The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1911-08-25
BACK TO DESKS
AND BOOKS AGAIN
PREPARATIONS COMPLETE FOR
PROFITABLE YEARS STUDY
IN COLFAX SCHOOLS.

In less than two weeks the school
bells Will again call the youth of the
town TO their books The vacation
period has been long. Pupils and
teachers alike have been interested
in other things and will now return
TO their desks with renewed vigor,
filled with enthusiasm for the work
which they dropped last spring.
Monday, September 4, will be Civ
en- over TO the enrolment of pupils,
the assignment of lessons and gener-
al organization work.
All through the summer, members
of the school board have been busy
planning and supervising changes
and Improvements in the different
buildings. The sanitary arrange
ments in the departmental school
have been greatly improved and by
having the windows in the third ward
building tightened there will be
greater comfort during the winter as
we'll as a saving of fuel. Some
changes have been made in the new
high school building. One addition
al room has been set aside for the
exclusive use of the domestic science
department. A dumb waiter has
been installed, running between the
domestic science laboratory and room
8, which room will be used on occas-
ion as dining room. Further equip
ment Will also be added to this de-
partment so that the work which was
so we'll managed last year may be
carried on with increased efficiency.
The high school library is to be cata-
logued and with the installation Of
tables and a desk for the librarian,
its usefulness will be greatly en-
hanced. A handball court and
punching bag have been added to the
equipment of the gymnasium and
certain other minor improvements
have been made. OF the teaching
force we are very fortunate in hav-
ing so large number return. Those
who are to teach here for the first
time, come well recommended and
they are expected to do very salts
factory work.
Every effort is being made to
make the courses as profitable to the
students as it is possible to have
them. Along with other new work
will be a class in commercial book
keeping TO be taught by Superin-
tendent Moses.
Each building will be in charge of
an experienced and trained principal.
The principals for the different
buildings are as follows: High
school, Mr.. Freer; Departmental, Mr..
Spencer; Main ST., Mrs. Laird; Third
Ward, Mr.. Gwin.
There will be two new teachers in
the High school, Messrs. R. J. Pearse
and H. ]. Goddard, Mr.. Pearse teach
ing the sciences and Mr.. Goddard
manual training.
Mr.. King, of the University of
Washington, will teach history in
the Departmental school and Miss
Morrissey will have the grammar
work.
Miss Anthes and Miss Brody will
be at the Main Street building-Miss
Antilles in the Primary and Miss
Brody in the Fourth grade Besides
Mr.. Gwin, Miss Carroll will be the
only new teacher in the Third Ward
school.
Following is the comlete list OF
teachers and their work:
Superintendent, E. L. Moses.
High school-Principal, S. T.
Freer, history, economics and COM
mercial subjects; R. ]. Pearse,
science; H. ]. Goddard, manual train
ing; L. G. Sheets, mathematics; Miss
Grace Vial, English and Latin; Miss
Katherine Buxbaum, English and
German; Miss Josephine McCann, do
mestic science. Mr.. Moses will also
teach American history and civics.
Departmental school - Robert
Spencer, principal, mathematics, Miss
Wiley, science; Miss MOrrissey,
grammar; Cleo p. King, history
- ---, reading and SPELL
ing; Miss Mary Greer, sixth grade.
Main Street school-Mrs. Sina
Miller Laird, principal, fifth grade;
Miss Annette Brody, fourth grade;
Miss Parmelee, third grade; Miss
Laura Greer, second grade; Miss
Sadie Antilles, first grade.
Third Ward school-GeOrge A.
Gwin, principal, fifth grade; Miss
Carroll, third and fourth grades;
Miss Margaret Oliver, second and
grades; Miss DeCamp, first grade.
Several of the teachers who will
arrive next week will want rooms and
anyone in the city having one or
more rooms to rent is requested to
notify Superintendent Moses.
Interest in School Work.
Preparations are practically COM
pleted for the Te-opening of school
on Monday, Sept. 4th. 1t is natural
that just now the thoughts of many
people should be turned toward the
schools and their work.
1t is probably true that no other
single institution enlists the interest
of so large a proportion of the peo-
pie of the community as do the pub
lie schools.
The intensity and quality Of this
interest varies with different indi-
viduals and there are several causes
for its existence in any particular
person and, of course, this is true in
the case of different individuals.
Some people are interested in the
schools chiefly because they pay
taxes, others primarily because they
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