USA > Georgia > Walker County > Educational survey of Walker County, Georgia > Part 2
Note: The text from this book was generated using artificial intelligence so there may be some errors. The full pages can be found on Archive.org (link on the Part 1 page).
LANGUAGE.
The Trabue Language Scale B was used in measuring the work in language in the schools of Walker county. The test consists of twenty incomplete sentences-sentences in which some of the words are left out. The pupils are given seven minutes in which to write the missing words on the blank spaces. The score depends on the number of correct sentences the pupil has at the end of the seven minutes.
Grade Medians made by the Schools of Walker County as Compared with the Standard Medians. Trabue Language Scale B.
Grades
II
III
IV
V
VI
VII
VIII
Standard
5.8
8.6
10.4
11.6
12.6
13.6
14.6
LaFayette
8.3
10.9
11.9
12.6
Chickamauga
8.5
10.8
13.1
Linwood
6.1
10.9
12.2
12.0
West LaFayette
6.5
Rossville
6.8
8.5
10.6
12.5
12.0
Cedar Grove
6.7
8.4
10.7
10.5
12.5
Larger Schools
6.8
8.0
11.3
11.8
14.1
13.5
Two-Teacher
Schools
6.0
8.6
10.5
10.9
12.1
11.9
One-Teacher
Schools
6.3
7.8
9.6
11.3
10.6
18
There is an approximate difference of 1 between the standard scores for all of the grades above the fourth. Therefore if a grade score is 1 point below the standard score that grade is a year below the standard in language work; if a grade score is .5 lower than the standard score, that grade is a half year below the standard in language work.
The scores of all the grades except the third in the La- Fayette and the Chickamauga Schools are either up to or above the standard scores; the third grade score in these schools is almost up to standard. The third grade score in the Linwood School is about a year below standard; the fourth and fifth grade scores are above standard, and the sixth grade score is about a half-year below standard. 'The language test was given only to the third grade in the West LaFayette School. The score for this grade· is just a little above the score made by the Linwood third grade. The scores of all grades in the Rossville School except the sixth are about a year below standard. The score made by the sixth grade in the Cedar Grove School is two years below the standard; the scores made by the other grades in the school are about a year below standard. All of the grades in the larger country schools except the fifth and seventh are a year or 11/2 years below standard, with the excep- tion of the scores made by the fourth grade, the scores made by all of the grades in the two-teacher schools are from a half to 11/2 years below the scores made by the larger schools, and the scores made by the one-teacher schools are an average of one-half year lower than the scores made by the two-teacher schools. The scores made by the one- teacher schools are very low. The seventh grade score made by these schools is just a little above the standard score for the fourth grade. The scores made by all of the schools except those made by the LaFayette and the Chickamauga schools are very much below standard and show that the language work in the schools of the county is not thorough.
19
ARITHMETIC.
The Woody-McCall Arithmetic Test Form I was used to measure the work in aritmetic. The test consists of 35 miscellaneous examples involving the addition, subtraction, multiplication and division of simple numbers, fractions and decimals. These examples are printed on one sheet and are so arranged that they increase in difficulty. A time limit of 20 minutes is allowed for the completion of the test.
Table Showing the Median Scores made in Arithmetic by the Schools of Walker County as compared with the Standard Scores.
