Stuttgart High School - Ricebird Yearbook (Stuttgart, AR)

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.ll Home economics cottage stands south of the main building. Students hl11'1'Y f0I' h0IT1e- The Charles Hamm Gym is the scene of many exciting games. F.F. A. Boys gather outside the Agri building before school. Junior High is disrnissed after a busy week of school and play. -4+ l ,NN .1 'A 'fix 'Pl 1 557 - .. -llll fl ll

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' , -fail rf 5 1 The band hall looks forsaken, but soon young musicians will crowd its hallway. sf' The noon bell has just rung at high school and

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IPL ix, inohht-lafliahhk I, ,, if ? MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION: Left to right: Mr. Leo Smith, automobile dealer: Mr. Earl Daugherty, farmerg Vice-president Ralph Wilson merchant, President Nelson Spicer, retired farmer, Mr. J. Dan Clary, Superintendentg Dr. Max Denman, oculistg Mr. Oliver Ragland, machine works operator, and Mr. Nelson Rogers, proprie- tor Riceland Seed Mill. A sounding of public opinion regarding local schools was a gratifying experiment of the SCHOOL BOARD early in the school year. The investigation, under the direction of the University of Arkansas and the Kellogg Foundation, headed by Dr. R. M. Roelfs of the University, was climaxed by a dinner meeting December 4, at the Junior High School where approximately a hundred citizens, eight visiting superintendents, and fa- culty members were guests of the Board. A report on the questionnaire submitted to parents some two weeks earlier revealed that, except for rninor discrepancies, school patrons have a fairly accurate knowledge of the schools. In order to get afurther cross section of opinion, Mr. A.G. Thompson,Supervisor of Instruction, State Department of Education, and Mr. Dan Clary, Superintendent, or- ganized the visiting administrators and lay citizens into ten teams who personally inter- viewed 86 citizens selected at random. Reports on the fourteen questions asked indicate that most citizens favor an extended school program and an increased tax, if necessary, for its realization. The Boardhas taken an active part in the work of the Governor's Advisory Council on Education on both the county and state level. Mr. Nelson Spicer, chairman of the local Board, served as county chairman of GACE, Through the united efforts of school- minded citizens over the State, Ammendment 543 was defeated, making possible the initiation of a new tax program for increased salaries for teachers. An armory which will house a gynmasium for school and civic purposes has long been a dream of city authorities. The Board worked with the city this year, pushing this project near completion. A solution to the problem of sidewalks leading to the new schools built in the south- west section of town now seems in sight. The Board has also made progress on a plan to build a shop for the Negro schools.