The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-05-24
Roll of Instructors 1875 Sea-
son Announced Today.
Superintendent Wilson Makes
Appointments Over City.
NOSALARIES HAVE BEEN RAISED
Action, However, Will Be TAX
en- as Soon as Possible.
Next School Year Will Begin on
September II.

Appointments for the members of
the faculty for next year were an
nounced this morning by H. B. Wilson,
superintendent of the public schools
of Topeka. instructors were chosen
Wednesday afternoon at a meeting of
| the board of education but no mention
was made of salary hike.
The salaries, according to H B. Will
son, will not be considered by the
board until its meeting in June, and
possibly NO definite action will be ia
ken until later. According to mem
bers of the board, an increase in the
salaries has been approved by the
board but with the present financial
condition of the school system, such
a hike" would necessitate a loan or
revision of the three funds of the
system, building, improvement and
general However, the matter will be
considered SoCn and has the approval
! of the individual members of the
| board.
The school program also formulated
| at this meeting of the board announces
that the next school year will open
September II, 1917 for the pupils and
September 10 for the teachers. A two
days professional institute will be con-
Quoted for the instructors, September
3 and / 4. Christmas holidays will
| begin Friday, December 81 and will
1917-191S will close May 81, 1918
IS New Teachers
| The faculties of the different schools
Will have eighteen new members, ac-
cording to these appointments and five
! teachers who have been on a leave
| of absence will return. designations
! total 5.
| The following teachers and super
v1sors have resigned: H. Margaret
Boo, of the high school, English and
expression teacher; Martha George,
| high school teacher of commercial
arithmetic and algebra; FREEDOMS
i Bergen, Potwin; Stella Brodowsky
supervisor of writing; Raymond
Heine, supervisor of manual training
Captain Mclean is the only mem
Der of the public school faculty who
was granted years leave of absence.
HIS leave was granted on account of
his belonging to a military organiza-
ton that might soon be called to war.
The following persons were elected
at schedule salaries to the available
list for the school year 1917-18, with
the understanding that the superin-
tendent shall assign persons from this
list 10 each type of vacancy which
may occur in the order that the names
are entered on the list. Most of the
following names are carried over from
the available list of one year ago,
their services not having been needed
the past year,
COLORED SCHOOLS
Villa Henderson and George Hamilton
WHITE SCHOOLS
PRIMARY
Esther Baldwin, Augusta Middleton
Margaret OIBrien. Mary Bardwell. Mildred
Swigart. Bess Jacquemin, Emma Engleman
Esther Bullock and Mary Van Vechten.
INTERMEDIATE
Lillian Work and Josephine Miller
JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL
Effie Hand, Lulu McCabe and Willard
Troxell (part time.)
HIGH SCHOOL.
A. r. Page and c. b. Hitch
Inc Following persons now away on leave
any of the persons the available list
are assigned their salary to be fixed ac-
SSord rI1 to , schedule; Emily Coe. Clara E.
Beneke and K. A. Harshbarger.
HIGH SCHOOL.
A j: Stout, principal; r. W Coppedge,
ivlce-pr1ncipal; Laura L. Ewing, associate
principal; Ethel NJ, Aldrich. Nora D.
Ames. Nellie NJ. Ansel, Elmer Bearg. Maude
Alma Calvert, Elizabeth Campbell James
Dickson, Grace N. Gilmore. Lucretia En-
Nina GilIett, w. H. Greider, Minerva c.
Hall Frank Frank Nh " Harrison, Mary W Harri-
Rosella NJ Kerr, Gertrude Lewis. W e.
McClelland. Frank A Mccoy. w T. Nc
! Stella Mitchell, Anne r. AIonteith. Marian
Morrow, Mary K: Murphy, Stella NJ. OIcott,
LESLIE L. raTtrdge Sean Rmth
art, Mrs. nellie c. Terrill. Ella P. True
w a T4r ,,, Albert H. Winter, GaEmie
Bertha Senft (clerk).
BRANNER.
H W. Jones, principal: Lydia r. Barnes
Mrs. Ruth Roby, Nellie Smith, Mrs. J. L.
Campbell. Jennie Smith, Nina Moore, Jes
sic f. Howard, Laura E. Mcclure, Grace
Bostwick.
Matte BrI dshaw, Mrs Sarah Mclean
Ruby Mcknight, kindergarten.
CENTRAL PARK.
Madge r.. Moore. principal: Minnie Nc
Murtrfe Mutrie, Elizabeth Smith, Winifred
McKirahan. Bertha C. Hyde, Clara John
ston, Jeanette Price, Miriam Steele, Gail
Moody. Ruth r. Price, Ida Hosack, Daisy
Crawford. Eva Collins. Mrs.~June r. Chap
man, kindergarten; Elsie Chapman, assist
ant
o. p NJ. McClintock. principal: Mary
Monteith, Gertrude Morton. Mabel F.
EsteIie Cooper. Mrs. Gertrude Knowles.
Dorothy Cbrisman.
DOUGLAS.
Nathaniel Sawyer, principal; Mrs. Angie
GARFIELD.
w. G. Magaw, principal; Edna p. Kin
caid assistant; Mrs. Laura D. Mckee. An
ME B. Banks. Myra Corning. Lou Tillson,
L. Mccoy.
C NJ Morrow. princlpai' Mabel L. Hell. |
Mrs. Jennie Merryman. Helen Weisser. |
Emma Brunette, Ethel A Chapman. Mrs. |
Anne P Aniba Mrs. Martha Kittell as
sistant principal; Della Rankin, ungrade.I :
HARRISON.
O. P NJ McClintock, principal; Blanche !
Carnahan. assistant; Mrs. A W. Thomr
son, Fannie George, Gertrude Crandall, |
Edith Shepherd, Mrs. Permelia Cone, Jean
Koontz Fl; nche Dodge. ungraded room !
AIfarata Whitmore, ungraded room.
LAFAYETTE.
Charles 6. Todd. principal; Maude Tag