French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1918-06-06
LOCAL SCHOOL
WORK DURING
PAST YEAR
Superintendent Gives General Re-
port of Work Done During the
Year; Good Work Enjoyed;
the Honor Roll.
(By G. w. Bradshaw.)

The conditions under which all in
stitutions have existed and operated
during the past year have been alb
normal in many respects. This is no
less true of public school systems
than of other organizations.
But in spite of the fact that the
public mind has been diverted from
the regular channels of thought,
many of the good people of the land
have realized the fact that now of all
times is no time to allow the children,
tia future citizens of our country, to
slow up in their efforts to get an edu-
cation and to fit themselves for life.
And although there have been dur
ing the school year just closed num-
Der Of children in Hendersonville
who ought to have attended school,
but did not, yet, in many respects the
results of the years work is quite
gratifying to the, administration and
to the faculty. Both in enrolment
and attendance the records show a
slight increase over former years, and
lowing to the fact that the school this
year has run nine months, we believe
the grade of work done has been
above the standard of the past.
During the year just past the total
enrolment for the graded school has
been 625, there having been 480 in
the grades and 145 in the high school.
Based on this enrolment, the average
dailyDattendance has been 445. This
is q comparatively low attendance,
but many things have operated to
bring this about. We have had cpl
1 denies of measles, whooping cough,
smallpox, which carried with it vacci-
I nation, and the coolest winter that
has been for years. But with all
tEseSe, we should have done better.
The pupils on the whole have
studied well and made the desired
progress.
AS may be already we'll known, the
graduating class for this year con-
tanned twelve members. The number
graduating from the grammar school,
thereby becoming eligible for en-
trance into the high school, was thir-
ty. This is 25 per cent more than the
seventh grade has sent out any year
lprevious. We, therefore, look for
next years eighth grade to be the
largest in the history of the school.
The pupils have had great share,
too, in outside activities. The school
had basketball teams, both boys team
and girls team, and played games
with neighboring schools including
Asheville High. In the Henderson
county commencement, our pupils
took part in almost all the contests
and won a large share of the valuable
! won the $50 prize in the high school
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the seventh grade, won the grammar
school defamation contest prize of
| $25. Margaret Kershaw handed in
won prize Of So, and Howard Pat
map of Henderson county. A prize
of SO was won by the Henderson
vile chorus class, and the first prize
for the general exhibit was awarded
to the city school Miss Hazel Grant
of the seventh grade, won second
prize, Sc, for making second highest
average in the county examination.
She was awarded also a $3.50 gold
piece for making the highest average
among the Hendersonville pupils on
the seventh grade examination. Clark
Kindal also won a $3.50 gold piece
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among the boys on the seventh grade
examination Miss Steednan was
awarded $25 in war stamps for hav-
ing successfully trained Miss John
| son.
About $4,000 has been invested by
pupils and teachers in war stamps,
and a number of Liberty bonds were
bought. The high school purchased
a $50 Liberty bond for the school, an
| act much to be commended.
The honor roll for the month Of
May is as follows:
First Grade.
William Bangs, Wilbur Carter,
Raymond Freeman, James Holtz-
claw, Harold Terrence, Henry King,
Eunice Bennett, Pauline Lewis, Ed
ma May Milward, Mary Valentine,
Mildred Moores, Margaret Ashmore,
Betty Curtis.
Second Grade B.
! Verpa Holtzclaw, Charles Embler,
Donald Guice, Charles Israel, Ray
mond Robinson.
Second Grade A.
Reginal Hill Stephen Stepp, Ham
ilton Stepp, Vernon McMurray, Maud
Hyder, Nell Jones, Fannie Justus,
Marion Morris, Vera Orr, Jane
Truck.
Third Grade B.
Mildred Walker, Louise Reese, Viii
lie Forest.
Third Grade A.
Paul Jones, Joe Byers, JOAN
Brown, Jack Spence, Marguerite Dit