The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1918-09-01
VACATION OF LOCAL AD-
OLESCENTS RAPIDLY
NEARS END
HOLIDAY CUT SHORT
Trustees, Fearing Coal Fam
inc, Ordered Session to
Start Early.


joyed short vacation than usual,
will resume their studies Monday,
when the public schools Of Columbus
VIII throw open their doors for the
coming session. The schools do not
usually open until the middle of Sep
5ember, but an earlier date was fixed
this year in order to provide for a
suspension of work during the winter,
a fuel famine make a suspension nee
esspry.
There will be opening exercises at
both the Stephen d. Lee High School
and Franklin Academy, but Prof. ].
c. Meadows, the superintendent,
states that no regular programs have
been prepared for these exercises. 1t
8 probable, however, that patriotic
songs will be rendered and that there
be addresses by several local clergy
men and educators.
The public schools of Columbus
will open next Monday, September 2.
This is two weeks earlier than usual,
the trustees having decided to ad-
vance the opening date fortnight,
so that if a coal famine develops
this winter the schools can close for
a couple Of weeks without being COM
PEELED to make up the time next
spring.
The opening of the session will
witness a number of changes in the
faculties of all three of the local
schools. Prof. c. l.. Crawley, for
merly of McCool, Miss, is the new
principal of the Stephen D. Lee
High school, succeeding Prof. R. M.
Good, who resigned last spring to
join Uncle Sans aerial squadron.
| Mrs. A. T. Sale, who for a number of
years past has been principal of the
Barrow Memorial School, has been
made principal of Franklin Academy
and Miss Mary Stokes succeeds her
as principal of the Barrow school.
In addition to the changes among
the school principals, there have
been a number of additions to the
.eaching force, the completion Of the
Stephen d. Lee High school having
made it necessary to employ several
| additional instructors. The faculty
| Of the High School is made up Of the
folloing teachers: Mrs. Tarver, of
FIattiesburg, known here as Miss Mae
Massengale, who will teach history
| md English; Miss Mary Lou Peyton,
who will also teach history; Mrs,
Annie B. Stinson, geometry and alge-
bra; Prof. Leland Hume, of Oxford
general science, botany, physics and
hemestry; Miss katherine Cox,
| Spanish and French; Miss Florence
Rice, a graduate Of the Bowlin Green
Business College, has been placed in
charge of the business department;
Miss Thelma West. Of Memphis, will
teach English.
New teachers elected for the
grammar schools are Misses Mary
Anderson, of Mayhem, Ruth Senter,
Evans Houston and Maggie Perry,
The following are the members Of
the faculty of the grammar schools
Barrow School.
Miss Mary Stokes, principal, first
grade; Miss Dolly Locke, first grade
Miss Frances Bishop, second grade
Miss Ruth Senter, third grade; Miss
ozie Jordan, fourth grade; Miss
| Maggie Perry, fifth grade; Miss Mary
Rockford, sixth grade.
Franklin Grammar School.
I Miss Beulah Smith, first grade
Miss Adele Erwin, first grade Miss
Ella Mosby second grade; Mrs
Laura Beard, third grade; Mis-
Mamie Locke, third grade; Miss
ethel Whitaker, fourth grade; Miss
Magnetic Evans. fourth grade; Mrs
Margie Patterson, fifth grade; Miss
Olivia Leigh, sixth grade Miss
Thankful Howell, Drawing and sighf
Singing.
Franklin Junior High School.
Miss Georgia Quarles. English
Miss Bessie Weaver, History; Mis-
Tillie Webb. Physiology, Spelling ans
Writing; Miss Bonnie Jean Byrd
I tCat~.ar UD1 Dbvctoal EdUraffNu. Mrg