The daily sentinel., 1911-12-07
800 NEW PUPILS
ENROLL THIS
YEAR
The High School Now Has 307.-21
New Students Last Week.-The
Teachers Tell the Boys Not
to Hop" Moving Trains.


AT the general teachers meeting
Tuesday afternoon all teachers were
requested to speak TO the pupils in
their rooms of the danger of jump
! ing ON trains. One boy whot attends
at the Emerson school recently had
his leg broken and three fingers cut
from one hand because he jumped ON
a train in motion.
Supervisor Bacon was present at
the general teachers meeting and
methods of improving writing in the
various subjects outside of penman-
! snip We're discussed. Mr.. Bacon is
enthusiastic over his work and is Sc
curing good results After discuss
ions, in which many teachers took
part. the following resolutions were
unanimously passed:
l. Each mis-spelled word shall
not be written more than ten times
by pupils kept after school; and the
words shall be written legibdy and
with good movement.
.. No pupil shall be kept after
school more than ten minutes for
each mis-spelled word. and under no
circumstances over thirty minutes for
all mis-spelled words.
3. Teachers who use other devic-
es than keeping pupils after school
to improve their spelling are not
obliged to- keep pupils after school
for this purpose unless they wish.
4. II Is the sense of this body of
teachers that better results can be
obtained If We strive to lessen the
number and amount OF punishments
and to increase the interest and spir-
ii in the school work.
Twenty-one new pupils were en-
rolled this week. two of them being
high school students. This makes
five hundred new pupils enrolled in
our city schools this year and gives
a total enrolment in the high school
OF three hundred and seven.
shadow has been cast over our
schools this week by the death of
Editor |. n. Bunting. large num-
Der attended the funeral services at
his home Tuesday afternoon.
The teachers who attended the
| Colorado Teachers association in
Denver last week report an unusual
ly excellent meeting Miss Grace
Ellen Shoe was the president and to
her great credit is due for the fine
program which she planned. She
presided over the meetings with grace
and dignity. Her address to the
teachers was model of beautiful
English and was fun of practical up
to-date ideas The sectional pro-
grams We're characterized by solid
| common sense papers and discuss
ions. over three thousand teachers
We're present. This is five hundred
more than at any previous meeting.
Our teachers in attendance were:
Mrs. Georgia O'Boyle, Miss MCGOWAN,
Miss Decker, Miss Scott, Miss Taylor,
| High School Principal Tope, and Su-
perintendent Allen. In Professor
TOPICS absense, Miss Lindley. the as
sistant high school principal, had
charge of the high school and manag-
ed it well.
! Reports indicate that good work
was done by the supply teachers. Rev
f. c. Smith supplied for Miss Deck
er: Mr.. Helmer supplied for Miss
MCGOWAN, Miss Pearl Shores sup
piled for Miss Scott. Mrs. c. T. More
supplied for Miss Taylor and Mrs
John II. Fry supplied Tor Principal
Tope.
Miss Luzetta Davis. who has been
i'll for some time. has recovered and
resumed her work last week.
Miss Elizabeth Sheridan is still at
the bedside of her father at her home
| in Cherokee, Iowa. The latest re-
port is that her father is somewhat
better and the physicians think he
has a chance to recover.
j. HENRY ALLEN.