Grades
III
IV
V
VI
VII
VIII
Standard
13.0
18.5
24.0
28.5
31.0
33.0
LaFayette
14.5
18.5
21.4
23.3
Chickamaugee
13.0
15.7
20.2
22.1
25.0
Linwood
12.4
16.1
21.5
19.5
West LaFayette
11.5
12.9
21.3
Rossville
11.0
13.3
18.5
20.7
26.0
Cedar Grove
5.7
10.6
16.5
18.0
25.0
Larger Schools
10.3
14.5
16.4
21.5
21.9
26.5
Two-Teacher Schools
8.3
13.4
17.7
19.4
23.6
24.0
One-Teacher Schools
8.0
12.5
14.8
18.5
18.5
The LaFayette third grade score is above standard; the fourth grade score is up to standard; the fifth grade score is about a half-year below standard, and the sixth grade score is a year below standard. The third grade score of the Chickamauga School is up to standard, but the other grades are from a half-year to nearly two years below the standard scores. The scores made by all of the grades in the Linwood School are below standard. The score made by the sixth grade in this school is lower than the score made by the fifth grade. The scores made by all of the grades in the West LaFayette School are below the stand- ard scores. The score made by the Rossville third grade is only two points below the standard score, but the other grades are from a year to a year and a half below the stand- ard scores. The scores made by the lower grades in the Cedar Grove School are very low, but the score made by
20 .1
the seventh grade compares very favorably with the scores made by the seventh grades in the Chickamauga and the Rossville Schools. The scores made by the lower grades in the larger country schools are about equal to the scores made by the Rossville School, but the scores made by the seventh and eighth grades are more than two years below the standard scores. The scores made by the two-teacher country schools are lower than the scores made by the larger schools. The score made by the eighth grade in these schools is the same as the standard score for the fifth grade. The scores made by the one-teacher country schools are lower than the scores made by the two-teacher schools. The fourth grade score made by these schools is more than a year below the standard; the fifth grade score is nearly two years below the standard, the sixth grade score is two years below, and the seventh grade score is three years below the standard score.
The work being done in arithmetic in the upper grades in all of the schools in Walker county is below the standard. In all of the schools the scores made by the upper grades are further below the standard than the scores made by the lower grades. This is probably due to the fact that the teachers in the upper grades repeat some of the work done in the lower grades and do not require their pupils to push forward and master the subject matter outlined for their particular grade. The papers show that the upper grade children in all of the schools have difficulty in handling decimals and the simplest fractions. The scores made by the one-teacher schools and a study of the papers from these schools show that the pupils in the one-teacher schools are merely skimming the surface of the subject of arithmetic. When pupils who have studied arithmetic for six or seven years can do no more than add, subtract and multiply the simplest combinations of numbers, it is time for the people to investigate the causes of such inefficiency and waste of time. (These causes are referred to under the discussion of consolidation or reorganization of the county school svs- tem.)
21
SPELLING.
The Monroe Timed Sentence Spelling Test was given to the high school grades in the LaFayette School, to the : seventh grade in the Chickamauga School and to a few of the country schools. Only the scores made by the LaFay- ette School are given below.
Median Scores made in Spelling by the High School Grades of the LaFayette School as compared with the Standard Scores.
Grades
VII
VIII
IX
X
86%
90%
Standard
70%
84%
86
90
LaFayette
65
73
84
90
The tenth grade is up to standard; the ninth grade is almost up to standard, and the seventh and eighth grades are very much below standard. The score made by the seventh grade in the Chickamauga School was above stand- ard. The papers handed in by the pupils of this grade were very neat and showed that they have had excellent train- ing in dictation and composition work. The scores made by the country schools in which the spelling test was given were very low, the papers were very poorly written, and showed that no standards of composition were observed. More emphasis should be placed by the teachers of these schools on written spelling and practice in dictation.
22
CHIEF CAUSES OF LACK OF THOROUGHNESS IN THE RURAL SCHOOLS OF WALKER COUNTY.
1. Most of the schools have been left mainly to local administration.
2. Untrained teachers.
3. Too many grades per teacher.
4. Short school year-often divided into two terms.
5. Inadequate buildings and teaching equipment.
6. Irregularity of attendance.
REMEDIES RECOMMENDED.
1. A businesslike administration of the entire county system by the county Board of Education and constant, close professional supervision of all teaching processes by superintendent and supervisors. This is essential, as in all other business enterprises, if unity of purpose, systematic efforts, and satisfactory results are to be expected. Perma- nent records of progress should be kept. (A good begin- ning in this direction has already been made.)
