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Educational Survey of Johnson County Georgia
BY
M. L. DUGGAN, Rural School Agent AND .
EURI BELLE BOLTON, Extension Dept., G. N. I. College
No. 32
Under Direction of State
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
M. L. BRITTA-IN State Superintendent of Schools
1921

JOHNSON COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM. Hon. L. L. Lillard, County Superintendent, Wrightsville, Ga.

County Board of Education.

Hon. J. W. Brinson, Chairman ............ Wrightsville, R. F. D.

Hon. W. L. Mixon Kite, Ga., R. 1. ............................................

Hon. W. C. Brantley .................................... Oconee, Ga., R. 1.

Hon. Z. T. Houser Scott, Ga. ......................................................

L. Hon. S.

Powell Wrightsville, Ga. .......................................

Home Economics Agent Miss C'lemmie Massey ................................. Wrightsville, Ga.

Farm Demonstration Agent Mr. M. E. Crow Wrightsville, Ga. ...........................................

JOHNSON COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM.
A t the request of the Superintendent and County Board of Education, a survey of the educational facilities of Johnson County was undertaken during the month of March, 1921. It included only white schools, and all references in this report are to white schools only.
In company with the superintendent every school was visited, and particular consideration was given t o their locations, with reference to each other, grounds, buildings, enrollment, attendance, organization, teaching force, and financial support, and objective measurements of educational results were made of all pupils above second grade in reading, writing, arithmetic, spelling, and language. Photographs were made of all the school houses. We ask a careful examination of t h e pictures of these buildings and the itemized inventories of school equipment, as given in this bulletin.
The location of the schools with reference to each other, shows that there are very many more than necessary to meet the needs of all the children of the county, and in most instances they are much nearer t o each other than is contemplated under the law. The school law requires t h a t 16 sq. miles shall be the minimum size of school districts, which wouId separate them by a t least four miles. (See Georgia School Code, Section 117, Page 40.) If this law was complied with 18 or 20 would be the maximum number of schools for the county, instead of 39.
A t all of the rural schools the grounds are unattractive and neglected. It was difficult in most cases to ascertain definite information concerning the areas or titles, except in towns and villages.

The rural school houses are inadequate, frequently insanitary, insufficiently and improperly lighted, some of them are uncomfortable, and nowhere were they "pointed to with pride". There was nothing in or around them calculated to attract or inspire child life.
The school equipment is very meager, and not provided with any intention of greatly facilitating t h e education of the children of the county. Teachers' helps were conspicuous by their absence.
According to the last census there are 2,743 white children of school age in the county. The last official report shows an enrollment in the schools of 2,559; but the average attendance was only 1,496. This low average attendance, taken together with the very short school year, makes a very poor showing towards the education of Johnson County children.
Generally the financial support is liberal, as compared to the educational results. Special attention is called to these educational results as reported in detail elsewhere in this bulletin. More money should be devoted to the proper education of the children of the county, but the public would be fully justified in demanding that more education per dollar be assured before more dollars for education is paid. Such assurance can be given only by the county school authorities through a complete reorganization and vigorous administration of the system. The responsibility rests upon the county administration but they should have the hearty sympathy and moral support of all good citizens. The sole purpose of this investigation and report is to reveal the school conditions to the public and to endeavor to point a way to a better educational system for the county.
The taxable property of Johnson County, according to the Tax Receiver's Digest, (estimated to be 32Ch of its real value) is $3,625,429.00. To this may be added the corpor-

ate property within the county of $238,301.00, making a total of $3,863,730.00, subject to county taxation. A county school tax of 5 mills levied against all of the property of the County, as allowed by the late constitutional amendment, would yield $19,318.65, which added t o the county's apportionment of the state school fund of $24,730.35, would give t h e Board of Education $44,049.00 for school purposes.
With a reduced number of schools through consolidations and with $44,000 a year for operating these schools, there would be afforded greatly increased opportunity for selecting well trained teachers, t o supply expert supervision, ion, to furnish better school equipment, and to carry on a progressive building program (with local help) which would within a few years give the county school buildings to which they would "point with pride". Thus, t h e school system of the county could soon be changed from the many "little schools" that are failures from every standpoint to educational institutions of real merit. The difference in educational service rendered t o t h e children of the county could not be expressed in dollars and cents. The opportunity before the county school administration is very great and, fortunately there are no difficult legal complications nor other serious obstacles to hinder a proper organization or reorganization of the county school system.

RECOMMENDATIONS.
1. A LIBERAL COUNTY TAX LEVY TO PROVIDE ADEQUATE FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR BETTER PUBLIC SCHOOLS THROUGHOUT THE COUN'P'Y.
2. A HIGHER PROFESSIONAL STANDARD FOR TEACHERS. Adequate scholarship and professional training should be required. No school can be any better than its teacher.
3. REGULAR MONTHLY MEETINGS OR CONFERENCES OF ALL TEACHERS SHOULD BE REQUIRED. Teachers should be paid for this service out of the public school funds.
4. THERE SHOULD B E CONSTANT AND CAREFUL SUPERVISION OF THE TEACHING PROCESSES IN ALL OF THE SCHOOLS. Formal reports upon such supervision should be made regularly to the county board of education, and kept on permanent file.
A careful and deliberate selection of such schools a s give best promise of progress and permanency should be made and designated a s "GROUP CENTER SCHOOLS". These should be well distributed over the county, and usually not nearer than seven to ten miles t o each other. Some of these should be made junior high schools, and all others grouped around these cent e r s and limited to from five to seven grades according to whether they have one or two teachers. At the "Group Center Schools" should be held community meetings, school fairs, contests, Parent-Teacher Assosociations, etc., for their entire territory, and every encouragement should be given to making them strong, efficient, and influential. They will in time gradually absorb many of the "little schools" within their several groups, and their influence will extend to all.

6. A Progressive and liberal building program should be laid out by the county administration, beginning a t the "Group Center Schools". Liberal appropriations should be made by the county board of education from time to time for permanent and attractive school houses, to be duplicated locally by District taxation or otherwise, and administered under advice and supervision of the county administration. Such policy would gradually give to the county at strategic points modern and permanent school houses that would be a perpetual encouragement and inspiration to children and citizens alike, and prove to be the county's most valuable and attractive assets. Such investments are always profitable.

THE TEACHING FORCE.

- TABLE SHOWING TRAINING AND QUALIFICATIONS OF TEACHERS.

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Grade
One-'Teacher Schools Two-Teacher School,

f : :/ 1 Primary

Elementary High School

1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd

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Total Teachers
2 .i 17

Training Grade
One-Teacher Schools Two-Teacher Schools

College

No. of Teachers

Experience
One-Teacher Schools Two-Teacher Schools

1 Year
5 5

2 Years
2 6

4 or 3 Years More Years

6

6

2

1

Total No.

