The Holt County sentinel., 1919-09-05
Forest City School Notes.

| tOTest NWN NCUOOI NOtes.
School opened up Monday morning
with few notable changes. A room
has been added to the school for reg
ular class work and a small room has
been fitted up for the school library;
third teacher has been added. to the
high school, and enough library books
purchased to meet requirements Of the
State Department Of Education for a
first.class high school.
The primary department is in charge
NJ Miss Beulah Dunn, of Jameson,
! Mo. Miss Jameson received her train
| ing at the State Teachers colleges at
Maryvllc and Kirksville.
Miss Jessie Boyd. who has charge
Of the 81 and 4th grades this year,
and Miss Elizabeth Beclcr, 9TH and
| Sth grades. are again In their old
places, after a very profitable sum.
mcr's work in the State Teachers
College at Maryvlle. The 9th and
9Th grades are in charge Of Miss Kate
Brodbeck. Miss Brodbcck has been
in the school before and needs no in
PRODUCTION TO patrons and friends.
She, too, has been in school this sum.
mcr. but did not take professional
work.
Miss Elizabeth Sobbing, Hopkins,
Mo. principal Of the high school, Is
rapidly adapting herself to the COM
munity and has already made num-
/ Der OF friends. Miss Sobbing has
proven a successful teacher and we
are extremely fortunate TO have her
with US. She completed her college
work at the State Teachers College.
in Maryvillc. She will conduct
classes in Mathematics and Physics,
Mr.. Fred ID. Conner. Maitland, Mo-,
arrived Tuesday morning for the
classes in English and Agriculture.
1 Mr. Conner has done his college work
a, Park College and the State Teach.
crs' College at Maryville. He served
over six months in the navy, the great
ar part Of which time he was student
in the Radio School, eth Regiment,
Camp Perry, Great Lakes Naval
Training Station. Mr.. Conner will
have charge Of the boys athletics and
a successful season IL practically as.
surcd. lie expresses himself Us being
favorably impressed with the material
at hand.
The superintendent Is glad TO be
back, after having taught commerce
and history at the State Teachers
College In Maryvillc for twelve weeks
| More classes are offered this year
than ever before. The class meeting
with most approval Is bookkeeping
which IL being offered to Sophomore
and Seniors by the superintendent, in
place Of Latin, II being impossible Ia
secure "A teacher qualified to teach the
latter subject.
All members Of the faculty are very
anxious to meet all patrons and
friends Of the school. Will you come
the second mile? A better under.
standing always prevails when par.
cnts and teachers are acquainted
Teachers will make every effort "a
meet you IL given an opportunity
Don't. feel backward about telling
them your name.
|. The enrolment Of the Forest City
high school at the present time Tues
day. number forty, There are sew.
cral students who have not been able
to attend rs yet, so II is quite prob,
able that the enrolment will reach
fifty. The number of non-residents
already enrolled is ten. Last year the
total enrolment only reached thirty,
four.
The students are heartily in favor
Of the community magazine and eur.
rent literature library. Each high
school student will contribute to the
magazine fund. With this money the
faculty will select the better maya.
zines for the library In this way the
students will have the opportunity to
read more than the two or three mag.
azines they may have in their own
home, and further, these magazines
may be taken to the home so that the
entire family may read them. Vol.
untary contributions of one dollar
have been agreed upon by the mem,
bers of the student body. FLOYD
Lease, n member Of the Sophomore
class, has given the subscription to tn,
Literary Digest. The subscription
price Of this magazine is four dollars
The magazines are being ordered al
the fund increases, SO that we will re
ceive this months issue. A number
Of patrons are donating to this fund
This indicates their interest in tn,
school and its welfare.
Grimm