Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1909-07-22
SOUTH side HAS
35 STUDENTS

NOW that it is settled that the south
SIDE Is to have a high school tbere &c
curiosity to know how the witbarau.
al OF go many pupils from the Danyi;Ie
hlgh schoo! will affect shat institu.
ton.
VI she hfty-hv nou-resident pupils
VINO attended the Danvine biph school
last year thirty-fVe came from Sontb
DanVille and Riverside. An impres.
sion Is abroad that the employmeut Of
the additional or fifth teacher last
year was made necessary by the large
number Of nonresident pupils. Now
'hat the most Of these pupils will be
Withdrawn the question suggests it.
selI TO many persons whether oar
teaching force in the high school NAV
not be out Of proportion to the num-
Der OF students enrolled.
Borough uperintendent d. N. DEF
lehhacher was interviewed Monday.
lie asserted quite emphatically that
the withdrawal of the south side m.
piis would not work any detri,nent 10
the high school as organized.
IN the senior class last year we're
four students from South Danyille and
TWO from Riverside. These graduated
with the class. Remaining in the high
school from South Danville were eigh.
teen students, five juniors, eight sopho-
mores and five freshmen. Remaining
from Riverside were eleven students,
two juniors. six sophomores. and three
freshmen. All OF these were given
promotion cards and would presum.
ably have returned TO the Danville
nigh sohool-had not high school
been established On the south side.
along with haif dozen or so of 9th
ers from Gearhart township and Riv.
erslde, grammar school pupils, who
are eligible for the high school. In all
probability the number Of non.resi.
dent pupils from the south side in our
nigh school the next term would have
been as great as last term.
Borough Superintendent DiefTen-
bacher states that the number of pro.
motion cards relating 70 the high
school given out last year was 1872 and
mat this is the NUMBER Of pupils.
minus the twenty-nine from the south
side that were given promotion cards.
which can be relied upon TO attend the
coming term. The number that re.
mains is l53- sufficient to give the five
teachers employed an average Of thirty.
which Is generally conceded to be a
sohno! of about the right size. Blooms
burg with high school of apuroxim-
ately the same size as ours, emplovs
seven teachers. Milton. has six teach
eEs in its high school. In both Blooms
burg and Milton the average number
OF pupils under each teacher in the
high school is about thirty.
The borough uperintendeut explsi
ed that though thirty-fve non.resi.
dent students be Withdrawn the work
devolving on the highs school teachers
will be hardly percentiblv diminished
as the students in question were dis.
trihu'ei among all the classes which
recited in the different departments,
tWenty.nine daily. The difference, he
said, would average only about one
student TO a class
About the only ones who vii! lose
by the establishment Of the high
school on south side are those there
whose children have begun course in
the Dsnville high school. especially if
thsy are Juniors or Lave taken up the
commercial course and desire to gradu.
ate. Such citizens under the new ord.
er will have to withdraw their chill.
dren or pay for their tuition in Dan
vile out cf their pockets.