The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1919-12-18

AN "a HNAS SA1A
ed by the students of the Lexington
High School.
School Board
The Board Of Education at Lex
ington consists of Mr.. E. G. Slocum,
chairman, and Mr.. J. E. Gentry and
Mr.. B. A. Zockert, directors. Mr..
W: 0. Hill, cashier Of the Lexington
State Bank, is clerk. These public
spirited men are striving to run the
school for the best interests of the
children and to make the best pos
sible uses of the school money.
Teaching Force
The teaching force at Lexington
consists of seven teachers, three in
the high school and four in the gram
mar school. Mr.. Dickerson, the
principal. received his training at
the Oregon State Normal and at the
University of Oregon. He has
taught at Joseph, Eugene and Rose
burg for a number of years.
Mr.. Bennett, who served with the
American forces in France, teaches
mathematics and science in the high
school. He is a graduate from Phil
omath College and has had several
years experience in Benton County.
Miss Triton, the teacher of English,
is a graduate from Pomona College
and has had special work in the Uni
versity of California.
Miss Lay, the seventh and eighth
grade teacher, is a graduate of Ore
gon Agricultural College, and has
had special training in the Monmouth
Normal School. Her home is at
Molalla, where she taught before
coming TO Lexington.
Mrs. George Peck, the fifth and
sixth grade teacher, is a graduate
of Stanford University. She was
formerly the teacher of science in
the Lexington High School.
Miss Carmack, the third and four
tn grade teacher, from Independence,
Ore, is a graduate Of the State Nor
NAL. She has specialized in these
grades, having taught for two years
in Malheur County.
Mrs. Bennett, the primary teach
er, is a graduate from Philomath
College. She is from Portland, and
has had several years experience in
Benton County, and one year in
Washington County.
School Equipment
The Lexington school building, a
brick structure, steam heated and
well equipped for a small school,
was built in 1915, at a cost Of ap-
proximately $4,000. The
dimensions of the building are eigh-
ty four feet by seventy feet. Includ-
ing the basement, there are three
stories and twelve rooms.
The high school auditorium, Of
which the Lexington people are just
ly proud, is t~hirty-one by forty-sey-
en- feet, and has a seating capacity OF
over two hundred. The seats are
folding theatre chairs. The stage
has both inside and outside scenery,
curtains, and miscellaneous equip
ment. The acoustic powers Of the
auditorium are remarkably good.
The school has a we'll equipped
manual training room valued at two
hundred dollars, and a domestic
science department whose value is
approximately two hundred dollars.
In the science department, including
chemistry. physics, physiology, gen.
eral science, botany and biology,
there is equipment amounting to
six hundred dollars. The library
consists Of eight hundred volumes,
including both grade and high school
books.
The athleric equipment, including
football, yolley ball, basket ball,
tennis. field and track material, Is
valued at seventy-fiye dollars, and
is practically all new OIL in good
shape.
Several improvements are being
contemplated, though some Of them
may not materialize this year. 1t is
hoped that a lawn will be placed at
the west side of the building, which
viii add greatly to the beauty and
attraetiyeness of the grounds. The
play grounds will be further improy-
ed by the addition OF more swings,
teeters, merry-go-rounds, and a
giant stride,
Another improvement which is be-
ing contemplated is that of a gymna-
SUM for athletics and for a general
play room on stormy days. 1t has
been proposed that this structure be
financed by public subscription, but
of the leading taxpayers are in
favor Of bonding the district. How
ever the money is raised, this i'm