The Parisian. (Paris, Tenn.) 1907-1962, 1918-09-13
FAIL TERN OF
CITY SCHOOLS
Opened on Monday Under
Very Auspicious Cir
cumstances.

The fall term of the city schools
opened Monday under auspicious cir
cumstances with Superintendent M.
M. Phillips in charge and Miss Bella
Lankford as Principal of Atkins
Porter school and Miss Mary Lee
Harmed as principal of Lee school.
At Atkins-Porter School.
An opening program was carried
cut at the Atkins-Porter school in
the presence Of the pupils and pa
irons of the institution.
Rev. C. B. Clayton of the Metho-
dist church conducted the devotional
exercises
Rev. w. w. Astles, pastor of the
Presbyterian church, delivered mes
sage from the churches to the schools.
Hon. s. p Fitzhugh then offered
his message from the citizens to the
schools.
Mrs. Robert L. Howard spoke iif-
behalf of the Parent Teachers Asso-
citation, giving their message to the
schools.
DR.. George l.. Powers, President of
the City Board Of Education, gave
the Boards message to the schools,
and he was followed by w. d. Cooper
the secretary of the boardswho talked
briefly.
The services were opened and clos
ed with patrotc songs.
The opening enrolment at Atkins
Porter was n round numbers $50.
At Lee School.
The opening enrolment at Lee
school was 445 pupils, and of this
number there were n beginners.
There were large number Of
parents present at the opening of Lee
who brought their little ones for en-
tranessbr who came out of their in
terest ofahe institution.
Much depends on starting the little
one off in a happy and contented
way, and the teachers labored val
iently to. see that each little one was
made to feel at home and contented,
and from the appearance Of the little
pupils, right well they succeeded 1
The Lunch Rooms. ~
Each year the lunch rooms at each
Of the schools are decided success.
Here the scholars may get wholesome
palatable lunches at most reason
able price, under the able direction
of the Parent-Teachers Association.
This year the lunch rooms will be
under the direction of Miss Flora
Nichols, of Erin, whose duties it will
be to prepare lunches up to the stan
dard and at the same time serve them
at the minimum of expense.
ent-Teachers Association.
The Parent Teachers Association,
the outgrowth of the school work and
one of the active agencies in aiding
the schools, will have it's first meet.
ne Of the scholastic year on the 4th
Tuesday afternoon in the month.
A committee is now making out the
programs for the year book which
will be out in the near future.
The Association has something re-
ally worth while to offer to each of
its meetings and there should be num-
bered among its members practically
every head of family which has a
child in the school.
Superintendent Phillips and his
corps of principals and teachers are
desirous of having the best of coop
GRAFTON from the patrons Of the
schools. In this time of great ma
tional and international stress they
point out the fact that cooperation is
more necessary than ever before.
They are appreciative of what has
been shown them in the past and are
urgently desirous of a continuance OF
it and whrever possible on greater
scale.
They realize that the success of
ary schoaal rshere is in proportion
to the cod ksstion and active interest
Of the patrons and they are desirous
Of raising the standard of our
schools.