Kemper County Agricultural High School - Yearbook (Scooba, MS)

Text from Pages 1 - 40 of the 1917 volume:

A- 'r'e , :'n -' f .wffg',e-. CALENDAR 1916. School Opens Tuesday, September 5. School Day, Mississippi-Alabama Fair, Meridian, Tues- day, October 17. Thanksgiving, Thursday, November 30. Fall Term Examinations, Monday, December 4. Q, Christmas Holidays begin December 21. 1917. School Opens after Christmas Holidays, Tuesday, Jan- uary 2. Winter Term Examinations begin Monday, February 20. Spring Term Examinations begin Monday, May 7. Entertainment by Lower Grades, Friday, May 11, 8 p. m. Commencement Sermon, Sunday, May 13, 11 p. m. Oratorical and Reading Contests, Monday, May 14, 10:00 3. 111. Home Science and Farm Exhibit, Monday, May 14th, from 3 to 4 p. m. ' Athletics, Monday, May 14, 4:30 p. m. Recital by Music Class, Monday, May 14, 8 p. m. Annual Address, Tuesday, May 15, 11 a. m. Lunch on Campus, Tuesday, May 15, 12:30 p. m. Graduating Exercises, Tuesday, May 15, 3 p. In. Dramatic Entertainment by Expression Class, Tuesday, May 15, 8 p. m. F... I V I i I x .5 .----.4-T Jiuuslg-f-.--,Ugg-,if - ---- ffl- - - Y BOARD OF TRUSTEES SUPT. DOW. W. JACKSON, President .......... DeKalb, MR. W. T. BARNES, Secretary ........ .... S cooba, MR. R. L. HENDERSON ............. ..... P reston, MR. B. W. PERKINS .... ..... M oscow, MR. WALTER ADAMS .... .... P orterville, O Miss Miss Miss Miss Miss FACULTY W. S. HUDDLESTON, A. B., Principal. Hiwasse College, Tennessee. Instructor in Geometry, Latin and Science. J. W. OVERSTREET, B. S. Agricultural and Mechanical College, Mississippi, I Secretary. F. M. SMITH, B. S. Agricultural and Mechanical College, Mississippi, Instructor in Agriculture and Manual Training. MISS VIRGINIA KUYKENDALL, Peabody Normal, Instructor in Home Science. MRS. NANNIE O. GEWIN, A. B. Mississippi Industrial Institute and College, Instructor in English, Arithmetic, Algebra and Civics. MRS. S. W. WHITMIRE, A. B. Jones College, Tennessee. Instructor in Expression, History and First Year Latin. MRS. JOHN W. OVERSTREET, Mississippi Industrial Institute and College, Instructor in Music and Voice. J. W. OVERSTREET, B. S. Instructor in Grammar School. MISS JESSIE MORGAN, Instructor in Intermediate Department. Miss LAURA DUBARD, Instructor in Primary Department. MRS. FANNIE STUART, Matron. E. D. GILBERT AND J. B. MOONEY, School Physicians. 1 v- T? livT ' BOYS If you are looking for an opportunity to educate yourself -to prepare yourself to get the most possible out of life, whatever may be the business or profession of your choice, we offer you the opportunity of your life. Read over this announcement with care. We offer you a course preparatory for any calling in life, the best advantages for efficient work and recreation for your leisure hours. If you know a boy who was in our school all of last session, ask him about it. GIRLS Do you want to get the most possible out of life? Then prepare yourself. We offer to every girl in Kemper County an opportunity for a well-rounded education. Read the fol- lowing pages with care and ask one of our girls about it. PARENTS Do you want to prepare your boys and girls for the lives they must live? Are your means limited, and must you do this at the least possible cost? Then read our plan. Do you want your boy or girl trained with special attention to the development of an active mind, strong body and sound moral character? We strive to neglect none of these. Ask some friend who has patronized us for a session. ,wg ,,l, , ,,, .,,,.,.- .... . ..--.....,.W.....,.,,..-'---f-'-- ANNOUNCEMENT , In sending out announcements for our.fifth session, we feel like it is our first duty to express our appreciation to those boys and girls who, by their loyal support and studious application, have contributed so much to the success of the past session. It has always been our idea that the success or failure of a school depended in a great measure on the character of the boys and girls who make up the student body of that school. We appreciate the hundred and twelve pupils sent us by a generous public, and only hope that your sons and daughters have carried back to your homes what they left behind them-memories of a pleasant and well-spent session. We cannot refrain from expressing our appreciation to our fel- low townsmen for the interest manifested in the comfort and welfare of the boys and girls sent in our midst as pupils. Your solicitude that their stay among us might be pleasant, your hospitable welcome 'extended them, your exertions that there might be nothing except that which is pure and en- nobling in the environment of the Agricultural High School -4.how that the Board of Education made no mistake when they entrusted the future of the Agricultural High School to your care. We feel especially grateful to the people of Kemper County for the financial support given to the County Agri- cultural High Schoolu The one mill tax support fund, and ten thousand dollars' dormitory fund, with which you have taxed yourselves, demonstrate that you recognize the fact that the intelligence, progress and morals of a community are measured by the support that it gives church and school. In appreciation of your sacrifices, it will ever be the effort of those in authority to use the funds economically and judiciously, to give the boys and girls of Kemper County 8 KEMPER COUNTY AGRICULTURAL an opportunity of a high school education at a minimum cost, and to return them to you with an ambition to be and do something in life--to be producers of wealth and not par- asites on society. We beg you to remember that the school' is yours, supported by you, and that in maintaining your Agricultural High School you offer to your children an equal opportunity in life with others and arouse a hope in the heart of the poor boy and girl that never existed before. History and Present Status of School For the last twenty years the progressive educators have known that our system of education has been too tradi- tional-that our education appealed chiefly to professional life and the practical side of life was neglected. They de- plored the fact that Southern youth could not do with his hands-that he rather looked down on manual labor as menial, and that the ambition of the country youth led to the professions or to those callings which lured him from coun- try life. They knew that if the resources of Mississippi were conserved and developed by her sons, if rural life-the hope of the nation-was preserved, there must be injected into our school system an agricultural and home-making spirit. The result was the enactment of the law establish- ing the County Agricultural High School-a school that oifers to the country boy and girl an equal opportunity and equipment for life which his more favored urban cousins enjoy: a school that dignifies labor, and recognizes that the man in overalls can be as intelligent and as worthy of re- spect as the merchant, banker, professional man or anybody else-a school that gives to the state a citizenship educated in this true sense, having heads to think with, hands to do with, hearts to purpose with, and souls to adore God and Nature. The Kemper County Agricultural High School was estab- lished under an Act of the Legislature of 1910, which au- thorizes the School Board of any County to locate such a school, and requires the Supervisors of the County to make H: . HIGH SCHOOL, SCOOBA, MISS. , 9 a levy sufficient for the proper maintenance of the school when located. The State, on its part, agrees to appropriate from 351,500 to 352,500 a year to each school meeting re- quirements. 