The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1915-08-12
TUCUMCARI SCHOOLS WILL
OPEN MONDAY, AUGUST 30
Full Corps of Teachers Have Been
Chosen and Arrangements Com
pleted for a Record Breaking
Attendance this Year

There are several special announce
ments which the School Board deems
advisable to make Mt this time. Pa
rents will please acquaint themselves
with these announcements in order
that they may arrange TO have all
children Of school age ready to enter
on the opening day of school.
The schools will open on Monday
morning August 30, 1915. The Board
of Education anticipates the largest
enrolment in the history of the school
and is making every effort TO provide
for this unusual condition.
An announcement which il Is ex-
pected will prove an important factor
in increasing the attendance this year
is, the decision Of the Board to admit
all pupils of Quay County who are of
school age, to the Tucumcari schools
without the payment of tuition. This
applies to High School students as
well as to those in the lower grades.
All children who are six years Of
age or over will be admitted this year
but at the present time the Board
is unable to provide room for children
less than six years of age. The first
grade will be divided as last year, pu-
pills attending half day sessions; but
children in the second grade will be
permitted to attend both morning and
afternoon Of each day. The various
grades will be located much as they
were last year, but detailed informa-
ton of grades will not be announced
until next week.
At "A meeting of the Board on last
Wednesday afternoon three additional
teachers were chosen so that the force
is now practically complete. Mr.. +.
V. Wiseman was chosen to succeed
Miss Roy as instructor of Spanish and
eighth grade. Miss Fisher Bonds, u
1915 graduate of the Tucumcari High
School was chosen for a position in
one of the lower grades. Miss Fou-
shee, a graduate of the Temple, Ari-
zona State Normal, was also selected
as a grade teacher. Mr.. Wiseman
and Miss Foushee come highly recon-
mended; and the work Of Miss Bonds
as substitute teacher during the past
year was very satisfactory.
Miss Grace Jeffrey was granted an
increase of five dollars per month in
salary, allowing her seventy-five dol
lars per month for the coming years
work.
The question of selecting librarian
to succeed Mrs. Hofer was left open
for the present to give all those who
desire chance to make application
for the position. The work is light
and agreeable, and any lady wishing
to make application for the place
should phone 81, or see Messrs. Stark
or Shadwick. The position pays twen-
ty dollars per month.
Beginning Monday morning August
l6, Mr.. Shadwick may be found at the
Office of the superintendent in the
High School building from nine until
eleven in the morning and from two
until four o'clock in the afternoon.
The adoption of new list Of text
books in all the eight grades of the
public schools of the state will make
it necessary to exchange all old books
for new. Many of the books will no,
be off the press until the last of the
month so that il will probably be i'm
possible to get all new books befor,
school opens. For this reason chill
dren are requested not to obtain an!
new books until requested to do Sc
by their teacher. II is desirable Il
make the entire change from the ole
texts to the new at one time, ant
thus avoid confusion.
Remember all old text books are
valuable and should be exchanged a
the time new books are obtained. Pu
pills should bring all old text books I,
school on the opening day and receiv
instructions from the teacher as 4
, when and how to dispose of them.
Look for important announcement
! in the News next week.