The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1921-08-19
PUBLIC SCHOOL OPENING

The Board of Education has set
Tuesday, Sept. 9Th, for the opening OF
the 1922 school term. A full corps
Of teachers, including Music and
Drawing supervisor, has been elected
and will be ready to begin work at the
appointed time. The Board has been
very fortunate in securing Miss Her
wig again for the English Department
in the High School. Her unqualified
success in that department the two
previous years she has taught there
insures first class work again the COM
ing year. The High School faculty
for next year will be the same as last
year except that Miss Lucy Wilson,
home economies graduate of Stephens
College, will teach home economics in
place of Miss Emily Matkin, who goes
to Excelsior Springs, Mo.
Principal D. H. Haldaman, Of the
High School, spent the Summer in
Southeast Missouri Teachers College.
at Cape Girardeau, as did also Miss
Martha Raines, teacher Of Latin and
French; Miss Jessamine Halle, teach
er ofEnglish in the sixth, seventh and
eighth grades, and Miss Elise Ricl1us,
third and fourth grade teacher in the
jefferson school.
Miss Genevieve Hnss, history in
structor in the High School, attended
Chicago University and carried
strong course in history under some OF
the famous professors of that great
institution.
Mrs. Annie Lloyd. principal OF
Washington School; Mrs. Annie Muir
rill, principal of jefferson school; Mrs.
Nellie Downing, teacher in the de-
partmental grade work, and Miss Mel
lie Halter of the same department at
tended the st. Louis Teachers College
and did some very effective work
therein
The walls and interior wood work
in the Washington School has been
painted by one of our local decorators,
Mr.. Albert Hilliker, and presents a
very pleasing appearance. This Is the
first time that any of the Pennington
public schools have had paint applied
to the walls instead of calcimine, and
the results are so satisfactory that
the use of paint will, no doubt. be con-
tinped
The walls and interior wood work
of Jefferson school building are under
going the same treatment by Mr.. Hill
liker's force and will be finished with
in few days. The new construction
work at the Jefferson school is well
under way, and the new toilet system
and. heating plant will be completed
soon after the opening Of school. The
construction work there will in no way
interfere with the progress of school.
There is but little work to be done
within the old building and that can
be easily completed before the opening
of school or when school is not in ses-
sion.
The Douglass school has been pro-
vided with modern, first class Smith
heating system, and will be in every
respect comfortable and convenient
school building.
All children becoming six years OLD
before the fifteenth Of January, 1922,
should enter school promptly on the
sixth Of September. and all such chill
dren who do not enter within the first
two weeks Of the beginning Of school
win be required to remain out until
the beginning of the second term Of
the school year. about theKfifteenth Of
January. Children Decorating six years
old between the fifteenth Of January,
1922, and May Doth Of the same year
may enter school, SON the fifteenth Of
january or within one week thereaf-
ter. y Should they fail to do so it is an
imposition on the teacher and on the
other pupils Of the primary room, for
them To enter later, and they should be
kept out until the September follow
ing. Parents with children Just enter
ing school should note this arrange
ment and cooperate Sy observing the
same.