The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-09-12
CHANGES MADE IN
SCHOOL LIMITS
Some Alteration Made in Di-
vision Lines Designating
Where Children Attend.
HOPED TO AVOID TROUBLE.
OBJECTION TO OLD DIVISION CON-
MON-NEW ONE WILL HELP
OUT BY PREPARING FOR AC-
CoMMoDATIONS FOR CHILDREN.

With a largely increased attendance
that bids fair to make the coming year
reach the high water mark in the his
tory of the educational system in
Richmond the public schools will
open their doors Monday morning at
8 o'clock 1t is expected that about
1900 children will be registered. The
opening Of school will see all the
buildings in tip-top shape, having
been cleaned and improved in many
different ways. There will be a num-
Der of new teachers seen in the various
schools. The high school has Arthur
L. Murray to take the place of Miss
Augusta Mering, who is in the Eng
lish department at the Manual Train
ing high school at Indianapolis,
George Hamilton will teach Latin.
Miss Edith Francisco will also have
Latin and English, and C. w. Knouff
will be the new principal
At the Garfield Miss Catherine V.
Reese, formerly of the Finley school
will have charge of arithmetic and
grammar, and Prof. John Boggs will
have charge of part of the history
work There are also number of
new teachers in the grade schools and
several other teachers have been
transferred to the different buildings.
The limits of the school districts
have been changed in a few cases. 1t
is hoped by Supt. T. A. Mott that the
new divisions will eliminate some of
the trouble caused by some children
attending the wrong schools. The dis
tricts as have been made by Mr. Mott
are as follows:
Finley.
That part of the city lying east of
the river, south of Main street and
west of the alley between Ninth and
Tenth.
School house-South B street, be-
tween Fourth and Fifth.
Warner.
That part of the city lying east of
the river, north of Main street. west
of the alley between Ninth and Tenth
and south of the railroads. and that
part of the city lying north of the rail-
roads. east of the river. west of Fort
Wayne avenue and south of the mid
die of North F street.
School house-Junction Of Seventh
street and FIT. Wayne avenue.
Starr.
That part of the city lying north of
Main street. east of alley between
Ninth and Tenth streets and south of
the railroads.
School house-Fifteenth street. be-
tween North c and North D.
Whitewater.
That part of the city lying north
of the railroads and east of the river
and a line due north from the inter
section of Eighth street with the riv-
er to the corporation line, except that
portion lying south of the middle of
North F street and west of FIT. Wayne
avenue.
School house-Corner Thirteenth
and North G streets.
Hihberd.
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city for such pupils as wish to study
the German language below the IA
grade
School house-Corner of Eighth and
South F streets.
Vail.
That part of the city lying south OF
Main street and east Of the alley be
tween Ninth and Tenth streets.
School house-Corner of Fourteenth
and South c streets.
Baxter.
All that part of the city lying west
of the river and south of the Chicago
railroad.
School house-Corner of West Third
and Randolph streets.
SevastopoI.
All that part of the city lying west
of the Whitewater and north of the
! Chicago division of the P. C. c. & ST
l.. railroad.
School house-Ridge street, be
tween Grant and School streets.
High School.
The high school district includes
the whole city.
School house-Corner Twelfth and
South A STREETS.
Garfield.
This district includes the whole
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