The Washington herald., 1914-08-04
TUTORS ABROAD,
Cant CONE HOME
Now All the Kids Are Happy
Over Prospect Of Pro-
longed Vacation.
LIST OF ALL WAR-B0UND
School officials Feel Anxious When
TLey Realize Assistants Are
Bottled Up" in Europe.
DE- s1ILpREp DILLON.

Attention, kids.
Teacher is In Europe and maybe she
can't get home in time for the arithme-
tic class at 9 a. m.
The war in Europe may cause soms
wrinkles on mas brow when she has Il
pay 50 much more pork chop. but the
Washington kids are hoping thatSteacher,
who went over there to enjoy her sum-
mer vacation and fell In among warriors,
cannot get home until vacation tims next
year. -.
school Heads should Worry.
An unusual number OF Washington
school teachers Travelled abroad this year
for the summer vacation and with the
cancellation OF all steamship dates. the
heads OF the schools are worrying over
the probability that these efficient teach
ers cannot return before time for the
school bell to ring in September.
Miss May Bradshaw and Miss Margaret
Graham, who instruct the future typists
and bookkeepers at Business High
School. are in France. Miss Rosa stutz
and Miss Roberta Wallace also are IN
that vicinity, having gone abroad when
school closed In June for the purpose OF
studying the art galleries of Italy.
France and Germany. ......r-
When last heard from Miss Emma vor
Seiffert was with a party Of friends
tramping through switzerland. which
though perfectly safe internally, gives
no avenue of escape to tourists, as 1t Il
hemmed in by warning countries.
Another party Of school teachers In
Europe consists Of Misses Helen Ellia
and Ruth Staufner, who are travelling
through the Rhine provinces, the Black
Forest Mountains. and Italy.
Mile. Blanche Bimont, of Western, 'and
Mile. Jean Maret, of Technical High
School, are spending the summer In their
homes in France. where the thickest
fighting in the war Is liable to take
place, and whence It will be hard to
make an exit until the trouble has
blown over.
DIR. Meriwether, Miss Marie Seibert, and
Miss Flora Freyhold are among the num-
ber Of Washington school teachers who
make annual trips to Europe and who
are now in the midst Of the fray. Prof.
In Paris, and unless war II over within
four weeks he will be too late to take
up his regular classea
Sightseeing In England.
Miss Claire Burroughs is studying mu-
sic in England and Miss Ruth Rizer and
Miss Isabel Weber are seeing the Con-
tinenL tOgetner. hlsses MAuoe mAC-
Pherson. A G. Alden, and N. L. Connell
are sightseeing In the British Isles, and
Miss NJ. NJ. Stockbridge Is with the per
touring party Of Rev
Earle Wiley.
party of teachers from the Wilson
Normal School IN Europe Includes Misses
s. B. Sepe, May Breen. r. NJ. Oberiy.
Katherine Lowry. and Mary Mckee. In
cluded in their itinerary were SwitZer-
land, the Rhine, Denmark, Sweden, and
but It Is not known among their
friends in Washington just where they
were located when the war broke.
e Miss Mildred Dean. Miss May Dean.
two school-teachers, with their mother,
Mrs. Dean, are travelling on the Conti-
nent, and Miss Madeline Davis and Miss
Margaret Merrill are in Italy, which
country has remained neutral, but can
not give them an exit.
All of the teachers abroad are well
known in Washington schools and, of
course, are the days heroines to the kids.
They can give their future history and
classes graphic descriptions Of
the war and explain the consequent
changes of the map with an authentic
tongue. for many Of them probably viii
be actual eye witnesses Of the fighting.