(?) Teachers

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25

3

17

Service a t Present School
One-Teacher Schools Two-Teacher Schools

1 Year
16 12

2 Yrars
:4 I

4 or

3 Years More Years

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1

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Total No. (?) Teachers

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25

3

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From t h e table above i t will readily be seen t h a t there a r e no standards of qualifications for teachers in Johnson County. Four of the teachers in the one- and two-teacher schools hold a third-grade primary license and four hold a third-grade elementary license ; three hold a second-grade primary license and fifteen hold a second-grade elementary license. Less than half of the teachers in these small schools hold a first-grade license. This fact alone shows t h a t the scholarship of the teachers is very poor. A large number of the teachers in these schools are mere girls who have had only seventh, eighth, or ninth grade training in their little home schools. Many of them have never seen a real school and have not the slightest conception of how a good school should be taught. A teacher who has had only eighth or ninth grade training in a small school does not know the subjects she has to teach well enough t o teach the sixth and seventh grades. She knows nothing of child nature and of the best methods of teaching. How could she be expected to teach little first and second grade children a s they should be taught?
Two of the best small schools visited were taught by

teachers who have some training. One of the teachers referred t o has had normal training and one is a graduate of an A. & M. School and has had summer school work. Both of their schools were neat and orderly. The children had a fine school spirit which was largely the result of story-telling work and school activities other than the "mere hearing of lessons." One of the schools had a school pig and a school garden.
If any untrained teacher who is now in the county wishes t o carry t o her pupils the full measure of inspiration t h a t comes from true teaching, if she wishes to lead her people into the realization of a richer community life, if she wishes t o help the school authorities bring a good school within reach of every child in the county:-if there be any untrained teacher who wishes to have a part in such a great work, she will find two or three years in one of the normal schools in the state to be a n investment in time and money which will bring returns of incalculable value.
The teachers of the three large schools are much better trained than the teachers in the small schools. The data secured concerning their qualifications was not complete and is not included in the table. A program of consolidation is recommended elsewhere in this bulletin. It will take a number of years to work out this scheme of consolidation, but steps t o improve the teaching force of the county should be taken immediately. Johnson County has for a number of years paid as good salaries a s some of the larger and wealthier counties. The Board of Education should adopt such a scale in the payment of salaries t h a t t h e trained teachers will be encouraged t o increase their professional strength by attending summer schools, and that the untrained teachers will feel it necessary t o attend normal school and fit themselves for their work. As a result of such a policy the county will in time have a strong capable corps of teachers.

RETARDATION AND ELININA.TION

Agc-Grade Distrihution

One-and-Two Teacher Schools.

-Age

5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18

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9 167 117 91 62 34 27 12 6 3

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7 20 34 45 39 27 12 7 3 2 11 1 8 38 25 34 1 7

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10 21 22 28 16 1 3 5 3

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Total 9 172 150 162 166 174 166 I68 121 128 67 52 28 23

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25 530 227 19s 153 118
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Age-Grade Distribution-Larger Schools.

Age

5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18

Grade

I I1 I11 IV V VI VII
VIII
Ix X
XI

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141413 9 7 3 1 -- 3 9 4 1 0 4 1 2
449722

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132

Total 1 55 41 52 57 44 57 49 5 1 34 35 25 9 6

Total
101 63 57 68 34 56 52 33 28 17 7
516

Age-Grade Distribution-Johnson County

Age

5678

Grade

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10 219 141 102

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- 7 38 74

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10 227 191 214

9 1 0 11 12 1 3 1 4 1 5 16 1 7 1 8 Total

Table Showing the Number and Percentages of Over-Age or Retarded Children in the Schools of Johnson County.

I I1 111 IV V VI VII VIII IX X XI

Grades

No. of

Pupils

237 149 137 166 122 87 73 22 4 - -- One-and-Two

Per Cent 44.7 65.6 69.1 79.1 $9.7 73.7 82.0 88.0 100. - - Teacher Schools

No. Of Pupils Per Cent

24 22 28 32 1 3 26 20 17 11 1 2LarrerSchools 28.7 34.1) 49.1 47.1 38.2 50.0 38.5 51.5 30.3 5.9 2R.S

No. of
Pupils Per Cent

261 171 163 198 135 115 93 39 15 1 2 All Schools 41.4 58.9 63.9 64.8 72.2 66.1 65.9 67.2 46.9 5.9 28.5 of JohnsonCo.

Table Showing the Percentages of Over-Age or Retarded Children in the Schools of Johnson County a s Compared with the Percentages of Over-Age or Retarded Children in the Schools of Thomas County.

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I I1 I11 IV V VI VII VITI IX X

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One-and-Two

Teacher Schools .

- 40.2 20.6 63.5 66.9 68.8 65.3 64.0 80.6 - --
44.7 65.6 69.1 70.0 79.7 73.7 82.0 88.0 100.

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XI

Grades

- Thomas County - Johnson 'CounW

Larner Schools

19.4 24.1 34.4 38.2 47.4 43.9 43.1 37.9 36.1 31.8 - Thomas County 23.7 34.9 49.1 47.1 38.2 50.0 38.5 51.5 39.3 5.9 2R.5 Johnson County

The Age-Grade tables printed on t h e preceding pages were compiled from the teachers' reports for t h e month of January, 1921. A span of two years is allowed for t h e completion of each grade and the table is therefore very liberal. Children are supposed t o enter the first grade a t the age of six. Thus children in t h e first grade six or seven years of age are considered normal; children in the second grade seven or eight years of age are considered normal, and so on through the grades. Those children in the various grades who are older than the normal age for their grades are overage or retarded.
Of the 2097 children in the schools of Johnson County, 932 or 44.451 are from one to nine years retarded. These children, because of their slow progress through the grades have lost a total of 2,827 school years. The average per capita school appropriation for the past ten years is $4.50. Each year this amount of money has been appropriated for each individual child and if t h a t child failed t o make his grade the money was lost to the county. In other words, Johnson County has in the past eleven years lost $12,721.50 because of retardation. From the standpoint of the money involved any business concern with such a n overhead loss would be doomed t o failure. It would be economy for Johnson County to spend more money for the establishment of an efficient system of schools so t h a t retardation would be largely prevented.

