The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-09-04
TOTAL ENROLMENT OF $4,000 PRE-
DICTED, BREAKING ALL
FORMER RECORDS.
MANY IMPROVEMENTS MADE TO
BUILDINGS DURING ANNUAL
SUMMER VACATION.
TEACHING STAFF COMPLETE-NEW
DEPARTMENT ADDED TO
THE HIGH SCHOOL.

Public school pupils OF the indcpend-
ent school district OF Wheeling, afteF
an ENJOYABLE three months vacation.
will again wcnd their weary ways to-
wards their respective school buildings
tomorrow morning 70 begin the first
semester OF the 1929 school year.
Few Will rejoice and the veil OF gloom
which has already descended upon the
Riddles will become im3enc;rable by
carly morning Prayers for the burn
Ing Of tho school buildings overnight
will. ms usual, remain unanswered. and
ut the initial toll Of the bells tomorrow
morning vacations will become histories
and study Will take the place OF play
County Superintendent J. II. 1.azear'
ia sing his estimates on the figures
available a. the end of the past school
wears. Is OF the opinion that the enroll
men; this year will eclipse any OF for
NOR years and predicts m enrolment
nr - zoo for the elementary schools OF
the city and county and AT least 2.OO0
! In the Igh schools. Extensive improve
! n7ents have been made to many OF tho
school buildings and practically every
room In the grade schools and In the
! high school have been reprinted during
| tho summer months.
Denominational and public schools In
| the neighborlnH towns OF Benwood, Nc
Mechcn. Bellaire. Bridgeport, Martins
Ferry and TrIadelphia will also open
their doors tomorro.w officials Of the
! Trsadclphia district are expecting an
enrolment Of 5000 in the grade and
| high schools and other towns are look
Ing TO a record enrolment tomorrow.
Now Teachers
A corn Of new teachers have been ap.
pointed to IN the vacancies caused by
the resignation Of a number OF the
teachers in the public school as well
as the appointment OF two new nurses
Miss Ethel Frazier Of Short Creek )"
Va. graduate Of the Ohio Valley
General hospital. and Miss Alice Fen
ton of jamestown Pa. a graduate OF
Penn State college Both have had
excellent training IN the details OF
their profession.
The following teachers have been
chosen 10 I'll the vacancies In the loca'
elementary schools:
Miss Elsie C. Strohmeyer. Ashland
Ia. 70 sixth grade Of Mckinley schol
Miss Lois Van Camp. Padden City. "
Va. and Miss Eva B. Romne OF Clarks
hurg, ". Va. TO grades and 3. Web
ster school,
MISS SHTdn Mlllcr Oh DcdLS'iAic, "
grade two. Center school.
Miss Alma Rasel OF Warwood, fourth
grade. Union school.
Misses Lucy Meredith Of Fairmont
and Ethel Nelson OF McMechen. sixth
and first grades. jefferson school.
Misses Le!le Stuart Of Raylond. and
Esther Miller OF Martins Ferry. O..
and Rachel Gatchel Of Norfolk. Va
grade four, three and two, Madison
school.
Substitute teachers for the grade
schools are as follows:
Miss Helen Zeh, Richie: Miss NIL
bred Groves. Webster; Miss Marion
wallace. Union Miss Ada Boqesson
Clay: Miss Mildred Hinichs. Washing
ton: Miss Margaret Armstrong, Madison
All the substitute teachers are gradu'
ates OF Wheeling High school and have
completed their required units OF nor
nal school work.
Special instructors and new high
school teachers appointed by the Board
OF Education are:
G.. o. Grady. A. NJ, Euclid. o., prin.
c!pal Of Clay school He is graduate
OF Ohio State university and a prin'
cipal OF wide experience.
John c. Brown. 4. B, New Jersey
instructor in Spanish at Wheeling high
schol Mr.. Brown Is graduate OF
Michigan and well qualified for his work
William s. Brown. B. S. OF Philadel.
phia. Ia, instructor OF civics At high
school. A graduate OF the Wharton