2. TRAINED TEACHERS-Teaching is a profression. The education of the county's 6,000 children is a very se- rious matter and should not be trifled with. A strong cen- tral administration and sufficient supervision will bring about the solution of this problem. (Some Georgia counties now refuse to employ any teachers holding licenses below first grade.)
3. Even trained teachers can not accomplish impossi- bilities .. Seven grades are more than anybody can teach well. An hour-a-day-to-a-grade is not enough, and results in great waste of the children's time and opportunity. CON- SOLIDATION wherever possible, and limitation of small schools to four or five grades where consolidations are im- practicable, appears to be the sensible and only solution.
23
Where little schools can not be consolidated we would strongly urge that they be grouped around one stronger central school whose influence and supervision can be ex- tended to them. A strong principal of such central school should, under direction of the county superintendent, give limited supervision to the smaller and weaker schools within his "group." Such a tentative grouping of the schools of the county is suggested by the map published herein. It is suggested that the several little schools on Lookout Moun- tain, because of their isolation and difficulties of access, should be given closer supervision than would be possible from the county superintendent and county supervisor, and the strongest principal of one of the best of these schools might be charged with such duty and responsibility in addi- tion to his duties as principal. Extra remuneration should, of course, be provided.
4. It can not be expected of country children to make a grade in six or seven months when it takes city children nine months. Still more is this true when buildings and equipment are inferior, teaching force weaker, and the short school year divided into two short terms. A LONGER AND CONTINUOUS SCHOOL YEAR IS NECESSARY IF WE EXPECT TO EDUCATE OUR CHILDREN. We can not educate our children if they are to go to school only "when they are not needed on the farm."
5. Just a good house is not necessarily a good school house. School houses should be "planned for the purpose" as skillfully as cotton mills or cow barns. A look at the pictures in this bulletin will be sufficient argument upon this subject. Fortunately, correct plans carefully worked out by experienced school architects may now be had from the State Department of Education upon application and without cost.
6. Enforce the compulsory attendance law.
7. Of course it will require more money to carry out
24
the above recommendations. We can not expect to get edu- cation cheaply. By overwhelming vote the people recently ratified the Constitutional Amendment which authorizes county Boards of Education to levy such taxes against their property as may be necessary to maintain good schools for their children. THIS RESPONSIBILITY NOW RESTS UPON THE COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION. Both education and good roads come high-but ignorance and bad roads cost vastly more
25
NEW AUDITORIUM OF THE CHICKAMAUGA HIGH SCHOOL. Prof. W. A. Wiley, Superintendent.
The Chickamauga High School has two classroom buildings and a new auditorium which is well planned and modern in every detail. The school is a fully accredited Four-Year High School and has a faculty of thirteen teachers.
The Chickan:auga School is an independent system, but a large percentage of the pupils in the high school department come from the surrounding schools in the county and many of its gradutes go back to the rural schools as teachers. If the school were merged with the county system and its curriculum so organized as to offer courses more closely related to the immediate needs of the pupils and of the county-courses in teacher-training and Vocational Agricul- ture and Home Economics-the school would be able to render a far greater service than it can possibly render under the present condi- tions.
27
28
The LaFayette High School is a fully accredited Four- Year High School and receives aid from the State as a county high school. The new building is located on spacious grounds and ample playgrounds suited to the needs of the children in each department of the school will be developed later. The school has at present a faculty of four teen well trained teachers and will probably have twenty teachers when the high school pupils from the surrounding schools are sent in. As the school develops well equipped science and Home Economic laboratories will be added.
As a County High School this institution should be able to ren- der service of untold value to the entire county.
29
un
KENSINGTON SCHOOL.
Teachers: Mr. C. W. Bowman, Miss Ilah Williams.
Location: Two miles east from New Prospect; four miles south from Pond Spring; five miles north from Cedar Grove.
