El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-10-09
FOLK DANCING, INSTEAD OF ATHLETICS,
PLEAsEs PUPILS IN A0Y SCHOOL
Miss M Kinnon Introduces Exercise New Here and
Teachers Say It Will Do the Children Much Good;
Students in Manual Training Glasses of Vari-
GUS Schools Are Responding With Much
Enthusiasm to Instruction

, chanicaI drawing class of the high
school is taken to the E. P. & S W.
railroad drafting department every
year and the eighth grades make an
annual excursion through the pearson
plant to watch the DoE factory work
ana the use of the different tools. All
the articles made by the boys in the
manual training work, besides accom-
plish1ng their purpose in training the
. boy, are useful in his home afuerward-
Fine Attendance at Alamo.
AT the Alamo school there were three
rooms in which no one was tardy dur
ing September-the low second, taught
by Miss Elizabeth Howell; the high
second taught by Miss Maude
Steele, and the sixth grade, taught by
Miss r. S Boone. In Miss Boone'S room
and Miss Fannie Blakeslys room-the
third grade-none of the girls were alb
sent.
In the Alamo and the other schools
where the attendance is entirely Next
can. one and a half years are devoted
to the first grade work, instead of one
year, as in the American schools. This
is because almost the entire number Of
children coming to these schools speak
only Spanish when they enter school,
and so require more work in English in
the first grade. After the first grade
is completed they make the same prog
ress as the American youngsters, and
those who go from the Alamos sixth
grade to the two higher grades in the
San Jacinto make a good showing in
their lessons in comparison with the
other children.
Alamo Has Full House.
The Alamo school is entirely filled,
but there is no waiting list, as in for
mer years. There are more first grade
rooms than, before. There is such large
entering class that there are four low
firsts and one nigh first grade with
POI pupils enrolled. In the entire school
there are 512 pupils. One room, the
fourth grade. has had three teachers
since the beginning of school Miss NJ
1saacS was the first teacheF, Mrs. s h
AicMullen, the second, and Miss Lola
Howell is the present teacher Miss
Isaacs was later assigned to a sixth
and Mrs. McMullen is on the regular
The Alamo school is the only one
in the city that uses a well equipped
laundry In addition to teaching the
girls sewing and cooking Miss Dora
Hart conducts a class in washing and
ironing and all laundry work. This
is started in the fourth grade.
Keen Interest in Football.
San Jaeinto has two football elevens,
first and second team Both are show
team are Franklin Williams, Joseph
Farnsworth, Lasalle Farnsworth.
Dewey Carson, Ed Ardoin, George
Hardy, Jim Quinn, Lawrence Willis,
second team is made up of Hermon
Huttams, Lawrence She2y, Wallace
Smith. Frank Alderete. Louis Stotts,
Arnold Bankes, Coy Friend. 10y Riesor,
Lawrence Riesor, Willis Barkes, Brett
Harley. The San Jacinto boys have
won more athletic trophies than any
other school in the city, and the teams
this year are hoping to keep up the
record
Miss Meyers Goes to Dallas.
Miss Bessie Meyers, the teacher Of
domestic science at the San Jacinto
school, has resigned and gone to take
81 a Of h. IL cnfa
the Oak Cliff High school in Dallas,
Texas. Miss Bessie Bailey succeeds her
in the work at the San Jaeinto school.
Miss Bailey is a graduate of the Santa
Barbara manual arts normal school
The San Jacinto. the Beall and the Bal
ley are the only schools with complete
equipment for the manual arts and the
students of the other schools double
up in their kitchens and shops
Girls Form Basketball Team
A basketball team is being organized
among the girls OF San Jacinto school
with Roberts Ross, Hazel Kinney, Hazel
Lille Dale, Norma Herssowitz. Virginia
Dawson, Katherine Rilburn, Mabel
Goodwin and Frances Clayton as play
ers. The girls hope to have some games
with the teams Of other schools. Miss
Margaret Kinnon, the physical director,
visits the school on the first and third
Mondays At present only the calls
themes are being used, with other
is probable that folk dancing will be
introduced. There are 521 pupils en-
rolled at the San Jacinto.
Girls Enter Debating Class
The public speaking class Of the high
school held a very interesting debate
during the regular class period Tues
day morning. The debaters showed
much preparation on the subject, which
was: Resolved, that the United States
Should Collect Toll From Foreign
Ships Passing Through the Panama
Canal''
The debaters on the affirmative side
were Miss Reba Elliot, Raymond White.
and on the negative side. Miss Ruth
Morriss and Chris Jungjohn. The de-
cision of the judges was in favor of
the negative side.
For the first time the public speak
ing department has been opened for
girls and they have demonstrated that
they are worthy Of the honor
The members of the public speaking
class are: Misses Reba Elliot. Eunice
Anderson, Ruth MOrriss. Camille Kib-
Ter, Dema Flick; Harry Ginsburg. Eu-
gene Smith. Herbert Logan, Earl Weis-
iger, Raymond White, Harry Welseh,
Chris Jungjohn, Eugene Thurston. Roy
Lambert and Russell Worthington.