About half the children without text-books.

UPPER HIGHTOWER SCHOOL.
Teacher: Troy Berrong, Hiawassee, Ga.
Location: Three and half miles notheast to Pleasant Hill; three miles west to Lower Hightower; one and half miles to Bear's Meat.
Grounds: Area, one acre; titles, "for church and school"; unimproved; ample playgrounds; no school gardens; no toilets.
Building: Value, $800.00; one large room (used for a church); no cloak rooms; fairly lighted; in good repair; ceiled; painted.
Equipment: Long benches; very poor blackboards; no maps, charts, globe, pictures, library, or reference dictionary.
Organization: One teacher; seven grades; enrollment 53; average attendance 40; no program posted; no clubs; five months school year.
Maintenance: $150.00 from State funds; no other funds.
Note-Children not well supplied with text-books.

PLEASANT HILL SCHOOL.
Teacher: Mr. E. S. Berrong, Titus, Ga.
Location: Three and half miles southwest to Upper Hightower; six miles northeast to Tate City.
Grounds: Area, half acre; titles in trustees; unimproved; very small playgrounds; no school gardens; no toilets.
Building: Value, $600.00; one class room; no cloak rooms; very well lighted; comfortable and well kept; ceiled; painted inside.
Equipment: Long benches; poor blackboards; one small State map; no charts, globe, pictures, library, or reference dictionary.
Organization: One teacher; seven grades; enrollment 50; average attendance 40; no program posted; no clubs; five months school year.
Maintenance: $150.00 from State funds; no other funds.

LOWER HIGHTOWER SCHOOL.
Teacher: Mrs. Lucile Wood, Hiawassee, Ga.
Location: Two miles northwest to Bear's Meat School; three miles east to Upper Hightower school.
Grounds: Area, ( ? ) ; titles, "for church and school"; ample playgrounds; no school gardens; no toilets.
Building: Value, $700.00; one class room; no cloak rooms; fairly lighted; in good repair and well kept; ceiled; painted inside and outside. Used also for a church.
Equipment: Long benches; no blackboards; no maps, charts, pictures, globe, library, or reference dictionary.
Organization: One teacher; six grades; enrollment 18; average attendance 12; no program posted; no clubs; five months school year.
Maintenance: $137.50 from State funds; no other funds.

TATE CITY SCHOOL.
eacher: Miss Media Cowart, Tree, Ga.
~cation: "Tate City" is a very remote rural community composed of about fifteen families situated in a fertile valley of surpassing beauty a t the head of the Tallulah river. I t is in the extreme northeast corner of Towns county, shut in on all sides by very high mountain peaks of the Blue Ridge Range, and separated by them from any other schools or residences. The only way in or out is over these high mountains, but i t is well worth the trip.
rounds: Area, very small; titles, ''for church and school purposes"; unimproved; no school gardens; very small playgrounds; no toilets.
uilding: Value, $600.00; one class room; no cloak rooms; well lighted; comfortable, in good repair, and clean; well ceiled; painted outside.
-quipment: Long benches; very poor blackboards; small state map; no charts, globe, pictures, library, or reference dictionary.
Organization: One teacher; five grades; enrollment 22; average attendance 17; no program posted; no clubs; five months school year.
Yaintenance: $100.00 from State funds; no other funds.

FODDER'S CREEK SCHOOL.
Teacher: H. K. Sutton, Hiawassee, Ga.
Loeation: Three miles east to Macedonia; five miles northeast to Hiawassee.
Grounds: Area, ( ? ) ; titles ( ? ) ; grounds rolling; playgrounds very small; no school gardens; no toilets.
Building: Value, $500.00; one class room; no cloak rooms; fairly well lighted; in good repair and wen kept; floors oiled; ceiled; painted inside and outside.
Equipment: Home-made desks and benches; very poor blackboards; no maps, charts, globe, pictures, library, or reference dictionary.
Organization: One teacher; seven grades; enrollment 45; average attendance 35; no program posted; no clubs; five months school year.
Maintenance: $150.00 from State; no other funds.

BRASSTOWN SCHOOL.
(This school is the result of the recent consolidation of Frog Pond, Crooked Creek, and New Hope sch~ols. The entire territory is conveniently served a t this central location, but the service is very greatly improved.)
Teachers: Mr. D. J. Nichols, Principal; Miss Alice Dyer, Assistant, Young Harris, Ga.
Location: Three miles north of Young Harris.
Grounds: Area, two acres; titles in county Board of Education; fine location, a s yet unimproved; good playgrounds; school gardens in contemplation; no toilets yet.
Building: Value, $1,600.00; two class rooms; cloak rooms; well and correctly lighted; first-class condition, and well kept; well ceiled and painted.
Equipment: Double patent desks; first-class blackboards; maps, illustrative materials, no framed pictures, or reference dictionary; library in contemplation.
Organization: Two teachers; seven grades; enrollment 130; average attendance 95; programs; no clubs yet organized.
Maintenance: $300 00 from State funds; no other funds.

