The Butler weekly times., 1916-10-12
Butler Public Schools.

total loss is fifty-one. Each yeal
shows a slight decrease in emu
meration. When t came to ttfhi, il
=. city the enumeration was $50 anc
this year it is 678. If you know
of any children who should be in
| school and are not, | shall be GLAD
! if you will report them to me.
Our High School enrolment
shows decided gain due to the
increased number of non-resi.
dents. Last year at the end of the
! first month we had enrolled 223
and at the end of the first month
this year we had enrolled. 24O.
Last year we enrolled LOG non
residents and this year we have
already enrolled 100. i do not
think any high school in the state
will have a larger number Of nom
residents and | am sure that no
high school will have larger
per cent.
We have eight new teachers this
year, six in the High School and
two in the grades and they have
all done excellent work. I think
that the Board was fortunate in
securing each one of them. The
old teachers have done their work
with great efficiency: The sue
cess of the first month leads me
to believe that Butler will have
one Of the most successful years
of school work that she has ever
had.
Mr.. Gorrell now has the High
School we'll organized. Under his
direction the classes have elected
the members of the Student Sen
ate, monitors have been elected
to take charge Of the study hall,
the classes have organized and
elected their officers and the en-
tire student body organized and
elected officers. The literary So
cieties havea had one meeting and
Il good program WAS rendered.
Most of the new students have
joined one of the societies.
A hall, which is now being
seated, has been rented for ath-
letics. In addition to the old
players we have some new stud
ents who look like good material.
They have had experience and
they have the weight. Mr.. Gorrell
will have charge of the athletics.
Miss Rice will have charge of the
girls basket ball team. In order
to put the athletics on safer
basis the pupils are selling season
tickets. l believe that the ath-
letic organization is worthy of
your support and | hope that you
will buy season ticket.
Mr.. Gibson is organizing a de-
batting club. This movement has
my heartiest commendation. 1t
is my opinion that no training
that young man obtains in
school is more valuable than learn
ing to stand before an audience
and present his ideas in clear
and logical manner. He can ac-
Quire this ability no where else
SO well as he can in debating club.
Miss Adams has organized an
orchestra in the High School. A.
need for this kind of an organiza-
tion has long been felt, and we
wish them unbounded success.
At the first meeting of the orches-
ira there were ten members pres
ent. All Of them are able to play
some instrument we'll. Under
Miss Adams we are sure that this
organization will succeed.
The senior class of 1916 left us
the net proceeds Of their COM
fund, which amounted
to $l15. 1t was their request that '
this be used for the benefit of the
library. There was also a bal +.
lnce of-about $12 from the COM ..
fund Of 1915. We re- !.
Gently placed an order for 1852
worth of books, and most of them
nave been received. Two new !,
book cases were purchased of Ed
Culver. This new equipment and
he new books will greatly in =
crease the usefulness of the IL =
)rary.
Recently the different classes '
donated about fifteen dollars with p"
which to purchase magazines and
IN order has been placed for as
many as this will purchase. We
lave not yet all that we need and
f you are taking a good magazine \
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