tendent of Schools, Mendota, Secretary. The Committee
adjourned to meet on the 24th day of January, 1891,
at Springfield.
At this meeting, with a full Committee present, the
whole ground of the contemplated exhibit was gone
over, and while little was definitely settled, there was
much clearing up of the ground, and the relations of the
different branches of the work more definitely determined.
A separate educational building for the Illinois exhibit
was deemed a necessity, and all plans were based upon
this feature. The limitation, which it was subsequently
learned had been imposed, made it necessary to abandon
all features dependent upon this building.
The exhibit from the University of Illinois, the Illinois
Normal University and the Southern Normal University,
were to be made by these institutions without reference
to the Committee, so that the work it had in charge re-
ferred solely to the Rural, Graded, High and Manual
Training Schools.
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There was little progress during the following n.onths,
in the educational work, but during this time the
World's Columbian Exposition had been located at
Chicago, and the Illinois Board of World's Fair Com-
missioners had been organized in accordance with an
act of the Legislature, approved June 17, 1891, pro-
viding "for the participation of the State of Illinois in
the 'World's Columbian Exposition,' authorized by an
Act of Congress of the United States, to be held in
Chicago during the year 1893, in commemoration of the
discovery of America in the year 1492, and for an ap-
propriation to pay the cost and expenses of the same."
In October, 1891, a conference between the Committee
before mentioned, appointed by the Illinois State
Teachers' Association, and the Committee on Education
of the Illinois Board of World's Fair Commissioners, wa&
held at the offices of the said Board, in Chicago.
The general character of the exhibit was discussed and
the expense necessarily incident considered. The resultant
action was the appointment of a, sub-committee of the
Teachers' Committee, to formulate the details of the ex-
hibit, estimate its expense and nominate a suitable per-
son as Superintendent of the work.
The report of the sub-committee was received, discussed
and adopted by the Committee, at Springfield, on the eve
of the annual meeting of the State Teachers' Association,
in December, 1891.
This was followed by a joint meeting of the Committee
on Education of the Illinois Board of World's Fair
Commissioners and the Committee of the State Teachers'
Association, immediately thereafter, and it was deter-
mined that the following appropriation, made by the
Illinois Board of World's Fair Commissioners, be ap-
proved and accepted by the Committee, and the State
Association approve the action of its Committee.
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For the University of Illinois $10,000.00
State Normal University 2,000.00
" Southern Normal University. 2,000.00
Common Schools 15,000.00
" Contingent Fund 1,000.00
Total $30,000.00
The report of the sub-committee in full is attached
hereto, and marked "A".
The appointment of Superintendent of the Common
School Section of the Educational Exhibit of Illinois
having been tendered to Wm. Jenkins early in Febru-
ary, 1892, and accepted some weeks later, work was
immediately commenced.
It was at first necessary to gather information from a
number of sources touching the nature, extent and
possibilities of the contemplated exhibit.
To this end correspondence was opened with educators
in Illinois and elsewhere, teachers' meetings were visited
and addressed, and conferences held with City and County
Superintendents of Schools and with the Superintendent
of Public Instruction of Illinois.
As a result of this, the following circular, designated
"Circular of Information No. 1," was framed, printed
and sent to prominent educators for suggestions. Copies
were then sent to all teachers in the State, and in quan-
tities to the County Superintendents and to those of
cities.
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ILLINOIS BOARD
OF
WORLD'S FAIR COMMISSIONERS.
PUBLIC SCHOOL SECTION.
CIRCULAR OF INFORMATION NO. 1.
EXHIBIT OF THE
PUBLIC SCHOOLS OF ILLINOIS
AT THE
WORLD'S COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION.
CLASS A RURAL SCHOOLS.
MATERIALS FOR EXHIBITS.
1. Designs of school houses, to include floor plans,
methods of heating and ventilating, with photographs
of characteristic exteriors and interiors.
2. Apparatus and appliances used in teaching, includ-
ing maps, charts, reference books, globes, blackboards,
kindergarten busy-work materials, etc.
