WHAT HAS BEEN DONE 



Delaware. 



In this State there is no movement at all which corresponds with the 

 movement in the State of Washington for the erection of teachers' cot- 

 tages. I wish we had such a movement and regret to say that we have 

 nothing of the kind. (Charles A. Wagner, Commissioner of Education, 

 Dover, Del.) 



Florida. 



"I favor the plan, think it a good idea." "A growing demand will 

 bring them in a few years; we need them now." (U. S. Bureau of Educa- 

 tion.) 



Georgia. 



"Planning for some in Hazelhurst." "It will solve some of our 

 school problems." (Monticello.) "It is the work we need." (Miller.) 

 One rented in Hoke County. "Would be glad to have them." (Randolph 

 County.) "We are pushing the matter." (Reedville.) 



One for colored school in Newton County. Screvin County reports 

 one furnished rent free to teacher. They have an excellent teacher whose 

 good influence is felt in the community during the greater part of the 

 year and whose job is permanent. Fulton County reports four principals 

 who rent farms and live the year around near their schools, farming five 

 months and teaching seven. Montgomery County reports a modern four- 

 room cottage for teachers in a rural section of the country. At Bethsaida 

 and Orianna homes are furnished to teachers rent free. County super- 

 intendent remarks, "I had hoped to see many more during next two years, 

 but alas, the war and cotton." (County superintendent of Laurens 

 County.) 



Ben Hill County reports two teachers' cottages and finds them re- 

 markably advantageous to the school, and hopes to build as soon as pos- 

 sible a dwelling for the teachers in each school in the county, as they 

 find it almost impossible to get boarding places for the teachers. Clinch 

 County reports the pay of teachers so meager that nearly all teachers are 

 single men or women and consequently there is no need for a home, just 

 a boarding place. In Calhoun County two schools have cottages, one 

 serves as a dormitory for some of the pupils, the other is a very comfort- 

 able cottage and serves for the teacher only. Plan is reported successful 

 and the county superintendent will be glad to have one for every school. 

 Spalding County reports that this question is one of the most important 

 to their schools. In some instances they have failed to secure teachers 

 that they wanted because of the difficulty of finding a boarding place. 

 They have one cottage owned by the school authorities, but control four 

 other residences for the use of their teachers. They are striving to pro- 

 vide a cottage for each regular school of the county. Jefferson County 

 reports that it is becoming more difficult for teachers to find suitable 

 boarding places, and the solution of this problem would be held as an 

 important step. Cobb County reports that it is becoming a serious prob- 

 lem to secure boarding houses for teachers. With meager salaries teach- 

 ers are not able to pay the price of board, caused by high prices and the 

 great disposition to charge them extravagantly for board. (U. S. Bureau 

 of Education.) 

 Idaho. 



In Bonner County at the present time there have been built four 

 cottages by the school districts for the use of the teachers. The first 

 one was built at Elmira, Idaho, three years ago at a cost of about $1,200. 

 It is a concrete building, having three rooms with a good basement be- 

 neath. The school building and cottage is in a natural grove of pine and 

 fir trees which has been sowed so that now they have a nice park of 

 blue grass and white clover. The teacher and her sister have occupied 

 the cottage for the last three terms, or ever since it was built. The 

 teacher does the regular school work and the sister gives music lessons 



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