Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-05-24
VACANCIES IN SCHOOLS SLIGHT
lY LARGER IN NUMBER
THAN USUAL.
EIGHT IN GRADES AND
TWELVE IN HIGH SCHOOL
All the Teachers Of Rogers and John
chiIds Schools Return Contracts
sisned-Most Of the Teachers Who
Leave Will Teach in Other Cities
Their Plans.

With the re.Lra Of contracts by
teachers OF the city schools following
the adjustment Of salaries to comply
with the new state law, cheek OF the
list made by Superin -endent Palmer
shows that eight grade teachers and
twelve of the nigh school faculty have
not signed contracts. This number
superintendent Palmer said, is slight
Increase over the usual number whose
places must be filled, bat the increase
Is not unusually large.
The average mum Der OF vacancies
that have occurred in the teaching
force al the close Of the school year for
seyera. years has been fifteen or more.
Contracts We're mailed to a total OF
ninety nine. Applications for places
are being received and the vacancies
will all be filled before the scnuo!
opens in the iaL.
Vacancies IN the Grades.
Al the teachers OF the Rogers and
John Childs schools sigEed their con-
tracts, the eigh; vacancies occurring
in the other graded schools, Those
teachers II these schools who did not
sign their contracts ara: WOODBURY.,
Miss Marie T. Welch, kindergarten;
Miss Ruth E. pieterich, fourth grade;
Arnold, Miss Gerna J. carney, kinder
garten; Miss l.rla Sewers. fifth grade;
Miss Mary J. Hampton, fourth grade;
AusuE, Miss N,il.fT5G Merton second
grade; Click Miss Hett!e jenkins third
grade; Franklin Miss Margaret Was
son fifth grade.
Vacancies in iisn School.
The teachers ef the nigh school who
did not sign contracts were I, B.
Houser and Misses Ada 3. Montgom-
cry. Ula VI. PGTyis ana Ruth Talbot,
mathematics; Mss Jessie E. McMa-
non, chemistry; Miss Ma6le MeaIs,
Latin, Misses Ec!cn u. ScGae-s, Mary
E. Paul and Edna VI. Balch, English;
Miss Florence Kellogg home econon-
les Miss Florence Maher. history and
civics. Mss Margaret A Gilmore, sup
eryisor Of music, has not signed her
contract
Most OF the teachers who did not
sign their contracts fo- another year
are planning 10 teach elsewhere or
already have contracts in other cities.
At least TWO viii be married IN the
summer. The approaching marriages
Of Miss Edna Balch and Miss Mar
garet Gilmore have been announced.
Plans of Others.
Miss Gerna Carney Is planning 20 go
west with her mother. who expects 10
go 70 California, and Miss Carney ex-
poets 70 teach there. Misses Winifred
Morton, Kettle Jenkins and Mary J.
Hampton expect 10 get places in other
cities. Miss Irma Sewer has also made
plans 10 teach in some other city. The
plans Of Miss Marie Welch, Miss Ruth
E. Dieterich and Miss Margaret Was
son have not been fully made.
OF the high school teachers, Miss
Ada Montgomery will attend colleg e
next fall and Miss Ruth Talbot is plan
ming TO take work at the University Of
Chicago. Miss Florence Kellogg ex-
poets TO take another year Of college
work
Ny. Houser expects 10 get a place in
q larger city and Miss Jessie Mcmahon
will be in the west during the summer
and she intends TO ,teacn there. Miss
Florence Maher mas signed d contract
10 teach N Dss Mo!nes
The plans Of Misses Tia Purvis.
| Mabel Mears and Helen Somers have
not been mad2. Miss Mary Paul ex-
Poets 10 teach in some other city.