Bisbee daily review., 1906-06-17

tilation are all that could be looked for in a modern school building. There are still two vacant rooms which will soon be called into service when a further increase, sure to come. calls for them. Besides the school rooms, is a teachers office and lounginy Icom
 where Jhe teachers congregate after the days work and there discuss the many problems that daily present
 themselves for solution. Here also the tired teacher finds recreation and rest from her arduous duties. Then .there. Is the spacious and well appointed of. fee of the principal where the bust. ness of teaching is planned and the executive head meets and confers with teachers, parents and officials who provide for the conduct of the system.
 In ,Bisoee today are taught every de- pertinent from the kindergarten to the higher branches of mathematics. the sciences, Languages and logic. -.,
 The adoption of the kindergarten Is
 the direct result of initiatory action on the part of the Bisbee Woman's club,
 assisted by Miss Grace Dodge of New
 York City, a member of the Dodge family of philanthropists and famed in the commercial world for their bus mess association with the great cop Der dealers, the Phelps-Dodge com pany. Bisbee's kindergarten is named after this most estimable woman.
 It now takes twelve years to com pIeue the full prescribed course of studies taught in the schools here, pupils being eligible to entry to the primary grade at the age of six.
 Next year will witness the inaugura- tion of ;he manual training depart ment, also a result of work instituted by the local Woman's club. The lat ter institution raised the first money, $50. at a theatre performance held here. Tnis has since 0een augmented by various contributions until the fluids at present shows a total on hand of 1900.
 Manual training in all it's branches will be taught to pupils between the fourth and eigth. grades inclusive and one hour in each week will be devoted to it's practical teachings. A complete nlanual training course. such as has been used by the leading schools of the country will be a part of the cur riculum.
 A word as to the present course taught in the high school here. There are four years of the course during which latin and the dead languages are taught; English in it's academic branches takes also the entire four years; algrebra is taught for one and half; geometry one and half: biol ogy two years: physics one. history two years: one half year is devoted rn nit hal fn nnlirinal economy.
 Next year Spanish will be taught for one year Of the course. ...#
 At the start of the school year for | 1S05-1906 the total enrolment of Bis l bee pupils was 1887, falling 10 an average number belonging of 1000 | even. This disparity is due to the | fact that a large number of children | eligible to enrolment are of the Mex ican class who are never heard from 1 after enrolment. With this average ] of 1000 belonging. the average attend i ance for the entire year shows that 9I0, or approximate 92 per cent at | tended strictly to their studies. Con siGering that there is practically no | enforcement of the truant law by regu- lar officers. this is remarkable.
 The committee on legislation of the | Teachers Institute of Arizona will i make a strong endeavor to have a law l passed which Will provide for a regu- larly paid truant officer in each and every scnool district of the Territory. it is expected that this will have the desired effect of bringing up the aver age attendance to where it belongs.
 The school census just completed | shows that there are now in the dis trict 1915 children of legal school age. 1886 of which are CaucaSsians and 29 coiored. Of this total 609 have never attended any school and 100i are na- tive born.
 To meet the requirements of the coming year. six new teachers will be added to the present faculty. They are Miss Margaret Wallace, of Tempe; Miss Delma Wallace, of Douglas; Miss Anna Matthews, of Tempe, and al daughter of President Matthews of Ter, of Boulder. Colorado, and Miss Alma Cowan of Tempe.
 The above teachers were chosen the custoray manner by the school board Of trustees. giving to applicants who were educated in the Bisbeel bee schools the first preference. tol these recommended by Bisbee resi- dents the next preference and theI third preference. is shown to those whose credentials from the field at large entities them to place. In all selections it has been the aim of the board to select from among those whose rank and reputed ability only makes them eligible to the position.
 Until the present year, Bisbee has stood among the front ranks of Ari- ZCra cities paying first class salaries to its principals.
 City Enrolment Salary Blsbee 115O 5000 Jerome 231 1800I Phoenix 2124 2000 Prescott SIP 2000l Tucson 1600 1900
 Since the above figures were con- njJQI bnfh Tnrsop and prpacoff have