El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-10-07

Wanted, a. Movie" by the Ell Paso
High school. Big schools over the
country are using moving picture ma
chimes with educational films, to aid
in teaching geography, history
science and literature. as it has been
nroved that the pictures impress
themselves more on the pupils mem
orv than facts in the text DOCKS.
There is not a sufficient fund In the
school board to give this to the Hlgn
school, so the Hi students are gums
after il themselves
This isn't the only thing they want
Tor the public speaking class, the
school owns a dozen RECORDS Dy suSn
Drominent speakers as Roosevelt
PrI-a1 and other noted men. Earl Wei
siger. one Of the students, has loaned
the school a phonograph- o1L the
school wants one of its own me pu-
pills hope to realize enough from the
Ivceum lecture course to secure ooth-
More Interested school Spirit.
There is not only greater activity
at the High school this year tnan
ever before, but more interested
school spirit is shown, both by the pu-
pills and the teachers. From the way
the school has started OH, II the pace
is kept. it will make this year rec
ord one for the Hi" A. H. Hughey'
the principal. has started OH Win n, d
number of changes in the general run
of the school. These are increasing
the interest, and are a step forward
in the schools progress
Dement'S have been abolished, 10 the the
iov of the irrepressible youth by
this system. a pupil having received
I'D to SIS dement's in one term was eA-
PEELED from school. Mr. Hughey con-
siders this too mechanical form oI
Judging department Hereafter the
General disposition and conduct Of the
Dupl VIII be considered more than
marks. putting the teacher and pupil
on an individual, rather than mechan-
icaI relationship. It is more on the
self-government idea and has already
shown the good results among the pu-
pills in the month in which it has been
used.
In the daily program of the school
Mr. Hughey mas inausurated another
new idea The old assembly in the
first period every morning mas peen
done away with. Instead, TINS perlou
is devoted to some definite thing each
day Monday morning to begin the
week. there is a general assembly OF
the entire school Any announcements
of interest to the students are given,
both by the teachers and the heads OF
the school organizations. 1t is the get
together conference of the entire
school body. Tuesday and THURSDAY
morning this period is devoted 10 nnu-
sic Last year the music of the school
was held during the morning assem-
bly,. sometimes the actual time given
to music amounted to 10 or Is min
utes. but never to an entire period.
By concentrating the music to two 40
minute periods a week, much better
results are being accomplished
On Wednesday mornings, the 1irst
period is given to club and class or
ganizations The classes all hold their
regular meetings, and the Thespian
Dramatic club, the Athletic assocfa-
ton, the Giee club, the S A. S. A..
club meet at this time.
Friday mornings are given to room
organizations. This is another inno-
Tation Each room has its own organ-
ization and officers The Senior room
has a senior republic, the Junior
room has a Junior republic The
Sophomore rooms have not yet COM
pleted their organization. As the
Freshmen spread over two classes,
Miss Katherine F'lynn's room has
municipality, with city government,
and Miss Rebecca Goldstein's room has
a Current Events club. The business
class in Miss Mary I. Stanton's room
has a chamber of commerce.
Monthly Reports Given Out
The monthly reports for September
were given to the pupils Monda At
tendance has been above the average,
and of the $50 pupils enrolled at the
High school the work of 285 has been