1 Taking advantage of this offer of the State, and realiz- ing the need of better school advantages in the county, the Kemper County School Board established the school in 1911, too late to open the school before the next year. They located the school at Scooba, that town having offered build- ings, land and cash aggregating in value S15,385.00, suiii- cient to meet all legal requirements for the location of the school. ' The property offered by the Town of Scooba comprized one hundred and fifteen acres of agricultural land, valued at 825.00 an acre, buildings, furnishings and campus of Scooba High School, valued at S5,500, and cash subscription notes to the sum of 37,010 for the- building of a dormitory to fill legal requirements. These were turned over to the trustees by the Town of Scooba. Varying from the original plan, in order to provide for future growth, the trustees, with the funds placed at their disposal by County and State, remodeled the old school building for a girls' dormitory, erected an 38,000 academic building, purchased a seventeen-acre farm situated in the midst of the school property, and especially valuable to the school to furnish cleared land and a house to supplement dormitory facilitiesg bored a 1,300-foot well to furnish an abundance of pure water, furnished these buildings as needed, rented additional rooms, and operated the school nine months the first session. Through the generosity of the people of Kemper County, these accommodations have been increased. There was thrown open at the beginning of the session of 1914-1915 a commodious, three-story, brick building, neat, modern and well-fitted for its purposes. Owing to the lack of funds, the third story is not completed, but with the thirty-two rooms that are finished we are able to care for sixty-four boys, 7-2- -W - '--e-Mv-- 10 KEMPER COUNTY AGRICULTURAL which we think will suffice till the people can adjust them- selves to the bell weevil conditions. Then we hope that there will be a great awakening on educational lines and the people of the county may see what the Agricultural High School is doing for the country boy and girl and give the school what- it so much needs to render the people the best returns for their investment in their County Agricultural High School. We need to 'complete the third story of our boys' dormitory, steam heat, better farm equipment, a small dairy barn and equipment, a domestic science cottage, a manual training equipment and a sewerage sys- tem,'- furnishing abundant water in all the rooms. We need these that our boys may be taught what constitutes pleasant and profitable farming, that our girls may be taught the beauties and sacredness of woman's true mission, and that all may experience the convenience of an ideal home. i When these equipments have been provided, and these conditions brought about, then your County Agricultural High School will be filling its mission, your sons and daughters will catch a vision of true life and the future manhood and womanhood of Kemper' County will call you blessed. 1 ' Purpose The Agricultural I-Iigh,School is the State's solution of the problem of high school education for country boys and girls. Since it is impossible to maintain, a good high school in every community, the State plans to provide-one ini each county at which tuition and room rent shall be free to all residents of the county and board furnished at the lowest iigure at which it is possible to furnish a suiiiciency of Whole- some food. , . ' The State schools-the Agricultural and Mechanical Col- lege, the Industrial Institute and College, and the Univer- sity?-are overcrowded with students who are not fully pre- pared for college or university work. The Agricultural High School is meant to fill the gap between the public .J ..I 0 w Z IJ III Z QQ 'T . i w , I F 4 L HIGH SCHOOL, SCOOBA, Miss. 11 schools and the colleges, and to provide a high school educa- tion in reach of every boy and girl in the county. The aim of the industrial departments is not merely to give technical training in housekeeping or farming, but to teach the dignity of labor, to train equally the hand and the mind--in short, to turn out boysand girls fitted for the life they are about to live, who will have a real love for it, and who will be prepared to enjoy it to the fullest extent. Our boys leave school early because they see no connec- tion between the school and the life they expect to liveg they leave the country because' all their schooling has been such as to make them discontented with their country life and has created a longing for those attractions to be found in urban life. Thus we have the present problems of over- crowded cities, deserted farms and high cost of living. In our corn clubs we have begun the work of training boys for successful' and happy lives on the farm. In our agricultural schools we carry out this same idea by combin- ing with study practical work in scientific farming. Over seventy-five per cent of our girls marry at an early age and begin the work of home-making. Our system of education has ignored this fact and has paved the Way for thousands of unhappy homes. Our plan is to teach the girls, in connection with their cultural studies, such things as will prepare them for their natural sphere in life-home-making. Those who expect to enter college will find here -courses to prepare them to enter any college in the State, but the main purpose of this school is to offer to the large number of boys and girls who never go to college, such training as will prepare them forhappy and useful lives, and .inspire the boy to return to the old farm and make it blossom like the rose, and the girl to make the old home a thing of beauty. - The moral and religious environment of Scooba is ex- ceptionally good. Our citizenship consists of a quiet, indus- trious, frugal people, representative of the best families in East Mississippi. We have three churches in Scooba, Meth- T' I 'F 5. t. E L l I ,Taq ,.. 