Gainesville High School - Hurricane Yearbook (Gainesville, FL)

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gags TIIE FACULTY, TRUSTEES, AND DR. KELLEY This year the Gainesville High School was admitted to the Southern Association of Accredited High Schools, owing to the fact that the faculty consists entirely of college graduates, while, among many other require- ments, only three-fourths a1'e required to be such, in order that a school may be accredited. This faculty has proved to be a strong one, having brought the school to the very front. These teachers are very line, ex- perienced instructors, and are taking a great interest in the welfare of the school and in each individual pupil. They are well liked by both students and patrons. F. W. BUCHHOLZ, A. B. MARY B. BARRETT, A. B. Principal. Latin. J. J. GRIMM, B. S. SALLIE PULESTON, L. I. Assistant Principal, Sciences. Mathematics. L. S. LAFFITTE, A. B. MARY WOODBERY, A. M. History and French. English. Dr. J. L. Kelley, our excellent superintendent, has been a resident of the state and county many years. During this time he has always shown an abiding interest in all matters pertaining to education. A few years ago he was a member of the legislature, and while there he introduced and had passed some of the most important school laws of the State. For sev- eral years he was chairman of the County Board of Public Instruction and in 1905 he entered upon his present duties as superintendent, having been twice reelected to this important office. His unceasing activity in school affairs has resulted in a vast improvement in the schools of the county. He has provided better buildings and equipment and more satis- factory teaching, but above all has he aroused the interest of many people otherwise indifferent or opposed to public schools. He has so managed 5

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GAINESYILLE HIGH SFHOOL. 1915 the Iinancial side of his duties that the credit of the county school fund is excelled in no other County in the State. Our trustees, Major W. R. Thomas, chairman of the Board, Mr. Geo. P. Long. secretary, and Mr. W. Il. McKinstry, elected last spring, are three of the most progressive and public spirited men to be found anywhere. They understand the needs of the school and how most effectively to meet those needs with the funds at their disposal. The OlliC6 of a trustee is with- out remuneration of any kind and such services as we are getting from these men are all the more appreciated since we know their motive can be none other than that of the best interests and welfare of the Gainesville High School. By the combined eilorts of the superintendent, trustees and faculty, the school has become one of the best in the South. HENRY O. TAYLOR. A GENERAL STATEMENT OF WVHAT THIS SCHOUL IS To be a member of the Southern Association of High Schools is a goal toward which every ambitious high school works. This honor has been conferred upon our Gainesville High School for 1914-15. There are several qualifications necessary for such membership. One of them is an average of not over thirty pupils to each teacher. Another benefit we derive from being an accredited high school is that no teacher has more than five classes a day: hence the conscientious teacher can do better work than is possible if all the live and a half hours are spent in teaching. To the student who looks forward to college, there is still a greater benefit in attending our High Schoolg our graduates are admitted without examination to any of the Southern colleges. A little mental arithmetic has no doubt already shown you that there are some hundred and fifty pupils in the High Schoolg about sixty of these are boys and ninety are girls. The student who takes the high school course is required to have six- teen units for graduation. These units are distributed thus: English ....... -1 units History. . . . . .2 units Mathematics. . .2 units Physics. . . . . . .1 unit Science or Latin ...... -1 units. 7