El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-11-06
SYSTEM Of AOY
SCHOOL CHANGED
Adoption Of Gary Method
Allows the Teaching of
Many More Pupils.

7, the Aoy school an experiment is
beinp tried this year with an adoption
of the Gary school system, modified to
suit the equipment ana space NJ Oh Inc inc
local school building anG yards IhrouSh
tie Dse the school is able to accommo-
date g35 children, 1875 more pupils than
there is seating capacity.
AS the system Is used IN the Aoy
scboo1 each Of the academic teachers
- +yI-o divisions of children, aVerag-
inc 40 in each division, one dlNlslOn
being girls, the other boys. Each al
vision is in the school room Tor lWo
Deriods during the day. one IN Ut
morning and one in the afternoon me
-,,orniuer DeriOds are one and One-ndIL
bours each and the afternoon PERIODS
one-half hour each. -.
The remainder Of the time is spent
with the special teachers 1Hese ma
neriods OF three quarters Of an hour IN
me morning and a half hour IN the al
Five Teachers Required.
Five special teachers nave charge Oh
the physical training, the younger emil
49, having a play period, in which
FOLK dances and games are taught ana
a physical training period. me oIoeF
children have only the physICdL Cu4-
ture period. This period takes the
place of recess there Delh6 no SS4lei d
recess in the morning
The bovs are taught games, such as
soccer and basketball, and all the chill
dren are given the army setIlhg up eA-
ercises I'm the Butts manual IN con-
17action with the playground work, the
directors teach nature study and Eng
Tsh. With the physical training WORK
bvriene. physiology and sanitation are
taIght. together with English
The play period and nature . isilS9y
teachers are Miss Mildred Whitfield
Miss Fannie Lu Yeager and Miss SaIIie
Phillips. The physical training and
nbvsi0logv teachers are Miss Una Dem
nison and Miss Era Thomas.
These teachers, have all t Ils Torh
out of doors and are busy the entlre
dav with the various divisions Of chill
dreH.
Among the other special subjects
taught is sewing, for the girls, under
Miss B. NJ TillOttsOn. The manual
training and shop work for the boys
fs under Miss Nell Lyons. Miss Au-
pusta Markgraff teaches drawing, Miss
lucille MalOney has charge Of the card
board construction and Miss LoVenla
Browning has charge OF the culoul
work in the primary grades
While one division OF children Is
studying under the special teachers, the
other children are having the regular
academic studies in their school rooms.
Miss Carrie SeddOns, Miss ElzaDelh
lie Grand and Miss Mamie Newman
have the low first grades. MISS A
Jones and Mrs. Mary B. Gleason teach
the high fifth grade. Miss Aiteen
Hague teaches the low second grade.
Miss Edna Van Patten and MISS
frankie Thayer teach the high second
grades Miss Helen Roberts has the
low third grade; Miss Gertrude Leigh
ton the high third; Miss Florence
Hughes the low fourth, and Miss Etna
Fason the high fourth and low flfth
grades.
Teachers of Younger Glasses.
For the younger classes the special
teachers are Mrs. Lilly s. Howard, who
teaches music; Miss Lillian Suernberg
and Miss Alma Mcknight, who tell
stories to teach the children to speak
English: Miss Catherine GOrbutt' the
principal, and Miss Gertrude Higgins
her assistant
One of the needs at the school IS
gymnasium building, where the play
ground teachers can have their d1V1s-
ions in stormy weather. While the sys-
tenn has hardly been in existence at the
school long enough to determine It's
success. all Of the teachers are unlVer-
sally In favor Of it and the experiment
is being watched with a great amount
of interest by the other schools 1t
will probably be Introduced into other
schools of the city next year, If the re-
suits Justify.