12 KEMPER COUNTY AGRICULTURAL odist, Baptist and Presbyterian. While the school is non- denominational, yet it is the intention of those in authority that it shall have a positive Christian character. Pupils will be expected to attend Sunday school and preaching regu- larly at the church of their choice. No school can have bet- ter assets than a strong religious and moral environment. The progressive spirit of our citizenship, the Christian at- mosphere that permeates the masses, the strong public sen- timent on all questions of morality and the educational spirit of our people, make Scooba an ideal location for the County Agricultural High School. Location Kemper County Agricultural High School is located in the western part of the town of Scooba, less than a mile from the Mobile and Ohio Railroad station. This railroad oper- ates six passenger trains each day, all of which stop at Scooba. Connection is now made twice a day each way with the Sanoody Valley Railroad at Sucarnochee, making it pos- sible to go or come from DeKalb daily. The school has drilled a well 1,300 feet deep, supplying an abundance of pure, wholesome water. The Town of Scooba has installed at a cost of 38,000.00 a system of water works to supply both town and school from this Well. School Buildings and Grounds The administration building is a modern, two-story brick structure, with six recitation rooms, assembly hall, music room and library. It is situated on a seven-acre cam- pus, supplying ample room for baseball, field and track ex- ercises, and separate basketball and' tennis courts for boys and girls, and playgrounds for smaller children. Our girls' dormitory is a large, two-story, wooden structure, consisting of bed rooms, family rooms, dining hall and kitchen. Besides our girls' dormitory, there is an addi- tional two-story frame building consisting of eight airy HIGH SCHOOL, SCOOBA, MISS. 13 rooms, that is held' in reserve for girls in case there comes more girls than can be accommodated in the regular dormi- tory. Our boys' dormitory is the pride of our school and a mon- ument to the educational spirit of the people of Kemper County. It is a modern, three-story, brick building contain- ing forty-eight rooms. All our buildings are conveniently clustered around the administration building, surrounded by a level campus, dotted here and there by shade trees. On this campus is the baseball diamond, football gridiron, bas- ketball and tennis courts, playgrounds for smaller children and shady nooks. Adjoining the campus on the west is the farm with its growing crops, busy boys, patient cows, lazy pigs-all blending into a harmonious whole, offer that rural and home-like atmosphere so conducive to study and the development of our better natures. Farm and Equipment Our farm consists of one hundred and twenty-five acres of poor flatwoods land, whose physical condition makes it an ideal plot for demonstrating the possibilities of our East Mississippi lands. It is here that we expect our boys to meet and solve these problems in practical agriculture that con- front the average East Mississippi farmer. It is on this farm, under the direction of our agriculturist, that we ex- pect our boys to learn that intelligent and timely ploughing, that scientific tillage and cultivation, that profitable fertiliz- ing, that seed selection, fruit growing and propagation, rota- tion, drainage, soil conservation, that animal husbandry and balanced feeding-in fact, farming is a science worthy of the best intellect of our young manhood. Our farm equip- ment consists of a pair of mules, one horse, farm implements, hogs, dairy cattle, etc. In this connection we would like to say that while our farm lacks a great deal of being in a high state of cultivation that should characterize the ideal farm, yet the improved physical condition of our land, the com- parison of crops now on land with those grown on it hereto- Qmvqu 14 KEMPER COUNTY AGRICULTURAL fore, go to show what the intelligent manipulation of those agencies concerned in plant growth can do. We hope in the near future that our farm will be a plot of ground that every citizen will point to with pride and that our boys remember pleasantly the scientiic principles wrought out on fiat- woods land. Sufiicient produce was sold from the farm to the dormitories last' session to defray the expenses of the farm, thus making the farm self-sustaining and furnishing cheap board to our pupils. Teachers Our teachers have been selected with studious care. All are college graduates or specialists in their line, and each has been chosen with reference to his special qualification for the position to be filled. Among them we have the con- servatism of experience, the enthusiasm of young manhood, and the graces and culture of Southern womanhood. Professor Huddleston, who, by his long and varied ex- perience in the management of boys and girls, by his thorough acquaintance with the needs and conditions of East Mississippi, and his innate love and sympathy for boys and girls, is eminently qualified for principal. Professor Smith needs no comments. His record as a student and tutor at the Mississippi Agricultural and Me- chanical College, the improved physical condition of the Agricultural High School farm, his industry, the regard the boys have for him, bespeak him highly qualified for Agricul- turist. Professor Overstreet comes to us full of the energy of young manhood. His skill as a teacher, his ability to adapt himself to conditions, and bring out the best in the boy, con- vinces us that we are fortunate in securing the services of Mr. Overstreet. Miss Kuykendall, our Domestic Science teacher, comes to us highly recommended. Coming from the institution that she does and knowing members of her family as we do, we feel like we have the right teacher in the right place-a 1 1 D T HIGH SCHOOL, SCOOBA, MISS. 15 teacher that will meet emergencies as they arise and impart to our Domestic Science Department an impetus and an in- terest that will be felt for good in the homes of Kemper County. Mrs. Gewin is a lady of strong personality, tactful meth- ods, and our boys and girls could not come in contact with a character more beautiful in precept and example. Her pro- motion to the High School Department by the Board of Trus- tees, indicates her efliciency and worth. Mrs. S. W. Whitmire, our History and Expression teacher, comes from an institution that not only stands for scholarship but skill. The improvement of the pupils under her the