The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1912-08-28
School Notes
he Lamar schools will begin the

ach afternoon and will be glad to
meet and enroll as many of the
new students as possible before
Tuesday morning Entrance exam
nations will be given Friday and
Saturday in Room l, high school
building beginning at 8 a. m. Stu
tents who have been doing summer
school work and new students
whose records are insufficient or in
complete are admitted to these ex-
aminations.
Each book seller has a correct
list of the books required in each
class and grade. High school STU
dents should not purchase books
until they have planned their course
of study High school courses
may be arranged any afternoon of
this week in the principals office.
In the Lincoln school Miss Agnes
Fortune will have charge of the
first grade Mrs. Minnie A. Utter
will have the second grade. Miss
Neva Hagaman returns to her work
in the third grade. Miss Rosa Tho
man will have the fourth grade.
Miss Sara Davis will teach the fifth
grade. Miss Bessie Hanna will take
the sixth grade. Miss Laura Barn
ard will have charge of the sew
enth grade. Mr.. r. ]. Harry. the
new principal of the Lincoln school.
comes to Lamar from the principal
ship of the Fruitmere schools in
Fremont county.
AT the Central school Miss Myr-
tie Marx Will be in charge oil the
urst grade. Miss Martha Silver
will again have charge OF the sec
ond grade. Miss Florence Norris
grade. Miss Marcella Gibbons will
De principal OF the Central school.
taxing the place Of Mrs. Katherine
Smith who has been granted a
do post graduate work at the state
teachers college.
Miss Ethel Bettys will have the
nth grade in the Pioneer school.
Miss Marguerite Wagner of Denver
will teach the sixth grade. Miss
Marie Buckley will be back at her
old place as teacher OF the seventh
grade. The new principal of the
fioneer school is Mr.. A. W. Kelly
of Denver. He was for six years
principal of schools at Bridgeville.
"a. and for the past five years
has been principal of the largest
school in Eau Claire, Pa.
In the high school, Principal An
ma Batman and Misses Taylor. Corn
ing and Odell will be found at their
old places. Mr.. Harry S. Black
will teach mathematics and his
tory and will direct the high school
athletics. Miss Ruth Oxley, for
the past five years at the head of
the department of Latin and his
tory in the Toledo high school. will
have the same work in the Lamar
high school. Miss Bess Chappell, a
graduate of the Iowa State college
and OF Cornell will have charge of
the English department. Miss Chap
pell has had post graduate work
along her special lines in the Uni
versity of Chicago and is highly
recommended for this work.
The Lamar schools employ TWEEN
ty-fOur teachers exclusive the the
superintendent. Ten teachers are
employed in the rural schools in
the high school district. making
thirty-four teachers in all working
with practically the same course
of study and plan of work. A new
course has been written this year
especially for these schools. At the
annual meeting of the high school
committee it was arranged to sup
ply copies of this course free to
each teacher and school board sec
rotary. The city superintendent
of schools will be expected to visit
the various districts and work with