The Parisian. (Paris, Tenn.) 1907-1962, 1921-09-09
CITY SCHOOLS TO
BEGIN ON MONDAY
Personnel OF Faculty Now Complete
And Everything Ready For
Fall Semester.

ran SemRStef.
Monday celebrates the beginning
of the fall semester of the Paris
City Schools, when the students
will gather for naturalization. The
Grove High School assembling will
be at ten o'clock Monday morning
and all parents and patrons are in
vited to the opening program when
4 will feature addresses by Gov. Tom
C. Rye and Hon. A. B. Lamb. The
Robert e. Lee, AtkinsPorter, Fair
view, and Lawrence Schools will
conduct the opening prelimnaries
Monday morning also at the nine
o'clock hour, except at Atkins-Porter
the hour is set for half past nine,
where there will be special exercises
and addresses.
The personnel of the faculty al
Grove includes Prof. j. H. Bayer,
principal, and the following teach
ers: ]. C. Taylor mathematics; A.
s. Weston, Latin; Rowe Chapman,
science, w. NJ Mcleod science;
Miss Robbie Bayer, English; Miss
Mabel Jones, English; G G. Smith,
agriculture, Miss Mary Dunn, domes
tic art; Miss Kate Hickman, domes
tic science; and Fl. e. Owen, history
Miss Ethel Robson of Clarksville
is the new principal at the Robt
z. Lee School this year, and will
be assisted by Misses Charlie Nc
Gehee, Stella Dunn. Rebecca Bayer
Francis Walters, Perry Alexander
Minnie Daniel, Alice Lampley, Willie
Wilson, Matte Parkhill, Valentine
Cooper, Marian Balch, Rebecca Cald
Evell, Ina Butler, and Mrs. Will Nor
riS
Prof. Powell Hickman is principal
, at the Atkins-Porter School, and his
corps of teachers will be Misses
Sylvia White, Annie Nichols, Essie
Walters, Katherine Porter, Edith
White, Fleta Alexander, Lucille
BriZendine, and Mrs. T. NJ Halger.
1t is announced that the colored
[ school, known as the Paris District
+ Training School, will not be formally
opened until week from next
, Monday as the new building cannot
: be made ready before then, and it
f is not deemed advisable to start
school in the old incapacitated build
ing.
: In connection with the opening OF
: the four city schools Monday, Prof,
} M. M. Phillips, superintendent, makes
: the following announcements:
Y "All the children of the respective
schools opening Monday morning will
/ assemble at nine o'clock for classi-
fication, list of books and other in
structions There will be held al
Atkins-Porter School at ten O'Clock
Monday morning opening exercises
/ Ito which the public is cordially in.
i vited. Parents are not only invited
to attend the opening exercises a
+ AtkinsPorter but are welcome tc
{ visit the school where their children
G are entering to meet the teachers an6
q to offer hearty support.
I "All children who are entering
{ the schools for the first time in life
c and are to be in the first grade
k should not enter later than the frs
week because they can not have
equal show with those who ente
on the first day. In fact we cal
not take first grade children afte
1.-the first two weeks because new
classes can not be organized 70
I them. In the Fairview and Lawrence
schools children in the 18th and Stl
: grades are not permitted to attend
- because the school law says thes
= grades can not be taught in a one
!. room and one teacher school, i
:, schools near by are teaching I'll
= and Sth grades These upper grade
are taught in the city within reacl
h of these upper grade children an,
- they should come to the city wher
- the opportunity is better and no
W. take up the time of the teacher S
e much needed by the smaller ones Il
. these schools
:, II have been with the schools flo
: seven years and have enjoyed tn
= loyal support of the children, pa
i rents, the public and the Officials
- If the schools have made progress
:, and the children have achieved any
= thing, it has been because of thi
l. fine loyal support of everybody an
~ l am anxious with the full sympath
" and cooperation of every one
- make this the best year in the histor
. of the schools. We have some ne
members in the faculty and most c
the teachers you know. 1 believ
that we have very fine body c
teachers, as good as you will fin
anywhere for their experience an
" training.
I'm October the State Paren
If Teacher Association will meet wit
the local organization of Paren
" Teacher Association. This will b
e a distinct honor to Paris and I al
e. sure that more of the parents an
~ friends will join our local Organize
nc ton this year and do great thing
1t for this October meeting and len
)y q helping hand in the improvement
lp of the school needs. Paris is s
eff able to make the state meeting r,
as fleet honor on her historic name an
r. ! feel sure that she will meet ever
Ii expectation"