The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1920-08-28
CHILDREN
HERE ARE THE
TEACHERS

meeting will be held By the Superintend-
ent OF schools OF wednesday. Sept LIST,
and on Friday morning. following. be-
ginning at nine O'Clock. the several su-
pervlsors Will hold grade meetings In
the Central School building FOR the
teachers in the grade schools The
general teachers meeting will be held
Saturday morning. Sept. 4th at which
Supt. Monroe will give tho final in
struetiens to the entire corps relative to
the work for the ensuing year.
The principal OF the high school will
be in his officc at the Industrial high
school Monday. August 3oth, and
throughout the remainder OF the week
for the purpose OF classifying high
school pulips and arranging individual
programs. Ward principals viii be at
their respective buildings Wednesday
and THURSDAY. for organization OF their
schools and classification OF the pupils
in the grades recently moved to this
city and new 70 the Hammond system.
All these preliminary meetings are ar
range this early in order that everything
will be complete for the opening day.
thus providing against delays in the
complete organization of the schools and
On the opening day pupils will be reg
istered. given their book lists. assign
ed to rooms and teachers. They will
then be expected 10 report the follow
ing morning prepared in every way with
books. etc. for regular reeitations to De-
gin. II parents Will cooperate with the
teachers in the matte rof procuring all
necessary books, supplies. etc. prompt
ly much time will be saved and the de-
lay in getting the schoels under head
way will be avoided
During the summer much repair work
has been done in the old buildings and
all schools have been thorou ghly clean
ed and put in a sanitary condition. Teach
trs and pupils will note that every desk
in most OF the school buildings has
been thoroughly scraned and repainted.
This adds much 20 the appearance OF
the school rooms as we'll as insurins
a sanitary desk for every pupil. The
new cottage" schools in the haywood
district are complete and it is hoped that
those in the Lincoln district will also
be in readiness. The Board OF. eeuea-
ton has rusASd the erection and c
rnent OF these buildings and there will
but little delay in these schools.
But few designations, compared Tith
former years were hled with the super
intehdent o. schools. Nearly all OF the
corps OF instructors OF last year are re-
turning for the ensuing year. There
are few changes, However. The most
notable is the change in tho principal
ship at the Franklin school in Roberts.
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charge Of that school ana there 10 al
most an entire change OF teachers in
that district. Mr.. Conant has held rrin.
cipalships in Wisconsin and Colorado
and for the Past two years was rrin-
ctpal at Tuseon. Arizona ffe 10 a grad
uste OF the Colorado State Normal
School and tie University OF chieaso-
He IS 'egarded as an efficient school
princip' and will. doubtless. give to
the pa ons Of the Franklin building a
satisra Eory and successful school
year. Another important change is in
the position Of Supervisor Of Music
Miss Irene Trenberth will be the new
supervisor. She is a graduate OF a.
Michigan State Normal School and has
held supeFvisorships at Cadillac. Mich.
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Kansas. She has been unusually sue
cessful in her line and the music work
in the Hammond schools will doubtless
take high rank under her Leadership
The high school pupils will note sew
eral new faces. Walter B. Hess was
chosen from a large number of Appli-
cants for the position as athletic coach
and boys physical training instructor.
Mr. Hess was highly recommended for
the position here BY the authorities
at Indiana University where he play
ed most successfully in the varsity foot
ball. basketball. and baseball teams.
New life will be instiled into high school
athletics this year and already a splen-
did schedule of contest games with the
best teams of this region has boon ar
ranged. Other new instructors in the
high school are: Misses Ruth Breyfo-
gle. Ruth Carnage. Ethel Kirby Garth
watson. elizabeth Davis. Mr. l. P
Hopkins. formerly teacher in the Whit
ing high school will also be a new
member Of the high school faculty.
A new department which the school
board has added this year is that or
health supervision. For this position,
Miss Edith Atkinson has been chosen.
She was medical inspector for the Far
go. N D. schools for the past two yaers
and is a graduate nurse. and has had
considerable experience in the diasno-
Sis Of children's diseases. etc. II Is
hoped the establishment Of this de-
partment in tia schools will AID in safe
guarding the pupils from contagious
diseases. unsanitary conditions, etc.
The vocational department has ex-
panded largely for the ensuing year
In order to provide additional room for
the crowded conditions at the Indus.
trial high school. all the Manual train
ing and mechanical drawing equipment
has been moved to the Central school
and all vocational instruction will be
given At this building hereafter. A
complete equipment of FORCES has been
installed and provision has been made
for electrical and automobile instruc-
ton. number OF teachers have been
Employed for this department who will
be under the supervision of f s. Bar
rows. vocational director. The new ma
mes added to the faculty of this depart
ment are: Leo Francis A J. thinner
man, George r. Peterson. and Arthur
Merrill For the part-time classes or
ganized for boys and girls oetweo1 the
ages of. fourteen ard sixteen years, who
have been granted work permits" Mis-
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