Rocky Ford enterprise., 1897-10-14
ROCKY FORD PUBLIC sCHO0I
School Report.

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Names of pupils neither absent nor
tardy:
Katie Whittenburg, Fannie Snowden,
Jay Norton. Nettie Larmore, Grace Bab-
cock. Fred Kinney, Estella Hagen, Lucy
Dittes, Agnes Clark.
r. B. BoL1Es, Teacher.
ROOM VIII.
John Swift, Rozabel Orr, Goldie
Nicholes, Effie Lefiingwell Mabel Har-
sin, lone Cheney. Edith Young, Frank
knight.
NJ. JENNIE BRIGGS. Teacher.
ROOM VII.
Georoie Knause, Mabel Kinney, Anna
Mcconnell, Robert Anderson, Orville
Kearby, Charles Robins.
ELIZABETH BURKE, Teacher.
ROOM VI.
Myra Cheek, Zetta Dittes, Carrie El-
Mcbride, Daisy Potter, Clessie Scott,
Miss BROwNLEE, Teacher.
RooMv.
Margaret Anderson, Ella Brooks, Fern
Cressy. Lentha Deweese, Flossie Dittes,
Daisy Fear, Bessie Seaman, Lottie Will
llams. Amsel Deweese, Willie Deweese,
Harris Hamlin, Charlie Hughes, Alvin
Kouns, Fred Knause, Claude Swink,
Sharon Taylor, Carlos Wilson.
Cora z. STEPHENS, Teacher.
ROOM ".
Carrie Maxwell. Ethel Jones, Frances
Barnes, SYLVIA Kinney. Clinton Scott,
Flaranco Slegman, Homer Harriott,
Lester Swink, Dusky Baxter, Grace
Haight, Bertha Murray, Allie Hough,
Oliver Melton, Minnie Wood, Pearl
Reed.
JOSIE P. GARDENER, Teacher.
ROOM III.
Enrl Baxter, Roy Baxter, Maud Cres-
sy, Guy Conner, Jennie Elser, Essie Fry,
Gladys Gibson, Floyd Gross. Earl Gross,
Ray Hall, Roscoe Jones, Clarence Lar
more, Mary Lawton, Matte Mitchell,
Omar Murray, Bessie Nicely, May Fair
Nicely, Pearl Purinton, Gertrude Robb,
Lena Robertson, Ethel Wallace, Edith
Whittenburg.
ANNIE B. ELsER, Teacher.
ROOM II.
Glenn Baxter, Eva Fenton, Eva Goblin,
Lottie Mcbride. Isabel Mckinley, Harry
Neely, Ruby Senters, Fred Hendricks,
Sadie Tagader, Maud Conner, Harry
Stevens, Leo Hester, Herbert Kinney,
John Roman, Harry Ryan, Charley
Cannon, Robert HanRwault.
ALPHA E. KING, Teacher.
Beatrice Atkinson, Grace Randall,
David Whittenburg, Edna Fleming,
Juletta Freshour, George Jones, Nellie
Backus, Yantz Holt, Myrtle Stevens,
Cedric Knnuse, Nellie Bush, Elvin Fog.
Ter. Fred Lewis, Grace Barkley, Myrtle
Wilcox, Joe Goblin.
| BESSIE TAYLOR. Teacher.
School Notes.
School began four weeks ago with an
enrolment OF 3O7. Our total enrolment
mp to date (Oct. 81 is 39i. Last year ut
the close OF tho first month we Ind 2s3.
We have 20 foreign pupils, oil above
tho 4th grade.
Our high school room has never before
been 10 crowded Ms 1t ia now and the
ough work.
There is one student in tho high school
that hns paid si.50 day for more than
month to hire man on the ranch that
he might go to school.
All who arc interested in our work are
cordially invited to visit our schools.
GRADE III.
Elmer Kcil was absent the last week
Of the month, but promised to edify US
on his return with his personal observa-
tions OF the carnival. preserved by means
Of note book and pencil.
Tho interest OF our boys and girls in
tho study OF primary science il manifest
od ut present by tho collection Of leaves
they are making and the efforts they are
making to pry into mother natures se-
crets in preparing her trees and plants
for winter. Adolf Nicholson Ia especial
u successful in this line Of work.
It is particularly gratifying to find
that pupils who have como up through
our lower grades nre fully up TO third
grade pupils from Colorado Springs and
other city schools.
Room three had eighteen cases Of tar
ulueoS thv lhvhhhs u"h ~ "uhsn
wore made by pupils living in town. This
IL bad record. Will not our patrons
help us to make better one next month?
GRADE ".
The children are much interested in
tho study Of flowers and tho gathering
aud pressing OF leaves.
Noln Helms, Frank Woodbury. and
Lucy Sherman arc all out OF school on
account Of sickness.
GRADE Y.
Tho pupils have been very much inter-
ested in the study OF ants this month. A
colony was transplanted from the school
yard into glass jar so that their move
ments could be watched to bcttcr ad-
vantage.
Tho rhetorical work has been made
much easier by forming two societies.
one for the boys, the other for the girls.
Considerable rivnlry exists. The girls
recite tho first and third Fridays Of each
month; the boys OIL the second and fourth
Fridays.
GRADE VI.
The pupils have organized themselves
into two societies for tho continuation OF
their literary work.
Demonstration was ono Of the SUBJ
jects the physiology class studied this
month.
',he science clRsa has been studying