Imperial Valley press., 1922-09-18
CITY SCHOOL
ENROLMENT
IS GREATEST
Ell Centre Boys and Girls in
School After Vacation;
Enrolment Large
NEW SCHOOL OPENS
Prof. House Says Enroll
ment Passes All Figures
of Past Sessions

Ell Centre public schools opened this
morning with the machinery al set for
what is expected to be the best yeai
in the history of the city. Teachers
were all in their places, smiling "a wei
| come to the boys and girls, some of
who come back with gladness, but many
of them returning after the happy vaca
tion time with reluctant steps.
But school is rather jolly after all,
and by tomorrow all will have settled
down in earnest to "work while they
work and play while they play after
the old adage.
Indications are that the enrolment
for this year will break the record III
both departments. Principal D. L..
House of the high school could not give
figures until later in the day, but he
stated late today, that the attendance
/ is in excess of that on, the first day
of last year. The classes assembled
this morning for assignments of lessons
and all appeared to be full. The rural
schools of the district are sending o
goodly number, and very large fresh
man class enrolled today.
Prof. House believes that the spirit
of the school is all that could be de
sired. The new members of the faculty
seem to fit in perfectly and not a jarr-
ing note marred the opening session.
Increased Enrolment
The elementary schools also will have
an increased enrolment. Superintend-
ent A. p. Shibley has been at great
pains in making up his faculty, select
ing with care every teacher in the
corps. He believes he has of the very
best and that the year will be a record
breaker all around. Enrolment figures
have.not been tabulated and can not be
given today for some of the schools.
Miss Margaret Hedrick, principal
of Wilson school, reports that 103 boys
and 100 girls enrolled in the sixth,
seventh and eighth grades. Each grade
represents a division and the classes
are all full. The 7-B is the largest in
number, 80 being enrolled.
The new Harding building opened for
the first time with Mrs. Bernita Mime
man as principal. This school will take
charge of grades below the sixth, and
has large enrolment for the first dag.
The Mckinley school on Commercial
street, will work with Mrs. Estelle
Smith as principal and live corps OF
assistants. This school is the center
of large section of the city and has
| it's full proportion of the children. Lin
coin school will have only fifth grades
| this term but a goodly number of boys
and girls will study over there i'll the
oldest of the group of elementary school
| buildings of FL Centre.
| Eastside school, under the principal
ship of Prof. w. A. Payne, will add the
ninth grade to the class work. They
have a well equipped building and j
large number of pupils. Four teachers
are located in the building, including
all grades and the first year of higl
school work.
No Lessons Today
| No lessons were heard today Ill any
of the schools but classes are organized
courses have been arranged and to
] morrow the regular routine will be un
I dertaken.
The hundreds of brightfa faced, happy
children rushing to school, eniiveneC
the city and many spoke of the plea
sure they feel in having them at homo
again. Most of the families have re
turned to the city and the fall seasol
takes on its old time activity. FL Cen
tro is favored in the large number o
J children numbered in her populate
and is justly proud of the equipmen
which affords opportunity for the bes
in education for the boys and girls.