The diamond drill., 1922-01-13

Beginning the New Year Finds Teach.
ers and Pupils Nicely Settled I'm
New Quarters

The year 1922 finds the Amasa school
teachers and pupils in nicer situ-
alton than ever before In the history
OF the place. The beautiful new
school building is completed and all
grades are moved In and settled In
their permanent quarters.
or course there are some odds and
ends that will have To be Strengthened
out yet some new furnishing 10 pro-
cure, some work TO be done In the
gym, but taken as whole the build
Ing Is completed.
When a reporter for The Diamond
Drill visited the building last Mon
day the crew on hand was busy with
the water pump which was then Civ
Ing q little trouble owning to the sup
ply OF water in the stand pipe not be-
ing sufficient TO keep the pump going
steadily The pump sucked up sand
when II went a-fork and that Is caus-
ing some trouble. This is an import
ant item and must be remedied in
some way, perhaps by sinking through
the bottom sand or by a well. The
water is pumped with gasoline en-
line that puts pressure on the big
steel water tanks at the same time and
forces water all over the school. When
the supply item is remedied the sys-
tenn will be splendid for the purpose.
The gym is In shape so that Il can
be used but there win be some fur
nishings and fittings done upon It as
soon as necessary. To the north of
the gym is the boys changing room.
toilet and shower baths and on the
south side a duplicate for the girls.
There is lunch room in one corne,
of the basement that is just being
htted up. Ii will be q great conveu-
fence.
Supt Ellsworth is about the busiest
man In Amasa just now getting every
thing lined up. He has well locat-
ed Office on the second floor. Mr..
Ellsworth does lot OF instructing as
wei as handling the superintendency
SO that he doesn't find time tagging on
ITO hdHuh ny any means.
In the science room we met Miss
Winnie Lee Bell, A. B. who has charge
of instruction in science. The labor
atory is fairly well supplied but Mr..
Ellsworth tells us that many more
items Will be added as the board feels
they can spare the money.
In the Junior High School we met
Miss Georgiana Dufrisne who is in
structor in Arithmetic and geography
Miss Mearl McGee is principal of the
Junior High School, Miss McGee Is
graduate of the Amasa high school
and of the Marquette Normal. She
tells us that she has so pupils enroll
ed in the Junior high now and expects
the department 10 fiji up rapidly now
that the older pupils have such an in
centiye to stay in school. The Jun
Tor high takes in the 7th and Sth
grades
The principal of the High School is
Mrs. Florence ii. Burge who has an "A
degree and is one OF Amasa's best
teachers. Mrs. Burge tells us that
she has AZ enrolled in the High School
at the present time.
Mrs. Lillian Smith is In charge OF
the Commercial department and has
a total OF 35 pupils in the several
branches she teaches. Mrs. Smith Is
a graduate of Ferris Institute.
Miss Esther Lawrenson. a graduate
OF the Marquette Normal school is in
structor In history.
The director OF music and drawing
is Miss Caroline DeKelver OF Eau
Claire, Wis. a graduate of one or the
Wisconsin Normal schools.
The sixth grade is In charge OF Miss
Theresa Webber and her sister. Mrs
Charlotte Matthews teaches the 5th
grade. Both of these girls are Amasa
girls and graduates OF the Marquette
Normal Miss Theresa has 80 pupils
and Mrs. Matthews has 81.
The 4th grade is in charge OF Mrs
Elmer Holmberg, also a Marquette
graduate and one OF the teachers thai
has helped to make the Amasa schools
the best In the county. She has ar
enrolment OF 81. which makes her
grade the smallest In the enrolment
school.
Miss Blanche wormwood has charge
OF the 3rd grade with an enrolment OF
f3 pupils.
The second grade Is under the dir.
ectIon OF Miss Estella Robson and
there are 80 pupils enrolled therein.
In the Domestic Science room We
met Mrs. Mildred -Wormwood
who has specialized In that branch
and has scored remarkable success
with her work In the Amasa schools
The equipment for her department Ia
not what II will be later on when the
electric current gets TO Amasa. The
cooking power is oil at the present
time.
In the Kindergarten, which is un.
der the direction OF Miss Esther Holm
also an Amasa girl, there is an enroll.
ment OF 2s pupils.
The Manual Training department II