The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-01-24
CrOwding Rooms and OVerIaxing Teachers
Do moi Make for Best Results Says
Superintendent Ramey
JUNIOR HIGH TAXED
EXCEEDING CAPACITY
Necessary to Send Ward Schools Overflow
TO Junior High Which Cannot Now
Accommodate PnpiIs

The summaries of the principals
reports from the different schools of
the city for the fourth school month
ending January 18th, shows a total en-
rolIment of 2599 pupils to that date.
The number belonging at the end Of
the month being 2144 with an aver
age daily attendance of 2093. The
percentage of attendance for the white
schools is "a.
AS a matter of general information
Supt Ramey gives the following items
relative to the respective buildings:
Total enrollment--North school, 539;
West school, 5Si, South school, 451;
junior High 294; Senior High, 345;
Negro school, 395. Average belong
ing-North school, 456; West school,
519; South school, 374; Junior High,
255; Senior High, 3O6; Negro school,
S45 Average daily attendance
North school, 1868; West school, 4SS
South school, 344; Junior High, 236;
Senior High, 2SS; Negro school, 279.
Number of tardies-North school, 25;
West school, %; South school, 33;
Junior High, A; Senior High, Ill;
Negro school, 57
I'VE are now rounding up the work
Of the first term which ends next Fri
day" said Mr. Ramey. "The second
term will open Monday, at which time
new classes will start in the grades
and the beginners may enter. This
will call for the use Of every available
room in the system, except one over
flow at the South school, to the full
capacity. We are transferring so 7th
B pupils from the ward schools to the |
Junior High school The classified
tions which we are forced to make |
for the second term give thirty-eight |
pupils to the teacher at the Junior
High forty at the South, forty-six at
the West and forty-eight at the North.
Forty pupils is the maximum number
of pupils that ought to be assigned to
each teacher where we desire the best
results.
1T is quite apparent that we need /
more school rooms and more teachers
to take care OF the children Of the
city. At the present time, we are fair
ly providing for the Senior High school
but we need the eight additional rooms
at the Junior High which the board
planned. We have not been
able to do much which we anticipated
because Of this lack of room. The
present facilities at the ward build
ings do not enable us to properly pro-
vide for the lower grades. The at
tendance at the schools is growing
all the time. The citizens of the town
should see to it that our Junior High
is completed the coming summer as
well as providing more rooms for the
lower grades. There is much need
of improvements at each of the ward
schools.
Every thinking man and woman
knows that the public schools are
greatest asset. If they
are what they ought to be It means
good for the city If they are not what
they should be- it stands decidedly in
the way of the city's progress. Many
people are moving to Chickasha that
they may place their children in
school. They would not come here
were it not that they can command
good facilities for their children:
hence, if Chickasha would have the
best people, those who are worth
while in making a substantial citizen
ship, she must continue in the future.
as in the past, to make ample provis-
ions for the maintenance of her
schools. We must remember that
ours is an age of progress in educa-
tion as much as in anything else
There are new demands made on the
schools, and, if Chickasha keeps pace
with other cities in meeting these de-
mands, she must continue to enlarge
and enrich the work of her schools:
she must furnish the best facilities for
her boys and her girls"