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

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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-

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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