past session goes to prove that she is a master in her art and a teacher of marked ability. Mrs. Overstreet, our Music teacher, is a lady of rare ability. Her success the past session, the skill with which she handled her class, the enthusiasm which she injects into her pupils, show that she is indeed a teacher of her art. Her quiet, modest demeanor makes her an example and exerts an influence for good among the student body that can scarcely be estimated. Miss Morgan comes to us highly recolmnended. She brings to our school a rich experience, a winning person- ality, and a culture and refinement which will be an influence for good. We thank the Board for Miss Morgan. Miss Dubard has made child study her specialty. We hear nothing but good of Miss Dubard and feel like we can say to children and parents that we are fortunate in secur- ing her services. Mrs. Stuart, matron of the girls' dormitory, is a lady of rare personality. Her recall as matron, indicates our appre- ciation of her. Thoughtful for the welfare of others, tactful in management, economical in habits, possessing all the attributes of a pure Christian womanhood, we feel that We are indeed fortunate in securing her services. You may trust the comfort and motherly care of your girls to Mrs. Stuart. She will be loyal to the trust. Pk -- - . TA-v I'Jn 16 KEMPER CoUN'rY AGRICULTURAL DEPARTMENTS OF WORK ' Literary While the school as organized is intended and required to put special stress on the industrial branches, students will not be deprived of anything that has been found essential in literary work. Our work is planned and arranged for a well-balanced course of study. Both literary and industrial work are re- quired. We must be true to the mission of the school along industrial lines, but we will not deprive students of those cultural subjects which broaden their outlook and enable them to take their places in any position in life to which they may aspire. The power to spend profitably the leisure hours must be developed if education is to make the full man. Domestic Science The purpose of this department has already been men- tioned-to train our girls for that work which practically all will follow. Our aim is to give them such training as will prepare them for housekeeping and homemaking. The main courses will be in sewing and cooking, and home art. All of these will be taught with a special aim of developing a taste for neat and well-kept homes, and giving such instruc- tion and practical work as will lay a foundation for good housekeeping and homemaking. The aim of this work is to put housework on a scientific basis, to make it attractive and to show its possibilities. Not only are meals to be cooked and garments to be made: but, if life is to be worth living, homes must be places of beauty and comfort. To accomplish this there must be an intelligent interest in the work on the part of the house- keeper. p Our girls should be made to feel that ability to prepare 547' ' HIGH SCHOOL, SCOOBA, MISS. 17 a balanced, nutritious meal, has as much cultural, value as to be able to understand music or paintingg and that girl who understands the relative value of foods, who is interest- ed in her household duties, and who is technically prepared for the work of housekeeping, stands a better chance of hav- ing a happy home than the girl who has mastered music, drawing or French to the exclusion of these household economics. Remember, that we do not discount the value of culture, but insist on the average woman being prepared for her true sphere in life. The Cooking Department has already been equipped with desks and tables, stoves, cooking utensils and dishes. The classes last year served meals to the faculty and trustees, and conducted public demonstrations during commencement. The sewing class has now three machines, and exhibited at the close of last session specimens of hand and machine work, each girl having been required to make a complete set of clothing, including a dress costing less than one dol- lar. Many of the dresses worn at the close of school were made under this requirement. In Domestic Art consider- able design work was done from original drawings, with special attention to stenciling. These classes will do more advanced work next session. Agriculture The purpose of this department is to train the boys in the art and practice of farming. We might express its aim as threefold: first, to teach the boys how to make the best pos- sible living on the farm: second, to teach the many and use- ful secrets of plants, giving thereby an intelligent interest and love for the workg third, to teach the dignity of labor, -to make the overalls as respectable as the dresscoatf' There will be a four-year course in Agriculture and allied branches, such as stock-raising and veterinary work, study of soils, plantstudy, shop work and all things needful and practical for up-to-date and progressive farming. Even for 18 KEMPER COUNTY AGRICULTURAL one who never intends to do practical work on the farm, the work will not be useless. A Of course text-books vvill be used with this work, but the Work is correlated with practical experiments on the school farm. This is worked exclusively by the students by ap- proved methods under the close supervision of the agricul- turist, and as means are provided, will be equipped and con- ducted as a model farm in all respects. Manual Training While We lack equipment, yet special instruction has been provided for an independent course in mechanical work, and will be added to in the near future. In the meantime, a course in farm mechanics will be required in connection with the Agricultural Department. Boys in this department have constructed a temporary dairy barn from refuse lumber, desks for the Domestic Science Department, and did various other such mechanical work. Some 95350.00 will be added to our equipment the com- ing session. Music While not included as one of the regular departments of the school in the sense of free tuition, we have an excellent Music Department. This department is under the special direction of a mas- ter and Will offer special advantages in piano, voice, sight singing and instrumental music. Expression Those studying expression, like music pupils, will be re- quired to pay a special fee, but the department, under the direction of Mrs. Whitmire, affords an opportunity for val- uable training and is a strong department of the school. This department also contemplates the production next year of some Shakespearian or other standard literary plays, the instructor having had successful experience in the pro- duction of such plays previously in other schools. ---jf. 