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

stories and songs relating to Columbus,
though there will be no prepared pro-
gram.
None of the teachers in the Villas
school have missed a day since the be-
ginning of the fall term. m
Athletics to Be Popular.
Athletics are at a standstin waiting
for the load of caliche which the school
board has promised for the Villas
grounds. There will be both basket
ball and volley ball teams. The girls
are practicing for the basketball team
Although the boys wanted to have a
football team, the school was unable
to have one, as there were not IL boys
of a near enough size to make up
team.
CaIisthenic Drills Held.
AS the piano music for the folk dane
ingha s not vet arrived the calisthenic
drills alone are being used each day,
but the dances will he introduced soon
The large hall on the main floor will
be used for this work. Miss Margaret
KinnOn, the physical supervisor, visits
the Villas school every I'd and 4th
Monday.
Attendance ut Sunset Excellent.
In the Sunset school there were four
grades having no tardies for the month
Tehy are the Sd. taught by Miss Lu-
ellie Smith; the fifth, taught by Miss
Loretta Brick; the 9Th, taught by Miss
Elizabeth Young and the 18th, taught
by Miss Claudia Brown. In the I'd
grade there were no boys absent dur
ing the month. Of the absences dur
the Jewish holidays in this month The
health of the school is good, better
than usual, and there are no typhoid
cases among the pupils of the Sunset
district.
Basketball and volIey ball teams are
being organized They will be ar
ranged according TO height, and Mrs,
Empress Arlington is taking the pupils
measurements this week
Silent Prayer Offered.
Alice Van Eaton. Nora Mcdaniel and
Marion Putnam are the scholars who
play the piano for the opening exercises
and marches Each girl plays two days
each week School opens each morn
ing with the hymn Nearer My God to
Thee" being played on the piano. while
the pupils stand in a few minutes of
offense to the different creeds in the
school.
Teacher Returns.
Miss Katherine Brownson. VINO was
away from school, is back at her work
again, in charge Of mathematics The
departmental.
Miss Milda Connolly. who has grade
and Miss Lucille Smith who teaches
the Sd grade. are teachers of the
sunset school who were away on leaves
of absence last year.
among the pupils in the Spanish les
sons, and the children are making ex-
ceIlent progress.
Boys Make Coat Hangers
The boys of the Sunset are making
coat hangers and key racks in the man
ual training class. z. c. Beezley is the
instructor of this department, the boys
going to the Villas workshop every
Change Club Meetings.
Meeting of the Parent-Teachers' as
ISOLATION executive board was recently
held and it was decided to change the
meeting day as the last Friday in the
month month i Int with the teachers
Ings will probably be held on the third
Friday. superintendent R. J. Tighe
VIII be the speaker at the first meeting.
On the executive board are Mrs. W. d.
Howe, Mrs. Empress Arlington, Mrs. C.
N Barney and Mrs. Lee Burdick
Miss Anna Washburn and Miss Emma
Hoffman are doing good work with
the kindergarten and have a daily at
tendance averaging 80 little tots
For Columbus day the children are
writing compositions. but there will
be no formal program.
Principals to Meet.
The monthly meeting of the princi-
pals Of the schools will be held this
afternoon in the superintendent office
at the Bailey school All the monthly
reports of attendance will be read and
routine business attended to.
At the last teachers meeting the
book, "AlI the Children of All the
People" by William Hawley Smith,
was taken up for study At the next
meeting in November the first four
chapters of the book will be discussed.
The manual training teachers have
taken up the special topics in the man
ual arts and vocational training and
viii have topics for discussion and
study at each meeting.
To Start Invalid Cooking Course.
Beginning Wednesday afternoon a
course in invalid cookery will be
started by Miss Margaretta LIE Baron
at the Bailey school for the nurses of
the local hospitals. There are eight
in the class, which is open to all nurses
in the city. The course will cover 10
lessons. Food principles will be stud
led and food values, and then the prac-
teal work of preparing the food will
be undertaken Miss lie Baron is the
instructor of domestic science at the
high school and the Bailey school The
class will meet every Wednesday af-
ternoon- Several hOusekeepers have
asked Miss LIE Baron to have a course
in plain and fancy cooking for them,
and if eight will get together for this
work, Miss lie Baron will arrange a