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Show SCHOOL SOLVES LIBRARY PROBLEM The moans by which the Enterprise En-terprise high school has solved the library problem should be of Interest to all Impoverished Hchools in the county and state. At the beginning ot the school year 1930, the teachers and parents par-ents were aware that conditions demanded this important educational edu-cational feature, ko set about to create it. A large room which had previously been used by one of the lower grade teachers (the grades from first to twelfth are housed In tbe same building) was available, and into this was placed the school's only book rack which contained a set of Nelson's "Loose Leaf Encyclopedia", Encyclo-pedia", a set of the "Hook of Knowledge", and a few sundry volumes. Inasmuch as the school has a shop department, material was furnished by the county board of education for two tables long enough to seat twelve students each. Additional book shelves and magazine racks were obtained ob-tained the same way. Times were hard and the school had no money for chairs, but there was a number of unused chairs in one of the business houses in town business has been slow in Enterprise for the last decade de-cade and the manager of this particular business is public spirited, so has allowed the school to use these chairs for the past two years without charge. Even after equipment was provided, pro-vided, the greatest problem remained, re-mained, stocking the empty book shelves. Two definite plans were put into effect for this. The first was an organized book drive. This drive was operated largely through the students, and although the final results were not quite up to expectations, many valuable volumes were collected. The second phase of 'the drive was operated through the Parent-Teacher association. It was felt that a fund should be raised rais-ed to purchase magazines an a few greatly needed V " ' of books. Little money" ,dlumes able in the town, and." was avEul" was to be had was that whlch families to provide ' needed by other necessities. H?clothins and of 'he families 0v'wever' most . fie . ,.aclned potatoes and other vegeLfbles which they were having ditiiculty in marketing, mark-eting, so it was decided to donate do-nate produce as the best means of raising money. A committee made a house-to-house canvass gathering potatoes, cabbage and other vegetables, which were taken ta-ken to school, graded and sold to independene truckers. This fund was further increased in-creased by receipts from a play brought to Enterprise free of charge by the Dixie College. With the money thus raised, and the help of the county superintendent, su-perintendent, a number of worthwhile worth-while reference sets, in addition to some valuable volumes in literature lit-erature have been added. Most of the fund has been, and will continue to be used to keep the library supplied with good current cur-rent literature, magazines and daily papers. The library is now a subscriber to fifteen worthwhile worth-while magazines and daily papers. pa-pers. These include the American, Ameri-can, National Geographic, Time, Current History, Outlook, Scrib-ners, Scrib-ners, Scholastic, Golden Book, Harper's Forum, American Boy and American Girl. These magazines maga-zines are widely read by students stu-dents of all grades. Another method of adding to the library has been employed in connection with graduation classes and clubs. An unabridged dictionary was presented the school by students of the Sth grade. The money was gathered in different ways, including the presentation of an operetta, giving giv-ing a dance, and selling popcorn, candy and refreshments whenever when-ever the opportunity presented itself. The graduation class of 1932 is planning notable additions addi-tions to the library. The hist problem was the maintenance of order and the establishments of a study attitude atti-tude on the part of the students. stu-dents. Teacher supervision was impossible as three teachers handle the four years of high school. giving all required courses in addition to a few elective subjects and the management man-agement of extra curricular activities. ac-tivities. Finally a plan of student supervision was worked out that folves the problem of discipline. Certain student are selected to supervise the room for a defenite hour during the entire year. Individuals In-dividuals causing disturbance are reported to the principals and the names relayed to the parents. par-ents. If the same students repeat re-peat the offense they are excluded ex-cluded from the library for one month and again a note is forwarded for-warded to the parents. Students who are excluded goon discover, to their evident surprise, that the library is almost indisjten-sible indisjten-sible to them and it seldom necessary nec-essary to exclude the same stu dent from the room twice in one year. Thus the teachers, parents and students of the Enterprise high school have, by pulling loyally together, satisfied an urgent need of education. A policy of working, work-ing, saving and giving has enabled en-abled the march of learning to go on in spite of the present hard times. |
