The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-01-28
3. I. 5. NOTES By IDA CLARE
RECESS TALKS. MISS EMMA EAMES.

This month, January, marks the twenty-eighth anniversary Of the placing of Miss Emma Flames on the Bridgeport High school faculty.
 When I came here in 1892 there were about 300 pupils in the school. There were nine members on the faculty and that number included the principle. Not all of the building was used as High school at that time for many of the rooms were used for grade pupils.'' she said.
 I asked Miss Flames what she thought of the importance of Com mercial History and Commercial Ge- ography in comparison to the short hand and typeWritting business pu- pills takes up. ''I do not think that commercial history and commercial geography are 50 directly important as the usual comm ercial subjects but the former studies broaden the mind and the pupils themselves in every way. They are cultural subjects l What do you think of the import ance of physiography in the Normal 1 course?' was my next question. "As ] I have said for the commercial studies, physiography helps to broad en the minds of the Normal students. As one advantage 1t helps the girls 
 i think. for instance, by the problem method. I will give the question, | Why is South America backward?' ] will leave it to the girls themselves 1 to work out. Another example is to let the girls take Europe from a point of the war. Why the Germans should go through Belgium in their advance ADD B. HIM. S. NOTES
 instead of taking a shorter route and why various campaigns were con. i ducted in the way they have been.'' Miss Flames says that she like: teaching very much and that she
 thinks 1t is delightful work.
 Her home is in Reading, Mass. She
 spent two years in special training
 at Wellesley college. Among tht
 schools in which Miss Flames ha.
 taught are the Plymouth High school
 as a teacher of science; the Lawrenc.
 Grammar school and in the Harvart
 summer school.
 "I think that Bridgeport Htgl
 school has a great future with man,
 opportunities" was the last remark l One of the most important event
 of this week will be the gymnasium 1 exhibition to take place on Frida, j evening, January 30. Previous exhi biuons of the kind have taken an i'm portant place in the B. H. s. histor !, and it is assured that the one of thi
 week will be equally famous. Nu ] merous games and drills will be O, l the program. A number of uppe classmen as well as the Freshme classes will take part in the exhibition
 Those who attended the game be
 tween the Yale Freshman and B. F S. at New Haven last night also wit messed the game between the Yal ] varsity and the Wesleyan team. One of the most important meet j. ings in sometime will be he'd by tn
 Outing Club on FriGay of this weel
 Election of officers will take plac and business will be transacted. A the close of the business meeting on of the finest programs ever given 2 | a club meeting will be put on. It | probably that Minerva Pious the ta | ented entertainer whom B. H. S. ha l the honor of calling it's own will l.
 on the program. Juniors, this
 your own club. Don't be a slacke !, Come out for all the meetings an Il show the school that the Juniors al . a bunch of good fellows.