The percentages of retardation in all of the grades of the small schools are greater than those in the grades of t h e

larger schools. (See Table above). The greater retardation in the small schools is due to the unfavorable conditions of these schools. (See discussion on p. 4). The problem of Retardation in Johnson County is more serious than i t is in Thomas County. This is especially true of the small schools of Johnson County. Thomas County has a shorter school term than Johnson, but a stronger teaching force. This fact adds emphasis t o the well known truth t h a t the success and effectiveness of any school system depends upon the strength of its teaching force.
Children who drop out of school before they reach the seventh grade have not acquired the elementary principles of an education. Of 530 children entering the first grade in the small schools, only 89 or 16.8% stay in school long enough t o reach t h e seventh grade; of 101 children entering the first grade in the larger schools 52, or 51.4% reach the seventh grade. Johnson County is failing to educate this number of children who drop out of school in the lower grades. The larger schools are holding more (a little more than three times a s many per hundred) of the children in school than t h e smaller schools. If the people wish for all of the future citizens of Johnson County to be educated, the little helpless, hopeless, inefficient one-and-two-teacher schools will have to give place to large, efficient, consolidated school plants.
CLASSROOM WORK.
In order t o get an accurate idea of t h e quality of classroom work being done in t h e schools, simple educational tests were given in the fundamental or most important school subjects-reading, language, arithmetic, spelling and writing. These tests have been given under the same conditions t o thousands of pupils in representative schools in all parts of the United States. The median or average scores made by the large number of pupils in each grade to whom the tests were given have been carefully worked

out and given as Standard Scores. The Standards, therefore, do not represent perfect scores, but scores made by average children in schools in which the teaching has been well done. The scores made on the tests by the pupils in t h e various schools of Johnson County are given in t h e tables included in the discussion of each subject. If the members of the County Board of Education, the teachers, and the people of the county will study the tables carefully, they will be able to know, to a certain extent, whether or not their children are being taught as well as they might be taught.

READING
The Monroe Silent Reading Test was given to all the grades from the third through the eleventh. Test I was given t o grades 111, IV and V ; Test I1 was given to grades VI, VII and VIII ; Test I1 was given t o grades IX, X and XI. A part of the first page of exercises in Test I1 is printed below :

Rate Value
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No. 1
Oil floats on wter because i t is lighter than water. Water mixes with water because milk and water a r e of equal weight.
Which is lighter, oil or milk?
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Rate Value
7

No. 2 A t evening when I go to bed I see the stars shine overhead; They are the little daisies white That dot the meadow of t h e night. What a r e the little white daisies of the night?
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No. 3
0 suns and skies and clouds of June, And flowers of J u n e together, You can not rival for one hour October's bright blue weather. Which month does this stanza s a y is the more pleasant?

Comprehension Value
3

Each of the three tests, as is shown by the section of Test I1 printed above, consists of a series of simple paragraphs with a question a t the end, which question can be easily answered if the paragraph is understood when read. The pupils are given five minutes in which t o read as many of the paragraphs and t o answer as many of the questions a s possible. The test measures the pupil's rate of reading and his ability to understand what he has read. The rate of reading is indicated by the Rate Score (see table p. 15) which means the number of words read per minute. The ability to understand what has been read is indicated by the Comprehension Score (See Comp. score in table). Each pupil's rate score in reading depends on the number of paragraphs read in the five minutes and his comprehension score depends on the number of questions answered correctly. The individual scores made by the pupils in each grade in the one- and two-teacher schools were combined and the median or average score for each grade was found. Some scores made by individual pupils were higher than the average for their grade and some were lower, but the median or grade scores given in the table represent fifty per cent of the pupils. Hence these scores represent the average work being done in reading in the one- and two-teacher schools. The teaching of reading in some of the schools is better than the average and in others it is poorer. In like manner the scores made by the pupils in the larger schools (Wrightsville, Scott, and Kite) were combined and the median score for each grade was found. The scores of the larger schools given in the table represent the average

work in reading in this type of school in Johnson County. The scores in all of the other subjects were worked out in the same way for the two different types of schools and likewise represent the average work being done in each subject in the small schools and in the larger schools.

Table Showing Median Scores in Silent Reading Made by Schools in Johnson County.

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Grades 111

IV

V

Rate

52

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Comp. 6.8 12.7 1

V1 VII
$10 10') 18.8 22.8

VIII 106 26.0

1x2

X:4

85

23.0 25.4

XI
90Standard 2i.2

Rate

22

65

Comp. 2.0 4

63

58 111

XI

79

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X6LarnerSchools

9.8 12.6 1 . 8 14.8 20.5 22.9 22.5

Itate

22

34

49

57

67

40

50

Comp. 1.0

3.i

6.7

8.7 .

7.5

6.6

One- a n d Two'reacher Schools

The rate scores of all the grades, except the seventh grade in the larger schools, are below the standard and the comprehension scores of all the grades in both the small and t h e large schools are much below the standard.

The comprehension scores in reading made by the grades of the small schools average only 34.2% of the standard comprehension scores; the comprehension scores made by the grades of the larger schools average 62.4'4 of t h e standard scores. The work in reading in the one- and twoteacher schools is done only about a third as well a s it is done in the good schools of our country, and in the larger schools it is about two-thirds a s well done. In other words, these scores and the scores made in the other subjects indicate that the children in the small schools are graded about a year and a half higher than they should be, according to the thoroughness of their work; and that the children in the larger schools are graded nearly a year higher than they should be.

The median scores made in reading by the large schools are twice as good as the scores made by the small schools.
It will be noted, however, t h a t the scores made by the ele-
mentary grades of the Kite School are hardly any better than the scores made by the small schools.

Median Score-Monroe Silent Reading Test. Laurens County System.

Cl cdcs

I11 I V

V VI VII VIII IX

X XI

Standaid

52. i n . 87. 0 . 100. 1015. 3 . 85. 00. Itate
6.8 12.7 l i . 8 18.5 222. 26.0 23.0 25.4 27.2 Con~l,.

One-Teacher Schools

22. 7 . 5 i . 54. 54. 1.0 4.5 7.0 7.0 I

43. 4.0 ..

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Twv-Teacher Schools

22. 44. 69. 54. 5 . 54. 8:).

1.0 4.0

8.

10.0 12.0 13.0 23.5

Rate Comii.

SchoolsHaving 22. 54. I

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XI. G3. 86. ii. R a t e

3 o r more Teach 2.0 6.0 8.5 13.0 11.0 16.0 li.1 l i . 6 22.0 Comp.

L a u r e n s C o u n t y 22. 44. ! I 61. Fli. 6 . 6

86. 7i. Kate

Sy;tem

1.5 5.7 8.5 1 2 . 0 13.0 15.6 17.7 l i . 5 22.0 Comp.

The scores made in reading by the schools of Laurens County are given for the purpose of comparison. The tests were given in Laurens County during the month of November a t the beginning of the school term. They were given in Johnson County in March near the close of the school term. Notwithstanding the fact t h a t the schools of Johnson County had done five months more of work than the schools of Laurens County a t the time the surveys were made, there is comparatively little difference in the scores made by the schools of the two counties. This difference in classroom results obtained may be attributable to the difference in the strength of the teaching force in the respective counties.

LANGUAGE.
The Trabue Language Scale B was used in measuring t h e work in language in the one- and two-teacher schools.

Grade Medians made by the One- and Two-Teacher Schools of Johnson County as Comparcd with the Standard.

