El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-10-21
FRANKLIN SCHOOL
To HAVE SHOWERS
Children to Be Aided To
wards Cleanliness; Pu-
pills Help Teachers.

Shower baths for school children viii
ba enc of the latest improvements
made in the Franklin scuoOL rms
school is more OF community center
perhaps than the other puoAc scnools
Of the city. as it reaches a class OF
Children who do not have all the con-
,-enfences in their homes that oIner
children are accustomed to nave
IN a large. alcOve room adjoining
the first Grade room wash stand
Ter, -7,1r5inr- water has been doing
J,lty- for an the little children Of the
Tef1bborhood. who jOyfully come ana
scrrb themselves before school IL Is
tbe present plan to subdivide this room
and install a shower, 50 the CLlIluI el- U
fbe neighborhOOd can have free baths.
Attendance Increased
franklin school attendance has IN
ceased until each Of the four rooms
Of me school has double sessions with
a teacher for each session me oal4s
average attendance IS 5l8 puplLs.
The morning classes are taught Dy
Miss Celia Simons, who has the low
first grade: Miss LOttie Smith mas tns
bfrh first grade; Miss Mary Lelgnton
has the high second grade and Mss
Dorothy Winans has the hign tnlrd
Grade and the low fourth grade
THE afternoon classes are taught
nv Miss Cora Hancock, who mas
the low first grade; Miss Ruth Long,
who teaches the low second grace
Miss Frieda Rheinheimer teaches the
low third grade, and Miss Ruth Critcn-
EFT teaches the high fourth and low
--''' 2 students Help Teachers.
As each Of the low first grades have
an average daily attendance OF %
pupils, few Of them knowing Eord OF
English this is somewhat Of a JOB Tor
the teachers to handle-and so there
are eight little girls Of the mgner
grades who help the teachers IN the
morning and do their own school Work
in the afternoon The additional re-
sponsibility is making these little
helpers develop into splendid students.
Roberta Cordova, Of the low third
grade, helps as interpreter IN the 1lrst
grade in the morning and assists the
new pupils in their 'occupatlon
work Of cutting cardboard or paper
designs, or threading beads Iney need
70 be helped. as many OF them nave
never even seen pair OF SCISSORS pc
fore. Lola AndrllO. or the low LnlEd
grade helps Miss Mary Glenn IN the
office answers the phone calls and
receives visitors in the morning Eliza
Leon, OF the high fourth grade. helps
where ever she may be needed IN
coaching individual students. whose
knowledge OF English may be behind
that OF the other pupils in the class.
Beatrice Gomez. Of the low fifth
grade. helps in the second grade Ame-
liza EnriqueZ. Of the low third grade
helps the first grade IN the morn
ing Lille Spencer. Of the low fourth
grade helps the low first Erade chill
dren in the afternoon Sulema Jime-
nez and Kathleen Early, Of the low
fifth grade help wherever they are
needed in interpreting and coaching
the backward pupils
Grouped According to Sire.
On account Of the large number OF
pupils. the teachers have as far as
possible grouped the children accord
ing 70 size. and by individual coaching
have brought them TO a fair level This
has been found a particularly good
plan where the pupils have been IN
Spanish schools. as. excepting for the
language. they are not so very far be-
hind in the general school work About
30 pupils have been coached in this
way and the result has been very good
The Franklin school girls are also
having sewing lessons for the Ilrst
time The girls are making undergar-
ments and night gowns and are learn
ing 10 make very nice, neat stitches
Miss Elizabeth Roe is directing the
sewing work The phonOEraph, which
the school was aided in securing by
the Women's Christian Temperance
union, is a constant JOY TO the shcol-
ars- One OF the manual training in
structors. C. c. Golden, made a case
for IL. with handles on sedan chair
style, so that the machine can be car
ried from room to room. upstairs or
out on the playground. without danger
Of accident