Tubman High School - Maids and a Man Yearbook (Augusta, GA)

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THE DAYS BACK WI-IEN 1-Xddress 1Local Celebrityl. I,lAtfSClltZltlOl1 of Prizes. Presentati11n of 1i1ll1lO1l1Ils. R -1 Song: The SL'X'6l'C1l Cl111i11 e--Scl11111l. , . 1- P . ' . ' ' T Q13 litlletllttlllll. U v ' K I H ' I .9 fsgw, rl he 561111111 grew slowlv. XX111111111 s spear was still 111 . 1 ,1 . 2 . 1. 5+ the l111111e. lhere sl1e 1l11l11t need much t'!l1lCZll1Ull. 1-Xt l11b- 3, 1,-x 2 rn 1111111 1l1e facultv 111 one n1al1- Illlll 11111' ftllllllku Cl'l1tll1llL'll 111 'F 14? 5 . ' . . . ' 1 V 'i 1 ' teach 11ll subjects. 1Xt tl1e 1-1111 111 the 111111'tl1 year, the snperin- ' ,' 4 1-3 ' tC1'lClCll1 ofscl11'1ols l'CllHl'1L'Cl that 1l1L'Ul111llL'il 111111 left the 5LI1lIIll1. 4 . . ., . 4, it .Xnother male w11s elected lll his place. gy ,,.f111 111, .- 5 . . . X. J . . - .:f.' :X 111urtl1 vear w11s a1l1le1l to the course 111 studv 111 1392. 1' Q 1:exq l?F'H1f-If' 1 521,131 ge lhe studies neie extended 111111 lnghei 111.11111-11111t1cs. lnstoig, L 1 1 ga 1, 1 MX L ,Zigi-1 literature, 111111 science, 111111 the course 111 htllflY l'L'4lllll'Cll for mfr My 1 I-X, . . . . ' 1 'if' -1.7 jf-1 '- g gr11duat111n lS as high 11s most '11 11111' S1ll11llt'l'I1 colleges 111111 1 13- ' M1E O In .U instituti11ns of learning. 1Superi11ten1l1-11t's l't'll11l'l.j ,Xt tl1is 'g'QPA,11' ' i'!a l 1 ,NY . . . . '1 11 ----M , , , t1n1e I1 special teacher 111 physical culture was empl11ye1l 111 1' :Tr1f'jf'f K , ,. ' L' visit the SCl'lU11l11l1CC a year. .X 5tllflX' ha1l 1liscl11s1-11 ll condition, 15 - 'J sought now to be re111e1lie1l, 11s fI,1llllXVSf l3y bending over l,11.1l:-1 11111l'e1rl:11'es 'iTr'scl1111'1l', the chest becomes c1111tracte1l, the 1111111111 flows to the brain, 111111 the ext,-1.,m1iL., lm-14,1113 e11l1l. .Xfter IL whilebthe w11o1len seats get u11c11n1f111't11l1le, the br11in grows weary 11n1l 1111- girls l.lll'll 111111 twist :1t their desks and long for b111lily action. 1'1e11ce the course in physical culture 111 tll'1lXY thf- bl11111l away from the brain a111l into the vital organs an1l limbs. For many years during tl1e earlier period of the 5L'l1Ul11'5 history the Iin11111'i11l rep11rt 111 the li11a1'1l 11f Education showed, :ipparently witl1 some pride, t1111t the cost 111 lll51l'1'lC1llll1 was 111111111 31.05 INV pupil per month. In 1937 it is about 357.00 per month. g Twice the original school building Cchurch1 was Cl1lZll'Q'C1l 111111 lllllJl'UYt'4l. lJ11n111stic science tcoolc- ingj was added to t11e course of study. This lI'l1'lOVZllQll'll1 1li1l 11111 at Iirst meet with p11pular app1'11vfll. The CUl11ll1Cl1t was frequently l1ear1l that the girls' niotliers c11ul1l learn their Qlflllg'l11C'l'S to cook at home. Once when the girls left the gas stove burning from l7ri1lay aftern111111 to Rl11111lay morning the course in cooking CZIIHC near to being 8131111511611 as Il lire hazar1l. In March 1916, 1l1e SCl'10l1l building was clcstroyecl by tire-wwhich, how- ever, did not originate i11 tl1e Ubtllilllg' tlC1llll'1ll1Cl1t. Hy this tirc tl1e school lost not only its building l1ut its Ql'Ul1l1ll5 as well. lt is believed tl1at this is the L 11 , f' , only case on record where Il school lost both its l1uil1li11g and grounds by tire. XS The donor of tl1e origiiial building stipulated in the deed she gave the lioarcl i1if3'l2 ff? of Education to tl1e property t1111t if tl1is site were ever aba111l11ne1l as a school V if the g'I'O1.1l1ClS should l1ec111ne the property of the trustees of the Richmond 516,147 ' 1 Academy, at tl1at time Il private school for boys. The l111ard of 1'.Cll1CZ1.tlU1l had X. purchased before the fire Z1 site 11f eleven acres in another part,'of the city upon 1' V - -- which at some future time to erect a larger a111l more modern school building. feffflfd Following the fire the school ca1'rie1l on in two bunday school buildings, the il, A basement of one of the grade schools, and a resi1lence. A bond issue of ,- 515100.00000 was voted by the people to provide funds for the erection 11f the 5 ig, new building. This was the First. but not the last, b11nd issue voted by the 'V citizens of Augusta and Richniond Lounty for school purposes. Naturally, there was some opposition by the electorate. Wfhen the plans of the new building were first publishe1l in the local p11pers. the C1lll1l1'lCl'lt was frequently heard: It's too bigg they won't fill a building like that in Z1 h11n11re1l years. The new building was ready for use in February 1918. In three years it was filled, The objectors had to admit that they had missed their guess by ninety-seven yearsg which, 11fter all, is not a bad guess for the average school critic of the streets. The enrollment began to increase rapidly. In 1918 there were 312 girls in attendance. Today the en1'oll1ne11t nears the 1,200 mark. The faculty has in- creased from one male and one female to forty-one females and one male. From the beginning, the school principal has been a man. In the history of the school there have been only four principals. One served six years, another three years, a third eighteen years, The present principal is now in his thirty- fifth year of service. The local papers sometimes refer to him as 3 veteran educator, Time has 3 way of making veterans. T. HARRY GARRETT, Principal.

