The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1921-06-11
PROSPEROUSY YEAR
FOR {. s. D. N. s.
INSTRUCTORS AND
INCREASED ATTENDANCE
MARK NE WSTEP IN PROG
RESS.

The past school year at the nor
mai has been a successful one from
| several stand points During that
| period there has been a steady
! growth in attendance and on the
J faculty roster appear the names of
| several additional instructors whose
| services were required because of the
ever increasing demands growing out
! of a more numerous student body
! and a desire on the part of DR. Hig-
! bic to bring the institution up TO
! standards not before reached.
Last year 294 young people were
pursuing courses of study at the nor
NAL This year there were 333 and
of those Sc were young men who
| found the advantages of the local
institution sufficiently numerous to
elicit their interest. The names of
only "a boys were on the registrars s
books for last year. There We're, ac-
cording to records 80 more students
enrolled this year than last, which
augurs well for the future should the
interest that is manifested now be
maintained.
The school activities for the year
just closed have ha da large bearing
on earnest work. The school put on
an excellent entertainment course,
selecting only the best talent Both
the athletics and the social func-
tions have been conducted always
with the best interests of the normal
view. Students came from the best
homes in this and surrounding coun-
ties and they are easily directed and
controlled by special regulations and
careful oversight The annual class
play proved a success and the first
junior and senior banquet passed
off so well it was planned at the
| conclusion to make that an annual
affair. The Anemone, the schools
annual, never contained more COM
| plete and detailed account OF all
phases of school life than did the last
number. The graduation of the lar
gest class in the history of the nor
! NAL placed the Institution this year
on a basis where it can be more use
full to the people this territory.
DR.. f.. C. Higbie came to the school
at a time when new policies were
needed and when a wider scope OF
helpfulness seemed imperative. lie
has filled his position well and has
worked in season and out TO build
up the S. E. S. ID. N. S. to point
where it will command attention and
4 supply corps of trained teachers OF
all grades for secondary schools all
over this section. Back of him, and
cooperating with him are a list OF
faculty members enthusiastically
supporting his efforts to make big
ger and better normal.
A number of changes are to occur
on the faculty. The following have
been elected and have accepted posi-
tions in the Eastern South Dakota
State Normal for the coming year:
E. C. Higbie, president; B. M.
Lawrence, secretary and registrar;
June Emry, dean; Mrs. Bessie Pres
ION, preceptress; Eleanor Mott, sec
retary TO the president; Inez Slawson,
accountant and secretary; E. A. Blk
Ter, education and training; Alice
Montgomery, upper grade supervisor;
Agnes Kingston, assistant and room
teacher; Maude Kavanagh, interme-
date supervisor; Gertrude Gill, as
sistant and room teacher; Frances
Baker, assistant and room teacher in
primary department; Della McCreedy
|, assistant and room teacher; Leila
, Clark, kindergarten; Mabel Haven
English and social director; Edith
Fuller, industrial arts and drawing
F. M. Pallett, agriculture and bio
logy; Ruth Habegar assistant in
biology; L. N. Pease, manual arts; c
/ c. Wagner, physical science; Gladys
Conde, home economies; Agnes Keefe
: languages; Evelyn Goodsell, public
school music; Alma Gaardsmoe
mathematics; Alice Lawrence, princi-
/ pal and English; Helen Covart, pia-
no and English; Edwin Peterson
! history and government; Anna Shell
} land Williams, principal and civics
Clara Lawless, reading and arthme
tic; Mrs. l.. N. Tolles, librarian
Mary Knox, nurse; George McGregor
: Superintendent of power plant and
2 grounds; Claude Tyrrell, superintend
ent of buildings; j. p. Newman, car
pentry and assistant janitor.
, A large number of the members
, of the Normal faculty who are rturn
$ ing next year are planning to spend
: at least part of the summer in ad
2 vanced study. Miss June Emry, Miss
Alice Montgomery, Miss Maude Kav
: anagh, Miss Agnes Kingston ant
e Miss Edith Fuller will be at Colum
: bia. Mr.. E. A. Bixler, Miss Gertrude
e Gill, Miss Clara Lawless, Mis-!
/, Frances Baker, Miss Evelyn Good
e sell and Miss Leila Clark will be a
| the University of Chicago. Mis-