Grounds: Area, ..... .; titles, ; very good condition; no play equipment; no gardens; one surface toilet.
Building: Value, $1,200.00; three rooms; well lighted; fairly good condition; cloak rooms; very well kept; unpainted inside; painted outside.
Equipment: Double patent desks; rough blackboards; no maps; no charts; no globes; no framed pictures; no library; no refer- ence dictionary.
Organization: Two teachers; seven grades; 57 pupils; programs posted. Nine months' school year.
Maintenance: $1,350.00 per annum.
30
WESLEY CHAPEL SCHOOL.
Teachers: Mr. Glen Duncan, Miss Ina Mae Mills.
Location: Three miles north to Lee; three miles east to Waterville; one and one-half miles south to Oakdale.
Grounds: Area, ... .; titles (private property); fairly level; un- improved; no gardens; one toilet, in very good condition.
Building: Value, $1,200.00; two rooms; no cloak rooms; insufficiently lighted; well kept; unpainted inside; needs repainting outside.
Equipment: Single patent desks (new); good 20-ft. blackboard; a few maps; no charts; no globes; no reference dictionary; no library; two framed pictures.
Organization: Two teachers; nine grades; 49 enrolled; no program posted; 55 recitation periods; six months' school year.
31
WATERVILLE SCHOOL.
Teachers: Miss Gladys Duncan, Miss Sadie Martin.
Location: Three miles northeast to Oakdale; three miles east from Wesley Chapel; three miles south from Corinth.
Grounds: Area, .... ; titles ( ?); unimproved but ample; low and moist; two springs; playgrounds clean but very small; no gardens; two toilets, in bad condition.
Building: Value, $900.00; one room; in good condition; well kept; no cloak rooms; painted inside and outside; needs repainting outside.
Organization: Two teachers; eight grades; 71 pupils. Six months' school year.
Maintenance: $546.00 per annum from county.
32
WALLACEVILLE SCHOOL.
Teachers: Miss Patsy Glenn, Mrs. Ella Buchanan.
Location: Three miles west from Robertsville; three miles northeast from Garrett's Chapel; three miles north from Oak Grove.
Grounds: Area, one acre; titles (?); hilly; not enough play ground; two toilets, in poor condition.
Building: Value, $1,000.00; two rooms, unilateral lighting; well kept; in very good condition; no cloak rooms; painted outside; un- painted inside.
Equipment: Double patent desks (old); insufficient amount of black- board; no maps; no charts; no globes; no pictures; no li- brary; a reference dietionary.
Organization: Two teachers; seven grades; 78 pupils; program posted.
Maintenance: $750.00 per annum from county and local tax
33
VILLANOW SCHOOL.
Teachers: W. N. Morgan; Mrs. Ewing Reed.
Grounds: Area, two acres; titles in trustees; ample play grounds; no gardens; one surface toilet.
Building: Value, ..... .; one large room (curtain); improperly lighted; no cloak rooms; well kept; in good condition; painted inside and outside.
Equipment: Double patent desks; fairly good blackboard; no maps; no charts; no globes; no library; a few pictures; a reference dictionary.
Organization: Two teachers; nine grades; 86 pupils. Seven months' school year.
34
PEAVINE SCHOOL.
Teachers: Herschel Powell, Miss Alma Conley.
Location: Three miles north of Rock Spring.
Grounds: Area, two acres; titles in church; neglected; ample play grounds; no school gardens; water secured from spring; two toilets in neglected condition.
Building: Value, $ ........; two rooms; impropely lighted; no cloak rooms; painted inside; unpainted outside.
Equipment: Double patent desks; blackboards; a U. S. map; no charts; no globes; no library; some framed pictures.
Organization: Two teachers; seven grades; 53 enrolled; a corn club. Six months' school year.
35
CEDAR GROVE SCHOOL.
Teachers: Mr. J. D. MeFarlin, Mrs. J. D. McFarlin, Miss Eva Roper, Miss Elsie Andrews, Mrs. Lona Mai Powell, Mr. Westbrook.
