The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1925-12-25
District Five

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District Five is the East Gallatin
school. 1t is situated about six miles
north of Belgrade, and is a we'll
equipped rural school. This year
there is an enrolment Of II pupils,
distributed among five grades. Miss
Neva Faris is teaching the school.
The trustees Of District Five have re
Gently equipped the school with a
handsome Cabinet Victrola.
District Six
The Lane school is situated between
Three Forks and Logan. There is an
enrolment this year of nine children,
with grades one, five, seven, and
eight. Miss Virginia Tapscott is the
teacher. The school is well equipped
with text books, maps, globes, ETC.,
and very good work is being done this
year.
District Seven
District Seven consists of the Boze-
man city schools, including the Emer-
son, Hawthorne and LOngfellow sys-
TENS. One rural school, the Fort e.
lis school, is inclGdcd in the system,
The first school taught IN Bozeman
was in 1865, ard the classes were he'd
in a log cabin on the premises where
the Fechter building nov stands.
The present system had its begin
ming in 1888, when the frs wing OF
the Hawthorne school, located on
North Church avenue, was completed
The remainder Of the building was
finished in 1892, at a total cost Of
$4,000. The school has an enrolment
this year Of 229. Miss Anna L. Wright
IS the principal. She holds a life GER
tificate.
The next oldest building in the city
is the Irving, on West Babcock street
which replaces a smaller structure
built in 1877. Due to lack Of funds
the Irving school has been abandoned
and is at present used as a suppl.
building for the other schools.
The L~ongfellow is a beautiful gra.
stone structure located at the soutl
end Ct Tracy avenue. The buildinl
was completed in 1905, at a cost o
approximately $4,000. Miss Mimi
Amundson, who holds a life certifi
cate, is the principal. The school ha
an enrolment Of 238.
The Fort Ellis school is situate
about five miles from BOzeman o
the Fort Ellis reservation. The schoC
was established in 1908, and is value
at approximately $1,000. Miss Belv
Hill, who holds a professional ce1
tificate, is the teacher Of the Fort E
lis school. She has an enrolment thi
year of Is pupils, distributed anon
seven grades.
The last building to be added
the Bozeman city school system wa
the Emerson Junior high. The builC
ing is a beautiful brick s%tructur
faced with tapestry brick, with but
terra-cotta trim. The Emerson
situated in the center of the cit
facing east on Grand avenue.
This building has % rooms on Il
first floor and Is on the second, NAL
ing a total Of AZ in all. The dimel
sions of the building are: Width
front, 173 feet, 4 inches; depth, Il
feet, 2 inches. The total building cos
including architects fees, was $217
1876; cost of furniture and equipmer
$17,500. The foundation of this bull
ing was laid in 1917, and the buildiI
was completed in 1920.
One special feature of this buildi1
is the home science department wi
kitchen laboratory, refrigerator al
dining rooms, bedroom, toilet al
bath, sewing laboratory, and a co
Meeting hall used also as a cloi
room.
The manual training quarters &C
sist of six rooms, having separa
rooms for benches and lathes, say
and planes; storage for furniture, al
for forge and cement.
Besides these separate departmer
is a large gymnasium with a runni
track around the main floor, thr
feet above it. This gymnasium
provided with separate locker a
shower rooms for boys and girls.