The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1921-10-03
OPENING OF SCHOOLS

The OcaIa schools opened this morn
ing with more pupils than the teachers
knew what to do with. At the gram
mar school. hrs. Todd and Mrs. Yves
son both have 9 full room of eighth
graders. Next as you walk down the
hall YOU come to the rooms of Misses
3IcNeal and Coles. These two young
ladies have the fifth grade divided be-
tween them and each has all she can
take care Of. Miss Garry Holly and
Miss SmedIey have the sixth grade
and Miss Carlisle and Mrs Thomp-
son have the seventh. All four of
these rooms are well filled with pu-
pills
The reporter was much surprised to
find that the fourth grade has been
moved into the basement to make
room for the ever growing school.
Kiss Merritt and Miss Kelsey have
two rooms full TO overfiowing with
the pupils of the lower fourth and
Miss Smith has the upper fourth in
her room. When the fourth grades
were moved into the basement, the
eighth grade was moved from the sec
ond floor into the former fourth grade
room on the first floor
While at the school house the re-
porter strolled upstairs to the high
school, although that department has
/ been in session two weeks and is now
running as smoothly as a well oiled
piece of machinery. Great was his
surprise to see the size of the present
/ high school Chapel exercises were
ibeing conducted in the study hall
Every seat held two pupils and the
windows were full of boys. In spite of
I the seating capacity of the windows
there were a dozen or more standing.
The high schoo- has grown to such
proportions that it is now occupying
the entire second floor of the building.
in addition to the desk room in the
study hall, desks have been placed IN
some of the other rooms to accom-
modate the pupils. No gloomy faces
were seen in the high school because
Gainesville won the football game.
They are already planning what they
are going to do to Palatka and are
letting the dead past bury itself.
| Miss Sheppard was here, there and
everywhere this morning, getting pu-
pills assigned to their rooms and set
Ting all questions that arose subse-
quent to the first day of school.
The Primary Department
Miss Nellie Stevens, principal of
I the primary school, says that she be-
lieves the attendance about normal
this year and that they have room
enough to accommodate the pupils.
Miss Stevens is very proud of her
school building and grounds this year.
She says that she has never opened
school with the building so well clean
ed as it is this year and she is de-
/ lighted with the new sidewalks that
! have been constructed from the en-
+ frances to the street line
I The CORPS Of teachers at the phi
nary. school IS the same as last year,
with the exception of Miss Pierson of
+ BeLand Miss Fannie Clark. Miss
! Griffin Miss Marsh Miss Meffert
Miss Gele and Miss Andrews are all
with Us again this year and look as
il thew are already settled down fo-
a good years work.
The North 0cala school also opened
this morning but the reporter was I'M
able to attend the opening there. Mrs
| Hensley and Miss McNeal are teach
/ ing there this year. Miss McNeal is
a sister of Miss Margaret McNeal
who has tauoat in the Ocala schools
for several years.