The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1908-09-25
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The scholastic enrolment of Ros-
well for this year is 2,106, an increase
of BIG children over that of last year.
This represents at least an increase
of 1900 in the population of the town
in the past year. There are at least
$50 children in the schools of Roswell
this year who have never before at
tended the schools. A number of new
pupils have entered the schools this
week.
Miss Moss's pupils are drawing
some interesting maps in history and
geography.
DIR. Sloan, of Kansas, has decided,
Oh account of the reputation of our
schools to buy property and move his
family here in the near future.
The superintendent, faculty and pu-
pills of the Hig School desire to thank
| Mr.. and Mrs. Bedell for their kind Of
fer of the plot of ground south of
DR.. Veals for tennis and basket ball
courts. A tennis court for the girls
will be laid off and prepared at once.
A strong base ball nine will offer
themselves for the championship of
the Valley high schools. The girls
will have a strong basket ball team,
stronger than last year. Miss Bede-
chek is a good coach.
A practice fire drill was had at the
Central building last Thursday, and
the building was emptied in about
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also been begun at the North Hill
building. The board has had all the
doors hung so that they will swing
outward
I An orchestra, composed of gram
mar grade pupils, has been organic
ed, under the charge of Misses Car
hart and GreenIee. This orchestra
will furnish the music for some of the
Friday afternoon exercises.
Misses Carhart and GreenIee have
received the music for the cantata,
and they will at once begin the selec-
ton of the voices for it. 1t is pro-
posed to get up this cantata without
taking any of the time from the reg
ular school work. This will be a fine
drill for hose who TAX part in it,
and when it is prepared, there will
be nothing like it in a musical line
chat has ever been given before by
the school children of Roswell.
Quite a number of the High School
pupils have entered the local oratori-
cal contest, the purpose of which is
to select a contestant to enter the
New Mexico Interscholastic contest,
which will take place during the
meeting of the Territorial Teachers
Association, to be held the latter part
of December at Albuquerque. Dur To-
cal contest will be held about the
first of December. There also will
be a number of competitors to enter
the New Mexico Essay contest when
the subject is announced.
The teachers are very much graft
fed at the strong, healthy school spir-
it being manifested on the part of
our high school pupils. This has much
to do in the development of well
rounded characters of our pupils. This
spirit under wise direction is the pro-
per thing.
A number of the teachers are en-
%couraging their pupils to subscribe
for n read Current Events This
is a good move as the whole progress
of the world in science, education,
politics and industry Is published in
the newspapers long before it gets
into more ambitious publications.
We have had several visitors to the
schools this week. The parents must
realize that the teachers need their
moral influence shown by their pres
sure at school if they attain tae great
est results possible for their children.
Do not become to absorbed in bust.
ness and in social and club functions
as to cause you to neglect the mos
of all you duties-the en-
of your teachers and
your children in their school duties
The greatest thing about any
man or woman can do is to build
character. The home and the school
are the places where this is done.
Do not let us neglect the opportunity
and the duty.
Dick P. Seay, who was here visit
ing relatives and friends, left today