Amelia High School - Amelian Yearbook (Amelia, VA)

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mjMBER OE VOLUl IES III EiE HIG-H SCHOOL LIBRARY Year Humb e r vo 1 ume s 1929-30 850 1930-31 925 1931-32 1,075 1932-33 1,160 1933-34 1,160 1934-35 1,357 1935-36 1,324 1936-37 1,615 1937-38 2,109 1938-39 2,347 This numher is supplemented v ith 1,575 books for the Elementary grades, making a total of 3,922 books for the entire Library at the present time. HUMBER OF GRADUATES Year Boys i irl s To t al Year Boys Girls Total 1913 2 1 3 1927 10 8 18 1914 2 8 10 1928 7 12 19 1915 0 5 5 1929 6 8 14 1916 3 3 6 1930 8 18 26 1917 3 7 10 1931 8 19 27 1918 0 11 11 1932 8 17 25 1919 2 7 9 1933 7 17 24 1920 0 11 11 1934 9 16 25 1921 3 ■ 3 6 1935 8 21 29 1922 1 9 10 1936 9 25 34 1923 5 7 12 1937 9 17 26 1924 2 6 8 1938 14 27 41 1925 2 5 7 193 9 14 49 63 1926 3 8 11 Year AlCELIA HIGH SCHOOL EURO ILME ITT Humber pupils Humber Teachers 1924-25 89 3 1925-26 87 3 1926-27 123 4 1927-28 135 5 1928-29 129 5 1929-30 165 5 1930-31 158 5 1931-32 170 5 1932-35 178 5 1933-34 193 5 1934-35 209 5 1935-36 233 7 1936-37 251 7 1937-38 284 7

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aRAJvn.IAR GRADE EIIROLLIiffillT Year Humber PuPils Humbe : 1924-25 138 5 1925-26 175 5 1926-27 207 6 1927 -28 221 8 1928-29 212 8 1929-30 309 8 1930-31 304 8 1931-32 318 8 1932-33 333 8 1933-34 303 8 1934-35 517 8 1935-36 296 8 1936-37 341 8 1937-38 321 8 High School , the average enrollment pe 42 in 1934- 35, 33 in 1935-36 and 40 in In 1936-57 the per capita cost of instruction in the Amelia High School w s $26 1 41,. Compare this with the following: Cumberland County $65»86; Fauquier $67 15; Isle of ¥ight $70,.40; and Surry $64 05. Virginia spends only 2 V1% of her income on public schools, while Florida spends 5t89 , Horth Carolina 3.66 J and Mississippi 3 08 More of the burden of school support must be left to the State and Federal Government The man fed by emergency funds will be as hungry tomorrow But the human being educated along the lines of ’’higher satisfactions” has gained something that need not be renewed It is a p ermanent possessi on ”I am alv ays amused when people say that we cannot afford a salary for a teacher when we can afford a $10,000 or a $100,000 salary for a sale smanager; cannot afford an elegant school when we can afford a magnificent country club Of course, we pay for the school directly out of taxes, but we pay for the country club, etc , none the less surely when v e buy our food or tractors or gaso line and vyhen we sell our wheat or our services A society, an economic system, which can afford to support steam yachts and super-dreadnaught s and millionaires and generals and admirals can afford school houses and school teachers It is simply a matter of getting the money in the right way, of putting the pressure for funds on the right sources and of paying for what we v;ant ” Horace B. English ’’Education is a companion v hich no misfortune can depress - no crime destroy - no enemy alienate - no despotism enslave At home, a friend; abroad, an introduction; in solitude, a solace; and in society, an ornament. Without it, what is man?- a splendid slave, a reasoning savage .” Varle.

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PER CAPITA COST OP INSTRUCT lOlT, BASED ON AVERAGE DAILY ATTENDANCE - COMPARED WITH OUR NEIGHBOR COUNTIES- SgHooI Year 1936-37 Coun ty High School Elementary School AMELIA $26.41 19.16 Nottoway 37.87 19.80 Prince Edward 47.29 16.85 Chesterfield §40.85 21.98 Henr ico 35.95 26.66 Prince George $66.45 24.64 AIvIOUNT OE EUNDS RECEIVED BY THE AJvIELIA COUNTY SCHOOL 1 BOARD Year Srom State Board From Local Funds of Education 1929-30 31,815.88 30, 998. 69 1930-31 36,015.00 28, 990. 40 1931-52 35,640.23 31,209. 88 1932-33 32,270 83 28,813. 65 1933-34 29,455.39 28,556. 92 1934-35 33,104.54 33,394. 54 1935-36 32,648.45 31,576. 42 1936-37 35,907.11 49,255. 00 This shows that the State Board of Education has paid half the expenses of running the Amelia schools. NUMBER OE PUPILS TRANSPORTED BY THE AMELIA SCHOOL BUSES: Year High School Sian ent ary School Total 1929-30 Not Separat ed 205 1930-31 It 290 1931-32 It 305 1932-53 n 360 1933-34 180 230 410 1934-35 290 404 694 1935-36 348 5 98 946 1956-37 343 574 917 This transportation problem has grown so that it now takes a big slice out of the school budget-