Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-05-17
OUR TEACHERS In BIGDEMAND
DISTINGUISHED EDUCATORS CALLED
FROM KANSAS CITY ELSEWHERE.
The List Contains Many Well known
Names-What Bands of Mercy
r eAccOmpIishing-NOtes
of the Schools.

Kansas City in the last few years has
| contributed more of her public school
teachers to other cities and states than any
other city of similar size in the whole
country. Six years ago Professor l.. f.
Hermanns, a teacher in the Central high
school, was unanimously elected principal
of the West Denver high school at a large
ly increased salary over that he was re-
ceiving here. The following year Professor
+. A. Fitzpatrick, who was assistant super
intendent OF the public schools in this city,
was elected superintendent of the Omaha
school, at an increase of $500 a year. and
after serving two years went to Boston at
a salary of 5000 a year.
Last spring Principal J. c. Hiscy, of the
Scarritt school, was elected superintendent
of the Council Bluffs schools at an increase
of $40 above his salary here. He had made
quite a reputation on his original method
of teaching primary arithmetic and the
use of the photograph as an instrument in
catching and reproducing class recitations.
About the same time Assistant Superintend-
ent !. c. Mcneil was elected principal of
the West Superior state normal school in
Winconsin at a salary of $500. an increase
of 81, 300.
Recently Principal John T. Buchanan. of
the Central high school. has been elected
principal of the Boys high school in New
York city at a salary of 5000. IN increase
of 81, $50 over what he was paid here. In
addition to these, a large number of the
cured positions at much better salaries in
other cities, notably in Chicago.
Miss Annie Woolfrom, of the Yeager
school, will resign her position at the next
meeting of the board of education At the
close of school she is going to Paris, where
her Younger brother is studying art. Miss
Woolfrom has spent one year in Paris and
while there conducted a large private class
in English studies.
The competitors for the Winants gold
medal in the senior English literature class
of the Central high school have handed in
their essays to the examining committee
to be graded. There are thirteen contest
ants and as many subjects. Professor +.
D. Phillips. who is conducting the contest.
will not disclose the name of the winner OF
the medal until commencement night.
DIR. p. II. Jesse. of the Missouri State uni
versity. will address the students of the
Central high school text Thursday morn
ing.
The course of study for the new Manual
Training school, which will soon be issued
by the board of education, is in the hands
of the printers.
Visitors to Miss Sanford's primary room
at the Washington school may hear count
ing in six different languages; French, En-
glish, German, Italian, Hebrew and
Syrian. Blue pills and blue-back spoilers
nave not found place in the class. Cen
orally, only such English words as the
child can be made to comprehend by some
object, or action. or is likely to use on this
earth, are forced upon him
Previous to the organization of Bands
of Mercy in our school no cat dared show
itself on the school grounds while the boys
were at play" said a teacher in the Wash
ngton school,, Saturday. THE boys of the
North end all seemed to be in their glory
when they had cOrnered a cat. After wear
ing the poor thing almost completely out by
teasing it, they would stone it until it was
either dead or made a helpless cripple. The
janitOr of the school has a cat with more
thar ordinary intelligence. 1t used never
to venture out of the basement during the
recess, but now it goes freely over the
premises and is the pet of all the boys.
The cat goes into the school rooms and
takes his maps in the teacher chairs or
upon their desks and is welcomed at all
times and places without taking a pupils
attention from his work. The Washington
cat makes the school room homelike."
inadvertently the name of Miss Helen
Curtis was omitted among those who de-
served honorable mention in this years
graduating class at the Central high
school. Miss Curtis was one of the most
faithful students. her average standing be-
iun QS3s npr cent