Grades

I1

Standard

4X

One- and Two-Teacher Schools

I11

IV

V

VI

VII

X0

10 0

11 4

12.4

13 4

40

66

68

92

11.6

The third and fourth grades are a year below standard and the fifth, the sixth, and the seventh grades are two years below standard. The low scores in the upper grades are especially significant and show that the language work in these grades is not developing in the children the power to speak and write correctly. The ability to use correct speech is one of the most important habits to be acquired from school training, for correct speech and refined manr e r s make it possible for an individual to move with ease and confidence in any group in society. If any particular school or type of schools is failing t o give its pupils t h a t training, t h a t school or type of school is failing to meet the needs of a democratic people.

Charters' Diagnostic Language Test Miscellaneous A was given to the fifth, the sixth, the seventh and the eighth grades of the Wrightsville School. The fifth and the eighth grades were above the standard and the sixth and seventh grades were below the standard. Since the present standard scores are tentative none of the scores are given. The sixth grade score made on the test was lower than t h e fifth grade score. This fact indicates t h a t i t would be well for the superintendent to investigate the language work in these two grades.

ARITHMETIC.

The arithmetic test used in the survey was Woody-McCall's Mixed Fundamentals Form IS. The test consists of 35 miscellaneous examples involving the addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division of simple numbers, fractions, and decimals. These examples are printed on one sheet and so arranged t h a t they increase in difficulty. A time limit of 20 minutes is allowed f o r the completion of the test.

Tahle Showing the Median Scores Made in Arithmetic by the Schools of Johnson County as Compared with the Standard Scores.

Grades

II

Standard .............................

Larger Schools .........................

One- and Two-Teacher Schools

.

I11 13.0
7.6

IV 18.5 13.8 11.4

V 24.0 15.0 13.8

VI 28.5 17.5 16.5

VII 31.0 24.5 22.8

The fourth and fifth grades in the larger schools are about a year below standard; the sixth and seventh grades are about two years below standard, and the grades in t h e small schools average a little more than two years below the standard. The scores made by all of the grades in the large schools are higher than the scores made by the small schools. The papers show that the children are very inaccurate in their work. This is because they have not mastered the addition, subtraction, and multiplication of the simple number combinations. The teachers in the small schools have so many classes that they do not have time to give as much drill work in arithmetic as the lower grades should have. The low scores in the upper grades in both the large and the small schools seem to be due to the fact that the children in these grades have not mastered division and know very little about fractions and decimals. Practically all of the pupils in these grades seem to be unable t o divide decimals by decimals.

SPELLING
Dr. Monroe's Timed Sentence Spelling Test was given to some of the grades in the Wrightsville School and in one or two of the country schools. The test consists of 50 words given in sentences as a dictation exercise. The words in the test were selected from Ayrs' Spelling Scale.

Tahle Showing the Median Per Cent of Words Spelled Correctly by the Grades of the Wrightsville School a s Compared with the Standard Medians and
with the Medians of t%e Grades in the Dublin School System.

Grade

IV

Standard ( P e r c e n t ) ..... 78
Wriahtsville ............... 71 DublinSchools . . . . . . .74

V

VI

VII VIII

IX

66

80

70

85

86

-

-

58

78

72

63

78

66

72

88

X

XI

90

94

R6

82

90

92

The fourth grade of the Wrightsville School is almost

1s

up to standard, but the other grades are very much below the standard score. The test was given in the Dublin Schools in December and in the Wrightsville School during the last week in March. But the scores made by the Dublin Schools in all of the grades except the eighth are higher than the scores made by the Wrightsville School. The low scores made by the pupils in the upper grades indicate that the teachers of these grades should give more time to written spelling and to dictation. Most of the schools in the state in which this test has been given have made low scores. This is due t o the fact that the teaching of spelling in o u r schools has been largely oral. This method of teaching spelling does not develop t h e ability t o spell words correctly in writing.
The scores made by the country schools in which the test was given are not included in the table because they would not represent the work of all the small schools. They were much lower, accordingly, than the scores made by the Wrightsville School.
WRITING
Samples of writing were not secured from all of the schools and for this reason none of the scores are given. Those samples that were secured and graded show that writing is very poorly taught in all of the schools and especially so in the one-and-two-teacher schools. The children a t many of the small schools had no pencils nor paper. One of the two-teacher schools visited had no crayon. The principal said that she had to pay for all the crayon and other school supplies which she was obliged to have. The children in both the primary and upper grade rooms had so few pencils that it was impossible for the children in the upper grades t o take the tests. Patrons should not expect their children to learn if they fail to supply them with the materials neeessary for school work.

CONCLUSIONS.
1. The results of the tests as discussed above show that the work being done in reading, language, arithmetic, spelling, and writing is not so thorough as it should be. There are certain phases of each of these subjects upon which the teachers should put more emphasis. Especial effort should be made to train the children t o habits of thought getting in reading, of correct usages in both oral and written composition in language, and of speed and accuracy in arithmetic. The teaching of spelling should be largely written and there should be a regular period for t h e teaching of writing on each teacher's daily schedule. (For definite suggestions on methods of teaching these subjects, see the Manual for Georgia Teachers.)
2. The larger schools in the county are doing much better work than the small schools. The poor work done by the small schools is due to the unfavorable physical conditions of these schools, t o untrained teachers, and t o the fact t h a t the teachers of these schools have so many classes that it is impossible for them to do their best teaching.
3. Suggestions are given elsewhere in this report for the improvement of the school system of Johnson County. It will take years of effective leadership, careful supervision, and hardwork to carry out these suggestions. But i t is earnestly hoped that the school authorities, the teachers, and the people, in the spirit of co-operation and with a vision of the needs and possibilities of the whole county, will set themselves to t h a t task, knowing t h a t a good school within reach of every community will bring them and their children and the children of the future into the fullness of intelligent and prosperous citizenship.

T H E WRIGHTSVILLE HIGH SCHOOL.
Prof. W. B. Branham, Superintendent.
The Wrightsville High School is a fully accredited Four Year High School receiving aid from the State a s a county high school. With spacious grounds, good equipment, a n able faculty, departments of music and home economics, etc., the school is serving the county well, and is an important part of the county school system.
Considerable improvements are being planned for the play-grounds, already partly equipped. Morle teachers for high school work and a better equipped science laboratory would add to the efficiency of the school.
As a Senior High School this institution should be able t o serve the entire county.

SCOTT SCHOOL.

Teachers: Prof. D. H. Gillian, Miss Kate Heard, Miss Evelyn Jordan, Mrs. Jessie Watkins, Miss Louella Brown, Scott, Ga.

Location: Several small schools are very near Scott.

Grounds: ....Area,

;title

;shade trees; ample

playgrounds; some play equipment; supervised play; no

school gardens; two septic tank toilets.

Building: Value $3,000.00; four rooms (teaching in hall); improperly lighted; well kept; no cloak rooms; proper ventilation; heated by stoves; painted inside and outside.

