The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1917-01-20

ny Miss Matte Middleton.
CITY OF Ell PiSO AND CIVIC
ATTRACTIONS.

Promising last week to tell some
thing OF FL Paso's public buildings,
will begin with the new high
school. particularly as our citizens
are Just nov interested in the cree
q ton OF new high school building
In our own city. This building was
erected at cost of $500. 600 and is
said to rank as the thirteenth best
Miss Helen Oldham, who Is one OF
the English teachers in the FL Paso
: high school, was my pilot that Sat
urday morning, and she OF course
i had q personal pride in showing ne
the beautiful building where she in
structs the young minds In English.
The building is Just at the foot OF
Mt. Franklin, grand and imposing,
which would naturally give one an
Inspiration to study. The Apr oaeh
to this high school carries you UP
succession of concrete steps, which
Is amphi-theater style, and forms
stadium with a seating capacity of
twenty thousand. In the arena ath-
letes enjoy the sport of football and
= other college pastime. A fine pipe
!. organ will soon be installed in the
/ Ell Paso high school. The music
room has Vietrolas. pianos, pictures
of musical masters, and Is other
wise made artistic. The domestic
science department vas one of the
most attractive features. There Is
inside OF this mammoth building a
replica OF a model bungalow, which
gives girls the pleasant duty of car
ing for a model bungalow. The liy-
Ing room. dining room and kitchen
cite are finished in white wood
work. most pleasing to the eye and
Its arrangement is appealing to the
artistic.
In the dressmaking department
they have fitting room and equip
ments equal to the large depart
ment stores. The offices of the
officials are beautifully furnished
There Is rest room furnished in
splendid taste. The girls have a
gymnasium, while tho boys have a
large swimming pool. Everything
for mental and physical culture is
provided In this high school build
ing, and It's construction is cold gray
stone. resting against tho mountain,
makes a picture that one can see at
almost any point in the city. and
brings a pardonable pride to the
citizens. that tho youths for genera
tons has thus been cared for by
their progressive foresight. and
patriotic enterprise. We went with
Mrs. Wilson on tho morning OF
January End to visit the school
where she teaches music. This is
the A. O. Y school. one of the
largest Individual schools in Texas.
whcih was named for Spanish
refugee from Mexico, some twenty
ftve years ago, His name was Aoy. |
because OF his interest in education.
gave him place in the city schools |
and later named this building for |
him. There is one thing about FL |
Paso's educational system, that Is
commendahle. that they see and !
recognize that woman has executive |
ability, and every ward school In |
the city has women as principals. |
some OF them holding such positions !
az long as fifteen and twenty years
The A. O. Y. school is Mexican |
school. and it was indeed interest
Ing to me to see how Interested the |
dark skinned children are In edu- |
cation. and how they smile and |
greet the American teachers. who |
bring probably to them. the bright