Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1918-09-05
MINERAL POINT
PUBLIC SCHOOLS
Will Open Next Monday Morning,
September g, at $40 o'clock.
A CALL TO DUTY

The city schools will open for the
school year 1918-1919 next Monday
morning, September 9, at $40 o'clock.
The vacation is drawing to a close and
the children who have practically all
been employed in useful work during
the summer months will have their
minds turned to educational advance
ment. The present and the future de-
mand for trained minds increases. the
Importance Of the schools. National
leaders from President Wilson down
are striving as never before to see that
every child of school age is in school
this fall. The President says: "After
the war there will be urgent need not
only for trained leadership in all lines
of industrial, commercial, social and
civic life, but very high average of
Intelligence and preparation on the
part of all of the people. I would
therefore urge that the people continue
to give generous support to their schools
of all grades and that the schools ad-
just themselves as wisely as possible to
the war conditions to the end that no
boy or girl shall have less opportunity
for education because of the war and
that the Nation may be strengthened as
is can only be through the right educa
ton of all it's people"
Notwithstanding this demand upon
the schools they are generally reduced
in effectiveness Of the great numbers of
teachers entering the service or Occu
pations where the remuneration and
working conditions are more attractive.
In this emergency parents and citizens
must give every support and encourage
ment to the work of the schools.
The teaching corps of the local schools
is filled, with one exception, and every
effort will be made to maintain and ad-
vance the standard of educational work.
Many schools are finding it necessary to
close this department this year because
of the impossibility of securing teachers.
There are some changes in the faculty
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or accepting other positions. The new
teachers are: Miss Lillian Luckert, st.
Paul, Mimi, who has been teaching at
Livingston; Miss Helen H. Goodrich is
a Ripon College graduate with num-
Der Of years experience in high school
and library work; Miss Katharine
Berry, LaJunta, Colo, is a Cumnock
graduate and has spent year in Inter
pertative class work in Europe; and
Mr. HI. g. Stewart who has had ex
perience as high school principal in
Iowa and Minnesota. The manual
training position is not filled at the
present time. In the grades, Miss Lii
liam Hosken, who has been teaching
at Mt, Vernon, Washington, will be
sixth grade teacher and principal of the
4th ward building; and Miss Kathryn
Nelson of Lena, Illinois. will have
charge of the kindergarten. A COM
plete list of teachers is as follows:
Superintendent, W. r. Rood
High School
Science, Fl. G.. Stewart
History, Ellice Roycroft
English, Helen Fl. Goodrich
English and expression, Katharine
Berry
Mathematics, Christine GiIbertson
Latin and French, Ada Crandall
Commercial and penmanship, Avis
Johnson
Domestic Science, Lillian Luckert
Manual Training
Grades
Music, Mabel LeTendre
Eighth, Rose Dunbar
Seventh, Gertrude Weidenfeller
Assistant, Katherine Davies
Sixth, Lillian Hosken
Fifth and sixth, Florence Bridge
Fifth Mrs T F. Reinhart