Equipment: Insufficient number of double patent desks; four teachers' desks; good hyloplate blackboard; sand tables; one globe; 5 framed pictures; a small library; a reference dictionary; a covered water cooler.
Organization: Five teachers; ten grades; -pupils; -pres-
ent; twenty-one club members; eight months school year.
Maintenance: $3,760.00 County and Local tax; $500.00 State Aid.
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KITE SCHOOL.
Teachers: L. E. Culbertson, Mrs. Ruby Claxton, Mrs. D. G. Harrison, Miss Eloise Brown, Miss Susie New, Kite, Ga.
Location: One and one-half miles north to Thom; three miles west to Rehobeth; three miles south t o Wheeler.
Grounds: Area, four acres; titles in City of Kite; level; clean; good playgrounds; play equipment; supervised play; no gardens; two surface toilets in bad condition.
Buildings: Value $8,000.00; five rooms and auditorium; improperly lighted; clean and in good condition; well kept; one cloak room; good ventilation; heated by stoves; unpainted inside; outside brick.
Equipment: Patent desks; some teachers' desks; good blackboards; no maps; no sand tables; no charts; no globes; some framed pictures; a library; a reference dictionary; hydrant in yard.
Organization: Five teachers; ten grades; no programs posted; no industrial work; canning, pig and poultry clubs; a literary club; Ladies Civic League; eight months school year.
Maintenance: $2,776.00 from County; $270.00 local tax.

MEEKS SCHOOL.
Teachers: Miss Emma Thomas, Miss Pauline Blackshear.
Location: Three miles northwest to Providence.
Grounds : Area, three acres; titles in trustees; being improved; very good playgrounds; no play equipment; supervised play; school gardens.
Building: Value, $3,500; two rooms; well lighted; new; cloak rooms; unpainted; heated by small stoves.
Equipment: Double patent desks; teachers' table; good blackboards; no maps; no charts; no globes; no framed pictures; no li; brary; no reference dictionary.
Organization: Two teachers; seven grades; 78 pupils; 57 present; pig and poultry clubs; Parent-Teacher Association; seven months school year.
Maintenance: $1,050.00 per year f r o m County and supplemented by local tax.

MINTON'S CHAPEL.

Teachers: Miss Eva Watson, Miss Sallie Mae Garrett.

Location :

Grounds: Area, -; title

; level; no play equip-

ment; no gardens; two surface toilets.

Building: Value, $1,000.00; two rooms; improperly lighted; small
. cloak rooms; heated by stoves; unpainted inside; has been
painted on the outside; very well kept.

Equipment: Double patent desks; no teachers' desks; hyloplate blackboard; one map; no charts; no globes; no framed pictures; no library; no reference dictionary.

Organization: Two teachers; nine grades; 65 pupils; 57 present; no programs posted; seven months term.

Maintenance :

MOORE'S CHAPEL SCHOOL.

Teachers: Rev. B. Flanders, Miss Roland.

Looation: Rebobeth three and one-half miles southwest.

Grounds: Area, ------; title

; a few trees, otherwise

unimproved; well kept; no play equipment; no gardens; two

surface toilets in very bad condition.

Buildings: Value, $1,500.00; two rooms; insufficiently lighted; well kept; painted inside.

Equipment: Double home-made desks; one teachers' desk; 30 f e e t hyloplate blackboard; no maps; no charts; no globes; no
framed pictures; a small library; no reference dictionary; a
covered water cooler.

Organization: Two teachers; 106 pupils; 30 present; no programs posted.

Maintenance:

M A Y 0 HILL SCHOOI,.

Teachers: Miss Mary Wiggins, Miss Floyd Coley, Wrightsville, Ga.

Location: Wrightsville three miles south.

- Grounds: Area,

, titles ( ?) ; unimproved but well kept; no

play equipment; no school gardens; two surface toilets (in

very bad condition).

Buildings: Value, $1,000.00; two rooms; improperly lighted; clean; no cloak rooms; improperly ventilated; unpainted.

Equipment: Double patent and home-made desks in sufficient numbers; no teachers' desks; hyloplate blackboard in very bad condition; no maps; no sand tables; no charts; no globes; no framed pictures; no library; a reference dictionary; hydrant with individual drinking cups.
Organization: Two teachers; seven grades; 65 pupils; 55 present; 30 recitation periods; canning and poultry clubs; seven months school year.
Maintenance: $910.00 per year from County.

NEW HOME SCHOOL.
Teachers: Prof. J. Y. Chastain, Miss Sadie Powell, Wrightsville, Ga.
Location: Price two and one-half miles north; Davis four miles; Greenway five and one-half miles.
Grounds: Area, one acre; titles in County Board; clean and well kept; no play equipment; play supervised; no gardens; two surface toilets (well kept).
Buildings: Value, $2,000.00; three rooms; improperly and insufficiently lighted; heated by small heaters; unpainted.
Equipment: Double patent desks; no teachers' desks; not enough blackboard; no charts; no globes; no reference dictionary; four framed pictures; a small reference library.
Organization: Two teachers; 8 grades; 90 pupils; programs posted; eighteen and sixteen recitation periods; 8 club members; seven months school year.
Maintenance: $1,137.50 Per Year.
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DAVIS SCHOOL.
Teachers: Prof. G. G. Harrison, Prof. W. M. Harrison, Kite, Ga. Location: Three and one-half miles east to Greenhill; Kite four
miles south; New Home three miles. Grounds: Area, one acre; titles (?); nice shade trees otherwise un-
improved; no school gardens; play supervised; some play equipment; one surface toilet in good condition. Building: Value, $900.00; two rooms; improperly lighted; in need of repairs; not well kept; no cloak rooms; heated by small stoves; unpainted; floor in one room oiled. Equipment: Insufficient number of double patent desks; no teachers' desks; three slate cloth blackboards; no maps; no charts; no globes; no framed pictures; no library; no reference library. Organization: Two teachers; nine grades; 67 pupils; no program posted; no school clubs; no community clubs; seven months school year. Maintenance: $980.00 per year from County and local tax.

KEHOBETH SCHOOL.
Teachers: Miss Corine Peddy, Miss Susie Peddy, Kite, Ga. Location: Providence three miles north; Moore's Chapel three and
one-half miles northwest; Kite three m ~ l e ssoutheast. Grounds: Area, one acre; Titles ( ? ); unimproved; no play equip-
ment; no gardens; one surface toilet (very bad condition). Building: Value, $600.00; two rooms; improperly lighter; no cloak
rooms; unpainted. Equipment: Double home-made desks; no teachers' desks; boards
blacked to serve a s blackboards; no maps; no charts; one globe; no pictures; no library; a reference dictionary; a covered water cooler. Organization: Two teachers; 8 grades; 74 pupils, 44 present; programs posted; 12 and 20 recitation periods; five members of clubs; seven months school year. Maintenance: $892.50 per year.

