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

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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-

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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

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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