The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-05-04
That Is Tip From Good
Authority, But Supt. Car
nagey Declines to Say.
Many Teachers Intend Take.
ing Summer Course.
WHERE SOME OF THEM WILL GO

II Is rumored that no supervisor of
music will be elected by the school
hoard at the meeting tomorrow night.
aud that probably the place viii be
left vacant as a measure of economy.
Music has been a popular study In the
schools and this feature will be
missed by the pupils, and some pa
irons. whose unsteady inclined chill
dren get their first instructions IN the
public schools. Superintendent Can
nagey asked some OF the grade teach
ers whether they could teach the
music In their rooms. but when inter
rogated by reporter for The Sun to-
day. be refused TO make any state
ments as to whether or not he had
recommended that the Office OF super
visor OF music be discontinued. Miss
Caroline Ham has been the supervisor
for the last two years.
Going TO summer Schools.
About sixty teachers OF the Padu-
cab schools will attend normal and
summer schools this summer accord
ing to reports handed In TO Superln-
tendent Carnagey Also the members
OF the faculty OF the High school will
leave this summer TO take advanced
work In universities. Prof. W., n.
sugg, principal. will study at the Uni
versity OF Chicago. Miss Adah l..
Brazelton. OF the mathematics depart
ment. will attend the summer session
Aims aF
the English department. will study at
the University OF Michigan. Miss
Susan Smith. teacher a modern Ian
guages. has not decided which uniyer-
slty she will attend. Prof. c. II.
Shreve. OF the science department,
will take summer work at Harvard.
Professor Peratt has not decided
where he will go. Miss Anna Bird
Stewart will study at the University
81 Cincinnati Miss Marian Noble.
teacher OF Latin. has not decided
whore she will attend this summer.
Among the grade teachers there
win be many, and party OF 10 will
attend the University OF Tennessee az
Knoxville. Professor Calvin. pripci-
pal OF the Lee school, will attend the
University OF Chicago, and Prof VI.
Ragsdale, principal OF the Longfellow,
will attend the University OF Indiana.
A party OF 10 teachers Will attend the
state normal at Bowling Green, and
IL teachers will attend the University
of Chicago. Prof. Ira Gaines. OF New
port. who Will be principal next year,
will study this summer at the Univen
slty of Chicago.
Many Of the colored teachers will
attend normal schools. and they will
attend the Southern Illinois normal
schools al Carbondale and the state
normal school OF Indiana. Probably
more teachers will attend summer
schuo this year than ever before,
and Superintendent Carnagey is espe-
cially pleased over the large number.
II Is expected that more teachers may
attend school during vacation
High school Program.
This week Will be one of pleasure
and profit to the Hight school stu
dents. as a good program for the
opening exercises has been arranged.
This morning the usual devotional ex-
ercises were held, and tomorrow morn
ing the Rev. w. II. Pinkerton, OF
Client. will speak TO the students
other speakers Professor Sugg has Sc
cured for the week are: J. 4. Dono
van. L. w. Whittemore and Saunders
A. Fowler
This afternoon the senior class will
hold a meeting and decide on the play
for class night. The faculty has Sc
lected three plays as suitable. and left
Il to the class TO decide definitely.
Rehearsals will begin Immediately.
and the class will begin to practice
the class choruses for commencement.
The Census.
The shortage of pupils in the lists
taken by the census enumerator will
be reduced half. according TO Prof. J.
A. Carnagey, as Trustee William
Byrd has found already 2Gl names of
pupils that were omitted. He Is look
ing through 200 names handed in by
teachers, and II is expected this will
add a few more names to the lists.
According to the enumerators the city
was short 575 names. BY close work
Paducah will not make any worse
showing than other cities in Ken
lucky, as there is general reduction
In the number OF school children. The
lists will be mailed to Frankfort on
May 10.