'wa -- HIGH SCHOOL, ScooBA, Miss. 19 Student Labor In the preceding pages it has been stressed that one of our main objects is to teach the dignity of labor. We, ,there- fore, encourage boys and girls to do all the work possible. Of girls in the Domestic Science Department and of boys in the Agricultural Department, We require about ten hours practical work each week. No one' in the High School De- partment is exempt from this. All work in excess of this is paid for at the rate of ten cents' per hour. If a boy is industrious it is possible for him to make a good part of his expenses. If a student is up with his class work he is allowed to leave school in the afternoon, and then many will have several hours to work on the farm. While there is less work for girls to do, there will be opportunity for several to make part of their expenses by working about the dormi- tory. Preference will be given to those who are cheerful and efficient. The orphan and widow's daughter will be looked after. Lectures and Literary Societies It is also the intention of the faculty to organize literary societies among the boys and girls, in which, under the over- sight of the faculty, the girls may receive practice in sing- ing, playing, reading and reciting for an audience, and the boys receive practice in parliamentary practice and the various forms of public speaking. To think on your feet and express those thoughts forcefully is an accomplishment to be very much desired. The Knapp Literary Society offers exceptional opportunities for these drills. , - Athletics While we consider too much athletics a thing to be avoided, we hold that a certain amount, furnishing vigorous and wholesome exercise, is beneficial to the health and spirit of students. We will'provide facilities for such sports as 'T ' l e 1 -W.: 20 KEMPER COUNTY AGRICULTURAL football, baseball, basketball, field and track sports and ten- nis for those boys who fancy each, and basketball and tennis for the girls. A Games with other schools are allowed occasionally when they will not conflict with school duties. When teams go to visit other schools their expenses are paid by the admission fees collected at that place, so they are at no expense. Occa- sional visits of this kind, besides giving healthful recreation and innocent pleasure, show students what other schools are doing, stimulate a school spirit and create a friendly rivalry in all branches of school work. Teams are never allowed to go without a member of the faculty in charge, and all games are under faculty super- vision. As an incentive to better school work and to avoid the risk of too much time being given to athletics, no stu- dent will be allowed to participate in school contests or match games whose school work is not above the passing average. We allow play when work is done. Public School Work By special arrangement between the trustees of the Agri- cultural High School and the trustees of the Scooba Public Schools, pupils from the county over fourteen years of age, who are unable to enter the high school department and cannot obtain satisfactory school advantages at home, will be admitted to the Scooba Public School, in the same build- ing, with free tuition, and cared for as other boarders, under the following conditions: ' 1. Students desiring public school work free must pre- sent with their application the written consent of the trus- tees of their district in legal form as given on last page. 2. In making reservations or assigning of rooms, pref- erence will have to be given to those in our exclusive field- high school work. We will then take as many public school boarders as we can in space remaining, if the first condition has been metg but under the State law we cannot shut out 1 -if 1 HIGH SCHOOL, ScooBA, Miss. 21 high school boarders for boarders in the public school. We trust the County will make room for all. Conditions of Entrance A pupil to have the benefit of the County Agricultural High School must be between twelve and twenty-one years of age: must be of good moral characterg must be able to enter first year's work feighth gradelg must keep con- stantly on hand a deposit of S10.00, and must pay a physi- cian's fee of 85.00. Pupils from other counties having met the above re- quirements, will be received when there is room in the dor- mitories, by their paying 52.00 per month tuition. Note the term must,,' for there will positively be no ex- ception to these conditions. Business Remarks What is meant by keeping constantly on hand 51510.00 de- posit is: that at entrance you deposit S10.00g at the end of each month board is estimated and prorated on a cost basisg the pupil must pay these monthly board costs, at the end of the session or at withdrawal, the last month's board will be collected out of this 310.00 deposit, and what remains will be returned to the pupil by a refund check. This protects the dormitory management and the entire student body by dispensing with delinquents. The physician's fee is paid quarterly in advance. This fee is intended as a protection to the individual against un- expected expense in case of sickness and a protection to the whole school in keeping out contagious diseases, epidemics, etc. Only work that is absolutely necessary will be given pupils. The spirit of graft will not be encouraged. The worthy and the efficient will be given the preference. Do not ask for indulgence. We cannot grant it. We buy wholesale and take advantage of every cash discount that we may get the most for the least money, that we may 22 KEMPER COUNTY AGRICULTURAL give your sons and daughters board at minimum cost and that we may establish the reputation of meeting the obliga- tions of the school promptly and fully. To do this every pupil must be prompt. So, let me insist that patrons ar- range to meet their obligations to the school promptly. Each for all and all for each is our motto. We are not striving to establish the reputation for cheap board. It is essential that a pupil have a suiiiciency of whole- some food. A suiliciency of wholesome food at minimum cost will be our effort. This can be done at your County Agricultural High School as cheaply as at home. The aver- age cost of board last session was 57.32, and we think that board can be held around the 37.00 mark, and' when we get better heating facilities, we hope to reduce even that low figure. Diplomas and Afiliation To those completing the course of study in the High School Department will be awarded diplomas. We can assure entrances into the Freshman Classes of the University of Mississippi, the Industrial Institute and College, the Agri'- cultural and Mechanical College of Mississippi, and Millsaps College, on the endorsement of the Principal. Extension Work One of the main functions of the County Agricultural High Schools is to touch in a vital way the farm life of the county. Hence, it will be the policy of the Agricultural High School to co-operate with the Agricultural and Mechanical College, and the Federal Government in doing extension work, corn club work, tomato club work, Farmers' Institutes, and with county treatment of diseases among stock, in- oculations for hog cholera, terracing, grafting and budding --anything that any community may need, call on us and our equipment and skill is at your service. We cheerfully offer our buildings, equipment and conveniences to you for all Farmers' Meetings. ...J T-Fl V -4.