Information Sheet

 

 

R         Ozark Public School (Ozark, Mo.).

791                  Course of study, 1909-1913.

                                    One folder.

 

 

 

The two publications in this collection describe the “Course of Study” for the Ozark Public School at Ozark in Christian County, Missouri, for the years 1909-1910 and 1913-1914.  William H. Lynch was Principal in 1909 and Felix J. Appleby was Superintendent in 1913.

 

The “Course of Study” for 1909-1910 was described in a small pamphlet that unfolds to four panels on each side.  Included are the names of the Board of Directors (George T. Breazeale, President) and faculty (eight members including William H. Lynch, Principal).  Lynch was a vet­eran educator in southern Missouri (See WHMC-Rolla collection R202.).  Also included were course descriptions for the Primary (grades 1 through 4), Intermediate (grades 5 through 8), and High School (grades 9 through 11) departments, with the note that “Special attention is given to the preparation of Teachers for Public Schools.”  Tuition for rural students ranged from one dollar (Primary) to two dollars (High School) per month.  Nellie E. Motley was the “Teacher of Colored School.”  The institution’s motto was Scientia Regina Mundi.  The session opened on 27 Septem­ber 1909 and closed on 24 June 1910.

 

The “Course of Study” for 1913-1914 was described in a much larger 32-page booklet, which included a photograph of the school building (page 1).  Jacob Hartley had succeeded to the presidency of the Board of Education and Felix J. Appleby was Superintendent.  There were pho­tographic portraits of Appleby, Principal Charles P. McClanahan, and teachers Ida Phillips, Patsy Canard, Georgia Elkins, Irene Tindle, and Lovisa Roper.  Boasting “the only approved high school in Christian County, the school was organized into Primary (grades 1 and 2), Intermediate (grades 3, 4, 5, and 6), and Grammar (grades 7 and 8) departments, plus three years of high school.  There is a list of alumni for the years 1892 through 1913, a list of all high-school pupils for 1912-1913 (including four “post graduate” scholars), and a detailed list of textbooks for each course.  Non-resident tuition remained the same as for 1909, with “total expenses” for a boarding student esti­mated at $123 for the school term of 8 September 1913 through 22 May 1914.  There was no mention of a “colored school” in 1913.

 

 

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