The Maysville Institute
Maysville, Georgia
established 1878

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Academic Years:
1892-1893
1901-1902

The Maysville Institute

Maysville’s first school building was built in 1878 and is still standing at 7 Comer Street. It was a two-room schoolhouse with large heaters in the center of each room. The first principal was Capt. Thomas A. E. Evans from Albany GA. Tuition was charged to attend the school.

The Maysville Institute was listed in the 1883 American Collegiate Directory and Universal Catalogue under "public schools."  (Ref: digitized book on Google)

Following are enrollment figures:

Mar. 1879 (first term) 25 Thomas AE Evans, principal
Jan. 1880 40 Thomas AE Evans, principal
Mar. 1881 70 Thomas AE Evans, principal
Jan. 1882 90 JL Caldwell, principal
Feb. 1882 104 JL Caldwell, principal
Mar. 1883 90 JL Caldwell, principal
1891 125
1893 ? H. W. Wooding, principal
1896 127
1899 77

   These figures are considerable for a two-room schoolhouse.  The immediate answer to overcrowding was to move some students to temporary classrooms in a house next door and, on one occasion, the principal’s wife taught the youngest of the children at her home.

Page last updated 02/23/2008

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