Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1913-09-13
.PUBL|CSCHOOLS
OPEN MONDAY
FIRST SESSION BROWNSVILLE
PUBLIC SCHOOLS WITH WOMAN
As SUPERINTENDENT -PREPARA-
TIONS FOR OPENING COMPLETED

L
TIONS FOR OPENING COMPLETED
HIGH SCHOOL HOUSED APART
FROM OTHER DEPARTMENTS FOR
FIRST TIME VARIOUS NEW FEA-
TJEES NOTED.
For the first time in the history Of the
Brownsville Independent school district
Monday will see the high school grades
and thr grammar grades being conducted
in different buildings. The session of
1913 1911 will Gpcn at . O'Clock Monday
For the first tine also, the schools will
have a woman ia the captcity Of super
mtcndcnt. The ntN superintendent. Miss
l.. vi Barbour. stated today that all is
in readiness for the beginning. A brief
Interview with Miss Blrbour cliriIed
some Interesting news abOut the schools
The securing r another building to be
HScd CAclUsiyc!. IJr high school purposes
has relieved tAc GA builIing Of great
numbcr Cf pupils and the congestion that
mas heretofore been evident. To the an.
nOyancc Of bolh teachers and pupils, will
Dc largely relieved. As conditions were
hitherto every one Of The thirteen rooms
Of the old school building was occupied
v. iWo classes and a. many teachers, and
il was very Oftca the case thai two teach
crS were hearing CLASSES in the same room
i ,hc same time. This condition OF
course. was not at All satisfactory and
with the ending Of last term the school
board set about securing some means to
relieve the situation The result was that
the b ard rented the Brulav apartment
building on Elizabeth between Sixth and
Seventh streets, and this building will be
used, beginning Monday. ~ the High
School
The Brulay building will provide six
class rooms. three upstairs. and two on
the ground floor. The superintendent will
have her office here rs also will the prin-
cipal Of the high school. G.. T. Bower
Provision has been made in the High
School buildlf. for se,' nty-tiye pupils.
and III necessary more seats will be in
stalled 10 care for larger number than
that. There will be seven teachers in
the high school including Miss Barbour,
who Will conduct certain classes.
Though four rooms have been added to
the grammar, or Old school building. il
will vet be necessary for three rooms TO
accommodate two teachers each. Ac-
COrding 10 the superintendent, this is the
best that can bc done AT the present time.
The frame building OH the campus will
bc continued in use. III has eight rooms.
Seats were taken fir m the old building
To supply the high school. and when
school has opened and the attendance can
BE- determined the school board will pur-
chase seats for the four rooms in the old
building that are now With.ut seats
Miss Brbour today completed the az
sigumcnt of teachers to CLASSES. a. fol-
lows:
High School Mathematics. third and
flnrlIi years Hiss L. u Barbour: sci
"ncc G.. l.. ilcr principal; mathemat-
ic>. Miss Elsie Allen, English. Miss Anne
X. Craig; history Mrs. Mary II Dick
ems; Latin. Mrs. II. n. Scott; Spanish
Mrs j II. D0dSon.
Grammar SchOOl Ol-lntermediate Grades
Miss g. L. Bowman high seventh;
Miss Mabel Harrison low seventh: Mrs
May Davis. high sixth and high 9TH Miss
MariHnna kohdc. low sixth and high
fifth; Mrs u. Ill Clearwater low fifth;
Mrs H. H. Hamilton. high fourth boys;
Miss Clara Belle Smith. high fourth,
girls; Miss 4. l.. Green. low fourth,
girls: Miss EloiSa Cavazos. low fourth.
boys.
Primary Grades Miss Bertha Thclen
high third. BOYS: Miss Anita Nr-SerOn,
high third. girls; Miss Ray stowe. low
third. boys; Miss Louise Berger, low
third girls; Miss Lula Rich. high second,
boys; Miss Emma NcScr5u, high second.
girls Miss Roe stowe. low second boys;
Miss Marianne Egly. low second girls;
Mrs. A. =. Putcgnat high first boys;
Miss lIcttic DOugherty. high first, girls;
Miss Josephine Champion. wfir>t high
boys; Miss Maud Layton, lOw-frst high
boys: Mrs Olivia Ymaga, low first high
girls: Miss VI IT, Duffy. low first low
boys: Miss r. Berger ow-tirstloW boys;
Miss II. III. ClcarwtcE low first low girls;
Miss Virginia Campbell. low first low
girls
, Ii will BE- noted there are seventeen
teachers in the grades from the third
down 1t has been found necessary in
foreign clement. to class the very young
children 50 that they may receive the
personal attention Of the teachers to a