Location: Six miles south from Kensington.
Grounds: Four acres; titles in board of trustees; level; fairly good play grounds; no school gardens; sanitary toilets.
ing: Value, $20,000.00; new building built by approved plan.
equipment: Single patent desks; teachers' tables; good blackboards; no maps; no charts; no framed pictures; globes; a small library; a reference dictionary.
36
Organization: Six teachers; ten grades; 164 pupils; programs posted; industrial work; two literary societies; community clubs; eight months' school year.
Maintenance: $6,000.00 from county and local tax.
NOTE -- This school is the most notable instance of consolidation in the county. It is the result of a combination of three small schools and is receiving a bonus of $500 from the state und. the Barrett-Rogers Act. It also receives state and fede aid for vocational education under the Smith-Hughes
37
NAOMI SCHOOL.
Teachers: Mr. B. D. Keown, Miss Ella Chapman, Miss Annie Justice.
Location: Four miles east from LaFayette; three miles northeast from Corinth; four miles from Catlett.
Grounds: Area, one acre; titles in Board of Education; hilly; not improved; no gardens; one surface toilet ,in fairly good con- dition; water secured from church cistern.
Building: Value, $2.000.00; three rooms; cloak rooms; insufficient lighting; well kept and in good condition; unpainted inside; painted outside.
Equipment : Double patent desks in two rooms; single patent in one; plenty of good blackboard; no maps; no charts; no globes; some framed pictures; covered water cooler in each room
Organization: Three teachers, seven grades, 127 pupils. Six months' school year.
Maintenance: $1,206.00 per annum from county and local tax.
38
SHILOH SCHOOL.
Teachers: Miss Rebecca Bomar, J. C. Young, Jr., LaFayette, Ga., Route 3.
Location: Three miles south to Pleasant Hill.
Grounds: Area, one acre; titles (?); wooded; small play grounds; no gardens; one surface toilet, in good condition.
Building: Value, $500.00; two rooms; insufficiently lighted; leaks badly; well kept; no cloak rooms; unpainted.
Equipment: Single patent desks; good blackboards; no maps; no charts; no pictures; no library; no reference dictionary.
Organization: Two teachers; eight grades; 45 enrolled. Six months' school year.
39
NEW PROSPECT SCHOOL.
Teachers: Mr. Jones, Miss Kitchen.
Location: Five miles north from Cedar Grove; two miles west from Kensington.
Grounds: Area, .... ; titles, ; rough play grounds; no gardens; one surface toilet.
Building: Value, $900.00; two rooms; no cloak rooms; in fairly goed condition; very well kept; unpainted inside; painted outside.
Equipment: Double patent and home-made desks; teachers' desks; insufficient amount of blackboard; no maps; no pictures: no charts; no globes; no library; no reference dictionary.
Organizations: Two teachers; 76 pupils; 67 recitation periods; pro- grams posted. Six months' school year.
Maintenance : $630.00.
40
ROCK SPRING SCHOOL.
Teachers: Mr. R. L. Powell, Miss Lucile Payne.
Location: Three miles north from Noble; five miles south from Pea- vine; three miles northwest from Center Grove.
Grounds: Area, one acre; titles in trustees; level; no equipment; no gardens; two surface toilets.
Building: Value, $1,500.00; two rooms; improperly lighted; fairly good condition; well kept; no cloak rooms; painted inside; needs new coat of paint outside.
Equipment: Double desks; a teachers' table; insufficient blackboard; a few maps; no charts; no globes; a few framed pictures; a covered water cooler; a reference dictionary.
Organization: Two teachers; seven grades; 123 pupils; 41 recitati.,n periods. Six months' school year.
Maintenance: $738.00 per annum from county and patrons.
41
HIGH POINT SCHOOL.
Teachers: Mary A. Carroll, Louise Simms.