3. Selected collections of the work of pupils, the con-
crete results, including examination work, essays, out-
lines, mountings, manual work, etc.
4. Free-hand and instrumental drawing and mapping.
5. Photographs of groups, and classes of pupils and
of all matter that can be shown best in this way.
6. Full sets of text books, including supplementary
and collateral reading matter.
7. Printed courses of study and manuals of directions
for teachers, circulars of advice, examination questions,
final, central and district forms of reports to superin-
tendent, to parents, etc.
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For this work, the unit is the county, and all mate-
Tial is to be prepared and forwarded under the direction
-of the County Superintendent of Schools.
CLASS B GRADED SCHOOLS.
MATERIALS FOR EXHIBIT.
1. Designs of graded school houses, to include floor
plans, elevations, methods of heating, lighting, ventilat-
ing and sanitation, with photographs of characteristic
exteriors and interiors.
2. Apparatus, appliances, devices, models and mate-
rials used in teaching in each of the eight grades.
3. Selected collections of the work of pupils, including
examination work and essays, outlines, reports of ob-
servations, development lessons, addresses etc., with or
without the teachers' correction.
4. Free-hand and instrumental drawing and mapping.
5. Photographs of groups of pupils, classes at work,
in gymnastic drill, and of all matter that can be shown
best in this way.
6. Collections of stones, minerals, woods, birds, nests,
insects, grains, grasses, foods, condiments, shells, pro-
ducts of dissection, etc., illustrative of different branches
-of study.
7. Products of manual training, whether the direct
result of instruction or otherwise.
8. Full sets of text books, supplementary and col-
lateral reading reference books, maps, charts, magazines,
and newspapers, suitable for school use.
9. Printed courses of study, manuals of directions,
blanks, reports, records, etc., bound, and in folio leaflets,
for distribution if desired.
For this work the unit is the city or town, and material
is to be prepared and forwarded under the direction of
the City Superintendent of Schools, or other correspond-
ing officer.
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CLASS C HIGH SCHOOLS.
MATERIALS FOR EXHIBIT.
1. Same as No. 1 in Class B applied to high school
buildings.
2. A chemical laboratory with suitable appliances and
materials. Apparatus illustrating elementary physics as
presented in high school work.
Materials, instruments and appliances for biological
study.
Cabinets of material for geological and mineralogical
study.
3. Selected collections of the work of pupils, includ-
ing examination work and essays, outlines, reports of
observations, development lessons, lectures, addresses,
etc., with and without the teachers' corrections. Pro-
ducts of pupils' work in chemistry, physics, botany,
entomology, etc. Apparatus designed and made by
pupils, and collections for nature study.
4. Free-hand and instrumental drawing, crayon,
pastel and water color work.
5. Photographs of groups of pupils, classes at work,
laboratories and libraries in use, gymnastic drill, and
all matter that can be shown best in this way.
6. Same as No. 6 in Class B enlarged to apply to
high school work.
7. Products of manual training whether the direct
results of instruction or otherwise, including girls' work,
such as sewing, darning, fashioning garments, etc.
8. Same as No. 8 in Class B as applied to high school
work, and in addition thereto, a collection of standard
works on pedagogy, political economy, history, poetry,
fiction, etc.
9. Printed courses of study, manuals of direction,
as in No. 9 of Class B.
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For this work the high school is the unit, and the
material is to be prepared and forwarded under the
direction of the principal or the superintendent of the
system of which the high school is a part.
CLASS D MANUAL TRAINING.
1. Manual training appliances for working:
(a) In wood.
(b) In iron.
2. Exhibit of pupils' work.
CLASS E-^-NORMAL SCHOOLS.
Exhibit to be made under the direction of their officers.
CLASS F MISCELLANEOUS.
1. Sets of catalogues and reports of public schools
2. Set of reports of the Superintendents of Public In-
struction.
3. Statistics.
4. Collection of old text books, photographs of old
school houses, etc.
REMARKS.
The amount of matter that is desired from each oi
the units contributing, will be determined later, and due
notice given.
