The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1913-10-03
ocALA, FLORIDA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 3,
SCHOOL OPENS MONDAY MORN
ING

The close of vacation for the school
children of Ocala is nearly here, and
school days, dear old golden rule
days. will begin bright and early
Monday morning.
The heads of both the high school
and the primary school anticipate an
increased attendance this year, and
as the schools were we'll taxed last
year it is somewhat of a problem to
know just how to handle properly the
large number of pupils. But by the
next school year this problem will be
satisfactorily ser led, as by then our
beautiful new school building will be
built
The children Of the city are on the
qui vfve Of excitement, getting ready
FOR the opening of school tomorrow
7,orr M
VT. J. Fl. Wc-~~,an. who again
heaar the Ocala high school, has
ma4nihcent corps of teachers for this
yea. The Banner first published a
! list C. these teachers about six weeks
ago, hut will publish them again this
morning. as we want our readers to
/ get Familiar with their names. and,
later, we hope that all win become
acquainted personally with our teach
ers, and win make their stay among
j us pleasant and delightful.
! Miss Tommie Alternately of Pulas-
/ XII, Tenn, graduate of Peabody and
of Columbia, n. Y, who has also
! ono. end who has taught four years
at Dallas, Texas, will be the Latin
and French teacher. She is a class
mate and special friend of Mrs. w.
S. Graham, formerly Miss Sarah Nc
Creery, who taught in the o. H. S.
for several years.
Miss Carrie Dean of Gainesville
will teach science and mathematics.
She is a graduate of the East Florida
, Seminary, an A B. from the Woman's
College at Tallahassee, and has had
five years experience in teaching.
She comes to Ocala from Fort My
ers.
Miss Catherine Scott of Columbia,
Tenn, will teach English and history.
She is also a Peabody College gradu-
ate, and took another degree at Co.
fumbia, New York, this summer. She
received a first grade certificate in
the examination held here several
weeks ago.
The eighth grade will be taugnt by
Miss Mollie Mckenzie of Marshall
vile, Georgia, graduate of Bessie
Tiff College, at Forsyth, Georgia.
THE seventh grade will be taught
by Miss Elizabeth Parkhill Hays of
Monticello, a daughter of former Con-
gresham Mays. She is graduate of
Converse College, and has taught for
several years in Jefferson county.
Miss Elizabeth Mizelle, who has
taught in Ocala for several years with
such excellence, will again have the
sixth grade, and Mrs. Rex. Greene
Todd, who for two years has taught
the fifth grade, with such splendid
success, has again been selected as
the teacher for this grade
Mrs. Wesson another of cur teach
ers, who has been in the school forl
several years, has charge of the
fourth grade, and will be assisted
by Miss Eugenia Fuller.
Miss Nellie Stevens, principal of the
primary school, announced her facul-
ty several weeks ago, which we re-
publish this morning as follows:
Beginners grade: Mrs. w. E. Ev-
ans, Miss Eunice Marsh.
Advanced primary: Miss Allie
Mathews, Miss Nellie c. Stevens.
Second grade: Miss Edith Griffin,
Miss Fannie Clark.
Third grade: Miss Mary Alice Bell,
Miss Maud Rockford.
Miss Stevens says that the primary )
faculty has been selected with care !
cul consideration of tho fitness of
each teacher for the position to which
she has been appointed. and with
the cooperation of the patrons of the
school will be more helnful % TIE
children of the term than ever be-
fore.
There will be nearly five hundred
pupils enrolled in the two schools the
opening morning, and within the next
few weeks, when everybody is at
home again, there will be a great
many others enrolled.