The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-09-12
SCHOOLS WILL
/ OPEN ON MONDAY
Many Changes Have Been Made 10 Them
During Vacation.
TEACHERS IN NEW POSITIONS
High School Will Not BE Opened I'm.
til One Week from Monday..An In
crease of Pupils Is Expected on
Account of the Compulsory Educa.
tion Law Going Into Practlca
Operation.

Next Monday Will be the happieSt day
of the year in the school children's cal
endar-possibly. At all events. whether
or not they go back to their tasks cheer
fully they will go back to find their
quarters more cheerful than when they
left them. During the vacation months
superintendent of Repairs Harvey has
had every building thoroughly repaired
and renovated, and now some of them
are so changed and beautified in ap-
pearance, especially in the interior, that
they are scarcely recognizable. Two
new buildings are to be opened, No. Is
on Bellevue Heights and No. 10 in the
Third district of the Fourth ward. The
High school will be opened a week later.
There viii be an unusual number of
changes in the corps of teachers this
year, owing to the new High school ar
rangements and a number of resigna-
tions. Miss Lizzie Mackey, who was in
the high school, will be principal at No
SO in place of Prof. w. II. Graves, who
goes to No. . to succeed Prof. Nj. ii.
Jordan, who takes charge of the Dun
more. high school. Miss Lille Mackey,
| also of last years high school force,
goes to No. 3 as assistant to Miss Lizzie
Penman, in place of Miss Josie Lees
who was made principal of new No. 10
Miss Jennie Wehrum will be a new
teacher at No. 5, where she has been
assigned to fill in the gap caused by
Miss Anna 2. Kiesel's resignation.
go SOME OTHER CHANGES.
AT No. 5, the primary department will
have a new teacher in the person OF
Miss Mabel Watrous, who succeeds
Miss Jennie Bonear. transferred to No
| 27's grammar B department. Miss
| Esther Moses will enter as permanent
teacher upon her duties at No. IA, where
| she has been substituting. Miss Eliza
beth Williams, who taught at No. IA
| last year, will this year be found in the
| primary department at No. q.
Professor p. +. Durkin, who was
! principal at No. 16, goes to No. 20, a'
| principal, to succeed Miss Belinda Nc
Caffrey, and Professor IL. S. Critten
den, a new appointee, takes Proessol
Durkin's place at No. 16 Another
new appointee, Miss Kate OBoyle, ha'
been added to the staff in the primar,
| c. department of No %. Miss France!
1 Connor. who was in the No. prepara
| tory department, goes to No. q, as as
sistant in the grammar A department
Miss Belle Doud, formerly of No. y
will be found in the intermediate Il de
partment of No. 32, and Miss Margare
Lewis of No. 80 is transferred to No
81, primary C department Miss Louise
| NJ, Barnes, who has been substituting
at No. s, will have a permanent posi-
1 tion in the intermediate A department
of No. 80. Miss Rafters No. l anne,
will be moved to a specially fitted room
| in the new high school. it being neces
'sary to have children of this depart
| men in. connection with the training
SCHOOL
| NEW NO. 10 BUILDING.
The staff at new No. 13 building viii
be the same as at the old building. A
| No. 10 will be found the following
! Principal, Miss Jessie Lees; inter
mediate b, Miss Hattie Fellows; inter
| mediate c, Norman b. Nicols; primar.
| A, Miss Mary Beamish and Miss Mami
Morgan; primary b, Miss Mary Flynn
| Miss Agnes Evans, and Miss Ann;
Broadhead; primary C, Miss Della +
| Evans, Mrs. S. j. Ferber and Miss IdV
H. Murphy.
No extra precautions have been takel
| to care for the overow that 1t is expect
ed will result from the operations of tn
new compulsory education act whicl
goes into practical effect Monday. TIL