The Semi-weekly leader., 1919-08-02
SCHOOL OPENING SOON.
Special Session Opens Monday
Regular September l. Men
ton Of New Teachers.

The Brookhaven City Schools have
made a unique record this year, in
the fact that every one OF the regu-
lar teachers has attended the sum-
mer session of one of the larger uni
versities. Fifteen members of the
force have returned from Tulane
University, whose six weeks session
has just closed. The rest are at the
University of Chicago.
Those who attended Tulane are
Mesdames Flowers, Ross, Dunning,
and Leggett, and Misses Jones, Blue,
Williamson, Smith, Emmie Greer,
Jessie Greer, Martin, Mamie Harris,
Lucille Harris. Lund, Wilson, and
Anding.
The Brookhaven teachers made an
excellent impression at Tulane. Sew
eral of them led some of their class
es and made such consistently high
records in all their work as to be the
subject of comment in faculty meet
ing of the university. Their stu
dents will profit by their advance
ment in professional lines.
Supt. S. M. Byrd was a member
Of the Tulane faculty for the sum-
mer session, in the department of
Education. There were more than
thirteen hundred attending Tulane
this year, most of them teachers do
ing advanced work for credit. y.
The city school authorities feel
that they are particularly fortunate
in the type Of teachers secured for
vacancies this year. Miss Sarah
Williamson of Natchitoches, La, wi4
have Second Grade work. She is a
graduate of the four-year course of
the Louisiana State Normal College,
has had considerable summer school
work at Tulane and Columbia since,
and seven years of successful exper-
ience in her speciality, primary work.
Miss Katherine Wilson, who will
have charge of the Home Science De-
partment, part of the regular high
school course from this on, has an
A. B. degree from Newcomb College
in addition to the full Home Science
work with diploma in that branch.
She is said to be one of the best
fitted teachers Newcomb has offered
in several years, in her lines. She
installed and superintended a Home
Science department in a large New
Orleans school, during her Senior
year in college, with marked success,
and has had other teaching exper-
ience.
Miss Isabel Lund, the new teacher
OF English, is an A. B. graduate of
Newcomb College, and will receive
her Masters degree from Tulane Uni
versity n-August. She has had three
years of experience in teaching high
school English, and for the past two
years has been an assistant teacher
in Newcomb College, with a teach
ing Afellowship.
Miss Jessie Greer, who will teach
a section of Seventh Grade, is an
A. B. graduate of Whitworth College
and has done special work at Tulane.
She has taught with great success In
the Hattiesburg City Schools.
The scholarship, training and ex-
perience Of these new teachers, with
their fine record of teaching else
where, insures their adding strength
to the lorce Of the Brookhaven
schools.
The regular session OF the city
schools will begin Monday, Septem-
Der first. The special session, made
necessary on account Of the flu, for
students who have one or more de-
ficiencies to make up In their stud
les, will begin Monday, August 4th,
and continue UP to the opening Of
the regular session.