A ONE-ROOM PRIMARY SCHOOL 



classed as secondary and forty-two as primary. The primary school is a 

 school that teaches nothing beyond the Fifth Grade. It is always a 

 one-room school, taught by one teacher. These schools are maintained 

 because of the greater difficulty which the younger children would have 

 in going the longer distances to and from school. The secondary school 

 teaches all grades as high as the Eighth Grade and over, including some 

 high-school courses. With two or three teachers it is possible to secure 

 much more efficient teaching and in most cases they have introduced 

 special courses in music and elocution. 



Of these secondary schools 28 have 2, 10 have 3 and 1 has 4 rooms. In 

 no case is there transportation of the pupils. Gibson County has no real 

 "consolidated schools." 



The country schools are all frame structures. Some of them are 

 attractive in appearance and well kept up, but for the most part there is 

 room for improvement. Out of 17 schools inspected, 10 are situated in 

 attractive groves and the rest have trees planted around them. The 

 condition of three of the buildings may be classed as good, of nine fair 

 and of five poor. Of these same schools 1 has a blackboard of slate, 3 of 

 hyloplate, 1 of cloth and the rest of wood. Four of 12 schools have no 

 water supply. The sanitary arrangements are much neglected. Out of 

 16 schools inspected 7 have 2 privies, 7 have only 1, and 2 have none 



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