The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-08-07
SCHOOL OPENS INA MONTE

Hays IS looking forward to the best
school year in her history. The new
year will open September End, and
unless Old Man Flu gets in an early
lick or late one, the corps of teach
ers and the board expects to accom-
plish many material as well as other
things this year.
For the grades, the same corps of
teachers has been employed with the
exception of Mr.. Carmen. Mr.. P. E.
Sperry will take Mr.. Garments place
in the grades. Miss Mitchell, Miss
Dunn and Miss Ellis viii be in charge
of the supervisory work Of the grades
and Miss Mitchell and Miss Ellis will
have charge of the music for the
whole school and physical training
for the girls in the high school.
There has been several changes on
the high school faculty. Frank Car
men, one of Hays best known and
most respected young men, will have
charge of classes in American His
tory and Modern History and will
also teach elementary science and
physiology. Mr.. Carmen expects to
have successful teams in all branches
of athletics this year.
Miss Bula Gardner, of Salina, has
been hired by the board to teach the
Latin classes of the high school She
will have four classes in Latin, a be-
ginners' class composed of high school
and eighth grade pupils; beginners
class composed of those eighth grade
people who had Latin last year; a
Caesar class and a class in Cicero.
Miss Gardner is known but to a few
Hays people but comes with the best
of recommendations.
Miss Elma Creighton, of Goodland,
who was graduated from the Fort
Hays Normal last year, will take care
of English in the high school this
year, taking the place made vacant
by Mrs. Marena Sevier-Madden. Miss
Creighton taught music in the high
school last year and will have charge
of two classes in first year English
and two in second year English. She
may possibly have a class in music in
addition to her English work.
Miss Maude McMindes will be as
sistant principal of the high school.
She will have especial charge of the
absences and will use the first hour in
the morning as an office hour The
regular class work of Miss McMindes
Will include two classes in geometry,
one in third year algebra and one in
first year algebra.
Miss Morgan viii have the same
classes as last year and Mr.. Havemann
will have charge of the second and
third years work in manual training.
Miss Harrison will teach classes in
bookkeeping and commercial arith-
metic and will probably have classes
in shorthand and economics although
no one signed up for these subjects
last year. Miss Harrison also has
five classes in typewriting which she
supervises.
Mr.. MARBLE, as principal, will have
charge of class in first year algebra,
class in physics and a class in third
year English. About one hundred
dollars worth of new apparatus has
been added to the physics laboratory.
The senior class is expected to
number about twenty-three people
this year and will be seated in room
two in charge of Miss McMindes. The
three other classes will occupy rooms
upstairs. Miss Gardner will use
room three, Miss Creighton room
four and Mr.. Carmen room five this
year. Mr.. MARBLE will hear classes in
room eight and Mr.. Havemann will
use room nine for a mechanical draw
ing room.
Captain Rupert will be in Hays
again and will have charge of the R.
o. T. G. The time for this work has
not been arranged on the schedule,
but it will not be allowed to interfere
with the regular morning exercise
work of the school at chapel time
Spelling viii be given this year on