New Britain herald., 1927-07-07
a new TEACHERS
FOR LOCAL SCHOOLS
H. S. Yice-Principal and Linden
Street Principal Engaged
SCHOOL BUDGET LARGER
Calls for $94,885 for Fiscal Year
1027-28-Madeley Truant Officer
Schedule for Coming Year
Lightning Strikes Building.

Lightning Strikes Building.
Fourteen new teachers have been
engaged by the school department
for the school year Of 1927-192S,
and the teaching staff will be EN-
larged by Al. an increase of six over
| that of last year. Among the new
corners will be Douglas Macdonald
of Mechanics Falls. Me-. as vice
| principal of the high school and
Harry C. Brown Of Lubec, Me-. as
principal OF the Linden street school.
Mr.. Macdonald will have virtual
charge of the detail work of running
the high school, although Superin-
tendent of Schools Leon c. Staples
will be rominally superintendent
and have the final authority.
An anlysis of the increased staff
shows that there will be one teacher
added in each of the following
| grades at the Broad street school:
Grades /, 8. 4. and s. One teacher
| less will be employed in Grade Z
there. At Linden street a second
! Grade teacher will be added to the
staff. and the high school teaching
force has been increased by two.
Miss Margaret Creedon, teacher in
| commercial subjects. will be the
konly high school teacher remaining
Of those engaged at the beginning of
the last school year.
! The list of teachers as announced
by Superintendent Staples is as fol-
lows
High school: Leon c. Staples,
principal; Douglas Macdonald, vice
principal; Margaret Creedon, COM
mercial subjects: Myron Z. Gallop,
science; Alice Hayes, Latin: Cora
Hopkins, English; Lyla Rogers, his
tory; Barbara Case. domestic
science.
Broad street school, Orrin L.
Judd, principal. Alice NJ. Lane,
Grade s; H. Bernice Gray. Grade
s: Harriet Corro. Grade s; Gertrude
E. Tuper. Grade I; Belen Hurtado.
Grade /; Bertha NJ. Steward, Grade
6B: Madeline A. Feury, Grade ga;
Carrie L. Smith, Grade 5A; Julia p
Hurtado, Grade 5B: Alice Cogge-
shall. Grade "A; Anna V. Torrant
Grade Alb: Dorothy S. Whitney
Grade 4: Alice F. Tibbetts, Grade
ga; Helen Somers, Grade SB: Doro-
thy 7. Jacobs, 3; Catherine Nc
Carthy, Grade "a; Vera Riordan,
Grade ?; Esther E. Nelson, Grade
Ia; Amy c. Josephson, Grade 1B;
Mae Z. Leary. Grade l.; Florence
Rowland, kindergarten; Mary Cor
den, kindergarten.
Linden street school, Harry c.
Brown. principal; Marion France,
Grade g.; Vera l. Wightman, Grade
5: Katherine E. Torrant. Grade 4;
H. Roseline Colson, Grade g. Agnes
R. Hitchcock, Grade 2; Margaret c.
McConville. Grade /; Catherine E.
Bennett, Grade !; Clara w. Leyon-
borg, Grade 2.
Special teachers: S. Louise Lud-
low, drawing and sewing; Louise c.
Cottle, music supervisor.
The New Teachers
Mr. Macdonald is graduate of
Bates college and has been teaching
in the Lewis High school at South
ington, where he has been instru-
mental in turning out some good
athletic teams. He will teach ma
thematics here in addition to being
vice principal of the high school.
Myron E. Gallop, another Bates
college graduate. has been teaching
in a small Maine high school. He
will teach science here and be fac
ulty athletic coach. as he is a fine
athlete, a track star.
Alice Hayes, Latin and French
! teacher is a graduate of the Uni
versity of Vermont and has been
! teaching in Chester. Cora Hopkins.
a Wheaton college graduate, comes
here from the Washington, Conn,
high school to teach English. Lyla
Rogers graduated from Pembroke
and has been an instructor IN
private school on Long Island tor
the past two years: she will instruct
In history. Barbara Case is Plain
vile girl and has just completed her
course at the Connecticut Agricul-
tural college: her subject will be
domestic science.