The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1917-06-02
How Our Schools
Have Progressed
MUCHHAS BEEN ACCOMPLISHED
IN LAST TWO OR THREE
YEARS TO MAKE HAYS
PROUD OF ITS PUB
Lie SCHOOL
SYSTEM
A Fine Spirit Has Been Engendered.

of the Hays High School who saw this
years graduating class as the largest
class in the history of the school, and
to the person who walks or drives
past the school grounds and sees not
cnly the new building but the grading
| themselves these, several ques-
tions arise.
Why?
Without doubt there is an awak-
ened interest on the part of Hays, and
on the part of its citizens in the pub
lie school. This awakened interest
on the part of the community itself,
can have no other effects than that of
an awakened interest within the
schools themselves.
| Four years ago the total enrolment
of the high school and grades was 253.
Of this number fifty-three were in
the High School. There were six
teachers including the superintendent.
Three years ago the total enroll
ment was about PTS with fifty-nine in
the High School, and there were sew
en- teachers, not including the super
intendent.
Two years ago the total enrolment
reached the unprecedented figure of
348 and the High School enrolment
almost doubled, being ninety-eight.
There were eight teachers regularly
employed.
This year the enrolment went up
to 425, with 115 of this number in the
High School. There were nine teach
ers.
Next year not one wishes to pre-
dict the total enrolment because no
one knows what the added facilities
may bring about. But no one esti-
mates the enrolment of the High
School next year at any figure less
than 130. There will be fourteen
teachers teaching regular classes and
employed by the Board of Education
and in addition to those, there will be
the large number of supervisors work
ing throughout the entire system.
There will be six teachers in the
High School itself and eight teachers
IN the grades, making a total of four
teen.
One reason that no one knows how
many will enroll in the High School
is that heretofore tuition was charged
TO nOn-residents, but beginning next
year the city pays the tuition of non
residents and there is no choice
about it. The law makes it man
datory to enjoy the excellent IA
cilities of the local High School.
An especial feature of the work in
the High School next year will be
completely equipped department of
Home Economics, under the direction
of Miss Prue Morgan. A CONNER
Cial department will also be added.
The equipment for the science labor
atories will be materially increased.
During the past two or three years
the courses of study and the subjects
taught, not only in the grades but in
the High School have been enriched
by careful correlation between the
various rooms and grades. Four years
ago the superintendent taught all the
time and each of the rooms was a sep
crate and distinct school system in it
| self. The pupils, no matter how ex-
| cellent the individual teachers were,
were forced to lose speed in making
their readjustments from year to
year.
1t is hard for the the grown-ups of
the present to realize the great advan-
tages offered to growing boys and
| girls in the correlation and supervi-
sion of the school work from corps
of more or less expert supervisors.
| Under the direction of Mr.. Woos-
ter, the teachers of Hays, public
schools have introduced more and
| could estimate the natural responsive
ness which this has awakened in the
boys and girls.
| Industrial work has been intro
| duced in all the grades, and regular
sewing and manual training in the
sixth, seventh and eight grades. Physi-
| cal training under the direction of
Miss Flanders, is being used in all
the eight grades. Music is used in
the high school and in the grades, not
only as something to enrich the curri-
! ~ L
pand the souls of young America. A
real musician has had charge of this
work throughout the entire system.
Possibly to Miss Earle, formerly Miss
Allen, or Mrs. Jamison, formerly Miss
| Sidenius, and to Miss Slingluff goes
much of the credit of the present fine
spirit of cooperation of the pupils
| of the grades and the students of the
! High School.
Miss Wooton has for two years
been instilling a finer appreciation of
things artistic as she has planted the
embryo OF this appreciation in what
she has done in the teaching of art
to the boys and girls of Hays.
Health supervision and dental in
spectiOn and regular lantern slide
service have done much to cause the
young people of Hays, to take better
care of their bodies.
/ Athletics have developed into an
organized part of the school activi-
ties This last year has really been
the first time when this has been pos
sible. The athletics are not only or
ganized but are controlled by the
school itself. There is an athletic
board of control, composed OF Mr.
Shively, Mr.. Lee and Mr. Kirkman
Three times as many boys have enter
cd the athletic contests IN Hays, than
ever before There have been regu-
larly organized and supervised teams
In the grades. To Frank Carmen, must
go practically all the credit for the
increase in High School and grade
! athletics. He has made 1t possible
for the High School to play stronger
teams than before and his careful
management has netted above expens
es a surplus of over S100 which vii
be applied to the athletics for mex
year.
The boy scout work under the di
Erection of Mr.. Harris and the campfire
girls with Miss Unruh- and Miss Hus
Sey haye meant great deal to ths
boys and girls of Hays.
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