Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-11-14
Happenings at
The Normal
ORGANIZATION OF ATHLETIC AS
ISOLATION KINDERGARTEN.
PRIMARY couRsE-THE
RHETORICAL COURSE.

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The fifth current event section oc-
cupied the time Of the opening exer-
ciscs yesterday morning In giving the
school some Of the latest news items.
The d~ificulty at present seems to be
to find sufficient time in which to
give the large amount or news the
students are gathering.
The chorus work which was carried
on during the twenty.five.minute pc
Rod during the first quarter 10 now
superseded four days In the week by
word.study, all students being re.
quired to take this new work. For
this purpose the school has been IL
vided into four sections, Miss Hunts.
man. Miss Ball, Miss Enieman and
Mr.. vaeth taking charge Of them.
During the rest OF this semester
chorus work will occupy one opening
exercise period o week and n TWEEN
t~y.five.minute period that Is not given
10 w~ord4study.
Several student teachers In the
practice school have been given class
Oh In different grades from those they
have been teaching up to the present
Iii order 10 give them wider expert,
ence.
Quarterly tests IN the seventh and
eighth grades. and In the normal and
academic courses are over, and the
common salutation Is. How much do
you suppose you stood2"
Athletic interest Is not very demon.
stratlve, but Il secms 70 be Of q genn-
inc sort. A constitution has been
adopted and the following officers
have been elected. Edwin STROLLER,
president; Vera Gehring. v~ice.presi
dent. Joe D. Bowman, secretary; Mr..
yaeth, treasurer.
President Vert has appointed the
following persons as members Of the
board OF directors. Mr.. vaeth, Miss
Furro, Edith Kinnear, Edward Hedg-
cock.
AT the special request of the pupils
Of the seventh and eighth grades. these
pupils have been provided with sing
Ing books for opening exercises. 1t IL
expected that a perceptible difference
Will be discovered In the volume Of
music at the exercises In the future.
Tho t~wonty.nine periodicals for
which Tho Normal recently subscribed
have begun to come In, and students
are able 10 find articles on many sub
jects connected with their daily work.
The hndergarten.primary course
has been put in operation, and the
tuition in the kindergarten has been
placed at 800 a month, All who
have paid ut The rate of 5000 d month
will have an extended credit equal 70
the time for which they have paid.
II Is understood that the double row
of lockers III q III taken from The first
floor and placed in the a%lcoves near
the entrance III the assembly room.
II this Is done. the boya' lockers will
be placed IN the north hall and the
girls In the south.
The students have boon much
pleased % have al the doors in The
Normal numbered with beautiful white
metal numbers. The numbering has
been 50 planned that there Will be NJ
difficulty in numbering the doors Of
amy addition that may be made q the
present building.
Room 3o7 has been fitted up III
o rest room for the lady members
Of the faculty and for the girls in the
school.
The new bulletin board near the
presidents once Is already fairly well
covered with notices.
The new magazine rack containing
lfty.two sections Is nearly completed
and win be placed In the library Mon
day.
Talk about golden weddings" said