The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1910-06-30
SUPT. DOElIE ANNOUNCES
TEACHERS FOR NEXT YEAR

superintendent john \. poelle or the
Portage township public schools yes
terday afternoon announced the list
of the teachers who viii have charge
Of the various schools and departments
OF the township school system There
are 10 be a few radical changes IN the
manner of te1ching i'm the schools next
year and there are TO be many changes
ma the personnel of the teaching stan.
due principally TO designations Of
many members of the stan. some Of
whom are 10 teach i'm other places and
few of whom are TO cease teaching
fol the more or less peaceful pursuit
~ giving actual demonstrations of
domestic science on a practical basis
the latter referring to some of the
women teachers who have married
since the close of school.
one of the most important changes
I'm the schools next year viii be the
introduction i'm the higher grades of
the idea Of department teaching BY
this il meant that if a certain teach
OF the three schools of the village
shows marked ability in the teaching
of arithmetic or any other general sub
ject. that teacher will teach all the
classes in that subject in the cour up-
Ter grades at that building. while the
cialist's room to conduct the class at
that ROOM. Supt. Doelle is of the
opinion that this form of teaching can
Ice very easily put into operation in
the Houghton schools and will result
in a higher degree of scholarship in
the grades thus affected.
Another important change will be
the separation of the music and draw
ing instrU Ction, which was under the
supervision last year of Miss Adele |
IIcckcl. Miss Hecke has resigned anu !
plans TO open an art studio, probably |
i'm this village. The work next year
will be divided between Miss Valerie |
Crozc "A Houghton girl who has re-
Gently graduated i'm music from the |
University of Michigan and Miss Eva |
Brown who is a product of the Ara In
stitute of Chicago and who taught art
in the schools Of Lake Linden last
year. Prof. T. A, Taper, science in
structor at the high school last year,
has resigned TO become n physics
teacher at some school, the name was
not announced and his place win be
.aken by II. L. Senseman, formerly OF
he ST. Joseph. Mich. high school. Miss
Myrtle Shores has resigned as teacher
# the eighth grade at the Central
school 10 become the principal Of an
Oregon school and her place viii be
aiken by Miss Clara Payette. who was
n the seventh grade last year. Miss
elsie Jones, who last year taught the
ourth grade at the East Houghton
.chool, has resigned to go to Minnea-
'olis and Miss Evangeline Haas, who {
asst year was assistant kindergarten
instructor at the East Houghton
chool viii next year teach i'm Ripley u
The list of special instructors for
he HoughtOn schools and the teach 5
rs Of the various departments of the 7
Toughton high school. as given out by
upt. Doelle yesterday afternoon, are VI
s follows: c
John \. Doelle, superintendent;
,arle II. Whitcombe. director of man.
al training; Augusta jain. supervis-
r of domestic science: Eva Brown, e
lpervisor Of drawing; Valerie Croze. d
lpervisor Of music; Spencer d. Kel-
y, principal Of high school: II. L. c
ensemann, science: Joseph I. Tag
art assistant science and mathema- o
cs; \. l.. Spaulding, director COM
.ercial department; s. ]. Leach. as c
slant commercial department; Esther
ldridge. German; Charlotte I. Poy- "A
Or English; Margaret McLauchlan, +
ssistant English; Katherine POST his
,ry and Mae T.. Creech. Latin.
The list Of teachers for the grades n
the Central school, with the grade
which each is assigned, is as fol- Il
VS.: G.
Clara Payette, eighth; Clara Vorce m
venth; Agatha Lyons. sixth; Flea
n Power, fifth; Lillian Goodreau, e'
urth; Katherine Kennedy, third;
--'-'N - NEtA4 ~ stNbllus MIN q. VI
-ruble, first; Anna VI. Nye, director
Kindergarten and Frances ]. Good
e, assistant kindergarten.
The list for the Jay A. Hubbeil
Hiding, commonly known as the East V
oughton school, is as follows: OF
VI. c. Yokum, principal and eighth. Al
isan McDonough. seventh; Hazel te
lipman, sixth; olive Hennes. fifth; II
hel Warrington. fourth and third: fr
aud Gibson, second; Katherine Loo y,
" first and Lydia L. Brett, director N
kindergarten. .,
The list for the Douglass Houghton
Hiding. generally called the West
'ughton school, is as follows:
Daniel Simons, principal and eighth;
arity Warrington, seventh: Eliza -,
Nh Byers. sixth; Mary L. HeaIy, -
tn; May Palmer, fourth: Katherine :,
chards. third; Aurella Murphy, Sec ~
d; Florence M. Smith. first; Winni- y
ID Ruddiman, director of kindergar- :,
4; Frances Pfeiffer, assistant kin =.
rgarten and Marie Book. day school -
: deaf. Vi
The other schools of the township g.
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