El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-10-11
NO 1ARDIEs IN BAILEY SCHOOLS
HIGH EIGHTH FOR PAST FIVE YEARS
All Grades Observe Columbus Day; Kindergartens so
Tots March to Photograph Music; Bailey School Is
First to Have Circulating Library; Basketball
Team Practicing; Organize VOlleybal.

~ HE high eighth grade in the
Bailey school holds the unusual
4 record Of going five years with
out a single tardy. The no-tardy motto
has been handed down to each success
i've class. and successfully kept in that
time, and the pupils believe their
grade is the only one in the city to
have such an exceptional record
During September there were nc tar
dies in the high and low eighth, the
high seventh, the low sixth, taught by
Miss l. Phillips; the high fifth, taught
by Miss Anna Moss; the low fifth,
taught by Miss L O'BFien: the high
third, taught by Miss D. Burton, and
the low third, taught by Miss H Whit
field. The girls of the low eighth
had no absences in their room during
the entire month
Columbus day was observed gener-
ally in all the grades Of the public
schools Friday There were no for
NAL programs, but the children wrote
or gave oral compositions about the
discOverer of America and the history
lessons and music were appropriate to
the day.
kindergarten Has Fifty Children.
There are so little tots in the kin
dergarten taught by Miss Lula Jones
and her assistant, Miss May Watkins,
and the attendance is very good A
monograph is used for the kinder
garten exercises and the youngsters
enjoy their marches and games to its
music very much Miss Jones is the
organizer of the first free kindergar-
ten in Texas.
While the Palmer method Of writing,
which was introduced into all the
schools last year, has not been in use
long enough TO show any marked diff
ference in the letters there has been a
big Improvement in the children's posi-
Bailey workshops Popular.
The Bailey school has a very wen
equipped kitchen and work shop The
boys from the high school come TO the
Bailey for their workshop work, and
the girls of the high and Lamar schools
have their domestic science work IN
the Bailey kitchen
for the scholars at the Bailey sch0ol,
which is being added to by eontr1Du-
tiOns. 1t is perhaps the largest IL
brary among the grade schools The
Bailey was the earliest school to have
Especial attention has been given to
good pictures for the SchooI room
walls, all well chosen and suitable to
the grades.
great interest in the callsthenlc Work
given them by Miss Margaret k1nnon,
physical supervisor, and enter into the
work with much spirit
The girls of the Bailey school have
a basketball team and are enthusl-
also have a vOlley ball team little
later. On the basketball team are Lin
da BILL, captain; Ruth Shannon, Eron
Barton. Catherine McEnery, GeFIruue
Smith. ZiteIla Fisher, Myra Jackson,
Margaret Hardie, Irma Davis, Ruty
Collier. Gladys Kilt, Elsie Collins and
Football is holding the interest OF
the boys They have been -practiclng
diligently for the beginning OF the
public school football league games
~ f
ing and selected the first team The
PLAYERS are: Bob Williams captain;
Kneeland Jenkins, George Ashley, Rus
sell Rammage, Allen Jones. J. d Eli
Oft Rruce Bevans, winston Neon
nell, Roy Gaylord, Colman DOrneIl;
Chester Wright, Virgil Arthur and
Frank Brown
Alton Packard. the cartOOnist enter
tanned big crowd at the opening OF
the Lyceum course. brought here BY the
FL Paso high school Uncle sam 5
PeopIe" was the subject of the car
tOonist's program In deIghtIully
humorous vein he satiriZed prevailing
fashions and customs His Work was
very well received AS an entertainer
he made a hit with the FL PaSO people
Between his drawings he sang humor-
Gus songs of his own composition ana
played piano selections About ZUO Deo-
pie attended the entertainment. which
was for the benefit of the high schooIs
moving picture machine fund
A II Hu2neY. principal OF me A-N..
school. introduced the cartOOnist and
explained the purpose for which the
high has secured the Lvceum course
He spoke of the educational value Of
the moving picture machine in school
work.
Instead Of having the room OrEani
cations meet Friday morning. there was
an assembly of the high school students
and PRINCIPAL Hughey talked to them
about the LyceUm course. the numbers
on The program and their educational
value
Choose Subject for Spring Debate.
The subject chosen by the State In
terschola site Debating league for the
annual debate next spring at Austin
has been announced It is. Resolved.
that Texas should have COMPULSORY ed
ucation-" The subject will be debated