El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-10-03

cost. 1 secured Miss E. Hoffman for
the plan. l divided the kindergarten
into two divisions, the 5-year-old chill
dren in one, Rand the :6-year-old chill
dren q the other. One division comes
in the morning, the other in the after
noon. This plan works we'll, it provides
for all the little ones and it relieves
the crowded condition of the rooms and
it makes it possible for the teachers
to do much more efficient work. Be-
sides 1t removes the danger of vitiated
air in the rooms, the worst feature OF
the crowded Kindergarten. This mat
ter is now before you,
Miss Hoffman was in the kinder
garten room by your permission study
ing the work, and was perhaps the best
unframed teacher I could get. l have
told her that she would, perhaps, re-
ceive twenty or twenty-five dollars per
month for her services. This she will
accept.
GENERAL WORK OF THE SCHOOLS.
81 think that [ can say truly that the
general work of the schools, from the
high school to the kindergarten, is
better than 1t has ever been before.
The school facilities are much i'm
proved, while the schools ere better Or
ganized than they have been before.
"The regular teachers meeting for
the month was held Saturday, Septem-
Der 800
We should be glad to have the mem
bers of the board present at some of
these meetings. l think you would en-
joy them.
THE GRADUATES OF LAST YEAR.
81 am sure it will be source of graft
fcation to the board to know that 25
per cent of our last years graduating
| Il. l.
all went. Harry Schultz went to the
City of Mexico and is stud ying mining
and engineering. Miss Alma Jones and
Jack Hubbard have gone to the Univer-
sity of Texas. Arthur Kerr has gone to
New York with the expectation of en-
tering Columb University. Albert
Wilcox secured the Helen Gould schol-
arship for the south western district, in
the New York University.
"Of course the schools feel pride in
these boys and girls and it gives us
great delight to know that they are in
spired with determination to COM
plete their education, and that they
are able to enter these schools"
Miss Fitzpatrick, a bsent 13 days; Mrs.
Neff substitute.
Miss Gillaspie, absent one half day;
Tuition collected during month of
| September. $3S. so.
Very respectfully,
G. p. PUTNAM,
Supt. Public Schools,
The external committee was au-
| thorized to sell the old brick clubhouse
at Mesa school.
On recommendation of the superin-
tendent it was ordered that four teach
ers be employed. at the Kindergarten.
two for the morning and two for the
afternoon, and that Miss Emma Hoff-
man be appointed at salary of S25
per month.
Lake Catlin was allowed 500 for tax
ing the school census. The superin-
tendent recommended this in view of
the fact that the fees are insufficient
for the amount OF work done. About
$40 of the total amount will be paid
by the state.
The board for the second time de-
clined to raise the salary of any
teacher.
The superintendent notified the
board that Miss Fitzpatrick had been
i'll month and was anxious concern
ing her position. The board ordered
that the present temporary arrange
ment continue until she RECEIVERS or
finds herself unable to resume her
duties.
The superintendent was authorized
to appoint an English speaking ianitor
at the Mesa school.
Editor Slater of the HERALD, who
was present, rendered the public
schools the use OF a certain amount of
space for the publication of news items
coz corning the schools and the offer
was accepted with thanks.
Mr.. Shelton said that patrons of the
Mesa school hal omplained to him
that text books were being continually
changed and that it was impossible to
procure one of the books in FL Paso.
Prof. Putnam asserted that no
change had been made and that the
book referred to was merely supple
mental and their purchase optional.
He proposed to investigate the COM
plant.
Mrs. Axel Kjer of Ciordonville Cape Girard-
eau Co, Mo, writes: when look at my little