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

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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.

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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

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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