Arizona republican., 1910-09-18
MISS ELLIS
KINDERGARTEN
School Year Opens Tuesday,
September q
ENROLMENT OF PUPILS
1t Will Begin Tomorrow
Morning. Miss Ellis Re
turns After a Delightful
Vacation. Highly Honor
ed BY the N. E. A.

Miss Lucy Terrill Ellis has returned
from her four months vacation in the
east and announces the opening of her
garden school and kindergarten on
Tuesday, September p. at 429 West
Monroe street. She takes great pride
in having Miss Grace Fyfe of Grand
Rapids, Michigan, and a student from
the university at Ann Arbor, as teach
or in the primary work. Miss Fyfe will
give her first, second and third grade
work and has limited her class to fiji
teen
Miss Ellis viii be at the kindergarten
each morning next week from s To -
O'Clock, to enroll children for the next
years work. The primary room Will
have new chairs and table and black
board
Miss Ellis begins her eleventh years
work in Phoenix with q new enthusi
assn and new ideas after her activity
in the national educational association.
in which she was secretary OF the kim
dergarten department. As an active
member she is proud in having cast her
vote for Mrs. Ella Flagg Young for
president &C the y. +. A. Speaking
of her work as national secretary of
the kindergarten department of the as
ISOLATION, it may be said that she has
had the honor of being the iirst Ari-
Zona teacher to be given an office in
the " Z. A. and it is no slight ac-
acknowledgement when the vast army Of
teachers in the country is considered.
The president was from New York
and that Arizona kept her part of the
business well in hand may be imagined
from the fact that Miss Ellis was ten
dered further recognition by the as
ISOLATION. which she declined. however.
not wishing to undertake the work.
She received many congratulations on
the manner of the discharge of her du
ties and did accept the invitation.
OF the new president of the kindergar-
ten department To prepare a paper for
the next association meeting, which
viii be held in san Francisco.
Aside from the big convention which
was held in Boston ana every moment
of which was delight, Miss Ellis has
had a YER. busy. a very joyous and a,
very profitable summer. II was rest
full because it was recreation, and Il
was profitable because much Of the
Ailii' as 'ttNftfAAs " llleAltAn htAfA NlE
or indirectly bearing upon her profess
sion. She spent four weeks at the sea-
shore with her cousins and had the
honor of standing in the receiving line
at reception given in honor of her
fathers cousin, Governor Draper, OF
Massachusetts. incidentally. Lieuten-
ant Governor rockingham OF Massa
chusetts is also a relative. Among
other pleasing events of her stay in
Boston she heard President Taft make
two speeches.
Coming west, Miss Ellis spent two
weeks in Chicago, being there during
all the festivities of the knights Temp
lar conclave, which she describes as u
very gorgeous affair
Then she went to St Louis. where
she spent another very interesting and
profitable month. She visited and
carefully inspected the new St. Louis
high school building, which cost a mil
lion dollars and is supposed to be the
finest high scchool building in the
United States. She also visited the
various kindergartens in St. Louis and
attended the children's playground fes-
tival in Forest park, that being a line
of endeavor in which she is especially
interested.
All these things and a score of 9TH
er helpful and elevating diversions
made her summer one of the ,cost en-
joyable and profitable seasons of her
life, and she says that with all her
running around she feels fully rested
up and not more than half as old as
she did last spring.