The purpose is to give the utmost possible opportunity
for the schools to make the most significant exhibit of
the plans, purposes, results and prospects of their work.
The foregoing outline, while designed to be largely di-
rective, is still to be considered as suggestive, and varia-
tions which do not violate its purpose may be expected.
The written matter is to be on paper eight inches wide
and ten and one-half long, with an inch margin at the
left side for binding.
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Mounts, drawings, etc., for wall display, as far as pos-
sible, should be twenty-two inches wide and twenty -eight
inches high.
Smaller drawings should be grouped upon cards of the
same size.
Photographs should be eight inches high by ten inches
wide.
The material may be prepared at convenience. Tt will
doubtless be desirable to prepare the exhibit in botany
during the present school year.
Should it be thought best to prepare any part of the
work upon the basis of a uniform set of questions, due
notice of the time and conditions will be given.
The material is to be forwarded to Chicago on or be-
fore the first day of March, 1893.
Special directions for this purpose will be issued in due
time. Supplementary circulars of information will be
issued as needed. Meantime, any inquiries will receive
attention.
WM. JENKINS,
Supt. Public School Sec. of Educational Exhibit of Illinois.
MENDOTA, ILL., March 14, 1892.
HENRY EAAB,
Supt. of Public Instruction of Illinois.
In a report to the Director-in-Chief, under date of
April 24, 1892, is the following concerning this circular:
"This circular is essentially an outline designed to give
a comprehensive view of the plan and main purpose of
the exhibit. It is to be followed by others of more de-
tailed and specific information.
"One of the chief purposes of this exhibit I conceive
to be the information of the people. It is not simply
nor primarily for the benefit of educators. To this end
it is necessary to present it in as graphic a manner as
possible, so that much close and critical examination
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may not be demanded to perceive its spirit and signifi-
cance. The work best suited for this purpose is not in
so advanced nor uniform a condition as other branches
of public education in this State."
There was, consequently, prepared a circular upon
Drawing, Modeling and "Making," a copy of which is
subjoined herewith:
ILLINOIS BOARD
OF
WORLD'S FAIR COMMISSIONERS.
PUBLIC SCHOOL SECTION.
CIECULAB OF INFOKMATION NO. 2.
EXHIBIT OF THE
PUBLIC SCHOOLS OF ILLINOIS,
AT THE
WORLD'S COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION.
SCHEME FOR EXHIBIT IN DRAWING, MODELING AND MAKING.
DRAWING EXHIBIT.
All work in this department should be grouped in the
following manner:
Group I. Constructive Drawing.
Group II. Representative Drawing.
Group III. Decoration.
Group IV. Modeling.
Group V. Making.
While all schools may not find it practicable to show
all the varieties of work mentioned in each group, it is
desirable that they should comply with the arrange-
ment as far as possible.
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SCHEME FOR RURAL AND GRADED SCHOOL EXHIBIT.
CONSTRUCTIVE DRAWING.
A. From geometric solids (free-hand).
B. From useful objects based upon geometric solids
(free-hand).
C. From geometric plane tablets (free-hand).
D. From paper folding and patterns (free-hand).
E. Geometric problems and applications (instrumen-
tal).
F. Machine drawing.
G. Architectural drawing.
H. Illustrative drawing applied to other studies.
REPRESENTATIVE DRAWING.
A. From geometric solids.
B. From objects based on geometric solids.
C. From miscellaneous objects, as fruits, vegetables,
flowers, etc.
D. Illustrative drawing as applied to other studies.
It may be imaginative, from memory, from the object,
or copied.
DECORATION.
To be drawn in outline, made of colored paper, painted
iu water color, or modeled in clay.
A. Arrangement of geometric plane tablets for borders
and rosettes.
B. The repetition of units of design, made by modify-
ing geometric plane figures, in borders, rosettes and
surface coverings.
C. The conventionalization of plant forms and the
application of the units in industrial design.
D. Copies of historic ornament. Original arrange-
ments of the elements of good ornament for applied de-
sign.
