Estancia news-herald. [volume] (Estancia, Torrance County, N.M.) 1912-19??, 1919-09-18
ESTANC|A
SCHOOL NEWS

an enrolment of only $50.
This week it reaches 1854. The
enrolment last year reached
over $50. The difference
needs some explanation. 1t is
thought that the harvest of
the crop is keeping many of
the children out for a few
weeks. There are twenty
three in the high school and
twenty-three in the junior
high school and everything is
progressing very nicely.
Superintendent Wills has
Spanish and mathematics. Mr..
Trentman has Science and
English history. Miss Lowe is
organizing the commercial
work and offering classes in
typewriting, shorthand, book
keeping and commercial and
applied Mathematics. Miss
Weddige, who is at the head
of the junior high school is
teaching third year high
school English and second
year high school history to-
gether with Math. 7 and do
mestic science. Mrs. Rousseau
desired a change to the
grades, so Mrs. Gibbs has
charge of English and Latin in
the high school. The high
school regretted very much to
give Mrs. Rousseau up in Eng
lish, but all seem to be very
much pleased with Mrs. Gibbs,
and Mrs. Rousseau is progress
ing nicely in the fifth and
sixth grades. Miss Morgan is
giving special instruction in
the junior high school in his
tory 8. Mrs. Parrett and Mrs.
Douglas are getting the little
folks we'll organized both in
the school room and on the
playground.
The work has been reor-
ganized and a course of study
worked out.
Three courses are being Of
fered, Academic, Commercial
and Practical, and more equip
ment is being added for the
different departments.
The students are being or
ganized with Miss Myrtle
Chandler as president of the
student organization and a
lively time is predicted for all.
Big things are being planned
in an athletic way for the Es-
tancia school. Especially is
this true in the high school
and the junior high. Both
boys and girls will have a part
and some fine material is in
sight for two winning teams
in basket ball, with a little
practice, and periods are to be
set aside for this purpose. We
expect to develop a couple of
teams which will carry off all
pennants offered in the coun-
ty.
Rivalry between the classes
is already developing and
some interesting class games
will be scheduled in the near
future. The amount of pep
shown so soon in the school
year is indeed a surprise to
the teachers and all are look
ing forward to a lively year.
An enthusiastic crowd
watched the grade boys base
ball game played by the Reds
VS.. the Blues last Friday after
noon on the school field.
There was some lively roofing
for both sides It was a game
of five innings, the score be-
ing Is to 13 in favor of the
Blues.
The students of the high
school have formed an organ
ization and in the election
held the following have been
chosen as officers: Myrtle
Chandler, president; James
Turner, vice president; Max
Sherwood, secretary; Beatrice
McGee, treasurer; Piercy
Head, athletic manager; Tom
Hill, yell leader; Ethel Tillery
chairman of social committee
and Leona Davis, editor of the
high school paper.
The officers of the studen
body held a meeting Monday
the 18th, with the object o.
drawing up a constitution
Max Sherwood, the secretary
said he was supposed to keel
the minutes of the meeting
and he knew that there wer'
forty-one, but they all es
capped. Now the officers will
have to call another meeting
in order to finish the business
Another organization,
Literary Society. has bee