, 1924-06-18
ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF CODY
SCHOOLS DURING PAST YEAR
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The department of formal train
ing. another new feature in the
Cody high school this year. has
more than supported itself. Eacn
school in the state maintaining a
normal training department receives
$1,000 from state funds. This with
the s640 oil royalty, $500 county
fund and the extra amount paid in
by tuition pupils makes this de-
partment far beyond self-sustaining.
Miss Marion Finch has organized
and conducted this department in
a very satisfactory The
girls in the senior class and former
graduates desiring to teach have
been given the opportunity to Sc
cure the necessary training at home
at a small expense compared to the
cost of attending the state univers-
ity at Laramie where they will re
ceive full credit for the work done
should they wish to continue their
training in the teaching profession.
/ Cody high school has a high per
centage of students studying Latin
in spite of the TACT that Latin IN
many schools has become obsolete.
Miss Ruby Mcbride is to be COM
plimented upon the interest she
has held in this subject as well as
the efficient manner she has shown
in her English classes and her
method of directing the work of
the high school.
Miss Irene Henderson has had
charge of the Department of His
tory and Social Science in the high
school for the past two years. Her
work is interesting and she is held
in high esteem by all of the stu
dents who come in contact with her.
She has been senior sponsor for the
past two years. To her should be
given the credit for the success of
the senior class play. Clarence"
Miss Josephine Kollmyer has not
only directed her classes through
the intricacies of Algebra, CONNER
cial Arithmetic and Geometry, but
she has also successfully coached
a girls basket ball team which won
from all of the teams in the Big
Horn basin with whom they were
able to schedule games.
Miss Ruth Blanshan has devoted
all of her time to the Department
of Home Economics since work in
this department has been offered to
the girls from the 9Th to 10th
grades. Miss Blanshan has empha-
sized sewing mor than cooking be-
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for this type of instruction. She
has directed the department with
efficiency, demonstrating the true
principles of economy in the man
agement of the household. Two
sewing machines have been added
to the equipment. Also new dishes
and table linen have been purchased
girls practical lessons in the pre-
pairing and proper serving of meals.
Work has been the word in the
Commercial department this year.
Miss Ruth Burns has demonstrated
to the pupils of this department
the necessity for steady and CON
slant practice. Her pupils have all
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writing and the shorthand and book
keeping classes have been up to
standard. Many have already made
practical use of the training.
The whole community is indeed
sorry to lose the services and in
f%iuences of Miss Erma Dragoo and
in the school she will be greatly
missed by both faculty and stu
dents. Every good teacher leaves
her mark Upon her pupils. We can
certainly say this for her in her
teaching of freshman English,
French and Biology. She always
conducted her classes in an inter
esting manner developing a spirit
of investigation for truth, teaching
the pupils to discover the true prin-
ciples of science in nature.
The work in the elementary
grades, intermediate and junior
high school has also been of high
standard but it is not necessary to
mention the individual work of ev-
cry teacher.
The first thing of importance in
the elementary grades was the re-
grading and classification after the
scoring by the teachers and the in
telligence tests conducted by the
state department of education. Since