Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1891-09-01
A PROMISING BEGINNING
Auspicious Opening of the
Public Schools Yes
terday
Phenomenal Increase Over the
Enrolment of Last
Year
The High School Course and
List of Teachers of the
Various Grades

The Fairhaven public schools opened
yesterday, and the record Of the OPEN
ing day indicates not only a steady
growth Of the city, but wholesome
interest in their school work on the part
Of the youth Of the community. The
total enrolment yesterday reached 42i
-l72 at the Fourteenth street school
and 252 at the Larrabee avenue school.
There was rush for the new building,
many who belong in the Fourteenth
street school going to the Larrabee ave
nue. school. II was found necessary TO
transfer many after enrolment. Super
intendent Albright reports but few pu-
pills who were i'm attendance during
last term that are not already enrolled,
or known to be in the city. There are
over fifty pupils enrolled who have
never before belonged TO the Fairhaven
schools. These new pupils are from
almost every state in the Union. The
attendance will undoubtedly be in
creased next week, as many did not ex-
pect that school would commence until
next Monday, the time originally an
nounced for the beginning Of the years
work.
Last year the Fairhaven schools
opened with an enrolment Of 2O7
pupils and four teachers in one build
ing. Yesterday twelve teachers were
busy with lhe 424 pupils that assem-
bled in the two beautiful school build
ings Of our city. What other city of
America can show such n record Of n
years progress?
Following is "A list Of names of Super
intendent Albright's corps of teachers:
Larrabec Avenue SchOOl-Principal
w. j. Hughes; A. fourth and sixth
Lydia Whited; b fourth
and A third grades-Miss Helen II.
Gleason; B third and a second grades
Miss Olive Charoin; A first and b
second grades-Miss Myrtle Day; b
first, g and ID grades Miss Hattie
Sweet.
Fourteenth Street School-Principal
Miss Jennie f.. Alexander, in charge of
seventh and eighth grades; fifth and
sixth grades, Miss Nina Woodin;
fourth grade, Miss Kathryn North;
third grade, Miss Addie Jones; second
grade, Miss Dora Wellman; first grade,
Miss +. A. Prentice.
The grades Of the schools of our city
correspond with those Of the best
schools of any city. IL pupil belongs
In the fourth grade Of the Portland
schools he will find his level in the
fourth grade of the Fairhaven schools.
The course Of study Of the high
school provides for three courses-a
a s.Iaalf.
scientific course of four years each,
with similar courses of
he best high schools. Pupils desiring
10 enter will find classes in any year Of
either Of these courses.
Following is the high school course
IF study:
metic, English grammar, physiology, |
physical geography, United States his |
.Ory, algebra, rhetoric, American litera- |
.ure and bookkeeping; second year
rhetoric, Latin, civil govern |
.hird year-English literature, geo |
netry, natural philosophy and Latin;
ourth year-GeOmetry, Latin, general |
history, theory and art and higher
Scientific Course: First year-Arith-
netic, English grammar, physiology, |
physical geography, United States his
,ory, algebra, rhetoric, American litera-
.ure, physical geography and bookkeep-
ng; second year-Algebra, rhetoric,
word analysis, civil government, geo
ogy and botany; third year-Geo-
netry. natural philosophy, political
economy and zoology; fourth year
ieometry, chemistry, general history,
heory and art and higher arithmetic |