The Parisian. (Paris, Tenn.) 1907-1962, 1920-09-17
STUDENTS CROWD
SCHOOLS TO FULL
CAPACITY LIMIT
All City Schools and Grove High
School Have All Students They
Can Provide For.
AUSPICIOUS OPENING LAST
MONDAY OF FALL SEMESTER
Personnel OF Faculty As Before An
nounced Takes Charge OF
Largest Glasses.

eve are figuratively hanging them
on hooks down at Lee" said one of
the Lee School teachers in speaking
of the great overflow of youngsters
] who have assailed the city primary
Ischool this term in a search for
knowledge. 1t is looming problem
indeed, what is to be done with the
| 554 children enrolled at Lee the first
day, and who will number 600 in a
week or so. There are IT'S in the
very first grade, 115 of them enter
ing school for the first time; 115 pre-
cious kiddies being primarily introdu-
ced to the intricacies of the three Rs;
115 plant little minds, with an ex-
panse of eight grades and four years
of high school before them! The
Lee faculty, previously named in The
Partisan, number fifteen. The sta
ted primary teachers will each have
charge of over so beginners. Actual
lessons began on Wednesday, when
the lunch room was opened for the
first time.
Atkins-Porter In Full Swing.
With an enrolment of 375, Atkins
Porter school is also now in full
swing. On Tuesday morning
quite uniquely planned opening ex-
ercise was conducted at the grammar
school. Goodwill" for the ensuing
school year featured each part of the
program. Following the singing of
America, and the devotional led by
Rev W C Wates, Miss Roach, Atkins
| mr. oil hn EY,Lt
will" remarks for happy, prosperous,
and successful school year. Rev
W Storer gave message of goodwill
from the pastors to the school; w /
Dale, president of the city school
! board, brought goodwill message
from the board; DR. w D Cooper rep
resented the citizens in sending good
will. Tim Hogan brought kilograms
of goodwill and best wishes from the
six classes who have attended Atkins
Porter and passed on to Grove.
These were received by Mary Agnes
Snyder for Atkins Porter, who sent
a return goodwill wish to Grove.
Miss Edith White represented the
Atkins-Porter faculty in receiving the
goodwill messageS Mr. LEVEL, of the
B Y P U training school at the Bap-
list church spoke a few cheering
words to the students.
| The lunchroom at Atkins-Porter
will be opened Monday and will be in
charge of Mrs viii Lewis, who was
the successful applicant for the po-
sition. Most of the students have
been outfitted with text books and
are already hard at work.
Grove School Enrolment.
Between ESQ and 275 students
were enrolled in Grove High School
the opening day, Mnday September
IL. A number of patrons and
tfriends of the school attended the
opening exercises Monday morning,
at which time the usual talks were
made by visiting board members,
pastors and school patrons. There
appears now to be a Slight increase
in the number of boarding students
ATTENDING high school Twelve or
fifteen are at Cavitt Hall, and be-
tween thirty or forty ut private
homes. These will be augmented as
the weather grows more severe and
prevents 1nany from making the daily
trip from home to school i'm cars.
The expression and dramatic art
department under Miss Inez Burch
and the m sic department under Mrs
J H Bayer have had successful be-
ginning and as usual will. id greatly
to the cultural side of the school.
Prof Bayer, principal of Grove,
expresses himself as pleased with the
opening of the school, and considers
it an auspicious one, and better ever
than that of last year. The first
few days were taken up with matric-
ulation of the students, but regular
class routine is now in progress. The
Grove faculty has previously been
announced in this paper.