Location: Five miles south to New Prospect; four and one-half miles north to Cenchat; one mile east to Garrett's Chapel.
Grounds: One acre; titles ( ?); unimproved; no gardens; one surface toilet.
Building: Value, $1,200.00; three rooms; in bad condition; not well kept; no cloak rooms; ceiled; painted outside.
Equipment : Double and single patent desks; good blackboard; no maps; no globes; no charts; no pictures; no library; no reference dictionary.
Organization: Two teachers; seven grades; 72 enrolled; six months' school year.
42
POND SPRING SCHOOL.
Teachers: Miss Lilly Morgan and Mrs. Ada Shankle.
Location: Four miles north from Kensington; three miles south from Oak Grove.
Grounds: Area, . . ; titles in trustees; rocky; no equipment; no gardens; two toilets.
Building: Value, $1,500.00; two rooms; very good condition; well kept; painted inside and outside.
Equipment: Double patent desks; rough blackboards; no charts; no maps; no pictures; a library; a reference dictionary; covered water cooler.
Organization: Two teachers; seven grades; 43 recitation periods; program posted. Six months' school year.
Maintenance: $708.00 from county and patrons.
43
CORINTH SCHOOL.
Teachers: Mr. Floyd Walker and Mr. Dill Keown.
Location: Three miles north from Waterville; four miles south from Naomi; four miles east from LaFayette.
Grounds: Area, ...... .; titles, in church; unimproved; good well; insufficient play grounds; no gardens; two toilets, in bad condition.
Building: Church; one room; no cloak rooms; very good condition; well kept; painted outside.
Equipment: Long seats; insufficient blackboard; no maps; no charts; no globes; pictures; no library; no reference dictionary.
Organization: Two teachers; seven grades; 95 enrolled; no program posted; 33 recitation periods. Six months' school year.
Maintenance: $540.00 from county.
44
CHATTOOGA SCHOOL.
Teachers: R. D. Love and Miss Elizabeth Thurman.
Location: Four miles north from Harrisburg; three miles southeast from Fairview; four miles southwest from Ridgeway.
Grounds: Area, two acres; titles in trustees; good condition; ample play grounds; no school gardens; new toilets being con- structed.
Building: Value, $3,000.00; two rooms; no cloak rooms; good con- dition; well kept; heated by stove; unpainted inside; painted outside.
Equipment: Single patent desks; insufficient amount of blackboard; a map of United States; no sand tables; no charts; no globes; no framed pictures; a reference dictionary; a covered water cooler.
Organization: Two teachers; eight grades; 131 pupils; program posted; corn and potato clubs.
Maintenance: $1,122.00 from county and local tax.
45
CHENCHAT SCHOOL.
Teachers: Miss Mollie Lawrence and Mr. Foster White.
Location: Five miles from Wallaceville; five miles from High Point; three miles from Flint Stone.
Grounds: Area, two acres; titles ( ? ; no equipment; no gardens; sur- face toilets, in very bad condition.
Building: Value, $1,500.00; two rooms; no cloak rooms; improperly lighted; unfinished; kept fairly well; unpainted.
Equipment : Long seats; six feet blackboard in each room; no charts; no sand tables; no globes; no framed pictures; no reference dictionary; a covered water cooler.
Organization: Two teachers; seven grades; 76 pupils; programs posted; 39 recitation periods; no school clubs.
Maintenance: $720.00 per annum.
46
WARREN SCHOOL.
Teachers: Mr. J. T. Leamon, Miss Lois Martin Miss Annie McDaniel.
Location: Three miles north to Noble; two and one-half miles east to Bethel; two and one-half miles southeast to Sunnyside; three miles south to LaFayette.
Grounds: Area, one acre; titles in county board; very good condi- tion; no gardens; water from cistern; two sanitary toilets, in good condition.
Need help finding more records? Try our genealogical records directory which has more than 1 million sources to help you more easily locate the available records.