South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-08-05
PLAN TO RELIEYE
CROWDED CONDITION
AT HIGH SCHOOLS
Ward Buildings to House
Grades Z, 8 and 9-Revise
Teaching Stats.

Teaching Staffs.
Congestion in the junior and Sc
Nor high schools will be relieved
thi, fall as the result Of plans made
during the summer by school au-
thorities 10 accommodate certain
classes in ward buildings In but
one building will the platoon sys-
tenn be used. according 10 J. c.
Brumbaugh, assistant superintend-
ent OF schools, that being the Lin
den.
The addition OF seventh and
eighth grades 10 the Muessel school,
seventh. eighth and ninth grades in
the Oliver, seventh and eighth in
the Linden, and seventh and eighth
in the John +. Nuner school az
River Park the first semester and
the ninth the second semester when
the new building is completed, viii
relieve the pressure at the central or
intermediate high and also the Sc
nior high.
Expect $4,000 Students.
Despite the relief afforded the Sc
nior high, the enrolment there this
fall is expected TO exceed 1000. stu
dents. Inasmuch as the enrolment
in 1921 towards the close of the
school year was 1900, the relief af-
forded by other buildings caring
for ninth grade students will not
derlete this number Mr. Brum-
baugh opined.
The total school enrolment this
fall on the basis Of gains in the past
two years is expected 10 be $4,000
or more In 1919-192O the school
enrolment in the city was 1871,
in 192O-1921 1881 and this year
it may go above the $1,000 mark.
Fewer vacancies in the teaching
staff occurred this year than in pre-
vious years. according TO Mr. Brum
baugh. The usual number Of trans
fers of teachers is being made. but
only 25 new teachers have been add
ed to the force. with but a few eX
ceptions the teaching staff for this
fall is now complete.
Pointer History Head.
One Of the principal changes in
the teachers personnel is in the his
tory department at the high school.
j. B. Master, who was formerly
head. has resigned to become pro-
lessor Of law at the University OF
Alabama and he is being supplant-
ed by G. D. Pointer, who was for
merly head Of the Ft. Wayne high
school history department.
As yet no selection has been an
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fayette school. which has been trans
formed this year from a ward school
into a special school for domestic
science. vocational education and
the like. This school, is designed for
children above the fourth grade.
Miss Eunice Chaplin of Lincoln,
Neb.. has been chosen to be an in
structor in Latin at the Senior High
this being the only other change in
the teaching personnel there.
New Teachers.
New teachers who have been ap-
pointed and the buildings to which
they have been assigned follow:
ode Watkins Mishawaka. Co
quilIard: Mildred Roush, South
BeEd. Elder: Leta Boyer, Buchanan,
Mich. Laurel; Aelen Ordstadt. Ken
dallviHe and Ruth Carmody, Dowa-
| giac. Mich, Linden;
Grace Wells. Mishawaka and
| Celia Hinrichseir. Artesia, New Mex
/ leo. Muessel; Amy Gustafson, South
Bend. J. +. Nuner; Wilbur Camp
| bell. Mantua, O.. history and civics;
| Lawrence T. Pate. Bloomfield, Ind,
| science; Robert Forbes. Lawrence
burg. Ind, boyS gym. and Helen
Rearick, junior high school music
all at Oliver school; Jean Ednie,
Buchanan and Margaret Kinerk'
! South Bend Perley;
Lucille Snoor. South Bend and
| Jessie Graves. Roseland, Washing
ton; Olga Seegmueller, phyisacl edu-
cation in grades;
Classes Start Sept. 4.
Six teachers have been appointed
in the household arts departments
70 teach in the following departments
and buildings:
Eva Cutler. North Liberty, cook
ing and sewing in grades; Teresa
Finch. North Liberty sewing in
/ grades: Laura Hadley, Packerton,
Ind. cooking and sewing in grades
! Edna Roop. South Bend, sewing in
high school; Maud Holiday, Terre
Haute. sewing at Oliver; Gretchen
Mueller. st. Mary's Of the Woods,
Terre Haute. cooking in central high
| school.
According 10 Mr.. Brumbaugh,
preparation has practically been
completed for opening OF Schools
! The schools will open the week oil
Aug. IS. when teachers will attend
the county institute, certain hours
Of the mornings being set aside for
atte ndance at classes and assign
merits Of books, reading and the like.
/ school enrolment will be made
during that week, and classes VIII
/ begin on Sept. 4.