Smyrna times., 1918-09-11
NIRVA SCHOOLS REOPEN
V WITH LARGE ENROLMENT
,,rw PRINCIPAL AND SEVERAL
VI ,,rw TEACHERS IN FACULTY
=. Glass Starts Out With 16 Pu-
'' School Board Buys Property.
p New Agricultural Course.

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New Agricultural Course
Tho Smvrna Public Schools began
.,:r Fall term Monday with bright,
l..r I weather, and under auspices that
r ...noak an interesting school year.
prof. % c. Leland HarmOnsOn, the new
S,Derising Principal, who succeeds
p.1f pr n D. Van Horn, was on the job
,.,lv and had a very busy day super
si,rC and seeing that the grades
ssted off in smooth working order.
Some changes are noted in the teach
mo staff this year. In the High School
besides the new Supervising Princi-
n.l is Miss Jane S. Kulp, of South
amnton. Pa, a recent graduate of the
Wost Chester Normal School. Miss
EuID succeeds Miss Esther Read and
takes hold with much eaTnestness in
ber new work. In the Eighth Grade,
Miss Anna B. Beckett returns as tea
cher after years absence at college,
ueeeding Miss Mary B. PassmOre,r re-
stoned. Miss Annie Middleton is in
charge of the Seventh Grades succeed
inc Miss Ida Martin, who takes the
Third Grade, succeeding Mrs. Irma
Malcolm. Miss Hazel NJ. Evern-
gam. of Denton, Md, who taught last
year at Rising Sun, Md. succeeds Miss
Edith Section, resigned, as teacher of
the Sixth Grade. Miss Evrngam is
also a graduate of the West Chester
Normal. The other teachers take their
old positions.
Schools Open With Enrolment Of 332
The schools opened with a fairly
large attendance for this time of the
year, as, owing to the scarcity of la
Dor, many pupils are still at work in
canning factories or on farms. Some
1872 pupils answered to the roll call on
the first day. In the High School
Prof. c. Leland HarmOnson will have
Charge of History and Algebra, Miss
Esther Maxwell, English, Latin and
French; Miss Jane S. Kulp, Zoology,
Latin and Geometry. The enrolment
shows there are 16 Seniors, 8 Juniors,
Is SOphomores, and 18 Freshmen.
The Grammar School will have de-
partmental work in the mornings as
heretofore. The Eighth Grade, Miss
Anna B. Beckett (English) q pupils;
Seventh Grade, Miss Annie Middle
ton History 81 pupils; Sixth Grade,
Miss Hazel NJ. Everngham (Geogra-
phy) 9S pupils; Fifth Grade, Miss
Elizabeth Mcdowell Mathematics
~ pupils. Primary School = Fourth
trade, Miss Helen Start, 27 pupils;
Third Grade, Miss Ida Martin, A pu-
pills; Second Grade, Miss Lulu Rob
lnsOn, 81 pupils; First Grade, Miss
Julia Griffith, SO pupils.
Agricultural Course an Innovation.
The instructor in agriculture re.
Gently secured for Smyrna Schools
under the provision of the Smith
hughes Act of Congress, will arrive
IN a week or ten days. The proper.
ueS near the school grounds, recent,
purchased by the School Board fol
uls purpose, namely the Mrs. H. M
BECK and the Mrs. Robert Wilds resi-.
uences, will be put into condition fol
use as soon as possible. A more de
'@lled description of the new cours,
VIII appear as soon as the agriculture
veachef makes his plans fully known
VI the present, at least, the morn
ing session will begin at 9 and ad
!Ourn at y o'clock and the Afternoon
session will begin at 1.15 and con
1uue at 3.15. By this arrangement
WI, ni'n the elimination of recess in tn,
sn school the period can be length
e-''u 10 4O minutes each, which is O
0'' advantage in High School work