SPANN SCHOOL.
Teachers: Miss Annie Delle Powell, Miss Marie Culver.
Location: Three miles southeast to Piney Mountain; four miles west to Pleasant Grove.
Grounds: Area -; titles ( ?) ; fenced; otherwise unimproved;
small playgrounds; no play equipment; no gardens; surface toilets.
Building: Value, $1,000.00; two rooms; insufficiently lighted; fairly good condition; well kept; no cloak rooms; unpainted.
Equipment: Double patent desks; teachers' tables; very poor blackboard; no maps; no framed pictures; no charts; no globes; no reference dictionary; no library.
Organization: Two teachers; 63 pupils, 49 present; no programs posted; school slubs.
Maintenance: $717.50

GREEN HILL SCHOOL.
Teachers: Mrs. Nellie Benton, Miss Ouita Harrison, Kite, Ga.
Location: Rehobeth three miles north; New Home three miles south.
Grounds: Area two acres; titles in County Board; unimproved; no play equipment; no gardens; one toilet in bad condition.
Building: Value, $750.00; two rooms; improperly and insufficiently lighted; one room ceiled; not well kept; no cloak rooms; heated by small stoves; unpainted.
Equipment: Insuffiicient number of double patent desks; no teachers' desks; small hyloplate blackboard; two maps; no framed pictures; set of reference books; no reference dictionary.
Organization: Two teachers; 8 grades; 77 pupils, 45 present; programs posted; 11 club members; seven months school year.
Maintenance: $735.00 per year.

Teacher: Miss Missouri Powell, Wrightsville, Ga.

Location: Four miles southwest t o Pleasant Grove; five miles t o Wrightsville.

Grounds: Area

;titles ( ?) ;unimproved; small playgrounds;

no play equipment; no school gardens; one surface toilet.

Buildings: Value $400.00; one small room; lighting fair; in good condition; well kept; no cloak rooms; painted outside and inside; floors oiled.
Equipment: Patent desks; teacher's desk; good blackboards; no maps; no charts; no globes; no reference dictionary; no library; a few framed pictures.

Organization: One teacher; seven grades; 26 pupils; present to day 22; no program posted; seven months school year; canning club.

Maintenance: $525.00.

CEDAR GROVE SCHOOL.
Teachers: Mrs. T. L. Harris, Wrightsville, Georgia.
Location: Mayo Hill three miles east.
Grounds: Area, one acre; titles in County Board of Education; level and unimproved except for a few trees; no playground equipment; no school gardens; two surface toilets (bad condition).
Building: Value, $700.00; one room; improperly lighted; improper ventilation; heated by small stove; clean; unpainted.
Equipment: Double patent desks; no teachers' desk; fifteen feet of hypolate blackboard; two maps; no sand table; no charts; no globes; no framed pictures; no library; no reference dictionary; a covered water cooler.
Organization: One teacher; seven grades; 48 pupils; 45 present; no program posted; twenty-five recitation periods; no school clubs; seven months school year.
Maintenance: $525.00 per year from County.

GREENWAY SCHOOL.
Teacher: Miss Elizabeth Rushin, Barwo, Georgia, R. F. D. No. 5.
Location: Powell's Chapel three miles west; Price School five miles southwest.
Grounds: Area, one acre; titles conditional; unimproved but clean and well kept; a school garden; no play equipment but play is supervised; one surface toilet in bad condition.
Buildings: Value $800.00; improperly lighted; two rooms; cailed; well kept; no cloak rooms; ventilation bad; heated by small stove; unpainted; floors oiled; window box.
Equipment: Double patent desks; table for teacher; 26 feet hyloplate blackboard; four maps; no sand table; no charts; no globes; no reference dictionary; no library; water in open buckets; individual drinking cups.
Organization: One teacher; 6 grades; 40 pupils; no program posted; no school clubs; no community clubs; pig club with four members; 7 months school year.
Maintenance: $630.00 per year.

R E D HILL SCHOOL.
Teachers: Miss Bessie Smith, Miss Dovie Ellis, Wrightsville, Ga., Route 4.
Location: Four miles to Mattilou School.
Grounds: Area, two acres; titles (?); unimproved; no play equipment; supervised play; no school gardens; one surface toilet (good condition); water brought from well one-quarter of a mile distant.
Building: Value, $400.00; one room; improperly lighted; unpainted; heated by a small stove.
Equipment: Insufficient number of double patent desks; seven grades; sixty-five pupils; 20 present; no program posted; seventeen and thirteen recitation periods; no clubs; no industrial work; seven months school year.
Maintenance: $630.00 a year.

THOM SCHOOL.
Teacher: L. C. Price.
Location: Two and one-half miles from Kite.
Grounds: Area, ------; titles ( ? ) ; neglected; small playgrounds; no gardens; no play equipment; surface toilets.
Building: Value $600.00; one room; improperly lighted; fairly good condition; no cloak rooms; we11 kept; unpainted.
Equipment: Double home-made desks; no teachers' desk; no maps; no sand tables; some charts; no globes; no framed pictures; no reference dictionary; poor blackboards.
Organization: One teacher; seven grades; 54 pupils; 41 present; six months school term.
Maintenance: $480.00 per year f r o m County and local tax.

STOKES SCHOOL.
Teachers: Miss Ruby Veal.
Location: Union three miles east.
Grounds: Area, one-half or one acre; titles in County Board of Education; trees planted, otherwise unimproved; well kept; no play equipment; one surface toilet in bad condition.
Building: Value, $400.00; one room; improperly lighted; clean and well kept; no cloak room; unpainted; heated by small stove.
Equipment: Double patent desks; a teachers' table; no. charts; no globes; no reference dictionary; one map of U n ~ t e dStates; 12 feet hyloplate blackboard; ten framed pictures; a covered water cooler.
Organization: One teacher; seven grades; 21 pupils; no program posted; 20 recitation periods; no industrial work; six months school year.
Maintenance: $300.00 per annum from County.

WHEELER SCHOOL.
Teacher: Mrs. Etta Scivally, Kite, Ga.
Location: Three iniles southwest t o Kite.
Grounds: Area, one acre; titles in County Board; unimproved; no play equipment; no school gardens; one surface toilet.
Building: Two rooms but only one is used; improperly lighted; not well kept; no cloak room; unpainted.
Equipment: Double patent desks; 2 small blackboards; no maps; no charts; no globes; no framed pictures; no reference dictionary; no library.
Organization: 1 teacher; 6 grades; 45 pupils; no program posted; no industrial work; tomato and corn clubs; seven months school year.
Maintenance: $437.50 per year from County.

PINEY MOUNTAIN SCHOOL.

Teacher: Miss Mary Sally Stephens.

Location:

Grounds: Area

; titles ( ?) ; small playgrounds; uncared

for; surface toilets in bad condition.

