El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-10-19
SCHOOL
HOUSE Portfolio
First Was of Logs, on Sand
bank Near Present
ElkS' Home.

FL Pasos first school house was a
small frame building, near the present
Elkks' club. FL Paso's latest school
houses are of the newest portable type
The first was small because the schOl-
ars were few. The last was made nee
essary because there are so many schol-
ars that the school buildings can hard
ly accommodate them. The portable
school houses will handle the overflow
The first school house was a little
log structure on a sand bank that had
about so pupils, and the new portable
school houses will accommodate about
so pupils, too, when they are finished
and fixed up for work. Calvin Easterly,
perintendent of Ell Pasos public
schools.
In 1884 the first brick school build
ing, that now hOusedeS the Elks' club,
was known as the Central school. The
consisted of Miss Mary I. Stanton, pres
-ent teacher of the commercial depart
ment of the high school; Mrs. 3. B.
Bailey, who at that time was Miss Bes-
sic Carnes; Miss Anna Moore, who has
since married and lives in Globe, Ariz.;
Mrs. c. r. MOrehead, who was then
Miss Mary Gates, and Mrs. J. ". Baines,
the wife Of the Baptist minister. The
tee club now stands. There were less
than 300 pupils in the school.
Higher Grades Added.
As the children grew up. the high
school grades were added. and eventu-
ally the high school work occupied
the entire upper floor, With the in
creasing population, larger quarters
were required, and an addition was
built on the rear of the building. 1t
was known as the central school. The
Mesa, or Bailey school, was the next
building to be erected, with the Frank
lin school the third. The present high
school building was completed in 1901
and on WashingtOn's birthday that year
the high school left its crowded quar-
tiers in the Central schOl for its new
building. The Central school was used
until the building of the Lamar and
san JacintO schools in 1904 and 1908.
when it was sold to the Elks' club, for
g club house, and the children divided
between the two new schools
AOy Has Two POrtabIes.
There are two of these portable
school houses. that have been put upon
the AOy school grounds. The build
lngs have been set upon brick fOun-
datiOns and will accommodate 80 chill
dren each. They are very neat, at
traotive buildings. with plenty of win
dows.
The schools were originally intended
for the surplus pupils at the Lamar
school, but the fire marshal would not
allow them to be put up on the Lamar
grounds.
Tells Stories to 81 Children.
Mrs Edith Graham COyne, public Ii
brarian, began the weekly story hour
library Friday afternoon. The young
sters began coming almost an hour
ahead of time, and reminded the IL
Drarian about the story hour at fire.
luent intervals. Mrs. COyne told the
stories of "The Golden Goose" THE
Eat and the Parrot and Mother
Hole" There were 81 youngsters in
ler audience and they were all very
attentive.
After the story hour had passed,
even little Riddles struggled in, who
lad been kept after school," They
we're so grief stricken over missing the
tories that Mrs. COyne retOld the Cat
nd the Parrot" for thei respecial ben
fit. Mrs COyne will have a story hour
every Friday at $50 o'clock for the
school children The stories
re told in the downstairs room Of the
library building.
Making Analyses of Foods.
In an enlargement of the scientific
work at the high school, food chem
istry is being taken up by the classes
in physiology and hygiene under Miss
Ethel Talyor and Miss Lavert Cham
berlin. The students have been max
ng analytical tests Of potatoes, corn