The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1917-09-22
EDUCATION WAS
NEVER MORE USEFUL
Sacrifices Should be Made if Neces-
sary to Keep Ocala Children
in the Schools

The Ocala schools will open Mon
day morning at $3.50: Patrons are
urged to enroll their children on the
first day or as near the beginning of
the term as possible. For most
pupils, the first few days are very
important.
On account of the high cost of liv-
ing and the great demand for labor,
many parents will be tempted to keep
their older children out of school.
But it is the patriotic duty of every
parent to. make all reasonable sacri-
fees that his children may have the
advantages of an education. Most
Americans are gladly sacrificing mon
try's cause and thousands of men are
laying their lives on their country's
altar. "The duty of every young per-
son toward the flag is to remain in
school and strive to fit for high ser
vice. Men and women of culture will
be needed more than ever in the next
ten years, whether the war shall end
soon or after long tfme," the United
States commissioner of education
says. "There will be great need in
its later days for many young men
and women of scientific knowledge,
training and skill; and it may then be
much more difficult than it is now to
support our schools, to spare our
children and youth from other SER
vice and to permit them to attend
school,"
The faculty of the Ocala primary
school is the same as last year. The
North Ocala faculty is Miss Agnes
Crago, principal and intermediate
grades; Miss Collie Clark, primary
grades. Willie the resignation Of
Miss Mendenhall was a loss to the
schools of Ocala, the patrons of North
Ocala are to be congratulated on hav-
ing two such splendid young ladies
as their teachers.
Every reasonable effort was made
to secure a strong faculty for the
Ocala graded and high school and the
trustees and principal were congrat-
ulating themselves on their apparent
success, but within the last week, two
designations have occurred among the
grade teachers. These vacancies have
already been filled with the best
teachers that could be obtained at
this time of the year. They are prob
ably as well prepared as the teachers
who resigned. The faculty as it now
stands is as follows: Miss Isabel
Mays, assistant principal, history and
| Spanish; Mr.. Y. A. Henderson,
science, athletics and military train
| ing; Miss Felicia Williams, English; !;
Miss Lula Doke, mathematics; Miss
Marie Pitchford, Latin and French;
Miss Florence M. Conibear, home
economics; Mrs Annie Van Davis, ex-
preston; Mrs. Rex Todd, eighth
grade; Misses Minnie Lee Carlisle
and Valley Boyd, seventh grade; Mrs.
| H S. Wesson and Miss Marian Dew
ey, sixth grade; Miss Alice Walker
and Mrs. B. D. Adams, fifth grade;
Misses Eugenia Fuller and Marion
| Liddy, fourth grade.
The members of this faculty who
were connected with the school last
year are too well known to need in
PRODUCTION or commendation. Each of
these is very satisfactory in her place
and compares favorably with the
| best grade teachers found anywhere.
| A few words concerning each of the
new teachers will be of interest. Miss
| Mays has taught in Ocala before and
| has many friends here who are pleas
ed to know that she is again to be
connected with the school. Although
quite a satisfactory teacher when
! here before, Miss Mays should be a
much stronger teacher now. Since
she was connected with the Ocala
school she has been principal of the
| Dunnellon school three years and
first assistant at Daytona last year
She has also attended the Chicago
University three months out of each
year for the last four years. Miss
Felicia Williams is graduate of the
Florida Woman's College and has
taught English for the last three
years in the Arcadia high school
with marked success. She is com.
mended in the highest terms by Capt
Geo. NJ. Lynch, supervising principa
of the Arcadia schools. Miss Pitch
ford is a graduate of the Miami high
school and of the Florida Woman's
| College. She has taught in the Nj