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E. Illustrative drawings as applied to other studies
the drawing- of historic ornament in connection with the
study of history.
MODELING.
A. Geometric solids.
B. Objects based on geometric solids.
C. Developing surfaces by impressing the faces of the
solids in clay.
D. Modeling natural and conventional plant forms.
E. Modeling historic ornament.
MAKING.
A. Paper folding and cutting for the making of geo-
metric shapes, stars, rosettes and other decorative forms.
B. The making of patterns for geometric solids and
for useful objects based on them.
C. The making of solids and objects from the pat-
terns.
D. Miscellaneous articles.
Objects may be made of any available material repre-
senting weaving, folding, cutting, and pasting, sewing,
carving and carpentry.
SCHEME FOR HIGH SCHOOL EXHIBIT.
CONSTRUCTIVE DRAWING (INSTRUMENTAL).
A. Geometric construction.
B. Orthographic projection.
C. Isometric projection.
D. Machine drawing.
E. Mechanical perspective.
F. Development of patterns.
G. Pattern making.
H. Constructive design.
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REPRESENTATIVE DRAWING.
To be done with pencil, pen and ink, charcoal, crayon,.
and water color in outline and light and shade.
A. From geometric solids.
B. From common objects based on geometric solids.
C. From fruits, vegetables and flowers.
D. From casts.
E. From buildings in wholes or parts, interiors and
exteriors.
F. From natural scenery.
G. Illustrative drawing as applied to other studies.
DECORATION.
To be done in pencil, pen and ink, charcoal, crayon,
colored papers and water colors.
A. Historic ornament in outline, light and shade and
color.
B. Applied design, using motives from historic orna-
ment.
C. Original arrangements of conventional plant forms
for industrial design.
MODELING.
A. Historical ornament and naturalistic forms from-
casts.
B. Original design from applied purposes.
C. Original work from nature.
MAKING.
A. Sewing.
B. Wood carving.
C. Representative exercises from the Manual Training
School.
All work exhibited should be entirely that of the pupil,
and as far as possible be done in the school room, under
the supervision of the teacher.
An illustration showing the arrangement that will be
made for displaying drawings, color work, clay modeling
and made articles, will be sent out shortly. It provides
for mounting cards 28 inches high and 22 inches wide.
One design may occupy the card or several may be
grouped thereon.
This scheme is designed to be purely suggestive, and
to be as full as present conditions will permit. Every
school is expected to be as free as possible to exhibit its
best work in the best way with as few restrictions as
possible.
Inquiries will receive prompt attention.
WM. JENKINS,
Supt. Public School Sec. of Educational Exhibit of Illinois.
Room 18, Montauk Block, Chicago.
HENRY RAAB,
Supt. of Public Instruction of Illinois.
Rooms of Illinois Board of World's Fair Commissioners.
Approved:
JOHN P. REYNOLDS,
Director-in- Chief.
Circular of Information No. 3, giving ''Directions Re-
specting Selection, Arrangement and Forwarding Mate-
rials," was prepared towards the close of 1892, and sent
in quantities to the superintendents and teachers of the
State, and is as follows, marked "B:"
The estimate for floor space needed in which to install
the exhibit and a catalogue of the exhibit made, are
subjoined, together with a list of the school buildings
selected for the architectural exhibit.
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I include also a catalogue of the Chicago public school
exhibit, which, although installed separately, was under
the control of the Illinois Board of World's Fair Com-
missioners, and formed an important part of the State
exhibit.
Respectfully submitted,
WM. JENKIXS,
Supt. Common School Section Illinois Board
World's Fair Commissioners.
ESTIMATE OF FLOOR SPACE.
The estimate for floor space needed for the exhibit,
exclusive of the Model School Room, was submitted May
7, 1892, as follows:
For Class A (Circular of Information No. 1) 2,000 sq. feet.
" B " 2,500
C " 2,500
D " 1,500
F " 500
Total .rrrr, 9,000 sq. feet.