- HIGH SCHOOL, Scoom., Miss. 23 Over two hundred head of hogs and cattle were inocu- lated by our agriculturalist and pupils. Expenses Tuition and room rent is free to pupils from Kemper County. Our school will be equipped with electric lights another session and 40c per light will be collected monthly from those using them. This brings light cost to 20c per month to the pupil. The coal oil lamp must go. Electricty is as economical, more sanitary, less trouble and safer. Board is at actual cost. It is the policy of the Board to reduce expenses by making our kitchen and dining room ser- vice a feature of our Domestic Science work. This plan ought to reduce board at least 31.00 per month-placing board between 956.00 and 37.00 another session. The whole theory depends on organizing the girls into efficient groups that will give prompt service. A 8510.00 deposit must be paid in on entrance and board will be estimated at the end of each month, when the monthly cost must be paid in by pupil, keeping constantly on hand the 310.00 deposit. The last month the board will be taken from the 310.00 deposited and the remainder refunded to parent. The Trustees have employed Drs. Gilbert and Mooney, as school physicians. These doctors examine and prescribe for all pupils during the year. Students who consult a physician at first symptoms of illness are seldom seriously ill, as an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. A fee of five dollars 1135.003 is charged for this purpose, pay- able at entrance, and all medical' attention and medicine necessary for the session is guaranteed. Students with- drawing within one month will be refunded this fee, less regular charges should any attention have been given dur- ing this time. Had students paid regular fees last session, there is scarcely a pupil but what would have paid much more than the fee. ' Those taking Manual Training and Domestic Science will 5 '1 24 KEMPER COUNTY AGRICULTURAL be charged a fee of three dollars fS3.00J' for the session to cover the cost of materials used. This is paid on entrance. Expression, when taken, is at the rate of three dollars 1353.001 per month. Music, either piano, vocal, violin, guitar, mandolin or 'cello, is at the rate of three dollars 633.003 per month. Sight singing in classes, fifty cents per month. Practice Piano, 50 cents per month. Necessary expenses, per session, for one doing no work: Board, less than ....................... . . . 565.00 Medical Fee . ............................ 5.00 Domestic Science or Manual Training, if taken 3.00 Total necessary expenses, per session, less than 573.00 Board is expected to be considerably below the figures given, and most students will reduce these expenses by do- ing some work. These are maximum figures. Board for the past session averaged 57.32. Discipline Our discipline is mild and addressed to the moral sense -a sense of right. We recognize the school as being a large family-a small commonwealth where pupils are fitted for living --for citizenship. We believe in the honor sys- tem, hence the pupil is appealed to as a rational, reasonable creature who is one of the prime factors in promoting the harmony and good feeling that must exist in a model stu- dent body. The spirit of ought and not must must pre- vail among our pupils. The code of the Man of Galilee, Whatsoever ye would that men do unto you, do ye even so unto them, is the sum and substance of our code of dis- cipline. The good, the studious, the earnest worker is wanted g the idle, the vicious, will be dismissed. While the idea of rules are not encouraged, for sense of right is in every boy and girl's heart, yet we add a few to cover general rule of conduct. li .L I .zfivv ' U HIGH SCHOOL, SCOOBA, MISS. 25 Regulations for Boarding Pupils 1. Students must be prompt at meals and all other duties. 2. Each student must keep his room in neat and or- derly condition. 3. No card playing or games of chance in any form, intoxicating liquors or firearms, will be tolerated. 4. No student will be allowed to use cigarettes at all while under our control. 5. Profanity or improper language of any kind will not be tolerated. 6. Boisterous or disorderly conduct of any kind is for- bidden. . 7. Boarders will not be allowed to leave the school premises except by special permission of the faculty. 8. There shall be no visiting among students during study hours. Each is expected to remain in his own room and devote his time to his work. 9. There shall be no association between boys and girls except on special occasions, and then only by permission of the principal. 10. Pupils must respect school property. Each pupil will be held responsible for damages to property in his room and any pupil anywhere, at any time, damaging school property will be assessed with full damages, and if he hesitates to pay or persists in injuring property, he will be dismissed from the student body. The spirit of destruction will not be tolerated. Reservations and Furnishing of Rooms . In making reservations, and in the assigning of rooms, we must be governed by the following rules: Students who held their rooms to the close of last ses- sion have first option on those rooms this session. Each room is equipped with heat, bedstead, mattress, 26 KEMPER COUNTY AGRICULTURAL table, twolchairs and a wash stand. Pupils will be expected to furnish pillows, sheets, blankets, quilts, broom, toilet articles and other things they may wish in their rooms. We suggest that two boys from the same community apply for aroom together, sharing the expense of furnishing the room, thus making expense less and room association more congenial. We suggest that applications be made as soon as possible, as rooms at the dormitory will be disposed of on the plan of first come, first served. All students boarding in the dormitory 'willbe required to comply xwith such regulations as the management may see iit to impose in their efforts to secure the highest wel- fare of the students. We expect to make life in the dormitory as free,las con- genial, as home-like as possible,pand at the same' time make it a place where a student can do his best work. ' M! if im: his I I' 00 X QW -X E ? 