Building: Value $350.00; one room; insufficiently lighted; in bad repair; no cloak rooms; unpainted and unceiled.
Equipment: Double home-made desks; no teachers' desk; poor blackboards; map of County and State; no sand tables; no charts; no globes; no library; no reference dictionary; no framed pictures.
Organization: One teacher; seven grades; seventy-two pupils; no program posted; no industrial work; a school club.
Maintenance:

OAK HILL SCHOOL.
Teacher: Miss Ida Smith, Adrain, Ga.
Location: Scott two and one-half miles; Eureka two miles.
Grounds: Area, two acres; titles (?); unimproved; sandy; no playground equipment; no school gardens.
Building: Value, $350.00; one room; improperly lighted; unceiled; unpainted; no cloak rooms; not well kept.
Equipment: Very bad home-made desks; no teachers' desk; no blackboard; no maps; no sand tables; no charts; no globes; no framed pcitures; no library; no reference dictionary; cov-
ered water cooler.
Organization: One teaches; six grades; 38 pupils, present 13; no program posted; no industrial work; no clubs; six months school year.
Maintenance: $375.00 per year &rom County.

MYRTLE GROVE SCHOOL.

Teachers: Miss Mollie Pullen, Wrightsville, Ga.; R. F. D. No. 6.

Location:

-. Grounds: Area

, titles (?); ample playgrounds but unim-

proved; no play equipment; no school gardens; surface toilet.

Buildings: Value, $400.00; one room; good condition; well kept; no cloak rooms; unpainted and unceiled.

Equipment: Double

desks; no teacher's desk; small black-

board; map of State and County; no sand tables; no charts;

no globes; no library; no reference dictionary; no framed

pictures.

Organization: One teacher; seven grades; 29 pupils, present 14; six months school year; no industrial work; no program posted.

Maintenance: $437.50.

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MATTILOU SCHOOL.
Teacher: Miss Wilhelmina Davis.
Location: One and one-half miles southwest to Red Hill; two and one-half miles northwest to Piney Mountain; four miles southeast to Pullen.
Grounds: Area -; titles ( ?); ample playgrounds; unimproved; no play equipment; no school gardens; one surface toilet.
Building: Value $450.00; one room; improperly lighted; no cloak room; unpainted and unceiled; roof in bad condition.
Equipment: Double patent desks; no teacher's desk; poor blackboards; no maps; no sand tables; no charts; no globes; no framed pictures; no library; no reference dictionary.
Organization: 1 teacher; seven grades; 28 pupils, 13 present; no program posted; no industrial work; no school clubs; seven months school year.
Maintenance: $437.50.

LIBERTY GROVE SCHOOL.
Teacher: Mrs. Gordy.
Location: Grounds :
Buildings: Value, $400.00; one room; improperly lighted; no cloakrooms; unpainted; in fairly good condition.
Equipment: Double patent desks; a teacher's desk; poor blackboard; maps; a sand table; no charts; no globes; no framed pictures; no library; no reference dictionary.
Organization: One teacher; seven grades; six months school year. Maintenance: $525.00.

GETHSAMANE SCHOOL.

Teacher: Mrs. N. D. Paul, Wrightsville, Ga.

Location: Wrightsville three miles west; Liberty Grove four miles southeast.

Grounds: One acre; titles in

; clean and well kept

but unimproved; no play equipment; no school gardens; play

supervised; one surface toilet in poor condition.

Building: Value, $700.00; insufficiently and improperly lighted; ceil; ed; orderly and well kept; no cloak rooms; improper ventilation; heated by small stove; unpainted.
Equipment: Double patentdesks; no teacher's desk; 3 small hyloplate blackboard; two maps; sand tables; no charts; no reference dictionary; no library; water in open buckets; Individual drinking cups.
Organization: One teacher; seven grades; 30 pupils; 22 present, 48 recitation periods; no program posted; do some industrial work; no school clubs; no community clubs; seven months school year.
Maintenance: $525.00 per year from County.

EUREKA SCHOOL.

Teacher; Miss Lizzie May Brantley, Adrain, Ga.

Location: Oak Hill three miles south; Red Hill three miles northwest.

Grounds: Area

; titles ( ? ) ; grounds unimproved; no

playground equipment; no school gardens; two surface toilets

(bad condition).

P

Building: Value $500.00; two rooms; insufficiently and improperly lighted; one room ceiled; in need of repair; no cloak room; unpainted; heated by small stove; building dirty and uncared for.

Equipment: Uncomfortable, home-made desks; one teacher's desk; poor.blackboard; no maps; no charts; no globes; no framed pictures; no reference dictionary; a covered water cooler.

Organization: One teacher; eight grades; 53 pupils, 28 present; 36 recitation periods; no program posted; no industrial work; no school clubs; no community club; eight canning club members; four corn club members; seven months school year.
Maintenance: $525.00 per year from County.

EDGE HILL SCHOOL.
Teacher: Miss Pauline Hammock, Wrightsville, Ga.
Location: Brantley's Chapel two and one-half miles west; Wrightsville three and one-half miles north.
Grounds: Area, one acre; titles ( ?); good shade trees but otherwise unimproved; not well kept; no playground equipment; no school gardens; two surface toilets in fairly good condition.
Buildings: Value $300.00; one room; improperly lighted; partly ceiled; not well kept; no cloak rooms; unpainted.
Equipment: Double patent desks; a teacher's table; one primary chart; a small globe; eight pictures; no library; no reference dictionary; covered water cooler and individual drinking cups.
Organization: One teacher; seven grades; 38 pupils; 24 present; 25 recitation periods; program posted; no industrial work; no school clubs; no community clubs; seven months school year.
Maintenance: $437.50 per year from County.

UNION SCHOOL.
Teacher: Miss Estelle Barnes, Tennille, Ga.
Location: Hollywood three and a half miles east.
Grounds: Area, two acres; titles in (?); unimproved; no play equipment; play supervised; a flower garden; two surface toilets.
Building: Value, $750.00; one large room; improperly lighted; very well kept; two cloak rooms; heated by small stove; unpainted; used for church purposes sometimes.
Equipment: Insufficient number of double patent desks; no maps; no sand tables; no charts; no globes; no framed pictures; a small library; book case; organ; a teacher's table; a covered water cooler.
Organization: One teacher; six grades; 48 pupils; 30 present; no program posted; 30 recitation periods; no industrial work; no clubs; seven months school year.
Maintenance: $350.00 per annum from County.
Remarks: Some pupils were without pencils; no crayon; room was very bare; no evidence of pupils' work.

SUNSHINE SCHOOL.
Teacher: Mrs. I. H. Pierce, Wrightsville, Ga.
Location: Two and one-half miles east t o Arline Chapel; three and one-half miles north to Union.
Grounds: Area, one acre; titles in County Board; shaded; unimproved and uncared for; no play equipment; play supervised; no school gardens; one surface toilet in bad condition.
Building: Value, $800.00; one room; improperly lighted; no cloak room; heated by small stove; painted inside.
Equipment: Double patent desks; a teacher's table; six feet hyloplate blackboard; one map; a set of reference books; no charts; no globes; no framed pictures; water in open bucket.
Organization: One teacher; seven pupils; 30 pupils, 21 present; a program posted; 30 recitation periods; no industrial work; no community clubs; no school clubs; seven months school year.
Maintenance: $525.00 per annum.

