The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1912-05-17
1ElcHERS ELECTED ARE
ANNOUNCED BY BOARD
|. u,;or;ty of Present Instructors will
Return-Seven New Faces on
Next Years Corps


.nnl;cations which have been before
Them, the school board has an
no,,nced the election Of the corps
;, teachers for the coming year.
Every place has been satisfactorily
filled and the instruction OF the
several hundred children of this
district will be in the hands of
twenty teachers of high efficiency.
Miss Frances Montague, who has
heen at the head of the primary de-
nartment for the past three years,
will be principal of the Washington
building and will teach the second
Grade. She will be assisted by Miss
Alice Ashmun. The first grades
will be taught by Miss Bridget MINI
bach and Miss Mary Morgan. Miss
Eureka Ely will return in the fall
to take the third grade and Miss
Nellie Tegland, who has been absent
for year, will return to her work
here and will teach the fourth grade.
Miss Kate Williams will teach the
fifth and Miss Pearl Cunningham
the sixth grade.
The fourth and fifth mixed grade
will be taught by Miss Mayme Jor-
genson, of Wells, Minnesota, who
has had four years experience since
her graduation from the Minnesota
State Normal School. The mixed
sixth and seventh grades will be
situated in the High School build
ing and will be taught by Miss
Carrie Pinkerton, of Waupaca, Wis
consin, graduate Of the state nor
NAL school with three years. expert
ence. The seventh and eight grades
will also be placed in the new build
ing. Miss Gertrude Showers teaches
the seventh and Miss Elizabeth
. Workman, of Coldwater, Michigan,
comes to take the eighth. She has
completed Normal training and has
had five years experience in eighth
grade work.
In the high school the reelection
OF Prof H. f. Groom as principal
meets with the approval of both
pupils and parents. Several new
faces will be found in the faculty
this fall, owing to the resignation
Of several of the present staff and
the installation of new departments.
Miss Velikanje, one of the most
popular and capable teachers the
us'rlct has ever employed, has
oeen granted a years leave of alb
; sence and it is expected that she
Will return to Kennewick at a later
ua'e' During her absence her work
IN Latin and German will be car
rieo on by Miss Mary Nelson. of
laNrosse, Wisconsin. She has
seven years. experience and is a
university graduate. Miss Naomi
snl'h' who has had considerable
uOmestlc u' science training in the
.'a'e college, will have charge of
'''' department. Manual training
a'lu mechanical drawing are new
v'urses offered under the introduce
WI OF Prof. Geo. NJ. Caivness, who
a. present teacher in the State
l'ool OF Science at Wahpeton,
~ ''n dakota, and is a graduate of
s 'lneii' with several years expert
" Nv structural and civil engineer
&c has taught manual training for
as S years As has been previously
ss4"oon'ed, :. VIM. Meikle Of the
sa's ,'a College, has been employed to
., ''large Of the new departments
oo. '''eulture and agriculture. He
nlaus uss highly recommended with
the work. experience III
r The board regrets the los. Of Mrs.
~ Who has taught art in the
r., ,'els for the past year. She does
c... that she will have time to
he. ga he work another wear and
deb,os ''innunity is greatly in
'S0'Sd 10 rr"f. Lewis for the CAD.