Smyrna times., 1911-08-16
HIGH SCHOOL TEACHER IS
NAMED BY SCHOOL BOARD
MISS LINDA B. Cliff, OF WASH
lNGTON. ELECTED TO POSITION
She Will Assist Miss Lefty in the High
School While Prof. Earhart Gives
More Time to Supervision

At a meeting of the Board of
Education of the Smyrna Public
School Thursday, Miss Linda B.
Cliff of Washington, D. c., was
elected High School teacher the new
position created by the School Board
early in the summer. Miss Cliff
has accepted and will be here at the
opening of school Tuesday Septem-
ber 5th. The new High School
teacher made a visit to Smyrna on
Monday of last week and met the
members of the Board. She created
a favorable impression and seemed
anxious for the position. Miss Cliff
comes we'll prepared to take up her
duties. She is graduate of the
Central High School Washington,
D. c., and in 1910 she was graduated
from the George Washington Uni
versity of the same city. The
past year she has been teaching.
She will receive $45 per month in
Smyrna. By creating the new posi-
tion of "High School Teacher" it
is felt that work will be more
thoroughly expedited at the schools.
In the future, Prof. L. B. Earhart,
supervising principal, will be given
more time to look after the various
grades and establish the departments
on a more systematic basis. Here
tofore, the various schools have been
more or less separate and distinct.
Under the new plan, all teachers
will be amenable to Supervising
Principal Earhart and the latter will
be held accountable to the Board.
Assembly Divided Into Glass Room
The High School Department will
be on the third floor. Assistant
Principal Miss Laura Lefty and Miss
Cliff will teach most of the branches.
Prof. Earhart will have class periods
iH 1me of the higher studies every
2 sdl but he will have to give more
tikae than ever before, in visiting the
various rooms and recognizing theil
curriculum so as to work in harmony
with the other departments. During
the past two month carpenters have
made a splendid change in the Higl
School Department. The old assem-
bly, room has been partitioned of
with glass partitions, making TIVE
fine recitation rooms. By lowering
the sashes, this may be thrown opel
into one room. The High Schoo
will occupy the new third-foor ex
tension built last year to accommo
date the new teaching force. A system
of call bells has been inaugurate,
for class periods similar to tina
used in colleges and universities
A fire alarm bell in every room ha
been installed and pupils have bee
drilled to clear the building in
few minutes.
School Building Thoroughly RenoVate
During the summer recess, tn
school building has been thorough
renovated A number of repair
have been made TO the property an
for the first time in years the celia
has been cleaned. The cellar fioc
will in time be made of concrete
The heating system has been in
proved and everything is in READINGS
for the opening of the school tern
The women of the Twentieth Centur
Club of Smyrna, it is understood
will install as soon as possible II
sanitary drinking fountain on tt
first floor of the building, whiC
last year they voted to donate tt
schools. Smyrna schools are ge
ting thoroughly up-to-date in tt
matter of conveniences and equil
ment and the new term will ope
with brighter prospects than al
year in the history of the schools.