University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1916-02-21
JEFFERSON STUDENTS
RANK HIGH IN GRADES
City's Largest Ward School,
With 400 Pupils, Has
Good Marks.
BUILDING is SMALL
Attendance Record Keeps Up
in All ClaSSeS-Eleven
Teachers.
BUILDING is SMALL

school in the city, its pupils number
ing about 400. There are eleven teach
rrs. two of whom have their classes
ia The high school building, as the JEFF
ferson building is too small 20 accom-
modate all those attending. There are
three seventh grades, one composed
entirely of boys, another Of girls ant
th. other mixed. The first and second
of these classes occupy rooms in the
high school building. Two first, two
third and two fourth grades are other
features of this school.
The first primary class shows a con-
siderable number of E and 5 students.
Margaret Porter ranks first with two
E's and two SIS; Herman Barton, Isa-
belle Brown, Stephen Simmons and
Keith Todd have records of one Z
apiece. and two SIS. Eleanor Finley
and Elmer Porter have four SIS to
their credit.
Primary Class Ranks High.
Thhe advanced primary has an even
higher record. Mary Fenton and Ed
ma Jones divide first honors, each hav-
ing FIVE E's and Ferdinand Cottle
ranks close with four Els and an S.
Ferdinand is years old, and this is
his first year at school, Ronald Jacobs
ties Ferdinand's record. Clyde Winn
has three E's on his card Mabel Sew
ier boasts of three Els and an S. Sew
eral students have two Els, among
them Norris Betz, who also won three
SIS, Ray Woods, Ruth Murray, Rufus
Murry and Nelson Whitesides. The
last four also have one S. Estil
Thompson, Arthur Richardson and
Grace Burnett received cne E and two
SIS among their grades. and Howard
Arthur with one f and one S, ranks
near them. students in this class
are many.
Gladys Taylor is the star of the
second grade, her card showing six
Els. Dilla Enochs and James Wood,
nv iiihC lNO lOuI tdCH,
hold second place in the grade along
with Homer Mote and Luther Shell
mutt, each of whom has three Els and
two SIS. Ora Wade with three Els and
one S ranks close. Two Els and three
SIS are credited to Alburna Veel, Mary
Willmetia and Mildred Drake, four SIS
to Edith Nichols and Mary Lee Philips
and two Es and one S to Lillian
STROBE. Other f and S students are
Cleo Cornelison, James Crews, Letha
Farthing, Buel Freeman, J. w. Nc
Bride, Pauline McClish, Wendell Phil
lips and Eulah Hogan.
Two Girls Get Five Es.
Five Els is a mark that anyone
might be proud of, and two lower
third-grade girls, Favette Perrine and
Eula Crowley, boast of it, James Cor
don Green, Helen Hutchins and Es-
telle Ewing are very close to first
place, with four Els and an S. Wal
lace Nichols has four Els to the three
Els and two SIS of Neville Todd and
Racine Greasy. Other honor students
in this grade are Russell and Gretta
Brown, James Cottle, Doris Cox, Ger
trude Callahan, Florence Johns. Ced-
ric Paris, Ernest Ray, A. J. Sandker,
Oryille Turner, Virginia Via, Altha
Wood, Rufus Williams and Daniel
YOckum
Thhe individual grades of the upper
'hird are considerably lower. but are
more even. Josephine Hickam and
Maggie Roberts made the highes,
grades with two Els and four SIS each. !
Rollins Paris has two Els and three |
SIS, and Alfred Fisher one E and five |
SIS. One f and four SIS are marked |
on the cards of Clyde Campbell, over /.
Garrett, Clarence Payne and Mary
Wright Bertha Burnett, Mabel Ca /
ruthers. anna Philippe, Carl Robyn. |
Anna Sherer and James Via each have
a grade of me f and one or more SIS. /
Four high in Lower Fourth.
Davis Sims easily leads the lower
fourth with three Els and three SIS. .
Storey Richardson, Virginia FurIey
and William Cox are the students.
The upper fourth shows an equal .
lowering of grades but one f being
given. Ellen Muller has one Il and .
three SIS. Her nearest competitor is
Juliet Jordan, who was given eight
SIS. Julia McAllerty and Eugene
Handker share the distinction of sew
On SIS. Martha Brady and Eugene
Handker are next in rank. with seven
SIS. Sigmund Ballenger, Harold Nc
Broom, Julia McAllerty and Earl Mich
OILS share the distinction of six SIS.
while Florence Woods and Martha
Brady each have five SIS. Other honor
students are Beulah Boutsell, Meloil
Sexton, Evalena Wright, Exie White
sides and Roy Wiggington.
Marjorie McGrath and Roy King are