4 J W GI 'L Wav J .J 4 HJ I- ld X UJ fi III in .1 DS l 53 3 3 FEM UA M LQ Q Q5 iii L Q Q2 iv xi . Am Ei 2 Lu l- ..I e 42 ED Ea Om Gsm, LL S. QE mftikmxui 'QQ Ag E 1, w 1 C JFK ESQ - all HIGH SCHOOL, SCOOBA, MISS. 27 1. II. III. IV. V. VI. VII. CGURSE OF STUDY High School Department A' FIRST YEAR AGRICULTURE CBoysJ-Five recitations per week. HOME SCIENCE CGirlsJ-Five recitations per 'week. ENGLISH-Five recitations per week. lGramiI1ar 3, Composition 2.3 ARITHMETIC--FIVE recitations per week. . ELECTIVE STUDY-Beg'inner's Latin. Five recitations per Week. ' . SCIENCE. , . SPELLING-Three recitations per week. AGRICULTURE-Essentials of Agriculture. ENGLISH-Grammar and Composition. - t CComposition work to be based on subjects relating to the home and to social life, as developed in oral discussion and in suitable reading matter.J SCIENCE-Sanitation and Physiology. I . II. III. IV V. VI VII. I SECOND YEAR AGRICULTURE fBoysJ-Five recitations per week. HOME SCIENCE fGirlsJ-Five recitations per Week. ENGLISH-Five recitations per week. CComposition and Rhetoric 3, Classics 2.5 ALGEBRA-Five recitations per week. HISTORY-Three recitations per week. ELECTIVE STUDY-Beginner's Latin and Caesar. Five recitations per week. SCIENCE. Q VIII. SPELLING--Three recitations per week. AGRICULTURE-Southern Field Crops. N ENGLISH-Composition and Rhetoric. Selected Classics. u T X.4 fs: . J FV FF T' 449' -1 K. I, kt 28 KEM PER COUNTY AGRICULTURAL HISTORY-Ancient History. SCIENCE-General Science. A THIRD YEAR P I. AGRICULTURE CBoysD-Five recitations per week. II. HOME SCIENCE CGirlsJ-Five recitations per week. III. ENGLISH-Five recitations per week. fCoInposition and Rhetoric 3, Classics 2.1 IV. PLANE GEOMETRY-Five recitations per week. V. HISTORY-Two recitations per week. VI. ELECTIVE STUDY---CRSHT. Five recitations per week. VII. SCIENCE. - VIII. SPELLING-Three recitations per week. AGRICULTURE-Breeds of Live Stockg Care and Feeding of Live Stockg Dairying. ENGLISH--Composition and Rhetoricg Selected Classics. HISTORY-Mediaeval and Modern and Myers'. SCIENCE-Elementary Physics. FOURTH YEAR I. AGRICULTURE fBoysJ-Five recitations per week. II. HOME SCIENCE CGirlsJ-Five recitations per week. III. ENGLISH-Five recitations per week. CHistory of Literature 23 Classics 3.3 IV. HISTORY AND CIVICS-Five recitations per week. V. ELECTIVE STUDY-Cicero. Four recitations per week. VI. SCIENCE. VII. SPELLING-Three recitations per week. MATHEMATICS-Geometry, six monthsg Science of Arith- metic, three months. AGRICULTURE-Farm Management, including Farm Ac- counts, Business Forms and Marketing. ENGLISH--History of American and English Literature, and Critical English Grammar. :HISTORY--A.I1'1C1'iC3.Il History and Civil Government. SCIENCE-Chemistry of Common Things. HIGH SCHOOL, SCOOBA, MISS. 29 Intermediate Department FIFTH GRADE Graded Classics-Book V. Primary History-United States CLee'sD. Spelling-I-Iunt's Progressive Speller, Part II., Sec. 1. Practical Arithmetic-Colaw, Duke 8x Powers', to page 120. Geography-Frye's Elementary, page 87, to end of book. Grammar-Hyde's, Book I, Part 2. ' Mississippi Writing Book, No. 5. Webster's Primary Dictionary. SIXTH GRADE Arithmetic-Colaw, Duke KL Powers' Practical, from page 121 to page 242. Frye's Higher Geography-To page 88. Hyde's English Course-Book I., Part 3. United States History-Riley, Chandler Sz Hamilton's, first fifty-three chapters. Spelling-Hunt's Progressive Speller, Part II, Sec. 2. Sixth Reader-First four months. Agriculture-Completed, second term. Mississippi Writing Book, No. 6. Seventh Grade Arithmetic-Practical, completed. Geography-Frye's Higher, from page 88 to end of book. Hyde's English Course-Book II. to page 193. United States History-Riley, Chandler Sz Hami1ton's com- pleted. Spelling-Hfunt's Progressive Speller-Part II, Sec. 3. Mississippi Writing Book, No. 7. A Primary Department FIRST GRADE Reading-Wheeler's Graded Primerg Baldvvin's First Reader. Words and sentences from board, chart, card, story books and first readers. l .sf- 1 '1 I i i 1 1 1 1 I 30 KEMPER COUNTY AGRICULTURAL Spelling-Words from cards and readers. Writing-Words and sentences from charts, cards, also from dictation. Arithmetic-Objects counted to 1003 writing figures to 100. SECOND GRADE Reading-Several Second Readersg Nature, History and Fairy Storiesg silent reading from board with answers aloud. Spelling-Hunt's Progressive Speller, Part I, Sec, 1. Composition-Punctuation and capital lettersg original stories from pictures, stories reproduced. Writing-Mississippi Writing Book, No. 2. Arithmetic-Writing numbers to 1,0005 addition and sub- traction iinishedg oral and written problemsg Roman notation to XL. THIRD GRADE Reading-Several Third Readersg Legends from Ridman's Forestg Story of Longfellow and other stories. Spelling-I-Iunt's Progressive Speller, Part I, Sec. 2. Composition-Short stories read and reproduced: writing original stories 3 letter writing. Writing-Mississippi Writing Book, No. 3. Home Geography-Observation of neighborhoods, bodies of land and water, climate, soil productions, map drawings. Arithmetic-Multiplication and division iinishedg Roman notation to M 5 original problems. FOURTH GRADE Reading-Supplemented with at least one other. Spelling-Hunt's Progressive Speller, Part I, Sec. 3. Writing-Mississippi Writing Book, No. 4. Physiology-Mayberry's Primary Physiology. Arithmetic-Elementary, completed. Geography-Elementary, to page 87. Language Work-Hyde's English Course, Book I, Part 1. HIGH' SCHOOL, SCOOBA, MISS. 31 It will be noted that our course of study conforms tothe course suggested by the Committee and adopted by the Board of Education. It emphasizes the agricultural feature, yet two courses are offered. The elective studies are only suggested-other studies may be substituted for those sug- gested. , PIANO COURSE FIRST GRADE New England Conservatory Course, Grade No. 1. Thirty-five Easy Pieces. Seven and Twenty Pieces, by Porter. SECOND GRADE. New England Conservatory Course, Grade No. 2. Springtime, Volumes I. and II., by Porter. Selected Pieces. Imaginary Biographical Letters from the Great Masters, by Cox and Chopin. THIRD GRADE Brauer, Op. 15. Practical Finger Exercises, Op. 17, by Porter. Burgmeller, Op. 100. , Biehl, Op. 139. . Major and Minor Scales. ' Selected Pieces. Cook's History. FOURTH GRADE Berens, Op. 61. Practical Finger Exercises, by Porter. Sonatina Album. Hande1's Twelve Easy Pieces. Major and Minor Scales. Major and Minor Arpeggios in the First Position. Selected Pieces. Cook's History. 