"It is the purpose of this paper to determine the school building needs of Pike County and to try to determine a method of satisfying these needs of Pike County and to try to determine a method of satisfying these needs utilizing the funds available from the Henderson estate under the terms of the will. This paper will be limited, therefore, to reporting a facilities survey, drawing certain conclusions from the survey, and estimating the cost of the Pike County building program under the limitations of the will according to its preliminary interpretation by local and state authorities"--Introduction. / Typescript. / "August, 1953." / "Submitted to the Graduate Council of Florida State University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science." / Advisor: Virgil E. Strickland, Professor Directing Paper. / Includes the text of Charles Henderson's will. / Includes bibliographical references (leaf 59).