POWELL'S CHAPEL SCHOOL. Teacher: Miss Mary Bell Davis, Kite, Ga. Location: Greenway three miles north; Minton's Chapel three miles. Grounds: Area, one acre; titles ( ? ) ; unimproved; no play equip-
ment; supervised play; no school gardens; two surface toilets (condition good). Building: Value, $400.00; one room; improperly lighted; ceiled; well kept; no cloak rooms; painted outside. Equipment: Double patent desks; no teacher's desk; slate cloth blackboards; a map of Georgia; no sand tables; no charts; no globes; no framed pictures; no library; a reference dictionary; no water cooler. Organization: One teacher; seven grades; 39 pupjls, 28 present; program posted; 34 recitation periods; no industrial work; no school clubs; no community clubs; seven months school year. Maintenance: $437.50 per year.

PRICE SCHOOL.
Teachers: Miss Clara Chastain, Wrightsville, Ga., Route 3.
Location: Two and one-half miles south to New Home; three miles east to Greenway.
Grounds: Area, three acres; titles ( ? ) ; fair condition; a few shade trees; no play equipment but play is supervised; no school gardens; one surface toilet in bad condition.
Building: Value, $500.00; one room; lighting bad; fairly good condition; no cloak rooms; unpainted.
Equipment: 50 home-made and patent desks; no teacher's desk; n o charts; no globes; no framed pictures; three hyloplate blackboards; two maps; a covered water cooler and individual drinking cups.
Organization: One teacher; five grades; 38 pupils, 25 present; canning club and pig club; seven months school year.
Maintenance: $525.00 per year.

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PLEASANTGROVE SCHOOL.

Teacher: Miss Wilhelmina Jones.

Location: Four miles to Lovette (Laurens County); four miles northeast to Arline; four miles north to Sunshine.

Grounds: Area,

; titles ( ? ) ; grounds 'unimproved; small

playgrounds; no play equipment; no school gardens; no toil-

ets.

Building: Value, $600.00; two rooms; insufficiently and improperly lighted; needs repairs; unpainted; no cloak rooms.
Equipment: Double patent desks; good blackboard; no maps; no sand tables; no charts; no globes; no library; no reference dictionary.
Organization: One teacher; seven1 grades; 40 pupils, 21 present; no program posted; no industrial work; a school club; seven months school term.
Maintenance: $437.50.

PULLES SCHOOL.
Teacher: Miss Gertrude Pullen, Kite, Ga.
Location: Meeks four miles.
Grounds: Area, one and a half acres; titles ( ?); unimproved; no play equipment; no school gardens; two surface toilets.
Building: Value, $450.00; one room; improperly lighted; a small cloak room; heated by small stove; unpainted.
Equipment: Double patent desks; a teacher's desk and chair; six feet hyloplate blackboard; no maps; no sand tables; no charts; no globes; no framed pictures; no library; no reference dictionary.
Organization: One teacher; six grades; 46 pupils, 14 present; no program posted; no industrial work; six months school year; five club members.
Maintenance: $300.00 per annum.

PROVIDENCE SCHOOL.
Teacher: Mrs. R. C. Douglas, Kite, Ga., R. F. D. No. 3.
Location: Three miles north to Rehobeth; three miles south t o Meeks.
Grounds: One acre; titles in individuals; unimproved; level, nice grove; well kept; no play equipment; one surface toilet.
Building: Not owned by County Board; one room; improperly lighted; fairly clean; no cloak rooms; heated by small stove; unpainted.
Equipment: Home-made desks; no teacher's desk; two small blackboards; two maps; no sand table; no chart; no globes; no framed pictures; no library; no reference dictionary.
Organization: One teacher; seven grades; 45 pupils; no program posted; 30 recitation periods; no industrial work; no clubs; seven months school term.
Maintenance: $560.00 per year; $525 from County, $5.00 a month supplement by people.
Remarks: Building formerly church; converted into school by partition; unsuitable.

BRANTLEYS CHAPEL.
Teacher: Mrs. L. D. Lee, Wrightsville, Ga.
Location: Mayo Hill three miles west; Wrightsville four miles southwest.
Grounds: Area, one acre; titles ( ? ) ; grounds unimproved but well kept; no play equipment; no school gardens; one surface toilet in fair condition.
Buildings: Value, $400.00; one room; lighting improper and insufficient; in need of repairs; well kept; no cloak rooms; unpainted.
Equipment: Insuffiicient number of double home-made desks; no teacher's desk; good hyloplate blackboard; no sand tables; no globes; no reference dictionary; two maps; one framed picture.
Organization: One teacher; seven grades; 52 pupils, 33 present; program posted; 29 recitation periods; no industrial work; canning and corn clubs; seven months school year.
Maintenance: $525.00 per year.

WESLEY'S CHAPEL.
Teacher: Miss Adel Logue, Wrightsville, Ga., R. F. D. No. 6.
Location: Stokes three miles east.
Grounds: Area, one acre; titles in County Board; unimproved and uncared for; no play equipment; no school gardens; one surface toilet in bad condition.
Building: Value, $300.00; one room; improperly lighted; in need of repairs; not well kept; no cloak room; heated by small stove; unpainted.
Equipment: Benches; no teacher's desk; very poor blackboard; one map; no charts; no globes; no framed pictures; no library; no reference dictionary; no sand tables; water in open bucket with common dipper.
Organization: One teacher; seven grades; 30 pupils, 17 present; n o program posted; 35 recitation periods; one club member; seven months school term.
Maintenance: $437.50 per year.

HOLLYWOOD SCHOOL.
Teacher: School was not in session when survey was made. Location: Union School 3 and one-half miles west.
Grounds: Area -- ; titles ( ?); level; shade trees; no play-
ground equipment; no school garden. Building: Value $300.00; one small room; improperly and insuffi-
ciently lighted; no cloak rooms; unpainted. Equipment: Rough home-made desks; no teacher's desk; no black-
board; no framed pictures; no library nor other needed teachers' helps. Organization: One teacher; seven grades; seven months school term. Maintenance:

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POPLAR SPRINGS SCHOOL.

Teacher: School was not in session when survey was made.

Location: Scott two and one-half miles.

Grounds : Area,

; titles ( ? ) ; unimproved; beautiful trees;

no playground equipment; no school garden.

Building: Value, $500.00; improperly lighted; heated by small unjacketed heater; no cloak rooms; unpainted.

Equipment: Patent desks; no teacher's desk; no sand table; no library; no reference dictionary.
Organization: One teacher; seven grades. Maintenance:

THE FUNSTON CONSOLIDATED SCHOOL, Colquitt County, Ga. A rural educational institution taking the place of several little country schools.