The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-09-06
PUBLIC INSTRUCTION IN MIS-
soULA FOR COMING YEAR
BEGINS TOMORROW.
ATTENDANCE IS INCREASED
Indications Are That Number Of Pupils
Enrolled in Local Institutions viii
BE Much Larger Than Formerly
New Rooms and New Teachers Pre-
pare for Reception Of Scholars.

The small boy of Missoula and his
sister as WELL will listen with down
cast spirits tomorrow morning to the
sound of the school bells, for it viii
mean that little Johnny and his sister
must return to their studies after the
summer vacation, studies which will
not be abandoned again until next year
Reading and 'riting and 'rithmetic"
will be In the air. and what the chill
dren will not know at the end of the
school year will not be much accord
ing to their own ideas.
j. Z. Williams, superintendent of the
public schools of the city. held a gen.
eral meeting of the teachers of the city
at the Roosevelt building last Saturday
afternoon, and outlined methods of
procedure for the opening day. OF the
As teachers of the city, but three were
not present. and all took an enthusi-
astic view of the coming years work
A much increased attendance is an
ticipated this year, and in view of that
fact an addition of three teachers has
been made to the teaching force of the
city.
Mr.. Williams was in a reminiscent
mood last evening. and told a Mis-
soulian reporter that eight years ago,
when he first arrived in Missoula,
there were but % public school teach
ers in the city. He also stated that
three years ago. when he first became
city superintendent, the Roosevelt
building. on South Sixts street west.
was used for both high school and
Ar he
grades had but three rooms out of the
total number of l5. But since last
November. when the high school was
removed to its own building on Hig-
gins avenue, all but three of the rooms
have been used for the grammar school.
The prospects for this term are that
two more of these rooms will be need
ed, and ii is possible that all may be
put in use. This is typical of the
increase in attendance for the past
three years, and Is general in all of
the buildings.
The enrolment at the end of the
first week. when school opened a year
ago. was about LOO, aad the super
intendent expects to see this number
greatly increased by the end of the
not. however. give the total enrolment,
as many pupils are out of town, ~.
companying their parents on their "a
cation. Ii Is estimated that an addi- |
tional enrolment of $50 will be no.
ticed at the end of the second week |
The Teachers.
The teachers assigned to each bufla- |
ing and the grades to be taught by |
each are announced as follows:
Roosevelt SCHOOL,. +. Sargent, /
principal. and Misses Simpson and |
Pritehard. assistants. They will have |
charge of the eighth grade The other |
teachers are. Miss Porterfield, sew
enth grade: Miss Akin. Sixth grade:
Miss Likes. fifth grade: Miss Myers.
fourth grade; Miss Barnes, third grade: !
Miss Plant, second grade: Miss Flynn.
first grade.
Central school-w F. Akin, princi- !
pal. and Misses Allen and Ratterman,
assistants in the eighth grade: Miss /
Macdonald, seventh grade: Miss How
ard, sixth grade; Miss Owsley, fifth
grade: Miss Burns. fourth grade. Miss
Hord. third grade; Miss Reinhardt.
second grade: Miss Shoup. first grade.
Whittier SCHOOL,. c. Cullen, prin-
cipal: Miss Fontaine. sixth grade;
Miss Bangs, fifth and sixth grades:
Miss Maley, fifth grade. Miss Fahsrty.
fourth grade. Miss Roman. third
grade: Miss Rigby. second grade; Miss
Henry. first and second grades; Miss
Howe, first grade.
Willard school-Miss Fisher, princi-
pal: Miss Gortner. sixth grade: Miss
Rennick. fifth grade: Miss Jones.
fourth grade, Miss Weir. third grade:
Miss Robinson. second grade: Miss
Kemp. first grade.
Hawthorne school-Roy Wood.
fourth, fifth and sixth grades: Miss
Summers. first, second and third
grades.
and fourth grades. Mrs. Farmer, first
and second grades. 4
Lowell sehool-Miss Craven. second
and third grades. Miss Shelley, first
grade. I,
Lincoln schooi-Miss McEachran.
first. second. third and fourth grades.
Supervisor of music and drawing
Miss Irene Cox.
Supervisor of manual training-M 4.
Cromwell,
The High School.
The Missoula county high school win
open tomorrow for what promises to be
the most successful year of its history.