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Progressive SchoolAt Fonde.FO!*iiUflt;tiThe public shcool at Fonde be- F(j|ing taught this year by the tollow- ving capable teachers: R. N. Bald- !jwin, of Williamsburg, is principal aand teacher of the sixth, seventh ^ and eighth grades. Miss Lucy *Sampson, of Wasioto, is teacher of *, 1the fourth and fifth grades. Miss 1Londoniithird grade. Miss Brilla Jones, of F0 London, teacher of second grade iand Miss Nora Cox, of Pineville,teacher of primaryEverything about the school 1seems to be going at the properright direction. NoFCbetter work by students could posbe done. The graded courseof study is being strictly followed.!upon strict examinations thestudents are making close to 100'! for each day’s work. The schoolrooms have beendition. Window shades and cur-atains were bought by the teachersFt3*ur Iand students. Beautiful pictureshave been put upon the walls ofevery room. The attraction is soimpelling that a man entering oneof the rooms a few days ago exclaimed: “This is not a schoolroom! This is Fairyland.” Aboutbeen hauleddoff of the school ground by theschool children, and the yard, co\-|t jering more than an acre and a half,hyis a scene of beauty. It is doubtless the prettiest in Bell county.The childie.i like their schoolkeep their play ground clean andTlookingThe faculty is teaching the menand women at night. There arei-teabout 140 men in Fonde who areofstrdunable to read and write.anequal number of womenilliterate. Nearly a hundred of rthese unfortunate people comeschoolweek and study hard to relievesr.cramped intellectual conditioncertainlyinprogress. One woman learned tosolve all the problems in additionain two days and nights. One manislearned to read two pages in thesnfirst reader the first night. An-learned to make separately every letter in the alphabetin the first night If the night schoolkeepinbebefore they all shallr1 have learned to read and write and do a lot of work calculating.I(i‘ Nearly three hundred childrenattended day school the first month.
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Middlesboro Thousandsticks
Middlesboro, Kentucky, US
Thu, Sep 05, 1912
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