This estimate was reduced to 4,032 sq. feet, which,
with space assigned to the Model School Room and work
room, aggregated very nearly 6,000 sq. feet of floor
space devoted to the Public School Exhibit.
The space was not sufficient, and as a consequence
many changes in the installation were rendered necessary
in order to exhibit the material received. Even by mak-
ing as many changes as possible the results were far from
being as satisfactory as they would have been had the
space been larger.
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CATALOGUE
OF THE PUBLIC SCHOOL SECTION OF THE ILLINOIS
STATE EDUCATIONAL EXHIBIT.
This exhibit, was installed in the northeast part of the
Illinois State Building upon the main floor.
It consisted in the main of written exercises bound in
volumes representing all grades of school work and
mounts illustrating the same, together with an architec-
tural exhibit.
The volumes were distributed in cases so that each
front of a case contained work of a similar year or
grade, throughout. The design was to illustrate the
work of the State, as a whole, but at the same time to
preserve the continuity of work from each school or
system of schools as far as possible.
The work was installed in eighteen cases, exclusive of
the exhibit from the city of Chicago, which is separately
catalogued. *
Six of the cases carried glazed show cases in which were
manual training, clay, paper, folding, other kindred
kinds of work, and material for Nature study.
RURAL SCHOOLS.
In the four cases with screens at the east side, was
the work from rural schools arranged by grades com-
mencing with the first year or grade on the front of the
first case, the second year or grade on the other side of
the first case, the third year or grade on the front of
the second case, and so on fpr the eight grades.
GRADED SCHOOLS.
The four large cases with screens in the middle, con-
tained the work from graded schools arranged by grades,
commencing with the first grade on the front of the first
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case or screen, the second grade on the other side of the
first case or screen, the third grade on the front side of
the second screen, and so on for the eight grades.
HIGH SCHOOLS.
In the four cases at the west side were the work of
the high schools arranged by years commencing with
the first year, on both sides of the first case, second
year on both sides of the second case, and so on for the
foury ears.
ARCHITECTURAL EXHIBIT.
Fourteen school houses, showing exterior elevations,
accompanied with floor plans, methods of heating,
lighting, ventilation and sanitation.
High School Buildings:
N. W. of Chicago.
Freeport.
Aurora.
Graded School Buildings:
Chicago, Bancroft School.
Mendota, Blackstone School.
Farmington School.
Trenton School.
Alton Ward School.
Peoria, Greeley School.
Lawrenceville School.
Cairo, Lincoln School.
Harvard School.
Rural School Buildings:
Chester School, Champaign county.
Sunny-Side School, Shelby county.
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INVENTORY.
RURAL AND VILLAGE SCHOOLS.
Counties. Volumes. Mounts.
Alexander 10
Bureau 26 27
Christian.. 7
Champaign 30 3
Carroll 5
Clark 18
Champaign (Mahomet) 3
DeKalb Examination papers unbound.
DeKalb (Kirkland) Examination papers & drawings.
Edwards 3
Effin^ham 20
Fayette 12 1
Ford 21 8
Jasper 14
Kendall 6 6
Kendall Production Maps 2, portfolio 1.
Lawrence 14
LaSalle 20 7
Monroe (Columbia) 3
Macon 59 5
Moultrie (Fairvlew) 3
Moultrie (Lake City)... 7
Madison 9
Mason 6 2 pictures.
Ogle 51 25
Peoria 13 12
Piatt 168
Piatt (Pierson) 3
Pulaski 6
Rock Island 10
Rock Island (E. Milan) 15
Sangamon 17
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Rural and Village Schools Concluded.
Counties. Volumes. Mounts.
Stephenson 19 31
Vermilion 21 29
Warren 21
Warren Book botany mounts.
Washington 18 40
Will 49
INVENTORY.
GRADED WORK.
Counties. Vols. Mts.
Assumption Christian 8
Adeline Ogle 4
Altamont Effingham 4
Albion Edwards 15
Austin Cook 21
Aurora (W. Side). .Kane 100
" " " clay mouldings.
" " " paper models.
