The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1907-09-04
PLAN WILL BE CARRIED OUT
HERE AGAIN THIS YEAR.
Coming School Year Promises to BE
More Successful in Every
Way Than Any Before.

The departmental system OF In
struction in the upper grades OF the
grammar schools, which was insti-
tuted last year, proving great sue
cess and very popular with both stu
dents and teachers, Will be continued
successful, as teachers especially fit
ted for the work have been chosen.
At Summit View Miss Grace Shan
non and Miss Mabel Durham will
alternate in the work, Miss Shan
non taking mathematics and history
while Miss Durham hears classes in
reading, literature, grammar and
composition. Miss Shannon is ex-
oeptionally good in mathematics, and
Miss Dunham's preparation in En-
glish lines is exceedingly good. Her
classes in reading last year at the
Columbia were said to excel any sim
liar classes in the state. She has
continued her studies this summer,
securing first grade certificate.
At the Columbia Miss Sadie Nc
Murtrie and Miss Ida Meyer will be
the departmental teachers. Both
these ladies have specialized, the for
mer in history and geography, the
latter in English literature and gram
mar Both have been studying dur.
ing the summer and the high stand
ard of work last year at the Colum-
bia will be more than maintained.
At the Central the departmental
teachers will be Miss Sarah Forman
and Miss Helena Ratterman. The
former is noted for her painstaking,
faithful work, and for her success in
drilling upon the essentials Of arith-
metic and history. as well as for her
artistic work. The latter is grad
uate OF the University of Cincinnati,
a specialist in English branches and
therefore highly qualified for this
line of work.
At the Barge Miss Effie Jones and
Miss Nellie Rose will continue the
excellent work done last year. Miss
Rose was very efficient and very
much beloved by her pupils. Miss
Jones Is ambitious and has spent the
summer at the State University, pre-
pairing for her work and is deter
mined to make it success. Every
one Of these teachers has either stu
died or Travelled during the summer
in order to accomplish a better pre-
paration, which augurs well for the
schools
The Ungraded Rooms.
The ungraded rooms which were
such a great help last year to back
ward and to ambitious students are
not to be discontinued, but will be
in charge of the principals OF the
several buildings. Nearly all pupils
who attend these rooms have trou-
BILE with arithmetic or grammar. or
both. The principals are especially
we'll qualified to teach these subjects
and great help will be given this
year as was last.
Miss Mary Erwin, who has been
in a hospital in Atlanta, Georgia,
during the summer. writes that she
is much improved but will not be
able to take her place In the school
room for couple OF months. A
leave OF absence has been granted
her for that period by the school
board.
The school board has leased the
Harrington building In Modern Ad-
dition and will transform 1t into a
school building OF three rooms for
the purpose of relieving the over
crowded Columbia. Miss Edith
Kinsman, Miss May Breeder and
Miss Grace Bigford are the teachers
selected for this building. The port
able at Leamburg will not be occu-
pied unless 1t is moved to North
Third street to relieve the Barge
building and to accommodate the
little ones who live at considerable
distance from any school.