Evening journal., 1921-09-10
|DELAWARECITY
news GOSSIP
Town School Crowded, Pu-
pills Must Alternate in
Studies
46 PUPILS IN
THE HIGH SCHOOL
Special to The Evening Journal.

LEILA W WAte1 I'll I, sept ~
The local schools opened last Tues
day morning with an increase of one
in the teaching corps. The new
teacher, Il. J. Heck. is in charge Of
the manual training department and
acting supervisor Of athletics. These
arc new departments added to the
high school.
The personnel of teaching staff
in charge of the various high school
classes and grades is: Miss NJ. Phyl-
lis Mason, supervising principal; Miss
Clara F. Buttery, a graduate of CO.
lumbia. home economics; Miss NJ
Dora McElwain, English and sci
ence Miss Gertrude Habecker, Latin
and mathematics; Miss Iva Griffith,
eighth grade; the Misses Doris T..
Thompson ami Grace Phillipswiil DO
departmental work in the fifth. sixth
and seventh grades; Miss franSe $
V. Davis will be in charge of the
third and fourth grades. and Miss
Eula V. Vinyards in charge Of the
first and second grades.
Owing to the crowded conditions
of the first and second grade rooms.
these grades will alternate, the first
grade attending the morning ses-
sion and the second the afternoon
session. according to the tentative
plans made by the principal. 1t is
hoped by many of the town residents
that an overflow room may be pro-
vided these grades and another
teacher employed, so that the pupils
may attend both sessions each day,
While these pupils will attend only
halliday sessions, the full time work
will be done each day by both grades
Through the kindness of William
b. Jester, a member of the local
Board Of Education. two rooms over
his drug store will be used by the
pupils in the manual training classes
This room is donated by Mr.. Jester
There were only 2s students in the
high school at the beginning of last
year. as compared with 46 pupils
this year.
The teacher corps. with few excep-
tions, have been in attendance al
summer schools at either University
of Delaware, University OF Pennsyl-
vania or the Columbia University.
Beside the as pupils in the high
school grades, there are 10 in the
eighth, 90 in the seventh, IL In the
sixth. 33 in the third and fourth
grades and So in the first and second
grades.
South Side-Eden baseball team OF
wilmington will play the Delaware
City team at Canal Field this after
noon.
Postmaster A. I. Swan has posted
the following list of persons having
unclaimed mail in the local office
Perry Dale, Miss Clara Jones, Harr,
Rhodes and Bessie Roberts.
Benny Faden. the 1S-month-ol'
son of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Faden, o.
| Clinton street, is III.
Harmony Council, daughters OF
America, met in weekly business ses-
sion last evening.
The Rev. L. w. Layfield. pastor OF
the First Methodist Church. viii
preach at 1890 o'clock tomorrow
morning on Christ Before Pilot
THE sunday School will meet al
l11.45 o'clock. At $40 o'clock Mr.
Iayaeld will speak on 'The Chal'
lenee TO the Three Hebrew Boys"
The weekly prayer service VIII %
held in the church next Wednesda.
evening.
The Rev. r. c. Pitzer will preacl
hoth morning and evening in tlrs
! presbvterian Church tomorrow.
Miss Doro.hy Metzger. daughter o
Mr. and Mrs. Charles w. Metzsei
C,inton street. who has been visitinl
lat Queenstown. Nd, has returned
home. Miss Metzger was aceompah
led home by Mrs. William Delana
and sdn. Thomas, who spent seNera
ldavs with the Metzgers,
viniam r. Patterson and SON. +
Gland Patterson. OF Wilmington
snent yesterday with Mr.. and MRS
charles w. Metzger. Roland wh
has heen spending 8 moHths- travel
ing through the southern and west
49,, section OF the country, returne
recently. He has been through IN
northern portion of Mexico "h'ie o
Mrs George sheldon and her nice
passie Irons, daughter OF Couhcii
,nor and Mrs. Frank X. Irons wh
were detained at Baltimore wner
thev- had gone for q visit by IN
,,roalsinr OF Bessie's arm returne
home last evening.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Layheio' .
penis Grove. n. j., are week-en
snests Of their parents. the Rev. az, an
Mrs L. w. Layheld. at the Metho
0'1- captain william Mcpherson {
c,,nton street. is spending the Week
ond al Norfolk. Va. The captain ~ y.
.a,,as moving his family to that ci'
in the near future.