The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1921-09-09
PUBLIC SCHOOLS
OPENING EXERCISES
With Improved Consolidated System
Attendance Everywhere Good.

Attendance Everywhere Good.
Many of the schools Of the county
were opened last week and this week
The City Schools of Union City were
opened last Monday, and the attend
ance everywhere seems to be fine.
At the Central School in Union
City the opening exercises took place.
Quite a number of the patrons and
visitors were present Superintend-
ent Ranck, Dr. C. w. Miles. Sr., Rev.
r. A. Clark, Principal H. P. Thomas
and C. F. Shelley were among those
who made addresses. all timely and
particularly devoted to educational
werk.
The. opening attendance of visitors
this year was much larger than for
the past two years. Quite an interest
was taken in the exercises, and the
prospects for fine years work is
particularly encouraging. Prof.
Ranck tells us since the opening that
the enrolment is over one thousand,
the high school approximately three
hundred.
Miss Clara Barton, of Rutherford,
was elected to fill the vacancy in the
Junior High School. Miss Barton
was student of Belmont for two
years and has had year a. the West
Tennessee Normal. The name of
Miss Cunningham in the Senior
High, which appeared in the paper
two weeks ago, should have been Miss
Cnvington, WHO is graduate of Van
derbilt University and has been in
school work for several years as
teacher.
Altogether it is thought that the
faculty this year is better equipped
and stronger than any we have had
in our City Schools. No doubt there
will be q friendly, cooperative spir-
it, and should all work together for
the best interests of the school the
provement and progress in the school.
At the Community Pride Consoli
dated School last week the second
school year was opened with special
exercises. DR.. McRee spoke on his
travels in Europe and DR.. liar Glover
made particularly effective address
to the school, 1t iG said that this was
one of the most stirring school
speeches ever heard along the lines
of public education.
A very large crowd was present at
the exercises. The school enrolment
is very good. What seemc to be es-
pecially encouraging to the people
of that community is the fact that
twenty-seven pupils were admitted
to the high school department.
Prof. Fowler is direct ing the for
tunes of this school with credit for
fine system and supervision.
The Fremont Consolidated School |
has been in progress for several weeks
with fine attendance and community
spirit. A school rally takes place
thcre to-day with speaking at 3
O'Clock, ball game at 4 and supper
afterwards of barbecue, cream and
cake. The third teacher has been
added to this school with also music
department and the enrolment of |
pupils is 125.
The Troy Special School opened
under favorable auspices last Mon
day. Attendance of yisitors and pa
irons was very encouraging. Ad-
dresses were made by representative
citizens. DR.. liar Glover, represent
ing the County School Board, made
a fine talk, emphasizing the impor-
tance of the compulsory school law,
and stating that the intention of the
school board is to do everything in
it's power to enforce this law other
addresses were made by G.. P. Will
son, G. r. McDade, Revs. Pressly and
Sellers.
The opening attendance of the
school was 2S6, with 95 in the high
school.