The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1920-08-19
OF IMPORTATION TO ALL
HIGH POINTERS
PuBLIc SCHOOLS TO OPEN SEP.
TEMRER 18TH.
Mist OF Teachers Show Big Increase
in Force-High Point schools TO
the Forefront.

in Force-Hiuh Point schools to
i the Forefront.
4 Public schools in the cftyYof High
Point will open Monday, September
13, with an increased faculty by 13
members, preparatory to receiving
i the highest enrolment in the history
OF the schools. The fcau1tyz has al
ready been selected and is announe,
ed below. An increase is shown in
the teachers for the.whites of IS, rails
ing the number. of teachers employed
IN the schools in the city from Sc to
SO. OF this number 40 have been
! secured FROM outside of High Point.
! Several innovations will be made
lin the teaching force and in the
equipment of the school. A Spanish
teacher has been secured from Porto
Rico, He isqsa man who has been
connected with the public school sys-
tenn of the island and who is good
English student. being member OF
the Artists and Writer'S club, and
| having won i've medals in literary
contests. The high school faculty
has been revised end, increased SO.
that the High Point high school may
this year be accredited by the asso-
citation of Southern colleges for the
| first time since its establishment
| Manual training under the super
vision of Ralph knight viii enter a
new era here. $4,000 worth Of mod
ern woodworking machinery has al
ready been ordered This has been
E4ade possible by the generous spirit
7 of a number. of the manufacturing
plants of the city, according to a
statement from Professor w. IN.
Marr. superintendent of the city
schools. An additional sum of So ?
00u will be spent for more equip
ment for the wood working depart
ment and for the mechanical drawing
department. Plans are also under
way to enlarge the domestic science
equipment.
Elm Street school will be full for
the first time since the building was
erected, Filling the building to ca
pacity means the use of Is rooms, and
an enrolment in that school alone OF
1ver 700 students. Main sstreef
schools will be badly everrun The
overflow Of students from the Park
street sehopl, which will be used as
four room building until January 1,
will have to be cared for at the Main
street school, and four double Sec
tions will have to be provided to care
for the 1909 students that must go to-
Main street school. Grimes street
school will also be overrun The Park
street school situation will cause the
Crimes school building to have at
least three double sections and serve
@bout 500 students about $50 more
than the seating capacity of the
school. The capacity of the Park
Street school in it's present condition
is about 160, but the school must be
made to serve $50 students until the
remainder can be completed and
make room for the enormous enroll |
ment. The Park street school build !
ing will be completed by January 1, |
it is confidently expected, and will be |
the best school building in the city, /
accommodating over $40 students
According to Professor Marr, pros /
poets for fine year in school are
most excellent, and in spite of the I
necessity to have crowded conditions I
at the first of the year, he thinks {
y
cessful.
The list of teachers for this year
follows:
w. M. MARI, superintendent.
Mrs. R. F. ]. Johnson, primary SUI
pervisor. +
Miss Geneviove Moore, music super
visor.
High SCHOOL,. M. Water, prin-y
cipa1, Russiaville, Ind; Henry Grady
Owens, city, English and athletic di- +
rector; Ralph g. knight, manual
training and mechanical drawing,
jamestown, N. Y; Chas.e Deshazo,
science; MIGUEL Angel Tonel, Jajas,
Porto Rico, Spanish; Miss Frances
Morris, Mocksville, N. c.; Miss Eula
Wall, Winston Salem, NJ. c., Latin;
Miss Mary Mendenhall, city, English; T
Miss Jesse. Thompson, city, mathe-
matfcs and history; Mrs. R. 3. Ran
son, city, history; Miss Ethel Icard,
Blairs, S. c., French; Mrs. Lidie j.
Horton, Greensboro, N. c., domestic
science; Miss Rena Perry, KittrelL
NJ C., mathematics; Miss Annie. IL.
Royal, Lynchburg, Va, mathematics.
Main Street School Miss Elizabeth
Fox, Henderson. N. c., first grade;
Miss Nellie Dundas, city, first grade;
Miss Elizabeth Manson, Kenbridge.
Va. second grade; Miss Annabella
King, city, second; Miss Lettie Smith,
third: Miss Lassie Morgan, Gambler,
N C.. fourth; Mi Nellie Muse, city, /
fourth; Miss Mar G. ret Owens. fourth
Mrs. 4. R, Myatt, city, fifth; Miss
Agnes McAdams, 5afibury, n c.. sixth
grade: Mrs. A. M. Richardson, city, {
sixth; Mrs. Lewis Mcfarland, city,
sixth Miss lulu Smitherman, city,
seventh grade; Miss Matte 3. Gunter,