(E. Side)... " 36 95
Ashley Washington 1
Batavia Kane 48
Bement Piatt 8
Bridgeport Lawrence 8
Carmi White 19 34
Cairo.. Alexander, 2 vols. of Cat 14
Columbia ...Monroe 1
Canton Fulton 11 70
Dixon (South) Lee 21
" (North) " 10
DesPlaines Cook, 1 panorama 21 12
Germantown Vermilion 5 5
Effingham. Effingham 9
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Graded Work Continued.
Counties. Vols. Mts.
Elmhurst Cook, specimens of wood.... 9 24
" picture school house.
Elgin Kane, sewing, making clay
work 12 140
Evanston (South). Cook 17
Freeport Stephenson 14 49
Forreston Ogle 5 10
Galesburg Knox, woodwork, clay work
picture 29 85
Gibson City Ford 10 9
Henry Marshall 6
Joliet Will, 20 photos, of buildings. 20
Kankakee Kankakee 18 24
" phys'l app., photo 1.
Kewanee Henry 22 105
Lawrenceville Lawrence 7 3
Lanark Carroll 7 13
LaSalle LaSalle, relief map photos.. 14 60
Lovington Moultrie 7
Lena Stephenson 6
Monticello Piatt 18 43
Monmouth Warren, paper fid 'g, 2 charts 22 87
Mt. Carmel Wabash 16
" " one roll drawings.
Morris Grundy, fossils 14 27
Momence ..Kankakee, physical appara-
tus, framed matter.
Momence Kankakee, zoology sp'cim'ns.
Mt. Carroll Carroll 5 7
" " 21vols. primary work,
1 scrapb'k, 1 product'n card .
Marseilles (East)... LaSalle 12
Marseilles (West). ..LaSalle 4
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Graded Work Continued.
Counties. Vols. Mts.
Mound City Pulaski, book press'd flower. 12
Melvin Ford 8
Newton Jasper 19 42
Nashville Washington 11
Newman Douglas 18 36
Naperville DuPage 12
Ottawa LaSalle, photo 11 15
O'Fallon St. Clair 6 8
Oregon Ogle v 10 23
Princeton Bureau .*. 4 78
Peru LaSalle 21 20
Pittsfield Pike, 1 silk map.
Paxton Ford 9
Peoria Peoria 10 134
Quincy Adams 6 4
Rogers Park Cook 12 25
Rochelle Ogle 7
Rockford Winnebago, 8 photos, paper
work, clay work 27 191
Rantoul Champaign 5
Rock Falls Whiteside 10
Springfield Sangamon, wood work, clay
work 17 20
Sterling (Sterling) .Whiteside.. 13 27
Sterling (Wallace). " 8 3
Sterling (Hamm) .. " 2 drawings.
Sheffield Bureau 8 18
Sullivan Moultrie 14 30
Streator LaSalle 18
Shannon Carroll 6 12
Sumner Lawrence 18
Savanna Carroll, relief map, wood
work, 2 glass cases 8 25
409
Graded Work Concluded.
Counties. Vols. Mts.
Sibley Ford, cases of ore 11 10
Sadorus Champaign 3
Sandwich DeKalb, clay work 5 37
Taylorville Christian 5
Wheaton DuPage 13 12
Winchester Scott 8 11
Wenona Marshall 9
Yorkville... ...Kendall... ...*... 4
INVENTORY.
HIGH SCHOOLS.
Counties. Vols. Mts.
Bement Piatt 6
Carmi White 10
Cairo Alexander 13
Canton Fulton 4
Dixon (South) Lee 9
(North) " , 4*
Elmhurst Cook 3
Elgin Kane 19
EvanstonTp. High
School Cook 30 17
EvanstonTp. High
School Cook, 75 pictures 17
Freeport..., Stephenson 5
Galesburg Knox 11
Henry Marshall 2
Kankakee Kankakee 9
Kewanee Henry 6
Lanark Carroll 7
LaSalle LaSalle 14
Lovington Moultrie 1
410
High Schools Concluded.