Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-09-03
WAUsEON SCHOOLS
Open for The School Year Next Mon
day East School Building Like
New--Open for Inspection Next
Monday Afternoon - Corps of
Teachers Changes and New Fea-
lures.

teachers of Wauseon Public Schools
will end next Monday morning when
the schools will open for the school
year of 1915-16. All the indications
point toward a pleasant and prou.-
able year in the schools of our vii.
lage; for the grade pupils there is
the East Building all remodeled and
redecorated until it is practically new
and about five times as convenient
and pleasant as when it was new. To
begin at the top, few of the many
gables have been removed and the
roof has been so repaired as to pre-
vent leaking, disease" that has al
ways been chronic with that roof.
The gables that were removed were
supposed to have been ornamental, at
least that is about the only reason
for their existence that seems to be
plausible, but their absence improves
the appearance of the building won
derfully. The walls and wood work
OF all the rooms have been redecorat-
ed system of heating and ventila-
ing installed, and the plumbing of the
building all new modern and sanitary.
New floors in some of the rooms and
halls, a rest room established for
teachers and the front hall enlarged
The building is now modern, conven-
lent, comfortable, sanitary and safe
and will compare favorably with
grade school buildings in any town
of similar size in Ohio. There will
be no school in the East Building on
next Monday afternoon and the
building will be open for inspection;
the Board of Education invites the
Wauseon public to visit the building
and see for themselves the trans
. formation that has been made. The
Corps Of Teachers headed by Super
intendent M. l.. Altstetter is now
complete; the High School faculty
will consist of E. j. Holman, Primer
pal ana teacher of History and Pub
tic speaking; Miss Jessie Wolcott
English and German; Miss Catherine
CVs.elio, Mathematics; Ivan Sechrist
Science; Miss Gladys Bicknell, Latin
Marie brennan, English; Charles
smell, Manual Training; Miss Carrie
Clifton, Domestic Science; F. A
Tubbs, Supervisor of Music.
The Normal School faculty will
consist of Miss Helen Brigham, Sup
ervisor, County Superintendent, c. ID
Perry and Miss Jessie Wolcott. II
the grade schools Mrs. Jennie Bart
lett will be the principal and teach
the eighth grade; Messers. Ear
Brown and Howard McClarren viii
have charge of the seventh grade
Miss Georgia Hoaglin of Payne
Ohio. will be teacher of the sixth
grade; Miss Maude Lucy will teach
the A division Of the Fifth grade anC
will be supervisor of drawing in th'
schools; Miss Genevieve Simpson viii
teach the B division of the fftl
grade; Miss Emma Edgar, A. divi
sion of the fourth grade; Miss Elvir;
Taft the B division of the same grad
Miss Dessle Prickett, third grade
Miss Bess Wilson the B division O.
the third grade and the A division
of the second grade. First grad
teachers are Miss Ruth Brown ant
Miss Edna Funk.
1t will be noticed that systemati
work in drawing will be introduces
in the schools under the supervision
of Miss Lucy. The teachers in Man
ual Training and Domestic Scienc
will have classes from the seventl
and eighth grades as well as fror
the High School.
In the High School some change
have been made in the courses o
study. English, History and Civic
have been placed in the list of re
duired studies while advanced math
ematics have been placed in the list o
electives. Especial emphasis will b
placed on Civics and one half yea
in this study will be required in tn
Junior year; this seems to us a ste
toward strengthening the High schoc
curriculum at a point where it ha
long been in need of Strengthening
Another subject that will receive es
pecial attention this year is Civi
Biology very practical and esser
tial course made very interesting an
attractive and demonstrating tn
vital relation of plant and animal lif
to Civic conditions.
These changes in the High SchoC
courses will give equal opportunity
those who desire to enter schools c
higher education to prepare for ii
work in such institutions and fo
those whose school days must clos
with the end of their High Scho'
course to prepare well for the wor
in life which they may desire to TAX
up after school days.
In connection with College Educi
tion, It is worthy of note that of IL
class of 1914 Of the Wauseon Hig
School. one third of the total nun
ber entered college last year and {
the class of 1915 over one half {
the number will enter college eitht
this year or next.
AN AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE
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