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The Georgia Congressional District Schools 



The congressional district schools of Georgia^^ act concertedly 

 in many ways. Joint meetings are held by the various district 

 boards of trustees, or their representatives, and by the prin- 

 cipals or other representatives of the faculties, to consider mat- 

 ters calling for some uniformity of action. 



The board of trustees of the University, in January, 1907, 

 adopted certain resolutions regarding the work of the schools. 

 A condensed statement of some of these is here given : The 

 minimum age of entrance shall be 14 years for boys and 13 for 

 girls. The course of study shall be limited to four years of 

 forty weeks each, including one year of the common branches. 

 The program shall arrange for at least three hours devoted to 

 academic work and at least three hours in the laboratory, shop, 

 or on the farm, with the program so arranged as to provide, 

 by alternation of class and practical work in the morning and 

 afternoon, for the continuous operation of the shop and farm. 

 Satisfactory labor on the farm or in the shop shall be credited 

 to the dormitory account of the students at a fair rate, either 

 by the hour, or by the piece. Their account shall also be crediti^d 

 with the pro rata of the net profits arising from the farm. One- 

 fourth of the students, or as many as the principal shall deem 

 necessary, shall be required to remain during vacation to con- 

 tinue the operation of the farm and shop. The schools are 

 required, so far as practicable, to provide short courses for 

 adults. The state farmers' institute director is expected to con- 

 duct institutes at the schools and to use the instructors in the 

 various county institutes. 



Eight schools report paying the students at the rate of ten 

 cents an hour and one at seven cents. The schools not allowing 

 credit for student work are two of the three charging low rates 

 for board, so that it is more or less evened up. All schools 

 allow pay for work beyond the nine hours which they may de- 



1* Most of the information regarding matters of adm^inistration is 

 from the report of the Board of Trustees of the University of Georgia, 

 issued July, 1907, and the first annual report of the agricultural schools, 

 by Professor J. F. Stewart, of the University, issued December, 1909. 

 The student statistics are partly from the latter, partly from my own 

 returns from the schools, and partly from their catalogues. 



