Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-05-23
NEW MEMBERS
FACULTY CHOSEN
At BOARD SESSION

The election of the faculty of the
Amerieus public schools was the fea-
ture Of the regular meeting of the
Board of Education held yesterday af-
ternoon.
Several new names appear on the
roster of teachers who will make up
the complement of instructors in the
educational institutions of this city
during the 1917-1S school year. Many
OF the teachers who have served with
satisfaction during the past year and
in some cases for several years, did
not apply for reelection. among this
number being Miss Lola Keatley, Miss
Nina Mexican, Miss Lena Hardy, e. H.
Agnew and John Fl. May.
C. M. Hale, who has served as princi
pal of the Americas High school for
one year and whose previous service
OH the faculty marked him as possess
ion unusual ability was reelected
principal, while B. L. deBruyne, head
OF the department of mathematics. was
also retained in that position. Miss
Jean Cameron, instructor in history,
will fill that post again during the
coming year.
A. C. Sale, who has several years of
experience in teaching and who has
just completed a postgraduate course
at the State Normal school, at Athens,
was elected to succeed E. H. Agnew,
Instructor in science. Miss NJ. ".
Kerr, who taught in the Warrenton
school last year will occupy the place
vacated by Miss Lola Keatley. John
c. Hoist, who resigned his position as
| instructor in manual training to join
the Americus Light Infantry just prios
to the mobilization of the national
guard on the Mexican border, and who
has just returned to Americus after
long confinement in the military hos
pital at Ell Paso, Tex, suffering from
pleuro-pneumonia, was elected as man
ual training instructor and head OF
the military department. 1t is hoped
Mr.. Holst's discharge from the guard
can be secured, since Profs, Agnew
and May of the faculty are now at the
officers training camp camp .t at ~ Mcphef- Nc
son.
Mrs. Louise Ramsaur, of Macon, will
succeed Miss Nina Mexican as instruc-
tor in domestic science, while Orlando
Scarborough, who has been teaching
at Marshallville, will fill the chair of
English.
Miss Ella Polk, of Atlanta, who has
been instructor in music in the Ar
eadia (Fla.) High school, succeeds Miss
Lena Hardy at the head of the musical
department of the local institutions.
Miss Hardy did not apply for re-eiec-
ton.
Miss Linda Mathis, daughter of Dr.
f. T. Mathis, and Miss Nan Hope, OF
Jonesyille, Ga, succeed Miss Anna
Keith and Miss Mamie Sue Bell on the
faculty of the Furlow Grammar school.
Neither Miss Keith nor Miss Bell APP
piled for reelection.
Miss Susie Taylor of this city, was
elected as teacher in the brooklyn
Heights school, and Miss Annie Me-
Laughlin remains as teacher in the
East Americus school.
The other members of the Grammar
school faculty reelected were Misses
Sarah Cobb, Elizabeth McLendon, Mary
Mathis, Annie Crum, Foy Mott, Emily
Record, Claude Mclaughlin, Geneyieve
Morgan. Clebe Kemph, Annie Ansley.
Miss Martha Wheatley was reelected
as head of the art department of the
public schools.
The domestic science and manual
training departments have been trans
ferred to the High school proper and
only High school students will here
after receive instruction in these de-
partments.
1t was also decided to include the
study of Spanish in the High school
curriculum. the Board of Education be-
lieving that the closer relations OF the
United States with the Latin-American
nations makes a knowledge of Spanish
necessary to the rising generation.
The faculty of the Mckay Hill school
for colored students was elected as
follows: A. S. Staley, principal; FL
len Brinson. Emma simmons, Eliza Be-
thune, Sue weistheimer, Quincy Taylor,
Maggie Sheffield Matte Woods. Vic
toria Addy, ozie Belle Hart, Blanche
staley, Pearl Lindsay, Lucille Bouie.
Agnes Smith.