Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-05-05
FRIDAY, JUNE II, FIXED AS DATE
FOR ANNUAL EVENT OF IN
TEREsT.
EVENING PRECEDING
DATE OF CLASS PLAY
Musical, Pageant, Junior Reception
and BaeeaIaureate Other Events Of
High School lnterest-Teachers' Con-
tracts Returned With Few Vacancies
Scheduled.

The school board TUESDAY nigh:
made plans for commencement, au-
thorized the purchase OF the Hart
property for the Rogers school play
ground voted to esta blish a CONNER
:iai course in the high school for next
coming year. The teachers contracts
we're returned to the board with COM
,aratively few left unsigned.
The board extended an invitatio
% Rev H NJ. Babin. pastor of St.
Paurs Episcopal church, to preach the
2accalaureate sermon on Sunday, June
o. commencement night Will come on
Friday, June II, and the annual class
play will be presented rhe evening pre-
:eding The junior events of high
school interests will be a musical
scheduled for Friday, May II, and a
pageant for May IS.
Not Many Vacancies.
There are not many vacancies in the
list OF teachers for next year as the
contracts now indicate. There are to
be but four vacancies in the high
school in addition to Ralph Z. Maricle
who has already left. Maricle went
from here 10 St. Cloud. MINI. and it is
already understood by friends here
that he is to leave there at the close
of the present school year 10 go TO the
East Waterloo high school next season
at further advance in salary.
Miss Luella Chapman, teacher of
penmanship, as has already been an
nounced, is to go to Decatur, H., next
year at nice advance in salary. Miss
Erma D. Roberts, one OF the domestic
science teachers. is 20 go 20 Macomb,
H., and Mrs. Lora c. Woodbury., Of
the English department. expects 10
lake up advanced work study. Miss
Florence Stewart, also of the English
department, has not yet announced her
plans.
High school teachers who have
signed contracts for next year are
Edna NJ. Balch, May B. Bowen. Cora
Crowder, Bess E. Fleming, l. \.
Gabrielson., Carolyn z. Gallagher, Ober
E. Haug, Ruth NJ. Hayner, Gertrude
Kerr, Georgia Macarthur, Kathryn l..
Morgan, Elsie c. Noble, Mary E. Paul,
Fannie A. Quaife, Meta Schmidt,
Madge Sparks. c. T. Wardwell, Eliza
bith Wellemeyer, Frances NJ. Young,
and Ellen c. Skegg.
Miss Skegg, whose home is in this
city, succeeds Miss Roberts in the
domestic science department. Miss
Skegg was graduated from the domes-
tic science department of Iowa State
College, and for two years has taught
at Buffalo Center.
Eight Vacancies in Grades.
Eight vacancies in the grades, and
three of them sixth grade teachers, are
found to exist. Miss Louise Askren,
sixth grade Woodbury., resigns because
she has been elected county superin-
tendent Of Ringgold county, beginning
Sept l. Miss Ethel L. Erickson, sec
ond grade Rogers, will go to the new
consolidated school at Lamoille, her
home town. Miss Josephine Howard,
sixth grade Rogers, will go to Mon
tana to teach next year, and Miss
Myrtle Nicklin, sixth grade Abbott,
will probably go to Des Moines, where
she resides. Miss Allie N. Smith,
fourth grade Woodbury., expects TO
study to prepare herself for a domestic
science position. The plans of Miss
Anna Solberg. fifth grade Woodbury.,
and Miss Ruth letters. third grade
Arson, have not been announced. Miss
Stella Rist, kindergarten at the
.the fall when she will become the
bride of DR.. Ray Andrews. of this city.
Those of the grades who returned
their contracts signed are Ella Adams,
Carolyn Anderson, Edith NJ. Ayres,
Alice a. Baird, Minnie Berggren, Lila
Beckett, Marie Bohen, Amy Brennecke,
ylasta S. Brhel. Julia D. Buck. Bessie
y. Bugbee. Jessie 3. Bunting, Gerna ].
Carney, Martha A. Cowie, Adeline
Currier Emma Curtis, Inez W. Dent,
Mabel F. Geer, Alma E. Giddings,
Florence Gustafson, Jessie E. Hall,
Mary B. Hall. Ethel L. Ravens, Sarah
Horan, Bessie E. Horne. Lille NJ.
Houghton. Eta w. Langon. Alice 3.
Lincoln, Rose NJ. Lincoln, Maude Nc
Broom, Ida A. McMurray, Mabel
Mears, Harriet Miller, nellie Morey
Ruth Moscrip. Clara Northup, Mabel
Ordway. Mary L. Parsons, Nellie a.
Pierce, Blanche Porter Theresa A.
Probst. Helena Redmond, Della J..
I Rhoades, Lora L. Richardson, Lulu s.
Schultz, Minnie L. Smith, Maude NJ.
Swingley Harriet Taylor, Tess Tinker,
Grace Vincent, Marie F. WEIGH, Della
WINERY. Carmen Whitney, Edith
Wickersham, Ina Will, VERNE Willard,