Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1901-02-01

A Enrolment Of Cooper, 10. MISS
i Elizabeth Robb, principal. After
graduating at Oskaloosa High school,
She taught there and in Croker here
for eight years, when appointed prln-
1 cipal. She has seven assistants. Miss
Robb enjoys an excellent reputation
as an educator, and her methods nave
received cordial endorsement. XXI
Forest Home has enrolled 256 pupils
and sent 100 out of the district for
I lack Of room. Miss Carolyn NJ. Har-
ris, principal. After an education at
Oskaloosa, classical, spent sometime
1 in teaching and in normal work, when
she was appointed assistant prlnclpal
| c1 Grant. She went to Forest Home
| last September and has made 1T a
model school, assisted by her capable
corps of teachers. The building is
| nicely furnished and cozy. Miss Har-
ris is well known public reader, SO
| y pular that she finds it impossible
| for her to fill all requests for her SER
vices.
! Elmwood school is one of the best.
| Mr.. j. w. Hayman, principal. is II
| PENNSYLVANIA, born in 1857. lie was
educated in the seminaries and nor
mails of Pennsylvania, and at the Iowa
State University. He began teaching
in 1876, and for many years conducted
private academy. He was appointed
superintendent of the Oakdale dis
trict five years ago, and when the
consolidation occurred became prln-
cipal of Elmwood. He is an educa-
tor of acknowledged ability.
Miss Bertha ID. Smith is principal
Of Garfield school; with six assistants
and an enrolment of $50. Miss Smith
was educated at the West Des MONIES
graded and high schools, and took the
| teachers course ut Valparaiso, Ind.
| She taught one year in Adams coun-
ty, FIVE in Irving, and five in Haw-
thorne schools, and has been principal
Of Garfield for five years. Miss Smith
is an educator of exceptional ability.
Lake Park school, with an enroll
ment of 175, is presided over by Miss
Este Huff, assisted by Misses Helen
Riddle, Bessie Coomer, Harriet Fink,
Josephine Putnam and Rose Younger
man. Miss Huff was educated in In
dianola, where she taught school for
several years, and afterwards in the
| grades here. She was appointed Prin-
cipal seven years ago, and under her
care the school, though small, is
equal in merit to any.
Miss Margaret J. Black, formerly
| assistant principal OF Elmwood High
school, is principal of Kirkwood, with
three assistants. She was educated
OF Des Moines college, and taught for
many years in the country and Des
Moines schools. She has been princi- !
pal four years, and has accomplished
the most commenda bic results as an |
educator.
Greenwood school has an enroll |
ment of 1870. Miss Cora Chase is prin-
cipal, Misses Edith Wilmer and Eliza |
Scribbs, assistants. Miss Chase grad
uated from the HillsborO, ILL.,, acad-
envy, and taught for q number of
years in the public schools of Illinois,
the high schools of Florida, and the
grades here. Two years ago she was
appointed principal. She has made
an excellent record.
Miss Lulu Wilmer, principal of
Pleasant Hill school, was educated
ut the public schools and high school
CT Des Moines, and ut Drake Uni
,ersity. This is her third year in
cduca tional work, and she has been
very successful.
From assistant principal one year
ago to principal and then superin-
tendent is the remarkable record of
Prof. Z. L Eaton, OF Oak Park school,
and equally remarkable, he was
elected each time. Mr..
Eaton graduated at Iowa State Uni
versity in 1899, and has made de-
cided success as an educator. There
are ten teachers at the Oak Park
school, and 29S pupils, the enrolment
Icing rs per cent more than last
year.
EAST DIES MONIES SUPERVISORS.
Excellent results have been attain
ed by the pupils in drawing under
supervision of Miss Minnie l.. Hobbs,
who was educated in Salem, Mass.
She studied art at Boston, and took
the four years and post graduate
course at the normal art school, also
special lessons from Ross Turner and
Arthur Dow and studied composition
at the Pratt Institute, New York.
Miss Hobbs is talented artist and
during her four years supervision
has accomplished excellent results.
Miss Harriet M. Carton, supervisor
Of music, is Des Moines young lady,
a graduate of the East Side High
school, and took course at Des
Moines college. In music she studied
under Mr.. Bartlett, and graduated
from the Des Moines Musical College,
studying in Chicago. She
has been supervisor for five years, and
has been remarkably successful. Miss
Carton is an accomplished musician.
She is also one of the faculty of Des
Moines Musical College, and a mem
Der Of the choir of the First Baptist
church.