Carthage courier. (Carthage, Tenn.) 1913-current, 1918-08-15
CARTHAGE HIGH SCHOOL OPENS
SEPT. 2 PLANS AND SUGGESTIONS

sion of the Carthage High School,
am taking this opportunity to
formally announce the opening ex-
ercises at 10 o'clock a. m. on Labor
Day, the first Monday in September
want every parent in Carthage and
every patron of the school in the
county to be present on that day and
at that hour. / desire to also call
attention to some of our plans, and
TO offer some suggestions to the par
ents with view to securing the most
possible good out of the session.
First, let me say that notwith-
conditions of everything, especially
educational institutions, on account of
the war, | am encouraged to be-
lieve that the attendance will be
even better this year than it was last.
This is a good reason to think that
the public is beginning to interpret
the signs of the times. Fer all dur
ing the war and especially during
vhe reconstruction days that are
going to be experienced by the whole
world following the war there is go
ng to be such a call for educated
men and women as has never been
heard Of in the history of mankind.
Wherever, it is possible, therefore,
for boy or a girl to be spared in
the present emergency, it is the
duty of the parent both to his boy OF
girl and to his country to prepare him
for the days that are to come. De
mocracy must be perpetuated as well
as made safe.
The faculty this. year will be made
up as follows: A. G. Duggins, prin-
ipal; /. E. Clearwater first as
:. Ruth Davis; Miss Isabel Atkinson;
Miss Frances Baker and Miss Mil
1red Gilbreath. Announcements
will be made as to the instructors IN
the commercial department, art and
expression a little later. Miss At
kinson will have charge of the 3rd and
It'll grades and Miss Baker will have
charge of the grades that were
Taught last year by Mr.. Austin. DR.
Jones assures US that these two
young ladies are among the best
talent that has been sent out from
the Middle Tennessee State Normal
and that no anxiety need be felt as
to their making good. Not only are
both these young ladies normal
graduates and well-trained for the
profession, but they also come from
very refined families of Winchester,
Tenn. Miss Gilbreath, the music teach
er, is the daughter of Pres. 5. G..
Gilbreath of East Tennessee State
Normal. She has been well trained I'M
der the leading masters of the county,
among which is numbered some of
the best talent of New York City.
She has winning disposition and
is quick to make friends. The other
teachers mentioned are those that
were members of the faculty last
year, and the public already knows
them and their work.
On account of the increased cost
of operation, the daily sessions will
have to be heightened from $3.50 a.
M to D. m. this year. One hour
will be given at noon, and Is min
utes intermission will be given in
the morning and also in the after
noon. While these long hours may
be little trying, they will be tenn
pered by the Increased inter1n1sslon
periods, and it is hoped that the
change will be tolerated with good
grace, as it is the very best that
could be done and find time for all
the Rotations.
The home economics will give its
entire time to sewing for the Red
Cross throughout the year. 1t is be-
lieved that this is a patriotic duty
that this department can and ought
to render, and credit will be allowed
for it same as for the regular home
economies works. Miss Baker, who
maiored in this work, will have the
general direction of all this sewing.
Hitherto, the seating in the build
ing has been such that four of the
rooms mainly used by high school
pupils have been down stairs and on
" two upstairs. As the high school
does departmental reciting, this ar
rangement necessitated continual
passing up and down the stairways,
and was a source of no little dis
turbance to the other departments
This has been remedied by ex-
changing the two high school rooms
upstairs with two grammar grade
rooms downstairs, thus throwing all
the high school rooms together in
such manner as to necessltate
passing only across the hallway In
changing recitations. AS the gram
mar pupils will not do any depart
mental reciting, it is not necessary
for them to pass from one room to
another. Another good feature
about this change is that there are
two drinking fountains on the second
floor and only one on the first.
AS the high school pupils use these
fountains less than the grammar
grades the change will tend to keep
the many in these grammar grades
from suffering from water which
room occupied by Miss Henson,s
pupils last year, and the grades
win b seated in tn room taught by
Mr.. CLEARWATER last year. A cor
responding change will be made in the
rooms occupied by Miss Wills and
Mr. Austn's pupils last year.
:Another announcement which will
be- very pleasing to the school is the
beauest to the Carthage people
of the private library of Miss Louise
McHenry, sister of J. S. McHenry,
vice president Of the Fourth and
First National Bank of Nashville.
It is planned to have this library
presented by one of our leading cit
/ liens at the opening exercises on the
l e also hO0ad