The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1909-08-14
ONE THOUSAND
TO ATTEND SCHOOL
Full Four Year High School
Course Has Been
Adopted.
MUSIC MAY BE ADDED
If Building is not Complet-
ed Other Quarters will
be Obtained.


"Tucumcari y public schools will
have an enrolment Of over one thou
sand pupils as against seven hundred
and twenty last year is the state.
ment made by Dr. Moore, chairman Of
the school board. when questioned
about tho school prospects for the
coming term. The entering school
year is far the brightest of any that
has ever been known in Tucumcnr be
fore.
School will open in this city the see.
ond Monday in September and IL the
new building is not completed by that
time, as II IL now feared will be- the
ease, since there has been some delay
in receiving certain heavy lumber for
inside construction. temporary quarters
will be obtained aud the full school
work begun.
The full four years high school course
has been prepared and n graduate from
Tucumcnri's schools will be able IA
enter any Of the western universtic.
without examinations. The course was
prepared in conformity with the re-
quirements made for entrance by tho
University Of New Mexico
The new high school course will b'
n great advertisement to the city OF
Tucumcari since students from out OF
10
instead Of leaving the county or IN,
territory and especially is It beneficial
to the city children who have passet
the eight grade.
a new catalogue is now being print
ed for the schools aud will he ont II
about ten days. This catalogue hni
complete writeup of the schools. nm,
members of the faculty. II also hn
descriptions Of the city showing ~
deafness for n school location. Tn,
catalogue will bc sent 10 all the pa
irons Of the school aud all prospective
students. Superintendent Clark ha
congratulated the school board an,
Prof Munson, principal, for the ex
cellent catalogue and several ~ III,
city merchaHtss have purchased AL
vertisinR spnce in II on account Of III,
excellent manner in which II is got
ten up.
Tho school hoard IL now considerinl
the introduction Of musical brancI
into the course Of study. II il hope,
10 he able to give n course of bot
vocal and instrumental music hut ~
far nothing definite has been decide,
concerning the new phase Of work
This will be decided at "A meeting il
the near future and announced later
The new seven hundred pound bel
which was ordered for the new build
ing, arrived last Thursday aud will b
placed as soon nv the bell tower
completed
The attendance at the County MOI
nal IN fas, increasing and this wee
the record for normal attendance !
Quay County was broken. Next wee
the attendance will be still large
since the compulsory attendance be
gins on Monday and then teachers froI
all over the county will be present
IN estimated that the attendance wi
exceed one hundred.
II has been ruled bv supt, Clark tina
city teachers will not have to attcn
the Normal next week. The cours
of round table lectures, which will b
inauRu,atcd by Supt Muson, und'
instruction of territorial Supt. q
Public Instruction Clark will take III
place Of county institute work an
hence will relieve the city teacher
from compulsory attendance.