Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1906-08-29
WILL BE BANNER YEAR FOR
LEWISTON HIGH SCHOOL
New Equipment Has Been Added and New Teachers
Engaged --- Term Will Open September 3

THE city schools will open on Sep
tember with the brightest outlook
for successful year that the direct
-ors have ever had" said Superintend-
ent r. N. Wright this afternoon. 1.-THE
school has been strengthened princi-
pally along the line of material equip
ment and in teaching force. Ample
accommodations have been made for
all grades from all parts Of the city,
new rooms have been fitted up In the
whitman building and two new feat
ures added to the grammar grade
corps
The grades will be assigned the
same as was the arrangement last
year. All the grades up to and in
Guiding the sixth, will be accommo-
dated In the Whitman and Lewis and
Clark buildings on Main streeta The
iirst. second and third grades for the
children residing on the hill, and the
entire seventh and eighth grades of
the city will be placed In the high
school. M
The assignment OF the teachers 10
their definite classes will not be made
until q faculty meeting il held the
latter part Of the week. after the en-
tire corps OF teachers have returned To
resume work.
Many improvements have been
made ir, all Of the buildings. prfnci-
pally along the lines OF seating cana
city and hygenic cleaning. Especially
~ this true in the high school where
three new laboratories have been Mt
ted UP: the biological physical and
chemical. The chemical laboratory
viii be provided with individual sinks
Tor the students, besides having the
finest lighting facilities which has en-
tered into the equipment OF any school
IN the northwest. Two large sky
lights have been installed besides the
ADDITION OF number OF small wind
owk In the side OF the rooms.
Much new apparatus has been adj
ded TO the equipment, especially In
the biological laboratory, In the nat
uree OF Spencer microscopes sufficient
fora csass Of twenty.
The high school faculty this year
Will be the strongest that the school
haa ever had the opportunity OF Sc
lecting.p Joel Jenifer viii again pre-
side AZ principal and head OF the de-
parfment Of mathematics, Miss Eve
lyn Butler will soon return to take IN
the English; Miss Olive Gwynne win
resume her work as head OF the hist
ory department; Edward A. weyrich
viii Nagain act a. instructor in (ser-s
man. and will assume the duties az
assistant IA the science branch.
Two new teachers have been en-.
ployed IN the high. school: Miss Ethel
Redneld as Latin Instructor and
Virgil p. Earl ~ head OF the Science
department. Miss Redfisld IL a grad 4
uate OF Albany college, and has had
several years experience In high
school work.
The school considers Itself FORTUNE
ate In securing 10 capable a man M
IT. Earl ~ head Of the department Of
work. -
Mr.. Earl isaa graduate Of the Uni.
versity OF Oregon. has four years ex-
perience on the Varsity team, has been
. member OF the tall northwest foot
ball team for two consecutive years
- tackle and guard; he has also been
= member OF the Varsity baseball
team for three years and has had con-
siderable experience in track work.
The commercial department Will be
presided over by Raymond c. Hiu Of
Decatur. Illinois, graduate az the
indianapolis Business College. n.ttnr
the department stronger than ever he
fore. Resident pupils viii be charged
no tuition for the instruction and use
Of the typewriters. Nonresidents WIN
be charged sas0 per month.
The manual training In the grades
VIII be continued and extended as
htgh ~ the sixth grade. The work will
be supervised by Miss Cailison, who
has made special preparation for the
work.