GUM LOG SCHOOL.
Teacher: Miss Minta Platt, Young Harris, Ga.
Loeation: Extreme northwest corner of county; three miles east to Brasstown school.
Grounds: Area, one and half acres; titles in trustees; unimproved; small playgrounds; no school gardens; one toilet, in fair condition.
Building: Value, $600.00; one class room; no cloak rooms; well lighted; in good repair and well kept; well ceiled; painted outside.
Equipment: Good home-made desks; poor blackboards; no maps, charts, globe, pictures, library, or reference dictionary.
Organization: One teacher; six grades; enrollment 52; average attendance 35; no program posted; no clubs; five months school year.
Maintenance: $125.00 from State funds; no other funds.

WOOD'S GROVE SCHOOL.
Teacher: Mr. L. D. Gribble, Hiawassee, Ga.
Location: Four miles southeast to Hiawassee; four miles southwest to Young Harris.
Grounds: Area, one acre; titles in trustees; grounds unimproved; small playgrounds; no school gardens; one toilet.
Building: Value, $600.00; one class room; no cloak rooms; improperly lighted; building in good repair, and well kept; floors oiled; well ceiled, and painted outside.
Equipment: Good home-made desks; poor blackboards; one small state map; no charts, globe, pictures, or reference dictionary; a library in contempIation.
Organization: One teacher; six grades; enrollment 59; average attendance 47; no program posted; no clubs; five months school year.
Maintenance: $150.00 from State funds; no other funds.

WEST UNION SCHOOL.
Teacher: Mr. L. F. Ledford, Young Harris, Ga.
Location: Three miles east to Young Harris.
Grounds: Area, one acre; unimproved; playground small; no school gardens; no toilets.
Building: Value, $300.00; one class room; no cloak rooms; fairly lighted; clean; unpainted.
Equipment: Good home-made desks just put in; fairly good blackboards; one small state map; no charts, globe, pictures, library, or reference dictionary.
Organization: One teacher; seven grades; enrollment 44; average attendance 36; five months school year; no clubs; no program posted.
Maintenance: $100.00 from State funds; no other funds.

LOWER BELL'S CREEK SCHOOL.
Teacher Mr. W. E. Eller, Hiawassee, Ga.
Location: Two miles south to Hiawassee; two miles east to Upper Bell's Creek.
Grounds: Area, half acre; titles in local trustees; very fine grove; playgrounds on adjacent church property; no school gardens; no toilets.
Building: Value, $550.00; one class room; no cloak rooms; in good repair, and clean; fairly lighted; ceiled inside; painted outside.
Equipment: Long benches and a few patent desks; very poor blackboards; small state map; no charts, globe, pictures, library, or reference dictionary.
Organization: One teacher; six grades; enrollment 82; average attendance 64; no program posted; no clubs; five months school year.
Maintenance: $125.00 from State funds; no other funds.

UPPER BELL'S CREEK SCHOOL.
Teacher: Miss Christine Twiggs, Hiawassee, Ga.
Location: Two miles east to Lower Bell's Creek; four miles southwest to Hiawassee.
Grounds: Area, half acre; titles in local trustees; very small playgrounds on lot, but ample on adjoining lands used by children; no school gardens; no toilets.
Building: Value, $500.00; one class room; no cloak rooms; fairly lighted; in good repair and well kept; ceiled, but unpainted.
Equipment: Long benches; poor blackboards; one small state map; no charts, pictures, or reference dictionary; no library.
Organization: One teacher; six grades; enrollment 33; average attendance 25; no clubs; five months school year.
Maintenance: $137.50 from State funds; no other funds.

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HOG CREEK SCHOOL.
reacher: Mrs. Hattie Kimsey, Hiawassee, Ga.
Location: Two miles north to Hiawassee.
Grounds: Area, half acre; titles in trustees; fine grove unimproved; small playgrounds; yards well kept; no school gardens; no toilets.
Building: Value, $600.00; one class room; no cloak rooms; well lighted (panes badly broken); in good repair; well kept; ceiled; unpainted; painted outside.
Equipment: Long benches; very poor blackboards; one small state map; no charts, globe, pictures, library, or reference dictionary.
Organization: One teacher; seven grades; enrollment 70; average attendance 50; no program posted; no clubs; five months school year.
Maintenance: $150.00 from State funds; no other funds.
Note-Children not well supplied with text-books.

