The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1913-09-19
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lhe Public School Opened
Monday With a Large
Enrolment
BOTH PUPILS AND TEACHERS
Enter Upon the New School Year
With Great Deal of Earn
estness and Enthusiasm

The Oroville public school opened
Monday of this week with what is be-
lieved to be the largest enrolment
for the first day in the history of the
institution. At the hour when the in
tonation of the bell, that has been sill
ent for months, echoed through the
valley throngs of bright faced, neatly
attired youngsters of both sex drift
ed merrily toward the old school
building, the new one not as vet be-
ng ready for occupancy. There was
an absence of the proverbial halting
and hesitation of the school boy break
ing away from his vacation. On the
contrary the steps of the lads were
elastic, and from reports from the
school rooms the children seemed to
enter upon the campaign of study
with earnest enthusiasm, a DISPOSE
ton that all trust may continue
throughout the long school year. The
children interviewed express great
satisfaction with the teachers over
them. and so far as can be learned
the teachers are well satisfied with
the pupils under them Some of the
departments are already overcrowded,
and the congestion cannot be reduced
until the new school house is ready
for use. The rooms are liable to be
more densely packed before any re-
lief can be had, as there are a num-
ber of children who are yet to enter
the school. If the start from the tape
Is any basis upon which to risk a
prediction 1t now looks as though
the next year is to be one of the
most advantageous to the scholars
from every point of view in the an
nails of the Oroville public schools
Prof. Nance hands in the following
report of the number of enrollments
in the various grades at the close of
school Tuesday: First grade, 81;
End grade, 81; Sd grade 13; 4th grade,
Is; 5th grade, 21; 9th grade. 13; 7th
grade, 13; 8th grade, IS; 1st year in
the high school, 8; second year, 10:
I'd year, 5. Total in all grades 165.
The high school opens with "a pup
ills on the role and there are at least
a dozen others that will come in later
in the term, making a most excellent
showing for that department.
Miss Haeder has the 1st and 2nd
grades in the small building opposite
Sigrist hall, that was transformed in
to school room last winter. This
young lady certainly has her hands
full with as youngsters to look after,
and If she can teach such crowd to
the advantage of the pupils she is a
marvel as an instructor. The room is
so crowded that care has to be taken
not to pinch any of the overflow when
the door is shut AS there are more 20
enter this room the teacher is in a
quandry as to where to put them.
unless the trustees furnish hooks
along the walls.
Prof. Courtnay is laying out plans
for the athletic campaign for the
school year, and he will have LITTLE
trouble in arousing enthusiasm among
the lads. If they are at all tractable
and will comply strictly with the rules
governing applicants for positions ON
the various athletic teams the Oroville
boys will give a great account of
themselves when going up againsc
competing teams. If is only by dis
cipline that athletics can be carried
on successfully. and boys must make
mp their minds to obey orders. or re-
main out of the teams entirely
Mention has been made of the en-
ceptionally able corps of teachers
They are now on probation. and all
who have the interest of the school
at heart sincerely trust that they will
add laurals to the records they have
already made in the school room
, They should be supported and en-
couraged in their work, for theirs is
trying positian at best. 1t is SC
much easier to criticise than tc
praise that the teacher, as rule
rarely gets the best of it in the as
sorted views of community com
menting on school work. Their ca
pacity and capabilities are yet to be
determined. Their personal appear
ance and presence we are able tc
note from observation. And this
much can be said on behalf of tht
staff in this respect. The male teach
ers are charming an dlikeable gentle
men to meet. The ladies are the bes
collection of lockers any school II
the county can boast of. and II theil