32 KEMPER COUNTY AGRICULTURAL FIFTH GRADE Czerny, Op. 636. Practical Finger Exercises, by Porter. Heller, Op. 45, 46, 47. , Modern Sonatina Album, Volume 2. Concone, Op. 31. Major and Minor Scales, Major and Minor Arpeggios in all Positions. Selected Pieces. Cook's History. SIXTH GRADE Czerny, Op. 299. Practical Finger Exercises by Porter. Bach's Two-Part Inventions. Mozart Sonatas. Major and Minor Scales in Thirds, Sixths and Tenths. Major and Minor Arpeggios in first position of the Dominant, and Diminished Seventh. Baltzel's History. SEVENTH GRADE Czerny, Op. 247. Bach's Three-Part Inventions. Haydn Sonatas. Mendelssohn's Songs Without Words. Review of Scales, Major and Minor Arpeggios in all positions of the Dominant and Diminished Seventh. Baltzel's History. Emery's Harmony. In order for a pupil to pass from one grade to the next higher, she must be able to play from memory two velocity studies, two melody studies, and pass a. thorough examina- tion in scales. There will be student recitals at which they may pass off this work. A Certificate will be awarded to the pupil who satisfac- torily completes this Course. Each pupil will take two piano lessons and one theoretical lesson per week. ' HIGH SCHOOL SGOOBA, Miss. ' ENROLLMENT Seventh Grade 33 William Beazley ....... ..................................... S cooba, R. F. D. Robert Floore ........ ........ K ellis Store, R. F. D. Mable Gewin ............. .....,.......,.......,..,.,,, D eKa1b Ruth Huddleston ......... ................,.,.,,,,.. S cooba Edwin Hardin ..................... ........ S cooba, R. F. D. Frances Kimbrough .......,.. Iva Mardls .....,...............,. Mart McCaskill ........... Durward Pool .......,... William Stallings ......... William Stewart .......,. Nettie B. Warren .......... Mart Lee Aust ......... J. Luther Adams .,........... Mary Ellen Adams ....... Ivan P. Bryan ............. Curtis Beazley ......,... Oscar J. Bryan .......... Juanita Boyd ....... Ruby Briggs .................... First Year ---..----.--.--..---..-Scooba ----.--.Preston, R. F. D. -----..-------------.-----Scooba --------.Scooba, R. F. D. .-..---.----L-.-.---.--Scooba .-.--.-.-..---...-.Scooba ----.--Scooba, R. F. D. .-.----.-.--------Binnsville ...--...--Scooba, R. F. D. --..-..-..Sco0ba, R. F. D. ------,----.--.--.Binnsyille Scooba, RHF' D an 1'575saawa,i D. ----.---...----------------Fortervi1le J. Elmer Clark .................... Dora Alice Creekmore .......... Jack D. Hunmcutt .............. W. Flem Huddleston ....,..... R. Clay Hopper ............ Lena Henderson ....... Sadie H1CkS ................. Alex. I-Iammack ............ J. Wallace Hammack .... -.PortervilleQf R. F. D. -------.---.DeKa1b,a.R. F. D. -..--.------.-----.M1nneola --.---,.---Electric Mills ------.---.--------.-.----Scooba -------Porterville, R. F. D. ------..--.-------------.Preston .---..---.-Sucarnoochee -.---.--..------Scooba -..---.--Scooba -4 H If . X s J 34 Gerald N. Johnson ......... Waldine Jackson .....,... James Jack .............. Otis Jones ......,.....,. Agua M. Key .....,...... Jennie Mae Key ........... Louise Kimbrough Van Luke ..................... Ludie Luke .....,......... Ludie Landrum ......., Clara Luke ....................... Marvin E. Murphy Rachel Moore ............... Leona Mardis .......,... Vernice Murphy .... W. Ernest Prince ......... Bunard Pool ..,.,....... Eunice Pace .............. J. Roger Rawls ............ H. Clay Richardson ......... Jas. I. Rea ................,... J. Herman Rawls ......... Gladys Stuart ........ William H. Stuart ........... Pry R. Stuart-, ...... - 1 Emma Slziton ........ Nora Shipper ......,.... Frank Vance ......,... Mary Annie Vance ........ J. Bourbon Wilson .............. ................. Jesse B. Wilkerson .......,............................. KEMPER COUNTY AGRICULTURAL ----.--..Scooba ---------...-.-.-.Preston ..--.----.------.------Scooba -----....DeKalb, R. F. D. --------.----..--.-Enondale -----.---------Enonda1e ------------...-...,---Scooba .----.---.--..----------.Preston ---------Preston, .--.-,--Preston, --.---..Preston, R. F. D. R. F. D. R. F. D. --.--.-.--.-------..--.Scooba -----------------..----Scooba ------,-.Preston, R. F. D. ----..---.--------------------..--Scooba ..-------.Kellis Store, .------.-----.Scooba, .--.-.---.-----.Rio, --..---.--Scooba, .-.-.----Gholson, ----...Porterville, --.----Scooba, R. F. D. R. F. D. R. F. D. R. F. D. R. F. D. R. F. D. R. F. D. --.-------.-.---..--Scooba ----.-.--.------Scooba ----..-------Scooba -------.--Porf:erville --.-...--M1HH60l3 -..-------.----..--.---,---Duifee Second Year Lauderdale, R. F. D. --.-..-DeKa1b, R. F. D. Ab, M, Aust ,,,,,,,,, .,.............,...,..., .............. B i nnsville Cevera, Boyd ,,,,,,,, ................. P Orterville C1Q,1'3, Beazley ,,,,,,, ......... S cooba, R. F. D. Mary Cole .......... ...................... M OSCOW L X.. .. . f , - ,.......' 3.2 Y mx ,. x..' QX . 1 . HIGH SCHOOL, SCOOBA, John A. Crawford ........ J. Willie Duglas ........ Bonnie Dudley ........ Hosea E. Floore ........ Robert I. Evans ......... Felton L. Grubbs .......... Adelaide Gewin .......... w Zola Grantham .......... Robert K. Hall ........... Aubrey Hammack ........ Ella May Hill ........ Glenn Johnson ....... Louie L. Larnan ........ Alice Le Gette .............. B. Allen Marshall ..,,..... A. C. Persons ............. J. Henry Peden ............. MISS. Emmette S. Persons ........ 1 Abbie Pace ..................... Olga Redditt .............. Jack Stuart ............ Jesse T. Sciples ............. Henry C. Wilson .......... Bobbie Lee Woodruff-. Claud L. Aust .......... Homer Creekmore ........ Mary Otis Clark ..,..... Annie Caraway ......... Mary Dudley ....,..... Inda Ola Davis ....,.. Cleo Davis .......... Mae Hare ................ Van R. Jackson ......... Third Year Elizabeth Moore .............. W. Marshall Prince .......... ----.-----..----DeKalb, .--...--.--..---Scooba, ,-..--.---.DeKalb, 35 Philadelphia, R. F. D. Grove ---.-------..---Scooba, R. F. D. --Kellis Store, R. F. D. --...----Porterville, R. F. D. .-Kellis Store, R. F. D. -.--.--.-.--..--DeKalb, R. F. D. -,.-.----Porterville, R. F. D. -..-,-...Po1'terville, R. F. D. .-----.-----.--..-..--------.Scooba -.----.-...-..-,-.--.----Paulette ---.---..--..--.----.---.--..---Scooba --..Porterville, R. F. D. Philadelphia, -...-.-..Scooba -'.Scooba N R . N . --.--.--.----B1nnsv1lle .----.--.--..--.-..-.Minneola ---------------DeKalb, R. F. D. .-------Porterville, R. F. D. ---.---.----Scooba, R. F. D. ----.--.Lauderdale, R. F. D. ..-------.---.-.-----.---.--.Scooba -.---.---.---.---..-.----Scooba -.-----.-..------.--.-----.Preston .-------.-Kellis Store, R. F. D. . XJ .. . N-X. -. 1: 1 2 s'- Ami. ,HL ,. ...H A--,.-,Y1Kl .,, ,A