HIAWASSEE HIGH SCHOOL.
(High School Department under auspices of the Baptist Mission Boards.)
Teachers: Rev. L. B. Johnson, Principal, High School Department; Miss Virginia Greene, Intermediate Department; Mrs. Maggie Berrong, Primary.
Grounds: Area, several acres; fine elevated location; well fenced and improved; ample playg-rounds; no school gardens; two toilets in good condition.
Building: Value, $3,000.00; four class rooms; folding doors for auditorium; in good repair; fairly well lighted; painted.
Equipment: Double patent desks in suitable sizes; good blackboards; a few maps; charts, pictures; small library and dictionary.
Organization: Three teachers (two in common school department); one music teacher; ten grades; nine months term.
Maintenance: $300.00 to common school from State funds; tuition and an appropriation from Mission Boards to High School.

YOUNG L. G. HARRIS COLLEGE.
(No photo would adequately show this plant.)
This institution i s controlled by the North Georgia Conference of the Methodist Church through a Board of Trustees. It was established in 1887, and f o r t h e past seventeen years, until recently, was presided over by Rev. J. A. Sharp, D.D. During this period the patronage was very large. By special legislation no Coca-Cola or other soft drinks a r e sold within a mile of the institution.
Faculty: The faculty consists of Rev. Geo. L. King, President; S. E. Hambrick, J. W. Cantrell, S. B. Tolar, S. G. Miller, V. L. Bray, J. H. Pittard. Grammar School: P. G. Pound, Mrs. S. B. Tolar. Music: Miss Mary Cantrell. Expression: Miss Sarah Satterwhite.
Grounds: The Institution owns some six hundred acres very fertile lands, and some of the pupils a r e allowed to work their way through the school. No effort is made to teach scientific agriculture. The school plant is located in a beautiful grove a little distant from the highest mountain peak in the State -Enota, locally known a s Brasstown Bald.
Buildings: The buildings consist of a two-story academic building containing ten class-rooms, heated by steam; a brick structure used a s a church and chapel; a three-story Girls' Home, containing sixty rooms; A Boys' Dormitory, containing fortyfour rooms; and a Grammar School building, which also contains a hall for Literary Societies, etc.
Equipment: Besides ordinary school room furniture, there is a good library, small physical laboratory, dormitory and dining room equipments, etc.
Maintenance: The institution is maintained by conference donations, tuition, income from the farm, etc. The State school funds of $300.00 heretofore appropriated will in t h e f u t u r e be withdrawn.

LETTER FROM STATE SUPERINTENDENT
M. L. BRITTAIN
To the County Superintendent and Teachers
Educational results and good teaching generally are not often secured in a shiftless-looking building in which neither patrons, pupils, nor teachers take any pride. Indefiniteness has been removed a t this point through the standard school. In the larger towns and cities pressure of public sentiment and the comment of visitors will sooner or later iorce good educational conditions-and they are improving constantly. Rural communities need to be shown and inspired by educational leaders and we have sent diplomas to more than two hundred county schools where the superintendents have certified to the fact that they have measured up to the standard in every particular. There are a number of localities in the State where the feeling is that no community in the county is able to bring its school up to these very reasonable requirements. I cannot help but think that this is a mistaken view and that some standard schools could be secured in every county in Georgia and that these would serve to inspire the others to progress. Superintendents have written that the use of this efficiency test has developed more progress in the past 12 months than for years previous in the way of improvement. The plan is of no value, however, where it is not used or applied and I earnestly hope we will have the effort a t least of every superintendent in the State to have his county represented on this roll of honor. The list will be published in the next Annual Report. The standard is not unreasonably high and no more than the Georgia parent has the right to expect. Copies should be posted in every county school room in the State and can be secured for this purpose a t any time on application to the State Department of Education. To be entitled to a diploma a school should measure up to the standard in the following particulars:

The Teacher.
1. Good Teaching. 2. Good Order and Management. 3. First Grade Certificate. 4. Full, Neat, and Accurate School Register. 5. Daily Program Posted in Room. 6. Teachers' Manual on Desk.
Grounds.
1. Good Condition. 2. Playgrounds. 3. School Garden. 4. Two Separate Sanitary Closets.
111.
Building.
1. Painted Outside. 2. Plastered, or Ceiled and Painted. 3. No Leaks. 4. Windows without Broken Panes. 5. Cloak Rooms. 6. Good Doors with Locks and Keys. 7. Clean and Well-kept.
IV.
Equipment.
1. Patent Modern Desks. 2. At least 20 Lineal feet of Blackboard per Room. 3. Building Comfortably Heated and Ventilated. 4. Framed Pictures on t h e Wall. 5. Dictionary, Maps and Library. 6. Sanitary Water Supply.

v.
Associated Activities. 1. Manual Arts, Corn, Canning, Pig, Poultry, or Cooking Club.
VI. Salary of Teacher. A t least $40 per month.
VII. Term. At least seven months.