The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-08-26
VACATION NEARLY OVER
The Public Schools Will Open
Sept. II.
PUT INTO GOOD REPAIR
Buildings Have Been Given a Thorough
Overnauling-A Marked I'm
provemen Is Expected
This Year

MISSOURI, aug. 24.-Ine puOllC SCHOOLS
of Missoula will open for the fall term
Sept. II. During the summer vacation
the several buildings have been put
into good repair and some changes
made that will aid in the school work.
At the Central school building the an
mex has been changed so that It will
hereafter be used solely for the first
grade work, and the two rooms that it
contains have been remodeled in a
measure to make them better adapted
to this class of work. This will take
the very small children out of the main
building entirely and it is thought that
this change will be of much advantage.
Walks, fences and grounds have been
put into good condition and the facili-
ties of the city for school work are bet
ter now than they have ever been. The
south side building, which was used for
two years or more by the state univer-
sity before the completion of the uni
versity buildings, will be used in part
this year by the city High school, The
entire upper floor, which contains the
laboratories and rooms adapted for
higher work. are to be turned over to
the High school, together with the
pleasant assembly room in the top
story. The ground floor will h2 occu-
pied by the lower grades.
For the first time in this city Ia su-
perintendent of the public schoJ is to
be allowed to devote his entire atten-
ton TO the SUPPLEMENTARY and will
not be required to do any actual work
of instruction. This is as it should he
and the school work will doubtless show
marked Improvement During the past
few years Mr.. Hamilton has not been
able to give the proper amount of at
tention to the general direction of the
work, and now that he is not to be
hampered by the inroads upon his time
that We're made by his class work, good
results are expected. The school build
ings of the city are so much scattered
and the distances between them so
great that it requires all the time that
there is to properly supervise the work
of the city school system.
Mr.. Hamilton has made his assign
ment of teachers for the ensuing year.
This year the eighth grade will be
merged with the High school for con-
venience in distributing the work
among the teachers. This will give the
eighth grade pupils the advantage of
the special teachers Of the High school,
and it is presumed that this arrange
ment will continue until the member
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great that the eighth grade is crowded
out The instructors in the High school
and the eighth grade will be Maud
McMaster, mathematics and history;
Grace Herndon, English and literature;
Bertha Cushing, Latin and general
work.
In the Central building and It's annex
| the teachers will be: Bee Thornton,
| seventh A: Alice Porterfield, seventh b;
| Minnie Spurgin. sixth A; Katherine
| Thornton. sixth b; Ethel Grant, fifth;
Matte Shoup, fourth: Clara Kenney,
third; Mary Sloane, second; Lillian
Phelps. first.
On the north side Mary Mcbride will
have the fifth and fourth A grades.
| Jessie MacKellar, fourth B and third;
| Elsie Reinhard. second; Ida Keup, first.
On the south side Anna Treavaille
will have the third and fourth grades
| and Fannie Robinson the first and sec
| ond.
The east side teachers will be Kath-
| crime Gherett, third and fourth; Kate
| Shelley, first and second.
The special tax that was voted this
| summer for the purpose of affording ad-
ditional revenue will be sufficient tc
enable the public schools to do better
work than has been possible before
| The funds of the district are in excel
| lent shape and the citizens of MISSOURI
may confidently expect much better re
| suits. The attendance promises to p'
considerably larger than it was las
wear, and preparations have been made
to accommodate more students thar
have ever been enrolled before.