Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1913-09-03
OPENING OF THE SCHOOLS.
Educational Institutions Of DEBORAH
Commence Work of the Year.

The season has arrived for the
commencement of the years work
in the various educational institu-
tions of the city, and there is an air
of unusual activity at each OF them.
The first of the schools TO open
was Valdez College, which was noted
at length in these columns last
week. The newly Incorporated col
lege opens the year with the strong
est faculty in its history, with good
attendance, and prospects for a most
prosperous career
On Monday morning the city
schools opened with a large atten-
dance, and Supt. Fleming had ev-
erything in readiness for work to
start without delay, have organized
her teaching force and met with
them during the week previous to
give them instructions relative to
the opening of the schools. During
the summer quite extensive improve
ments have been made in the high
school property. A new heating
plant has been installed in a newly
constructed addition to the main
building, which takes it out of the
basement, together with the coal
ROOM and not only makes the build
| ing more safe and sanitary, but gives
additional space for the new domes-
tic science department and other
work The grounds in the rear of
the building have been regarded, new
cement floors have been laid in the
basement, and the domestic science
quarters fitted up in the space vacat-
ed by the heating plant. The entire
building has been thoroughly clean
ed and six class rooms have been re-
painted. In fact the whole building
has been gone over with a view to
place it in the best possible condi-
ton for the youth of the city, and
the property is now in good repair
throughout.
There are but four changes from
last year in the faculty, which have
already been noted in these columns
The entire list of teachers is as fol-
lows:
superintendent M. Fleming.
Principal High School--C. c. Gam
ertsfelder.
Science and Norwegian-A. j..
Roseland.
English-A. c. Lynch.
Latin-Anna Miller
German-Mary L. Greene.
Drawing-Grace Shilton.
Manual Training-Blanche Van
Wagner.
INTERCHANGEABLE Bates, Ada
Hard.
Music-Ella Treat.
| Sth Grade-Bertha Moen, Lillian
Greer.
7th Grade-Monnie Whalen, Flor
ence Prehm.
9th Grade-Ella Wick.
9Th Grade-Teressa Maroney.
4th Grade-Clara Atkinson.
Ord Grade-Edith Daubney.
End Grade-Mary Uhley.
| 1st Grade-Lurana Warner, Lii
! liam Wohlford.
Fifth Ward School.
Grades and 6-Netta Geller-
man.
! Grades and 4-Sadie w. Hanna.
Grades / and Carolyn Bosnia.
Luther College also opens for
the year tomorrow Thursday a few
days earlier than usual, on account
of the contemplated trip of the Luth-
err College Concert Band to Norway
next year 1t is expected that the
band will leave the last of April so
as to be in Christiana on the 18th of
May, and it is planned to have their
studies completed in time for them
to do this. The prospects for this
staunch institution for this year are
excellent. During the past few
years it has been developing along
the lines of stability and increasing
it's equipment and facilities for ad-
vanced work, and it is expected that
this will result in an increased at
tendance.
The First Lutheran church paro-
chial school will open in the church
basement on Sept. Sth. I. T. Hoeg-
VOL, for several years in charge OF
this school has asked for years
rest, and his place will be filled by
Miss Henrietta Preus, Misses anna
] Wist and Clara Hexom assisting.
The Immaculate Conception AGA
DENY opened on Monday, with a
large enrolment of pupils, who will
be in charge of competent corps OF
five teachers. This school is doing
splendid work, and the new build
ing constructed recently gives them
ample facilities.