The copper era and Morenci leader., 1916-08-25
SCHOOLS ID OPEN SEPTEMBER
 ELEVENTH
Board of Trustees Announce Opening of Public Schools Monday, Septem- Der il. Buildings Repaired, Con- petent Teachers Selected Eff ciency and Progress Mark Actions of Board.

When the school bells ring Monday morning, September 11th, another year starts on it's way and from the extensive repair and improvement work which is now going on at the different buildings some children are going to be treated to happy surprise when they enter the different schools the first morning.
 The high school building has been completely remodeled, and painted on 1 the outside. The first floor has been divided into one large study hall, seat ing 165 pupils, library and office, English room, and stenography and commercial with glass partitions so that one teacher can do all the work , if this department where two were re- quired under the old arrangement. The upper floor, known as the auditor ium, has been divided into three rooms, a girls lavatory and a corridor for steel lockers for the girls. By these changes much extra space has been utilized and the girls lavatory l taken from dark, poorly ventilated | room in the basement to the second | floor, the commercial moved to the | first floor giving two large rooms for recitation rooms. The chemistry and i physics taken from the first floor to the second where the experimenting does not disturb the rest of the stu dent body. Cabinets for physics and chemistry have been installed, book cases built into library, desks for study hall, tablet arm chairs for reel tation rooms, and wood turning and pattern making machinery for the man ual training department have been added. The stones and earth from the up per and back sides of the lot of South Clifton school building have been mov- ed to the lower side adding about three lots to the present play ground space and the whole yard put into first class condition.
 The North Clifton floors and walls which had dropped down about six in- ches have been raised by concrete piers and iron and wood braces. The walls have been plastered and painted new blackboards and wood work built in to take the place of those worn out, new desks to replace the broken ones, the roof patched, French windows in- stalled for exits to the fire escapes, and the yard filled in. With these improvements North Clifton now has | the best building in town.
 
 The Chase Creek and Shannon Hill school buildings have been paint | ed on the outside, French windows i installed for exits to the fire escapes, | and sanitary closet is under con- ! struction at Chase Creek and the grounds of Chase Creek are soon to be leveled and graded and put into | a suitable playground, thus taking the | children out of the streets.
 There are many more little changes l that have been made by the board and | many more which they expect to make | before school starts that will give credit to their interest and attention | to school matters.
 Every effort of the board of truS- i tees has been in the direction of per manency in repairs and improvements | of buildings and lots, economy to the | taxpayers and patrons of the schools, l and comfort, safety and efficiency to ments of the grade buildings with | the new building for manual training, domestic economy and auditorium, and a few changes in the basement of the high school building yet to be made-Will make our buildings as | good as any in the state. The expense | of maintenance will greatly decrease after the present year while the eff ciency will increase about fifty per cent. The most sanitary plants in town will be the school buildings. But nothing is too good for the hcild- i ren.
 The board believes the school | buildings should be the best and the rooms should compare favorably with | the best homes in our city. If the | schools are to teach good citizenship they must have the right kind Of equipment and surroundings to make good citizens. With these conditions met by the taxpayers and patrons of our schools they have a right and should demand the best in the way of teachers and their teaching, not only in the school room, but outside as well. And in this part of the eff ciency of our school system we are fortunate in having among our teach ing force the best in the state and among the best in the country.
 The teachers for the coming year as reported to date are as follows:
 J. A. Davis, high school and depart mental.
 T. L. Bouse, Principal, mathemat- ics.
 Gladys Boise, English.
 F. M. Walek, Science and Athletics.
 Edna, Tuchock, Latin and Spanish.
 K. M. Houser, Departmental.
 w. l.. Bishop, Departmental.
 K. R. Umfleet, Music.
 Sara F. Bain, Art.
 w. R. Hurley, Manual Training.
 Rita Stevens, Domestic Economy.
 Zella Roberts, Commercial.
 Grades-Principals
 L. N. George, North Clifton.
 w. P Bright, South Clifton.
 Ettie Young, shannon Hill.