Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1922-08-31
INDICATIONS POINT TO A HIGH
LY SUCCESSFUL SCHOOL
YEAR.
Many Changes Made
During the Summer

tuesday Win prospects nrlgnL 1Ol
highly successful school year. The
probabilities arc that the attendance
may not be up to the standards of
the past year or two, but this pro
misses to be offset 10 some degree by
probable larger attendance Of non
resident students
In discussing the coming school
year with representative Of the
Record Superintendent Luchtman
stated that cordial invitation is cX-
tended To everyone i'm the city who
desires TO enjoy a year of schooling,
and said that work could now bc ar
ranged Co suit the individual desires.
lie has also asked that those who
desire to classify should do so Friday
and Saturday Of this week, so that
this work may be gotten out Of the
way before Monday. Monday after
noon at 300 o'clock there is to be
general meeting Of the faculty in the
high school assembly room, at which
some Of the plans Of Supt. Luchtman
for the coming school year will be
laid before the teaching corps.
Mr. Luchtmm announced that a
mong the improvements for the
schools is some playground equip
mcnt for the grounds AT each Of the
ward schools, the Lincoln, Washing
ton, Republic and IIillcrcst schools.
This equipment is to bc the same at
each school and viii be of steel and
set in concrete. The equipment,
which was shipped this week from
the factory IN Ohio, consists of an
ocean waves, merry -gO-round,
swing sets, sce-Saws, vaulting stand
ards and climbing ladders. The play
mt the school grounds is to be super
vised by special teachers and the
regular instructors.
he also called attention to the fact
that William +. Reynolds, city mana
ger, has promised that some Of the
dirt from the cXcavating for the paw
ing on Pine street, will be turned to
the school authorities TO be used IN
grading up the east s'dc of the High
School grounds, which will then be
plowed, dragged and seeded.
During the summer months con-
siderable rc-decorating has been done
in the various schools, ana particular
ly i'm the High School building. The
work in the auditorium of the High
School is particularly noteworthy.
Another matter that Mr.. Luchtman
expressed satisfaction over was the
procuring Of an athletic director for
the schools in Oliver Carlson, former
Michigan State Normal and Albion
College athlete, who comes to the
Alma schools with fine rccommenda-
tiOns.
The complete list OF instructors in
the Alma Public Schools for the com
ing year, and the subjects, and grades
that they will have charge Of follow:
High School-Principal, Ralph Van
lloesen; American and English litera-
ture, Mrs. Hurst; English, Miss
Hughes, Agnes True and Lucille
Hunt, History, Miss Lovejoy; Econo-
mics, Lyle dc Bainhart; Latin, Maud
Benton; Commercial, ID. u. Nodcr;
Geometry and Algebra, Myrtle Reid
and Ray Swigart; Manual Training,
George Mullen; Domestic Art, Doro-
tha Kcmpf; Physics and Chemistry,
Gerald Wilcox; Natural Science, Stcl-
Ia Cooper.
Washington School Principal,
Miss Cora Dunlap; History and
English, Laura r. Soulc; English,
Donna Orr and Ruth Smith; Gcogra-
ply, Marion Worth; Arithmetic,
Anna Cook; sixth grade A, Bertha
McLarcn; sixth grade B, Erma Fab
ncr; fifth grade A, Pearl Cleck; fifth
grade T., Mary Failing.
Republic Principal, Fran
ccs Stitt; English, Winifrcd Trapp;
Geography, Ada Dick; English, Alice
Crawford; fifth grade, Marjorie
Ferris; fourth grade, Vera Hudson;
third grade, Flossic Maxwell; and
Ruth King; second grade, Laura Hin
lcl, Lyscl Britton and Ncttic Wca-
thcrhcad; first grade, Coral Taylor
and Meta Stinchcomb; opportunity
room, ililda Johnson.
Lincoln Principal, Annctta
McLarcn; fourth grade A, Rose Hor.
ton; fourth grade b, Alice Alspaughi
and Agnes Moody; third grade A
Edith Shandell; third grade b, Mel
A. Annibal; second grade A, Marie
Smith and Elizabeth Ferris; SECOND
grade Il, Vera Secord; first grade
Erma Pritchard; Kindergarten, Cert
rude Hall.
Hillcrcst School-Second grade
Bcrnice Shantz; first grade, Leon;
Bcckwth; Kindergarten, Lulu Stone
Supt. Luchtman announced that fo
the first two months, Betty Anderson
would supply for Miss Stone.
Special teachers FOLLOW: manua
training, John Middaugh; music, Ar
mada Emmel, Art, Marie Myers