The Alaska daily empire., 1915-09-07
NEW COURSES
 IN SCHOOL


 School Superintendent Lester D. Henderson arrived yesterday on the Alameda after summer spent at the University of California in Berle- ley. The fall term of the public schools will begin next Monday morning at nine o'clock. he announc- cd today. and Superintendent Tender son ls looking forward to the most successful year in the history of Ju- neaus schools.
 High School Enrolment.
 The high school students arc expect ed to report at the high school for enrolment the last two days of this week, on Friday between 10 to 12 a. m. and l to 4 p. m., and on Saturday between 70 and 12 a. no.
 Superintendent Henderson is espe- cially anxious to have an high school students attend to the matter of en- rollment as early as possible, and urges that all who Intend to take up high school work this year be at his office either Friday or Saturady at the hours mentioned.
 No advance enrolment will be held for the grade school.
 New courses.
 Chemistry will be a new course iu the high school curriculum this year, and will be taught by Mir. Henderson. The laboratory is being fitted with the necessary plumbing and $125 has been expended in laboratory equip ment. The text used will be Brown lee 6 Others, an Allyn and Bacon pub lication, supplemented by Mrownlee's "Chemistry of Common Things" This course will take the place of the Physics course which was offered last year. and win give place to that course again next year. It is the in- tention of the Superintendent to ale ternate the two sciences hereafter, until 1t may be possible to offer them both the same year.
 Botany will be offered this year al- 80. after being left out of the curri- culum for five years. This course will be under the direction of Miss Wilson and will be open to students registering for first year science.
 In the grade school a special course in drawing will be given and graded drawing books of the Strang series will be put in the hands of every student
 The first faculty meeting of the year win be held Saturday afternoon at two o'clock in the high school building. At that time a general schedule of classes will be decided up- on.
 Entrance Examinations
 In order that there may be no de- lay in the matter of entrance credits for high school students. entrance ex- aminations will be held at the high school building on Friday and Satur- day. All students who have not O grade school certificate and who ex- pect to enter the high school should confer with Superintendent Tender son regarding examinations before Friday.
 Teachers Assigned.
 The following assignments have been made for the school staff: Miss Edith Lass will teach English l, and 8. and German 1 and 8.
 Miss May Twitchell will have the Ancient and Modern history classes and all of the commercial work.
 Miss Lovina Wilson will teach bot any. physiography. mechanical draw ing, public speaking, United States history and algebra.
 Miss Margaret Scott will teach Ger man 2, geometry, latin and sewinging.
 In the grades, Miss Gertrude He'll enthal will have the eight, Miss Jane Brenneman the seventh. Miss Nina Sowerby the sixth. Miss Myrl Aiken the fifth, Miss Harriet Case the fourth. Miss Crystal Snow the third, Miss Evelyn Sullivan the second and Miss Blanche Dyer the first.
 Text 5ooks Changed.
 Superintendent l.. D. Henderson stated this morning that the arithme- tic texts for the grade schools would be changed this year, and that Went worth & Smiths text would take the place of the Southworth & Stone which was used last year. All stu dents return second hand texts of the Southworth & Stone will be al- lowed 40 per cent. on the purchase price of the new text This arrange ment will apply to all other cases where it has been found necessary to make a change in text books q, @ rf-~r -Nn