The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-09-09
New High School Opened to
Pupils Monday, Sept. 18th,
and There Will Be Three
Complete Courses.
INDUSTRIAL BRANCH
TO BE BIG FEATURE
Forging, Wood Turning, Ma
chine Fitting and Engineer
ina Will Be Taught-To Be
a Large Faculty.

Three complete courses will be Of.
fered at the local high school when
school opens. Monday. September 10.
the Academic. Industrial Art and Com.
mercial. The Industrial course will be
the feature OF school work for the
coming term. and Is expected to prove
highly popular. Bench work. forging.
wood turning, machine fitting and en-.
gineering for boys. and cooking, sew.
ing and domestic science for girls. are
the major subjects in this course. The
major subjects OF manual training will
take the place of . foreign languages.
but otherwise the two courses are
practically the same.
The manual training rooms are now
being equipped and are among the
most complete In the state. This de-
partment will consist of domestic
science and sewing rooms, wood work
Ing department. forge room and ma.
chine shop. George O. Mcclellan,
formerly OF South Bend high school.
will be In charge Of the manual train
Ing for boys. He ID graduate Of the
engineering department of Purdue Uni
versity.
A Course for Girls.
Miss Emma Bond. Of last years Gar.
hsld faculty. and Miss Kiturah Par.
sons. who graduated last spring from
Q New York domestic science school.
MI have charge respectively Of sow
Ing And cooking. Principal l. e. Neff
feels his manual training stan is a
strong one.
Among other invitations in courses
are: Additional elective English In
the Industrial Art course. the choice OF
physiography or botany In the FIRST and
second years, and q two-hour course
In physical culture. required in the
freshman year and elective in the
other three years. The commercial
course has been increased slightly.
The music course has been increased
from . two hours to three hours
lesson and q special class each day In
chorus work. to which all members OF
the school who have study hours at
the period the class 10 held may come.
This 10 expected to prove very popu.
lar. 40 previously there has been no
chance for regular chorus work In the
school. The music offered comprises
four branches. harmony. two years:
critical study. two years: chorus prac-
tice. indennite: orchestra ensemble.
indefinite. The orchestra rehearsals
win be held after school. one evening
each week.
What courss Lead To.
Students will be instructed by Prin.
cipal Neff to consider their college
course before taking up one of the
high school branches. The academic
leads TO the liberal arts college: the
Industrial to the technical college or
school or engineering, and the com.
mercial to business schools or into tho
field OF commerce and finance. How.
ever each Of these courses. especially
the commercial. II complete In itself.
In discussing the various features OF
school work In general this morning,
Principal Neh said he would encour.
age oil social life, class and school
spirit. societies within the school. and
athletics. He mentioned high school
fraternities. in connection with these
amusements. saying that the way to
stamp out . fraternity was to abolish
the desire for II. Mr.. NefY 10 heartily
In favor Of football and basketball,
and teams In both Of these sports win
probably be formed. The recent re-
signation Of Professor George Hamil.
ton. however. will complicate the ath-
letic matter, ~ Mr.. Hamilton has al.
ways taken IN active part In this
branch.
A meeting OF the school board will
soon b held to employe . physical
director. IN extra English instructor.
and . head for the Latin department.
u 70 believed that Miss Edna johnson
win be the English teacher, but the
others are unknown.
High School Faculty.
The list OF teachers a. II now stands
= o. follows; Isaac e. Men. princi.
pal: J. r. Thompson. botany: Bertha
=. Hawkins. mathematics: VIII Ear.
hart music: Elma Nolte. German: +.
L Torronce. assistant mathematics;
y. q. Lamar. chemistry and physics;
DAlth Tal1ant. assistant English; Alice
q. Locke. art: Edith Francisco. assis-
ta1t Latin: A. l. Murray. English: B.
". Kelly. physiography and assistant
n physics: w. d. waldrip. history;
Martha Whitacre. assistant mathema.
tlcs: q. o. Miller. commercial: Mar
In Black. assistant commercial: An.
n y1nfrock. assistant English: Con-
stance Foster. assistant German: Ki-
- Bod. sewing; Miss Iva Craft.
lRaw1ng. and George o. Mcclellan.
ananual training.