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G? .Brie isfary OF TUBMAN I-IIGI-I Co-education in .-Xmerican public schools is 99.-l-l per cent pure. That is to say. these schools are nearly all co-educational. More than a tlxousand public high schools are now members of the Southern Associa- tion of Colleges and Secondary Schools. Ui this number, only eight or ten are for girls only. Tubman is one of this small number. It is a safe guess that many other high schools would like to be in this select company. XX'hen love breaks out in adolescent life. the wisest school administrator is sometimes put to his wits' end to know whether to treat it as an emotional or a physical rash, or both, Tubman lligh School began its career in 187-l in a church. Its enrollment has grown from 35 to 1.200 in these sixty-three years. The school is named for Mrs. limily Tubman. a native of Kentucky and a ward of llenry Clay. who was married in Augusta and lived the remain- der of a long life here. Mrs. Tubman purchased a small Christian church building and site valued at twelve thousand dollars and presented it to the lfioard of lfducation to be used as a high school for girls. Prior to that time female education had been carried on by private teachers and in a few private seminaries of learning. In reporting this generous fr 4 xq W ' Aft l ,, l X . H .. , . i i, 3. I k w fx . . 1 . 3 I 'H' 5, sa I, xl, - ', :17,, Q . l' 5 x -1 1 , lil s -..' b, V. El f J l EJ gift, the superintendent of schools expressed the opinion that It surely ought to settle for all time the high school question in the city of .-Xugustaf' The first faculty consisted of one male and one female. In 1877 the first class of six girls was graduated. They had completed with satisfaction to those in authority a three years' course. This is what they had studied: First Year. manship. reading. historv. ,'Xrithmetic, spelling and defining, Latin, French, rhetoric, natural philosophy, pen- Second Year. .'Xr1thmetic, algebra. synonyms, Latin, French, natural philosophy, physical geography, pcnmanship, reading, history. Thu'd Xear. omy, penmanship, reading, history. critical course in parsing. Algebra, Latin. French, English literature. physical geography. chemistry, astron- Students cou students. XYand public exhibitions. ld choose between Latin and French. Calisthenics twice a week was required of all drills and dumb-bell exercises were popular numbers on the program ot frequent Girls were allowed to remove their corsets and bustles for these exercises. No other concession was made to freedom of movement or to display of form. Blooniers were unknown. The mod-ern one-piece gvm slllt was undrcamed of. 'PQ i 1 The course of studv seems to have been practically unchanged dur- ing' the lirst twenty' years. There was no science laboratory of any d kind. .X wall map of the United States and a map of the Ancient Roman .X 1, t'l' up . limpire were all the equipment the school had. Steele's Fourteen - Mllf, XYeeks series of science textbooks was text and laboratory. ,V 3' The school seems to have been popular from the beginning. Indeed Qgffx, it soon established a place in the aH'ection of the city that made Tubn1an iz, ii ll, liirlsn synonymous with charm school. The annual commencements 5 ' were events that always packed the Grand Upera House to the doors. f The sweet girl graduate was annually written up in the local papers 5 4 , as a vision of lox elinessf' Here is a typical conunencement program: I-'C Class Motto: To Do, Not to Dream. f ig-A '- XYt'lL'lDlllL' Song-School. q,55.j' A -. .4 Salutatory. Nfl? of 4 3 .fr Q, Kecitation: .Xnnie's Ticket. Song: Sweet Yision of Childhoodu---Schoo Necitation: Dream of Eugene .'Xram. Song: XYelco1ne Pretty l,rimrose -School. Recitationz Sam XYeller's Valentine. Song: .Xlpine Ilcrdsman -School. Rt-citation: Little jerry. Yalcdictory. Song: Down .Xniong the Lilies -School. IN if.-ev .me A-U.. - I

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