Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1923-09-13
BELT SCHOOLS OPEN
WITH FULL STAFF

start with q full corps OF teachers an,
every prospect of highly successful
year.
The enrolment at the present tim
is considerably lower than it would b
were there a smaller crop in the Bel
Valley and were there less demand oil
the farms for help in the form of abl'
bodied boys and girls. The most o.
the wheat in the lower sections is Gu
and threshing is in full swing bu
there are many young people who viii
enter school as soon as the crop has
been safely garnered.
The high school has enrolled up tc
the present time about 120 pupils with
a large number still to enter although
the smallness of the freshman class
may keep the enrolment below that
of last year.
Miss Selma Iverson of the CONNER.
cial department reports that there
win be about thirty pupils enrolled in
her department Miss Seifert of the
Normal Training department has en-
rolled is girls in the sophomore class,
IL in the junior and IL in the senior
classes which makes an ideal number
in the different grades. This number
of embryo teachers promises to re-
lieve the shortage of rural teachers in
the years to come.
Mr.. Oertli of the Agricultural de-
partment will have about thirty boys
in his classes which will be of the
proper numbers for the best work.
W. ]. Lowry of Spokane, gradu-
ate from the Scientific department of
Pennsylvania State college, has been
engaged as Science tcacksr and atis'
letic coach, and begins the formation
of a football team this week.
The grades are opening in much the
same condition as the high school
with large number of pupils not be-
ing able to enter yet because of the
pressure of farm work.
Miss Seebaum has 33 enrolled in the
first grade and is expecting number
more.
Miss Mabel Anderson of Grand
Forks, NJ D., is in charge of the Sec
ond grade with its % pupils.
Miss Hardness has the5hird grade
again this year which numbers at the
present time 81 pupils.
Mrs. Stewart has the largest room
in the system, the fourth grade, which
is running over with 40 young hope
fuls.
Miss Hazel McCann of Lacrosse,
Wis. presides over the 33 pupils woh
the fifth grade.
The sixth grade, somewhat larger,
of 80 pupils is in charge of Miss Pearl
Kendall.
Miss Dorothy Blake of Great Falls
has the seventh grade in the city hall
and is mistress over 81 mischievous,
pupils.
Miss Starner, grade principal and
teacher of the eighth grade, has only
33 enrolled as yet with bright pros
poets for dozen more.
All the buildings have been cleaned
and are both pleasant and sanitary.
The auditorium has been calsomined
and presents a much more attractive
appearance.
Taking the corps as whole they
are a group of experienced teachers
and never has q pleasanter more
agreeable appearing bunch been seen
on the streets of Belt giving promise
Of being an addition to the social life
of Belt as well as being efficient
teachers of our youth.
Superintendent Culver has been
kept very busy by the duties of his
office and the additional duties of
science teacher before the arrival of
Mr.. Lowry.
Miss Ann Huber presides at the
Spring Greek school which has eight
pupils on the roll
Miss Ebba Johnson is preceptress at
Wayne which still has good attend
snce Of Is young people.
At the Lower Little Belt school Miss
Susan Soha is in charge. She has an
Of ls pupils which shows
hat there are some new families in
hat section.